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I have a 85 M1009 w/ 79000 miles and a recently replaced Starter Solenoid.
Aside from the previous owner replacing the starter solenoid plug with female pins to accept commercial solenoid, nothing electrical has been changed on the truck.
I parked the truck the day before Thanksgiving after...
Well we put the electric pump in and no issue bleeding the system properly with appropriate fuel pressure. However it seems the starter solenoid on the 3 month old reman starter went bed, as it disengages rather abruptly. Hopefully that can be addressed and we can put the m1009 back on the road...
Thanks for the welcome. Prior to posting we pulled the mechanical pump twice to verify the rod was in the correct position, which was far from enjoyable even with grease holding the rod.
The truck will start and run, and sounds normal. We haven't tried to drive it as it will stall when we open...
I am in the process of acquiring a 1985 M1009, The truck is mechanically and electrically (still 24V) sound and somewhat recently made a 10 hour trip from VAto PA to be stored while the previous owner redeployed to Alaska.
When driving the truck, it stalled and left us on the side of the road...
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