Fuel delivery on 3208 and coolant check questions

[Jeff Miller]

Check SCAs / coolant with test strips, available at CAT or NAPA, get
the ones that test for everything.

The plexiglass thing sounds like the old water-separator, didn't know
they still installed them in '82, original engine? If air got in, it
wouldn't have started in 3revs, and that's a fairly normal start if
it is cold. The block heater might not work, reach in through the
curbside step in the front bumper and feel for the warm tank heater,
careful, might be hot. Warmth should be felt on top of the air pump
in a few hours. Not quite like the Mercedes, doesn't heat as fast
from the block heater, and doesn't start as fast cold, no glow-plugs.
Warm it up well with the block heater and it should hit on the first
couple of compression strokes if the starter spins it fast enough
(healthy starter, wiring, and batteries).

- Jeff Miller
in Holland, MI


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Edwards, Kerry"
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> How is the fuel delivered to the 3208 in an FC? Does it have an
electric fuel pump or a mechanical pump on the engine? I ask because
it took mine about 3 revolutions to fire after sitting overnight and
I think it was short on fuel. If it is an electric pump, where is it
located? I know I have a slight fuel leak where the line comes up to
the back of the engine near the clear plexiglass thingamybob filled
with fuel. I'm guessing it's letting in air.
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> I've also read somewhere about checking the SCA (?) of the
coolant. Can someone explain what this is and why it is important?
Where does a person obtain the test strips?
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> Thanks
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> Kerry
> 82 FC 35
> Denver
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