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Filter housing
I have been told you can go to Menards and get a oil furnace filter housing but you will need to change the whole housing. Mine was all complete so I don't know for sure.
Fuel shotoff
According to the TO there should .01 - .02 thousands clearance between the plunger and the IP arm. In the picture below shows the fuel shutoff fully extended yet I had to push the IP arm over to shut off the engine. Is this normal and could have somthing to do with the throttle...
Update
I think my throttle cable maybe bad because the engine would not throttle down. And when I shut it off it would not quit so I think the shutoff may need adjusted (see pic below) I just pushed throttle closed to kill it. Finished the battery hold down and battery layout...
The selector was set to 240 volts. I had the neg probe on my meter clamped on to LO during start up. After flipping the breaker the meter would show about 50 volts without grounding the pos probe.
I think I will be able to figure it out now, just did not get down on my knees to look.
Thanks
I am working on a 701 for a friend. It has not run in several years. I changed all filters but air filter, checked the wiring and all looks good. I primed the unit the best I could with priming lever, pulled and checked glow plug all good. Got the unit running and making power, charging system...
Love my M1009
Got down 7 below here last night, did not plug truck in. Went out this AM and cycled the glow plugs twice, it turned over a few times then fired right up. My 01 Dodge would not start, have it plugged in right now. Great truck
7 below last did not plug my M1009 in, went out this mourning and cycled glow plugs twice and held petal half way down. Truck turned over a few times then fired right up. My 01 Dodge would not start, got it plugged in now.
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