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THE BEAST LIVES!!!! I'm so happy I could cry. I bled the fuel filter first. But I had pumped air into the IP first by trying to start it without bleeding it. So after I bled the fuel filter I tried to start it some more, no luck (needed to bleed the IP) So then I bled the IP lines and lit...

Ha, you had me really confused there for a sec. Not sure what the electric shut down is, but I hope its not stuck :!: J

pull cable? stop cable? what are these cables? J

Got the air out of the fuel- thanks bryab123. Still didn't start, though. The batteries were a little sluggish, so i'll charge those up and try again tomorrow. J

Looks like mine has a 4ga wire going from front battery to (-) bus. Also has a 12-14ga wire going from same terminal to the body of the truck.. Seems like it needs a bigger wire going to the chassis, but i haven't seen if the (-) bus goes to the engine or chassis anywhere. J

no air bubbles where? Where should I be looking for the pure fuel? I just finished installing the starter. Had to "fabricate" (read: decimate) the bracket to fit the 12V starter. It felt good to have it in there so solid, though.. Now I just have to fabricate some battery cables. The (-)...

Thanks for all the advice guys. I'm really a novice so this is all golden to me. I parked it 18 months ago when one of my batteries failed. It was in the middle of cranking (had been daily driver up to then) and it just died right in the middle of a crank. I tried to diagnose the problem-...

I've never given a tune up to a diesel. Whats included? J

Besides lots of prayer, of course. This truck has been sitting for probably 18 months. What are the standard jobs to do? I'm expecting to hear alot about fuel filters and such. Thanks, J