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Do the troubleshooting protocols in the manuals. It's easy and more thorough than you can do on your own. It would suck to overlook the problem and keep spending time And money.
It took mine two 15 second cranks. The TM recommended cranking for 15 seconds then waiting one min to let the starter cool. I had fuel in my hose about 5 seconds into the second 15 second crank.
While I'm at it... I'll post the very helpful PM I recieved from Barrman before I did the job. Maybe future post searchers will find this helpful.
Barrman said:
"It is kind of difficult to do. You need swivel or ujoint sockets. If you don't have them, buy as set of standard and metrick...
Well I conquered the dreaded fuel pump job today. After reading many posts and PMing with a couple experts I felt I was armed with all the information I would need to make this job a success. That turned out to not be entirely true, there was one piece of information that could have saved me a...
Thanks. I'm not nearly as concerned with saving money as I am with getting good belts. It just so happens that the local guys charge twice as much for their bottom shelf belts as Amazon charges for the gatorback.
I'm no expert but I had a starting problem when I bought my truck. If mine was any good as an indicator, if you can start and run with starting fluid then your fuel system is ok and your glow plugs are not.
I appreciate that approach but I'm trying to avoid using the low quality over priced belts at my local checker by buying Gates or Dayco belts through Amazon. When buying online id love to get the right belts on the first try.
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