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Hi folks,
I'm been traveling quite a bit for the past couple months therefore I haven't driven nor worked on my trucks much and I've been silent on this forum... I'm about to take off again for another mission and wanted to share the funny experience I just got today.
Day off, spent time with my family and took the M1123 for a ride in the hills. After a while I noticed that the truck starts smelling and smoking whitish and then black. Loss of power about a certain RPM is obvious and I start to worry.
So I stopped the truck and inspected a few usual suspects. You can imagine the psycho - could be the filter, or maybe the pump, or... whatever it can be I need to drive back home.
Note that before I took off a few weeks ago I had removed the fording kit off the M1123 to install it on the slantback (which looks badass with the deep fording exhaust BTW) so I thought I may have messed up with something.
After hours (that makes me look sumb but that's what it took) of investigation including checking the air filter, fuel filter, pump (doing wildass estimate by releasing an injector to see how much it would spray while cranking) I finally found the culprit:
![CD1A633B-A720-44BC-AF08-06E897F0A24C.jpeg CD1A633B-A720-44BC-AF08-06E897F0A24C.jpeg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/636/636311-7be383b7380dd668e98eec0294f55517.jpg)
I had improvised a shorter fording by using a section of PVC until Id receive the proposer kit.
It happened that the cap, probably because of vibrations and the suction of the intake, has slid over the pipe and was smothering the engine.
Since all I had was basic tools I took a plier and a cutter blade to bend and cut the pipe so that some clear air flow is always guaranteed:
![309FE37C-F2A9-4E90-BCE0-A4EB0781073E.jpeg 309FE37C-F2A9-4E90-BCE0-A4EB0781073E.jpeg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/636/636312-1651606218661553f712c381654a57df.jpg)
This doesnt look too good but allowed me to drive back without issues.
What a relief, who enjoys being stuck in the wild because of a failure you don't understand.
BTW I would swear that the truck is more responsive and powerful with the cap at all. Have some of you guys experienced or measured that this cap is restrictive?
I'm been traveling quite a bit for the past couple months therefore I haven't driven nor worked on my trucks much and I've been silent on this forum... I'm about to take off again for another mission and wanted to share the funny experience I just got today.
Day off, spent time with my family and took the M1123 for a ride in the hills. After a while I noticed that the truck starts smelling and smoking whitish and then black. Loss of power about a certain RPM is obvious and I start to worry.
So I stopped the truck and inspected a few usual suspects. You can imagine the psycho - could be the filter, or maybe the pump, or... whatever it can be I need to drive back home.
Note that before I took off a few weeks ago I had removed the fording kit off the M1123 to install it on the slantback (which looks badass with the deep fording exhaust BTW) so I thought I may have messed up with something.
After hours (that makes me look sumb but that's what it took) of investigation including checking the air filter, fuel filter, pump (doing wildass estimate by releasing an injector to see how much it would spray while cranking) I finally found the culprit:
![CD1A633B-A720-44BC-AF08-06E897F0A24C.jpeg CD1A633B-A720-44BC-AF08-06E897F0A24C.jpeg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/636/636311-7be383b7380dd668e98eec0294f55517.jpg)
I had improvised a shorter fording by using a section of PVC until Id receive the proposer kit.
It happened that the cap, probably because of vibrations and the suction of the intake, has slid over the pipe and was smothering the engine.
Since all I had was basic tools I took a plier and a cutter blade to bend and cut the pipe so that some clear air flow is always guaranteed:
![309FE37C-F2A9-4E90-BCE0-A4EB0781073E.jpeg 309FE37C-F2A9-4E90-BCE0-A4EB0781073E.jpeg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/636/636312-1651606218661553f712c381654a57df.jpg)
This doesnt look too good but allowed me to drive back without issues.
What a relief, who enjoys being stuck in the wild because of a failure you don't understand.
BTW I would swear that the truck is more responsive and powerful with the cap at all. Have some of you guys experienced or measured that this cap is restrictive?