Road trip blues

[Gregory OConnor]

I think if it was an air issue you would see major black smoke out
the pipe. Why don't you run a 12 GA wire from a hot spot directly to
the Fuel shutoff (past the cockpit for removal on shut down). This
will rule out the fs power but not the FS solenoid.

If I was in MD waiting for UPS My bus would be towed bayside with
crab traps tied to the bumper and with in reach of Silverqueen corn
and Md cantaloupe
Gregory O'Connor
94ptRomolandCa

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "davidkerryedwards"
wrote:
>
> This roadtrip is turning into a sequence of mechanical problems.
After we got the idler
> pulley repaired in MO, we made it to WV when the crossover pipe (a
second rate flexible
> pipe) failed. FMCA road service sent out a mechanic who removed
the broken end and re
> attached it. We got down the road 40 miles and it failed again,.
I reattached it myself and
> we limped into Cumberland MD on Saturday where we waited until this
morning(in a
> shopping mall parking lot) for an exhaust shop to open. Jim's
transmissionn and exhaust
> did an excellent quick job and we were on the road by 11am. A mile
down the road the
> engine quit suddenly at 60mph. Pulled over, restarted it and set
off again. this happened
> three times in 5 miles. I called FMCA road service again since it
was dangerous to drive
> since we lost power steering when the engine quit. Were towed to
Keyser WV ($431--buy
> road service!) where we are currently in a motel. The current
diagnosis is that when the
> crossover pipe failed it sooted up the air cleaner resulting in
very high vacuum in the
> intake which sucked down a rubber hose cutting off all air flow to
the engine and shutting
> it down. We're waiting for a new air filter to arrive by UPS
tomorrow. I had thought the
> turbo was failing and seizing up, so if this diagnosis is correct,
it's a much more simple
> fix. The diagnosis makes a fair amount of sense since the shut
down problems occured
> after the crossover pipe was properly fixed with a solid pipe which
would make the turbo
> operate more efficiently than the loosely attached prior repair.
> We hope to make it to DC sometime this summer and then have a less
eventful journey up
> to NYC, Montreal, and back to Denver.
> If anyone has any better diagnoses, jump in. The air filter is
within a couple of feet of the
> ccrossover pipe and it was completely black when removed. Apart
from a turbo failing, I
> can't think of any other explanation. It definitely had fuel since
the max fuel light was on
> when it happened and it shot out lots of gray smoke upon start up.
The only other thing
> that could seem to cause a diesel to stop running is lack of
compression, lack of timing, or
> lack of air.
>
> Kerry
> 82 FC 35
> Denver
> Singing the blues in WV (or should that be bluegrass?)
>