Hello first off I’m brand new here and completely overwhelmed with the wealth of knowledge and awesome brotherhood that I see on this forum.
I recently purchased my dream truck a 1984 CUCV.
Everything was great until about a month ago. It is my daily driver and I drove it to work and came out after 8 hours and she wouldn’t fire. Now it was a little cold out but not severely cold. Around 35 degrees. It’s been a damn sight colder that that and the ole Detroit has fired right up. But this day it was a no go. I’m fairly new to these old diesels I have owned all older Chevy trucks for most of my life but they have been gassers. Here’s a list of the new parts I’ve thrown her way.
-two new batteries
-new glow plugs
-new alternator
-new fuel filter
-and it had a full tank of fuel with just a touch of power service added in for the cold weather.
With this being said, it’s cranking over but it seems to be cranking over slowly. And it almost sounds like there’s some kind of hiccup about midway through the cranking cycle. I just don’t know if it’s not cranking fast enough to build the compression to take off or what. Possibly the starter?? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Hopefully I don’t sound like to much of a noob on this forum.
Thanks in advance!!
I recently purchased my dream truck a 1984 CUCV.
Everything was great until about a month ago. It is my daily driver and I drove it to work and came out after 8 hours and she wouldn’t fire. Now it was a little cold out but not severely cold. Around 35 degrees. It’s been a damn sight colder that that and the ole Detroit has fired right up. But this day it was a no go. I’m fairly new to these old diesels I have owned all older Chevy trucks for most of my life but they have been gassers. Here’s a list of the new parts I’ve thrown her way.
-two new batteries
-new glow plugs
-new alternator
-new fuel filter
-and it had a full tank of fuel with just a touch of power service added in for the cold weather.
With this being said, it’s cranking over but it seems to be cranking over slowly. And it almost sounds like there’s some kind of hiccup about midway through the cranking cycle. I just don’t know if it’s not cranking fast enough to build the compression to take off or what. Possibly the starter?? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Hopefully I don’t sound like to much of a noob on this forum.
Thanks in advance!!
