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This morning I began to replace the fuel filter. I had it apart so I replaced it. Primed the system and like expected, it idled all over the place. Crap. Next plan is to go over all the fittings. Feels like a long shot at this point. My first fitting is a brass one at primer pump. Loose, finger...

The M35A3 is a peice of crap. Stay away from them. Get the 5 ton and crank up the hp.

Yes it does get hard. In fact I did a little test. Without doing nothing upon first start up the rpms would race for 2 or 3 seconds. A Ford diesel tech told me that may be a sign that it has an air leak. Tonight before I took the tank out, I primed it the 20 pumps until it got hard then started...

Dang, not the fuel tank pickup tube. It was tight. Took the fuel filter off, there was a clear gell around of the bottom. Probably not the main issue but will replace it anyway. Oh yeah, before I started the truck I primed it. It took 20 pumps before fuel came out.

Tuesday is fuel tank removal day, I suspect I will find something wrong. Will report back. Thanks to all for the advice.

My truck does run worse when it is lower on fuel. hmmmm

My looks new too, replaced in 2010. I guess I need to look for an air leak also.

Meet a neighbor who saw me working on the truck, turns out he is a diesel truck mechanic for a local truck shop. He is sure the pump is bad. I had a feeling that may be the case. Found one on ebay for 500 junior bacon cheeseburgers.

I was combing through the TM's when I found the touble shooting catergory that says surging idle. Which is what I have. All it says is that if the it can not be adjusted with a cable adjustment to contact DS maintenance. I was in the middle of adjusting the kick down cable when I disconected the...

Ahhhhh

Same thing happened to me a couple weeks ago. I was watching some HETs going through and was just watching for shear curiosity and they disappeared all together. I just figured I was loosing my mind. I told my wife I was keeping two army trucks and she was kind enougth to explain to me that I...

S.o.p. ?

Okay, first off thank you for the answer. I must add something to the story. The truck was parked by a busy street for a few nights. When I got in the truck I noticed that the fan switch was turn on....Whatever someone got in the truck but it was locked. Then as I starring at the injector pump I...

Ever since I have had this truck it has had a bit of an erratic idle. It got better after a long trip so I figured it was just dirty injectors.Unlike the other 5 tons upon start up, the idle would always go up by its selffor a couple of seconds and then come back down. The other odd thing. When...

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Looking to buy some extra paint to stock. Does anybody know what colors they use?

Not sure it matters. Just tell them whatever year you like. My best guess is that it is late 90's. Most 1983's are C523.....1990's C525....

You rock! Thank you!

I've been paging through the TM's and don't see anything on the kickdown cable adjustment. Is it listed under something else? Is the adjustment in that little box just above the trans pan on the left side of the vehicle? My 923 up shifts way to quick and doesn't down shift going up hill.

Get a M931 and use the autotrans selector to pretend you are driving a manual.