Turning Up The Pump And Removing The Fuel Plate
 

i just bought a 97 12 valve and im wanting to turn the fuel up a little and either remove the fuel plate or move it a little I know if i remove it completely i should have gauges... but can anyone out there tell me where the plate is and where the screw is to turn the fuel up...and when u put it in reverse and go to back up the engine will die . someone said maybe the idle is not set right on the truck.. so i have no idea.. thanks for any help......:tu:

what rpm is the idle set for?

as for your other questions, search there are tons of threads about fuel plates on here

https://www.dieselbombers.com/5-9l-1...-12-valve.html
also yeah i would turn the idle up just a little

DUDE,THERE IS NO FUEL SCREW THAT TURNS THE FUEL UP!!!! I DON'T KNOW WHERE PEOPLE GET THE IDEA THAT THERE IS.MOVING AND GRINDING THE PLATE IS TURNING IT UP!

I think everyone is referring to the screw on VE pumps... do VPs have one, i'm no good with either of those, i know a little, but wouldn't do it without DIESELBOMBERS right on the screen in front of me... now the P-pump is a whole another story :)

there are no fuel screws on the vp's

Re: Turning Up The Pump And Removing The Fuel Plate
 

There is a fuel screw in the VE pump. Fuel plate is your fuel screw on a p-pump. Grinding and sliding gives you more or less fuel. The only difference is that with VE is that you can turn it back down easily. But if you grind your plate your going to have to replace the plate with another to get it back to stock.

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there is a pre boot screw that is often called a fuel screw or smoke screw on a ppump.

and also im sure some people are referring to the star wheel

there is a full fuel screw on the back of the VE pump as well as a smoke screw on the top with a fuel pin under that. maybe that is where people get the fuel screw idea:humm:

Im just gonna throw out there that if you remove your plate your stock charger wont support that much fuel...

It could be your TCC (torque converter control) that makes it die if you idle is good.

there is a idle adjustment on your driver side of the motor on the back of your pump if you have some body sit in your truck and work the throttle you will barely see a allenhead screw below where the arm rests back down in idle position. a locknut is below the allenhead. once you find it you almost have to feel for it but loosen the locknut and back your allenhead out maybe half a turn then tighten and start your truck keep doin it till your satisfied with it. and im not sure but i heard of a overflow valve in the pump that can make it hard to start or idle etc. if its not workin properly. just tryin to help ya out im no pro but ive fixed the idle part

unless you turn the barrels:scare2:

and thats not a good idea unless you have a flow bench handy

wat are u talkin about a charger not supportin enough fuel runnin without a plate wat is a charger

a charger is a turbo

i think he meant the turbo would not clean up all the fuel if you remove the plate and the egts would b high.

Yes that is what i meant. Sorry for the confusion.