Re: [MV] 5 ton power

Sonny and list:



"In my experience", only 1 deuce at hand, I had to fiddle with the fuel delivery screw to get mine to run.  I had just the opposide problem though.  (I did get my injector pump off a 5 tonner, and I know that is part of the problem)  It would overspeed when started......so I backed it WAYYYYYYY down.  Then is acted like yours.  Just kept fiddling with it until it starts right up.  No pedal, no worries.  Fuel Delivery Screw.




Cliff Smith SSgt USMC Iraq



 



 



 

From: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> Subject: Re: [MV] 5 ton power Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 08:42:50 -0600 So does that mean that the little gadget on the dashboard will lie to ya? I'm having some of the same problems but the "water in fuel" gadget hasn't came up in to the red. Actually my biggest problem is sorta as follows , maybe someone can advise some helpful guidance: When starting it the first time in any given time after its been sitting long enough to cool off real good I have to put the accellator all the way down and it will start but barely run and I must continue this until it warms up and then it does fine. Once it runs with enough RPM to drive off if I take my foot completely off it will die but once real warm there is no noticeable problems. It seems to have the average speed, power, etc out on the road. I bought fuel filters but haven't changed them and I took it on a twenty two hundred mile trip once already. Any and all advice would be appreciated. Sonny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Gill" <rmgill@mindspring.com> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 10:57 PM Subject: Re: [MV] 5 ton power At 7:57 PM -0600 2/12/05, Adam Suess wrote: >Most of the 5 tons I've driven are gutless right >after shifting to 4th gear. It's just too big of >a jump in the gearing and the engine is below >it's torq curve thus no power untill it picks up >a few rpms. My Mack does ok at low rpms but the >cummins and multi fuel take some time to pick up >speed. If you have not changed your fuel filter >in a while it could help. Good luck. Actually it'll be the fuel filter in my case. I'd drained it before and gotten fuel and water out, thinking I'd gotten all the water out. Turns out there was more in there. I pulled the fuel filter element today an there was about a quart of water and sludge in there, so I'm getting a new filter (or two). -- -- Ryan Gill [email]rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com[/email] ---------------------------------------------------------- I speak not for CNN, nor they for me. But I do work there and still like the company. ---------------------------------------------------------- | | | -==---- | O--=- | | /_8[*]°_\ |_/|o|_\_| | _________ | /_[===]_\ / 00DA61 \ |/---------\| __/ \--- _w/|=_[__]_= \w_ // [_] o[]\\ _oO_\ /_O|_ |: O(4) == O :| _Oo\=======/_O_ |____\ /____| |---\________/---| [__O_______W__] |x||_\ /_||x| |s|\ /|s| |s|/BSV 575\|s| |x|-\| |/-|x| |s|=\______/=|s| |s|=|_____|=|s| |x|--|_____|--|x| |s| |s| |s| |s| |x| |x| '60 Daimler Ferret '42 Daimler Dingo '42 Humber MkIV (1/2) ---------------------------------------------------------- =Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list= To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org> To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to <mil-veh-digest@mil-veh.org> To reach a human, contact <ack@mil-veh.org> ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list=== To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org> To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to <mil-veh-digest@mil-veh.org> To reach a human, contact <ack@mil-veh.org>

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