No start... lost prime?
 

No start... lost prime?

Started by thejumpsuitman, January 06, 2012, 01:29:43 PM

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thejumpsuitman

Eagle won't start today.  Turns over but nothing, no smoke no nothing.  Anybody have any suggestions?  8v71 Natural

Marc
1992 Wanderlodge PT-40, 1960 PD-4104
Albemarle, NC

buswarrior

speed of the turn over?

temperature?

But, with no smoke of any kind, you already know what is missing...

happy coaching!
buswarrior
Frozen North, Greater Toronto Area
new project: 1995 MCI 102D3, Cat 3176b, Eaton Autoshift

thejumpsuitman

Been pretty cold the past few nights, Monday and Tuesday night were around 20...  But only 45 last night and today it's 66 degrees.  Seems to be turning fast enough... Certainly enough to generate some smoke... But absolutely nothing but wind coming out of the pipes.
1992 Wanderlodge PT-40, 1960 PD-4104
Albemarle, NC

artvonne

  There was a thread just yesterday about the same problem. This issue is becoming so common it would appear to be the single biggest issue with owning a Bus.

 Mine has sat several months and still started, but I want to check the fuel lines end to end before it ever leaves the yard, and I would like to install a booster pump.

 If the controls aren't stuck somewhere keeping it in a no fuel condition you need to do the whole filling the fuel filters deal. Whatever you do don't crank it for long periods and dont crank it down till its dead. As soon as you see it slowing you need to stop and let it charge and cool the starter or you'll burn up the starter and your batteries wont like it either. 30 seconds is about as long as you want to crank it if its not firing. If your not seeing smoke at the tail pipe its not getting fuel.
 

thejumpsuitman

Looks like it was the fuel shutoff plunger, just like the other post... Up and running again.   ;D
1992 Wanderlodge PT-40, 1960 PD-4104
Albemarle, NC


bevans6

That would be the "other" reason for no smoke...  no fuel equals no fuel equals no smoke...

Brian
1980 MCI MC-5C, 8V-71T from a M-110 self propelled howitzer
Allison MT-647
Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia

davido

I had the same problem.

I had previously lost the prime after parking on an incline with a low tank. The PO had installed an elevator pump, but it was dead. We scavenged the one off the generator to get it running. Replaced it later with a Airtex E8153 - came stock on a 2000 Dodge Cummins.

It worked wonders when starting it after setting up a while. It instantly made it crank faster and then fired right up. I'd highly recommend adding one if you don't have one already.