MuddWeiser

1985 CUCV/M1009 6.2 etc... (all stock electrical)...

Bought it 1 week ago. Changed the fuel filter, and drove it the first week with no problems. Then all of a sudden it got parked over night and would not start the next morning. I figured it wouldn't start because it was cold - but have tried several times since to start and no dice. No smoke - except an occasional PERFECT SMOKE-RING comes out and it doesn't really smell like FLOODED Diesel out the exhaust.

I am pretty sure the cause of my problem is FUEL RELATED. Or rather, lack thereof. I DON'T THINK IT IS GETTING FUEL? I turn the key to the on position and hear the solenoid click on/off, the wait light turns off, then the solenoid goes on/off, on/off... I measured the orange wires at the solenoid and I have 23.7volts. I measured the voltage at 2 different glow plugs. BOTH at right about 22-24volts.

I can open the air bleed screw (or fuel drain whatever it is?) on the TOP of the fuel filter housing and fuel comes SQUIRTING OUT as the motor turns over.

When I changed the filter it went like this: Removed old filter, put on new filter. Cranked motor over for 10 secs. Walked around and opened the air bleed screw (the fuel drain etc...) and then when no more air and a steady stream of gas were coming out I closed it up. Within 30secs the motor fired back up - ran fine for 5 days after (about 150miles).



I think the problem is that I am not getting fuel to the motor. Can somebody suggest all the things that could have happened here?

THANK YOU !