1982 6.2 diesel won't prime or fire
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1982 6.2 diesel won't prime or fire
Hey guys, new on here. I got a 1982 c10 with the 6.2 diesel in it a few days ago, guy I got it from said he ran it out of fuel. He put new fuel in it, and it wouldn't start back up. So when I got the truck, the first thing I did was try to prime it, I spent 8 hours cranking it over trying to get fuel at least to the fuel filters, nothing. Not a drop. I was thinking about trying to purge it by sticking a air nozzle into the filler neck, also, it has a brand new lift pump installed. Hoping you guys can give me some more ideas on things to try.
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1982 6.2 diesel won't prime or fire
82 should be a mechanical lift pump unless it's been converted to electric. A mechanical won't make any noise you can hear over cranking. You may want to pull it off and verify that it is a diesel pump. It wouldn't be the first time someone was sold a sbc pump by mistake. I believe the sbc pumps will bolt up but the "arm" length is different.
Last edited by burnhedge; 08-16-2015 at 12:39 PM.
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