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Of course right now the truck is hating me. Leaking oil from the factory oil cooler and now the starter seems to have s*** the bed. Wtf?

Edit: guess I have a couple dead cells in the battery. It's only about 10 years old. :doh:

Heifer-net
 
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justbecause said:
I was thinking about trollhole. Not beno. Geography was never my strong area. via mobile app.
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Yep, Beno has offered it food and shelter.

Heifer-net
 
So frustrating.
I tested my battery and it showed dead cells so I brought in to Advance and they showed the same thing. That resulted in a new battery. (I had been able to start the truck occasionally using the start feature on the charger.) It was 8 years old so I guess it was ready to be replaced.

I put the battery in and the condition persisted. Just for grins, I hooked up the booster again and was able to crank the truck but only once - did I get a bad battery from Advance??? I dunno. I doubt it but anything is possible.

So I messed with all the connections thinking I had a bad ground strap. I have yet to disconnect them all and reconnect them but that is the next step I guess.

The final step is to remove the starter. I have another but do not know its condition. I am thinking about bringing it down to Advance and getting it tested before swapping them. I am convinced it has to be the starter or starter solenoid. (I did whack it with a hammer but that had no effect.)

Anyone think of anything else that could cause this?

So far:
Battery ---- Replaced
Battery and ground cables --- Inspected
Starter / Starter solenoid --- hit with a hammer
 
yooper said:
What happens if you jump it from Penny?
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Dunno. Penny is in Scottdale, Georgia :D
I will give that a try this weekend I guess. Since I used an all electric charger/starter I didn't bother trying to jump it.
I am not getting several clicks, just one hard click.
 
So. After nearly half a day screwing around, it turned out I had a bad positive battery cable. Not the ends, I guess there was some bad corrosion in there or something. Made a new one and am back running.

Next, I warmed the truck up and was trying to find the source of the pretty bad oil leak. After it was nice and hot I still couldn't find anything so I got it up to about 2500 rpm and oid went everywhere. I got :princess: to give it the gas while I watched under the truck and discovered oil gushing out of the weep hole on the bottom of the fuel pump.

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I did a little research and it would appear that a bad internal packing can cause this. If that packing goes you get oil out of the vent, if the diaphragm goes you get gas out of the vent.



Fortunately I had a new pump on my parts shelf and plan on sticking that in tomorrow.

And I got a call from ACC - Penny is ready for pickup! :bounce: All locked up!
 
Alright. Fuel pump changed out. What a PITA that was.

I am back on the road. Still trying to get my doors finished.

Heifer-net
 
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So damn cold I can't drive it with no doors and I can't paint my doors!
-5f with windchill in north Georgia this morning.

Heifer-net
 
Hugh Heifer said:
So damn cold I can't drive it with no doors and I can't paint my doors!
-5f with windchill in north Georgia this morning.

Heifer-net
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Those are "nice" days here..


U painting doors yourself?
 
apeterson said:
Those are "nice" days here..

U painting doors yourself?
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Just trying to get them primed. Too damn cold for that. I know we have nothing on you but this is the south for gawds sake!

Heifer-net
 
That's too bad. :rolleyes:

72F here today, no rain/hail/snow in something like 47 days. I'd take those temps for some precip. It feels like the beginning of summer...in January. Not good.
 
Cruiserdrew said:
That's too bad. :rolleyes:

72F here today, no rain/hail/snow in something like 47 days. I'd take those temps for some precip. It feels like the beginning of summer...in January. Not good.
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The country is standing on its end!

Heifer-net
 
Cruiserdrew said:
That's too bad. :rolleyes:

72F here today, no rain/hail/snow in something like 47 days. I'd take those temps for some precip. It feels like the beginning of summer...in January. Not good.
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I know this is a bit off topic, but----- On Thursday a slash fire on a logging area was blown out of control by high winds on the northern Oregon coast. It should be too wet right now for a forest fire to happen. The WET side of Oregon is now heading into a winter time drought! The past three months have had their share of clear and cold temps and sunny when it should have been gray, overcast, and wet most of the time. Don't get me wrong, I like the dry, sunny weather, but the rain is what keeps things growing like they should.

Don
 
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