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coach won't stay running - tommy240842@... - 07-05-2006 00:25 If it were not for bad luck I would NOT have any luck at all. Upon leaving the garage Thursday with new Pittman arm seal which does NOT leak, the coach kept shutting off. Starts right up again, runs for a few minutes, and shuts right off. So I changed both the Racor and the spin on filter, ran for about five minutes, shut off, started right up. Appreciate any ideas, I am think in order of what I would prefer, is 1) fuel pump, I have a spare, 2) collapsed fuel line, can have one made up or 3) injector pump, I am sure Cat right up the road can get one. What is anyone's take on it? Thanks, Tom Meservey, USN (Ret) '81FC33' Naval Weapons Station, Goose Creek, SC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] coach won't stay running - warren madson - 07-05-2006 08:16 tom this might not work, but it's simple to check. run a new hot wire to the fuel shutoff valve on top of the engine. also a new ground wire. I belive that this valve must remain activated {hot} for the engine to run. if it looses elect. for any reason it shuts down. I messes around for the better part of a day when mine wouldnt start, bad ground! had 12.6 volts to sol. but without ground, nothing! Hope its something simple.[ met you at charleston afb last year sept.] warren madson {ret coast guard} 80ft35sb --- tommy240842@... wrote: > If it were not for bad luck I would NOT have any > luck at all. Upon leaving > the garage Thursday with new Pittman arm seal which > does NOT leak, the coach > kept shutting off. Starts right up again, runs for > a few minutes, and shuts > right off. So I changed both the Racor and the spin > on filter, ran for about > five minutes, shut off, started right up. > Appreciate any ideas, I am think > in order of what I would prefer, is 1) fuel pump, I > have a spare, 2) > collapsed fuel line, can have one made up or 3) > injector pump, I am sure Cat right up > the road can get one. What is anyone's take on it? > > Thanks, > > > Tom Meservey, USN (Ret) > '81FC33' Naval Weapons Station, Goose Creek, SC > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com coach won't stay running - tommy240842@... - 07-05-2006 20:59 Thanks for the input on the fuel solenoid. I checked the voltage at the solenoid with engine running and only had 11.06 VDC. I should have at least 12 or there abouts I would think. There are two wires on that hot terminal on the solenoid, how do I know which one is the hot one and what does the other one go to. The relay for that solenoid must? be with my other relays behind the left front head lights? I think a pinched or pulled wire is a good guess, where as there are bunches of wire looms that have to be pulled out of the way to get to the Pittman arm. Thanks for the inputs. It just seems strange to me, that the coach will run for five minutes, then just shut off: BUT will restart immediately without any hesitation. Tom Meservey, USN (Ret) '81FC33' Naval Weapons Station, Goose Creek, SC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] coach won't stay running - Curt Sprenger - 07-06-2006 02:06 Tom, Someone may have suggested this before...is there a circuit breaker that is tripping? A weak circuit breaker will get hot, break the circuit within, and you have no 12V. Then it cools down, resets, and you have 12V. Good luck. .Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38, Anaheim Hills, Calif. tommy240842@... wrote: > Thanks for the input on the fuel solenoid. I checked the voltage at the > solenoid with engine running and only had 11.06 VDC. I should have at > least 12 > or there abouts I would think. There are two wires on that hot > terminal on > the solenoid, how do I know which one is the hot one and what does the > other > one go to. > > The relay for that solenoid must? be with my other relays behind the left > front head lights? I think a pinched or pulled wire is a good guess, > where as > there are bunches of wire looms that have to be pulled out of the way > to get > to the Pittman arm. > > Thanks for the inputs. It just seems strange to me, that the coach > will run > for five minutes, then just shut off: BUT will restart immediately > without > any hesitation. > > > Tom Meservey, USN (Ret) > '81FC33' Naval Weapons Station, Goose Creek, SC > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > coach won't stay running - warren madson - 07-06-2006 08:22 Tom I belive that the top wire is the hot wire and the bottom wire goes to ground. I ran a wire direct from my ig switch and ran the ground direct to the top of the a/c compressor, just an easy place for it. bypassed all relays and cb between the solonoid and the hot wire an the ig switch. as old pilots use to say {to hell with AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, go direct!} my 80 only has only one hot wire to the sol.. warren madson 8035fcsb calmar Ia. --- Curt Sprenger > Tom, > Someone may have suggested this before...is there a > circuit breaker that > is tripping? A weak circuit breaker will get hot, > break the circuit > within, and you have no 12V. Then it cools down, > resets, and you have > 12V. Good luck. > > .Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38, Anaheim Hills, Calif. > > > tommy240842@... wrote: > > > Thanks for the input on the fuel solenoid. I > checked the voltage at the > > solenoid with engine running and only had 11.06 > VDC. I should have at > > least 12 > > or there abouts I would think. There are two wires > on that hot > > terminal on > > the solenoid, how do I know which one is the hot > one and what does the > > other > > one go to. > > > > The relay for that solenoid must? be with my other > relays behind the left > > front head lights? I think a pinched or pulled > wire is a good guess, > > where as > > there are bunches of wire looms that have to be > pulled out of the way > > to get > > to the Pittman arm. > > > > Thanks for the inputs. It just seems strange to > me, that the coach > > will run > > for five minutes, then just shut off: BUT will > restart immediately > > without > > any hesitation. > > > > > > Tom Meservey, USN (Ret) > > '81FC33' Naval Weapons Station, Goose Creek, SC > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |