86M10086.2L
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I finally finished fighting my leaky fuel filter base problems. Many thanks CCATLETT, but I'm still plagued with hard starting after the truck sits for 3 or more hours. Originally the culpret was the clogged fuel filter sensor/switch which was leaking letting fuel drain back to the tank overnight causing the hard starts. replaced it, was good for about 2 days then same problem again. Got a new base, installed the new style switch along with brass valves for the Air-Bleed and water drain good for another few days, Now no leaks, but same starting problem. Looked all over couldn't find any leaks. Then while replacing my transfer-case mounts I saw raw fuel on the transmission bell housing. Followed the drip back to the throttle shaft in the govenor housing on the injector pump. Looked in my trusty TM and wal-la seals, I have a local place that rebuilds IP's that I can get seals from, but before I undertake such a project is there something else wrong that caused those seals to go bad? Should there even be that much fuel in there? Is there something else I should be looking at? Can this repair be done with the IP in the truck? Am I better off to just bite the bullet and get the IP totally rebuilt while its out if I have to take it out? My truck has only 46K miles on it, I can't imagine much being wrong with the IP other than little things like this due to age. Any thoughts?