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......

 

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

 

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