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So is it the consensus that it is easier to remove the IP with the lines disconnected from the injectors rather than from the pump side? Also, where does that plunger go?
Well I hope so too, but it seems to be matching all the classic symptoms:
1) extremely hard starting if sitting overnight - lots and lots of cranking;
2) glow plug system issues eliminated - they cycle as should and test fine;
3) obvious fuel delivery issue on start up;
4) fuel leaking from...
I'm really hoping not to have to pull the IP. From more searching it sounds like throttle shaft seals. I'll get dirty with her tomorrow and check all the lines for obvious failures.
You know you can easily increase the font on any web page using the cntrl + keystroke combination, that way we aren't blinded, and you can still read the text?
As for inverters, I've got a 800w pure sine wave wired to a separate blue top optima that is charged through a relay to the truck, and...
I run both the plug heater and the lower rad hose heater up here in the Colorado mountains. They work great.
If you were to get just one, definitely get the plug heater.
It's going to be single digits tonight, and it's only October. You get used to it. I freak out if it gets anywhere near 80.
It does make it a bit hard on the CUCV. Been watching this thread with interest.
I just tapped into the blue wire in the gp control card and ran it to ground.
I understand the active e-bay policy as well. The logic behind it is that folks may be bidding on it and it could skew the bidding process. I was just pointing out an example of the switch I used. The one I posted...
When I initially did my GP bypass, the switch I got from NAPA couldn't handle the load. I installed this one, and it works perfectly:
Push Button Switch, Momentary, 60A, 12VDC - Marine Switches - Switches - 5RLV3 : Grainger Industrial Supply
I can tell you from living in the high country for over a decade that that tire K'sa in the snow over anything else that you can put on that heavy of a truck, no matter what they say. And I get an average of 500 in. a year.