restart procedure
#11
12-29-2008, 04:29 AM
I've always been able to fill up the fuel filter, crank till its dry, then fill it up and crank etc...and its started for me. Made sure to let the starter cool between cranks but has always worked.
#12
12-29-2008, 07:49 AM
Don't people use Ether anymore? I've started bone dry engines on it in the past after running out of fuel. Granted, it wasn't my truck either.:lol:
#15
12-29-2008, 12:47 PM
Spray it in the air intake.
Used to be able to spec an ether injector on a new truck for the cold climates. Back in the 80s sometimes we'd reach out the window while pulling a hill and spray some ether into the air intake on them old Mack 237s for a little more power and some laughs.
__________________
The reason I'm a narcissist is cause everyone else is so lame.
#16
12-29-2008, 03:11 PM
You can actually get a truck to run on ether. It ain't pretty, but it will work. I know that with the newer engines, I've heard that it will do damage to all the special gizmos inside the engine, but it will work in a pinch.
#19
12-30-2008, 01:22 PM
I ran out last spring. boss sent a mach. with fuel. 55 series Detroit and we couldn't get it to pick up. Tiny shot of ether and it cranked right up. That brings up another point. We got 2 2002 9400 IH's this spring. They were Safeway trucks in California and they don't have block heaters. Do they still make those that slip in the dipstick hole?? We need heaters.
#20
12-31-2008, 05:48 AM
I ran out last spring. boss sent a mach. with fuel. 55 series Detroit and we couldn't get it to pick up. Tiny shot of ether and it cranked right up. That brings up another point. We got 2 2002 9400 IH's this spring. They were Safeway trucks in California and they don't have block heaters. Do they still make those that slip in the dipstick hole?? We need heaters.
__________________
The reason I'm a narcissist is cause everyone else is so lame. |
