mknittle

[QUOTE=NJTman;3238855]Oh yeah,


Can't forget the shot of staring at this for 1.5 hours

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that's no fun.

NJTman

Especially since initially it was a nightmare getting it done in the first place.

It started at post #30

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...t316377p2.html

oliver foster

WOW!
I have seen some leaking VE pumps, but that is a garden hose like flow if fuel…
I remember the VE pump rebuild fiasco from a few months ago.
Best of luck getting that dealt with smoothly.

Jim Lane

Where on the pump is it leaking from?
How did you notice the leak, truck sounds fine?

NJTman

I don't know where it's leaking from. The video should give some indication, but being frustrated as I was / am, I didn't bother to look.


I was descending down the GSP Bridge, heading north, when the truck wouldn't react to my foot pedal motions. I realized something was a miss, so I drifted to the right shoulder. After rolling along for about 30 seconds @ 10 mph, I got behind some cones left by a former road crew. It was there, I waited to be run down by a passing motorist, while they talked on their phone, did their hair, nails and makeup, finishing their coffee and bagel, and using a portable "on the road & in the car" urinal bag.


When I looked in my rear view, I saw all the diesel fuel.


BTW, The left side of my truck never looked so shiny.....

MrFusion

That's whatcha git fer livin' Jersey!!
Seriously though that sucks. I used to date this girl who lived in Yardley PA and whose parents went camping every summer in Cape May. I had a 1995 CTD 2500 at the time and kind of became the haul vehicle. I STILL have nightmares about the Garden State Parkway. BTW...your wife doesn't look too happy in the pic.

Jim Lane

I would have hid behind my truck and tossed the traffic cones at the cars as they went by to get their attention.

Jim

NJTman

Well,

Truck is fixed, and I guess it wasn't much of a big deal. The VE pump rebuilder warranteed the job (as far as I know) and told me to come get it tomorrow, as they want to make sure all is well.

You can't see it in the diagrams, but on the top hat section of the pump there is what is called a "blocked off drill passage" that from the factory had a small ball jammed into it to stop fuel from blowing out. It's a drill passage to allow the machinist to drill the opposite side of the top hat for whatever mechanical reason.

The ball pushed itself out.

The shop foreman said that Bosch makes a "update kit" for it, should any issues ever arise.

Remove the top hat, drill and tap the hole, install hex plug and put it back together. he said it isn't something that normally you mess with in a rebuild, as they normally don't leak.

Mine just happened to pop itself out while coasting down the other side of the driscoll bridge.

Oh well, live and learn.

NJTman

YOU're so right !!!! I hate it here, but the ball and chain wants to stay for a while...

Rightfully so, Hundreds die annually just to prove your point.


Yeah, So ? That is her standard operating procedure, and looks completely normal to me.

mknittle

Carburetors are full of passages like that. It probably connects two passages that are perpendicular to it.

Alec

The ***** block the end of the bores for the afc lever's pivot pin. If I recall correctly, you have to remove the afc lever to replace the o-ring that seals the afc pin (the little one that slides horizontally, and rides on the big one attached to the diaphragm). It seems like a lot of guys re-use the *****. I drilled out the top cover & used the sheetmetal plugs in the kit to cap the bore, (with loc-tite), and older covers used screws with copper gaskets under the head. I didn't know there was a bosch kit to retrofit a threaded plug. If you can score a part number for the kit, that would be cool.

At least they honored their warranty.

thrashingcows

As soon as I saw your vid T-man I knew exactly what happened...Alec has it spot on.

The Non-IC pumps are the ones with the screws. The later IC ones went to the ball pressed into the case.

NJTman

Yes, they did, and when I picked it up, they said if I had any other problems, to let them know.

MrFusion

Good deal that you got it fixed! The last time I drove back from Cape May on the GSP we were in heavy traffic going about 65 when 6 ghettoed out cars and suv's (escalade type things with 22's on them) came flying up the right hand shoulder. They had to have been doing 85-90 per. 10 minutes later the GSP became a parking lot. Then all of the emergency vehicles started coming up the shoulders and through the middle of the stopped traffic. I couldn't believe it when I saw 5 or 6 cars tailing each of the ambulances and fire trucks thru the stopped traffic. None of them looked like emergency responders either. Sat there for 2 or 3 hours then the cops opened the gates to the south bound lanes and diverted us all back south. I had studied my road atlas (the days before GPS) and found a looong but scenic route back to PA. I DID actually meet a nice person from NJ though. We had to cross this long narrow bridge with a toll booth smack in the middle of it. The toll booth operator was this old guy that was pleasant and gave us a biscuit for the dog we had in the truck. Said he kept a box in the booth 'cause he liked dogs. That was kinda cool.

u2slow

Picked up my new (to me) camper

Also got my 33's on. I love tires that have nearly 4000# capacity