almost a disaster
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almost a disaster
i was driving my truck last night for the first time since last fall. when i got back here to pick the old girl up, put new batteries in her and she fired right up and ran beautifly. problem was when i drove it down for fuel i noticed it was pissing fuel out of the injector returns....badly.. like a puddle as soon as i stopped.. i replaced a few o rings last summer but ran out of them and never worried about it again. well i managed to wrangle up enough o rings for 4 injectors so i picked the worst ones. NOW this is where things went wrong. it was about 11;30 pm, not in my town.. next town over, no parts stores open, the last injector to do (back drivers side) and the line is cross-threaded coming off.. and the threads are not good on the injector.. now i change the o rings but i could not get the line to seal up again....and i mean not even close..fuel pissing everywhere, engine missing. countless times i tried till finally i took a file i found and filed the ridge off the flare, then tightened the nut and tapped it with a hammer till i got it tight. Fuel leak fixed....slowly seaps now but i was satisfied till i get some more parts. LEsson LEarned...dont start projects at 11pm when you got things to do the next morning
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From: Fitzpatrick Alabama
Tell me about it, my truck threw EVERY SINGLE belt off at about 7:15 p.m. By the time I got the only one I could find(Power Steering) back on it was 7:30, I drove 30 mins down to Advance Auto Parts(which I hate but it was all that was open), he was shutting the door to lock up and I stuck my foot in the door, he said they were closed and I said I was going to run this Piece of S*** through his door if he didn't open up right now and sell me some belts. He let me in luckily and I got them on and limped it home.
Also one of the first projects I ever did on one of these trucks was when I had just turned 15, it was my project truck and I was putting Orings on the injectors, of course typical 15 year old shade tree mechanic, when the injector lines wouldn't go on straight I put them on halway crooked, stuck my wrench on it and tightened the crap out of it, stripped out two injectors. So I kind of know where your coming from
Also one of the first projects I ever did on one of these trucks was when I had just turned 15, it was my project truck and I was putting Orings on the injectors, of course typical 15 year old shade tree mechanic, when the injector lines wouldn't go on straight I put them on halway crooked, stuck my wrench on it and tightened the crap out of it, stripped out two injectors. So I kind of know where your coming from
