m818 wont shut down - Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite

trooper632 · 06-15-2009, 19:08

This is the problem.... The m818 engine wont turn off using the battery switch or the ignition switch, I have to pull the emg. stop cable to kill the engine . Then lift the hood and puch the cable back in. getting to ba a pain in the butt. What's the problem?????.

swbradley1 · 06-15-2009, 19:13

Donny,

I thought that was how you are supposed to shut them down????
Pretty sure that's how we did it up here when it was loaded.

sw

trooper632 · 06-15-2009, 19:29

Doesnt make sense to do it that way, that means the driver would have to get out and open up the hood every time. The m817 that you helped with shuts off with the ignition switch or the battery switch, I also have a duece, and it turns off with the battery switch. This one is an m818 I just picked up.

area52 · 06-15-2009, 19:35

Follow the stop cable back to the actual valve on top of the injection pump. Right below it is an electrical shut off valve with a small knob pointed forward. That knob needs to be unscrewed (in the out position if that makes sense). If its screwed in the valve stays open. When you shut off the ignition switch that valve shuts thus shutting off the fuel.

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Matt1970M35A · 06-15-2009, 19:40

If its a mechanical injection you have to close off the fuel. Most all mechanical injection systems have a cable to shut it down. Is your deuce a gaser?

Desert Deuce · 06-15-2009, 20:07

Area52 is correct. Check the screw on the front of the solenoid. If that doesn't fix your issue, it's the solenoid or an electrical problem toward one of the two switches on the dash. Either switch, when turned to off should kill the CUMMINS NHC 250 that's in your truck.

oilcan · 06-15-2009, 20:09

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Originally Posted by area52

Follow the stop cable back to the actual valve on top of the injection pump. Right below it is an electrical shut off valve with a small knob pointed forward. That knob needs to be unscrewed (in the out position if that makes sense). If its screwed in the valve stays open. When you shut off the ignition switch that valve shuts thus shutting off the fuel.

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Just to help clarify, that knob is there to let fuel flow through if the electric solenoid ever quits working. If you turn the knob to "off" and the truck won't run, the solenoid needs replaced.

papabear · 06-15-2009, 21:20

Correct oilcan

timntrucks · 06-15-2009, 21:27

ditto to oilcan an pappa . must be a falty elec valve

73m819 · 06-15-2009, 22:31

the fuel shut off solenoid swells with old age, causeing it to eather not shuting down or not opening up, i put a spring on my manual shutoff so when pulled if needed, it will open up on its own with out going under the hood,, that way if the fsv goes bad and i have to turn in the over ride, i can start and shutdown from the seat