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Most of my rubber fuel line is new. The only piece under the hood that isn't is that return line and that will be replaced in the future, when I can get back to it. Rick, are the rubber lines coming from the tank to the hard lines new?

OK, so I spliced the return line today with a brass barbed fitting. Test drive produced no other loss of fuel from anywhere on the truck, so that was the culprit. Now if I can just get the trans figured out !

OK, while trying to get my trans to shift correctly (I'll start a new thread) I once again encountered a hard start issue. This time no battery charger required, but after it started, I got pissed and started looking for a cause. Low and behold, I looked under the truck and I had a little...

No smoke from the exhaust, that is why I think I have a tiny air gap somewhere that is causing the loss of prime. My Deka batteries are at least circa 2015, but they are still up to the task.........in most circumstances. I will see if I can get a quick minute over the next few days to crawl...

OK, I had to travel overseas for a couple of weeks. Truck hasn't been started since my last post, back on Feb 10th, so she has been sitting, in the garage, for a little bit more than a month. So given the weather today, I got off my a$$ and put everything back together, as I won't be able to...

Checked the vacuum pump, pretty dry around the base, so that doesn't appear to be the issue. Valley looks a little a wet, but that could be from me fumbling around with the lines and such. Rear of valve cover gasket areas are wet, so I'll see if they need a little wrench twist on them. I will...

RGR all Rick. Thanks for the top about the valve covers and vacuum pump. Didn't know about the valley and I will check before I tear anything apart. That said, that oil leak is now fairly significant, as I discovered that it was dripping all the way up the driveway. Got all the stuff to do an...

SHE LIVES !!!!!!!!!! Turned the key, cranked for 2 seconds and she fired right up. First time she went real high on the revs (way high), so I had to shut her down. I was crossing my fingers that she would start right back up, normally, which she did. Went to high idle, but then my foot...

OK, finished cracking the injectors. Got fuel from all. So, tank drained, new fuel in tank, new filters, glow plugs tested, SAT and reinstalled and injectors cracked and all have fuel going to them. Don't know what else it could be. She is buttoned back up and I am waiting for batteries to...

I don't think it is an incorrect pump at all, not what I am saying. I just think it indicates there was a replacement at some point in time. Probably a better pump (upgraded internals to deal with evolving diesel?) than the original.

While poking around this afternoon, I managed to get a peek at my IP model number tag. It is a DB 2829 - 4524. I looked up that model number and I believe it correlates to 86/89 HMMWV. Is this the original IP for my 84 09 ?

OK, So this morning, I warmed up the garage to about 65 degrees, Had a 250W work light under the oil pan all night long and ran a heat gun down the intake for about 20 minutes or more. Then had the wife try to start her while I kept the heat gun on the intake. She turned over great, but no...

Ok, finished syphoning the fuel tank until I got nothing but air. Disconnected the line at the point where the rubber line connected to the hard line coming from the tank. Went and got 10 gallons of fresh diesel. Put 5 gallons in and did some additional syphoning to bring the fuel up to the...

The flushing thing is a good tip, thanks Rick.

3/8" fuel line, thanks Rick. I will try and reach it. I just had knee surgery last Wednesday, so crawling around topside is not possible right now, but maybe in a week. So I'll give it a shot, and if your suggestion doesn't work, I think I'll go with your plan B and try to disconnect from the...

OK, so after I got up the energy to shorten up the drive chain on my small tractors 48" snowblower and replace some items on the discharge chute, I climbed under the truck to see what was ahead of me. My first mistake was not wearing the knee brace I am supposed to be wearing after my surgery...

She fires, but very, very briefly ( a second or two), but won't keep running. Then, after that, she doesn't want to fire. She will crank all day long, as long as the batteries hold up (constantly charging them so I can troubleshoot).

Yup, I trust him and drove my truck down 6 hours to drop it off so he could work on it. If I go stir crazy and decided to swap out the filter to IP hose, what type of clear hose should it be? Is there a diesel rated clear fuel line?

Just had the sending unit replaced. If there were bad rubber lines going t the sending unit I am sure Rick would have caught it, and replaced them, but it's a good idea and I will check them. The line to the injection pump is brand new and is not leaking. I will disconnect the filler hose...

Ok, in between everything else I have going on, I tried to start her once again. No joy. I disconnected the line going into the fuel filter, again, filled up a jar and was still getting what looks like crap fuel. I then tried to syphon more out of the tank, but I can't get any significant...