Recent Content by Karl H

I hear you, it took a long time to find a good one. I actually thought about putting a different engine in this truck, but there's really nothing comparable. A 6BT might squeeze in and it wouldn't shake as much, but it's borderline too heavy and would need a different transmission. And I don't...

+100... but there wasn't much choice this time, because the break-down happened by the side of a road in Baja California :D Thanks again for the advice on getting the lines purged :)

That got it running, thanks a lot :D

Thanks! I try that tomorrow when I can bring the compressor and generator. I was a little surprised that priming the pump or cranking the engine didn't cause any air or fuel to come out at the bleed screw.

Thanks @Ozymandias! I should have written a lot more clearly (sorry, long day :confused:), but I wasn't assuming the pump is bad just because the lever feels mushy. The engine cut out silently while driving and couldn't be re-started even with manual priming. It had a similar break-down once...

Never mind - I looked at the rocker geometry and figured it was safe to tap it outward from the top, and it came right off :)

Hi, I've been lurking for a while and appreciate the know-how on this forum, but this is my first post I have a 4BT with a VE pump, and it looks like the original diaphram transfer pump failed. The priming lever moves with no resistance and just hangs loose. And after removing the fuel lines...