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That is a good idea to remove the flame heater, I don't plan on driving it in sub temperatures. The truck is in really great shape, it just has sat for the last 2 years, the gentleman I'm buying it from kept up on the maintenance even when it was sitting. It's going to be a fun truck!
Great news! After hours of trying to figure out how the fuel shut-off goes back together, what a pain that was, I got her fired up and running smooth. While messing around with this, I also figured out why we were having a runaway engine, the fuel solenoid for the cold weather fire start was...
Update, I took apart the fuel shut-off assembly and thoroughly cleaned it, I also made the mistake of taking apart the the splined shaft and didn't mark it. Ugh! I spent quite some time looking at videos and manuals and pretty sure I have it put back together correctly. Now it tries to start...
Thank you Cattlerepairman for the links and advice. I'm going to take apart and clean the fuel shut-off and hope that's the problem since it's an easy fix. Unfortunately the truck is across town from me and I can't get back to it for a few days.
Hello everyone, what a fantastic site!
I am in the process of buying a M35A2, the previous owner bought this truck restored and drove it regularly until about 2 years ago, since then he only started it every 6 months or so. The last time he started it he said it ranaway. Fast forward till...