Ford 83-94 6.9 and 7.3L General Discussion of 83-94 6.9 and 7.3 Liter Ford Diesels

first start in over 6 months!!!

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Old 01-01-2011, 11:54 AM
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ok u guys might have seen my post a long time ago that i was rebuilding my truck.well took the homemade flat bed off. fuel lines. cab .fuel tanks..just about every thing.made some more money and wire brushed my frame and coated it black.. replaced all fuel lines witch was a bitch...and replaced rear fuel tank(front will be added later on) and i redid all my breaks.then came the cheap way to lift my truck with a 3 inch body lift but had some problems..had to cut my steering shaft and had to make my own front radiator supports. for my interior i redid everything besides the dash..

now my main problom was getting it to start again sence i replaced all fuel lines. need some ideas and i already tried starting it while my buddy held in that little valve stem thing on the fuel filter and it still wont start


if u have a better way id love to know so i can get back to rollin coal.
 
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Old 01-01-2011, 01:08 PM
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here is one trick, buy a squeeze bulb pump like on a outboard fuel line at auto parts store install it before the engine mounted lift pump, loosen the fuel line at the ip and pump till you get fuel this will save alot of battery and sarter stress.
 

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Old 01-01-2011, 01:57 PM
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Also crack all injector lines until you get fuel at each line. This will remove all air from the fuel lines. Then retighten and it should fire right up.
 
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Old 01-01-2011, 03:52 PM
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ir remove the factory pump and install a holley red pump. no more cranking or the need for 2 people to bleed the system.
 
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Old 01-01-2011, 10:04 PM
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thanks guys... retards at advance sold me wronf fuel filter..should of opened it there but troupers were standing behind me and i dont get along with them..got the truck running by filling fuel filter with fuel and got it running.did this 4 times and then the 5th time run for about a min.just ate diner now im going to keep doing that and hopefully that will do it

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ok fixed the starting problom..my dumb *** had return line and feed line wrong at switching valve..did that and 10 second crank and it fired..run it for a good 5 mins and found the line that goes to the fuel pump to the top of the motor was cracked.tomarrow im getting a new brass fiting to make the rest of line,getting new fuel filter, and it should be done.woohoo
 

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