Re: Rebuild Won't Start

From: TomBuban (tombuban@4wheelair.com)
Date: Thu Aug 18 2005 - 17:39:36 EDT


I ran injector cleaner through them, and it cleaned them out.

James Calder wrote:

>Did the starting fluid "blow" the injectors clean or did you have to replace
>them? I'm about to order a set from fiveomotorsport.com (Bruce) for $191.50
>and $40 FedEx but I'm gonna remove the rails and watch for spraying fuel
>(like Jon suggested). I'll unplug the coil just to be safe :).
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>Does anybody know if the plugs should be wet with gas after a starting
>attempt?
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>Thanks,
>James
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
>[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of TomBuban
>Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 8:05 AM
>To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>Subject: Re: DML: Rebuild Won't Start
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>Have you tried to run it off of starting fluid??? I had problems getting
>mine running, sprayed a little started fluid in to see if it would run.
>Fired right up.
>Ended up being 3 plugged injectors.
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>Tom
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>>After my 318 - 360 swap, the distributor was so far off that the
>>scanner said the timing was OK but it wasn't close.. it fired up but
>>ran like crap thought it was going to break the new motor mounts.
>>After messing with everything from getting new wires to plugging up the
>>egr, we rotated the distributor and it ran. Felt kinda stupid.
>>That was probably 70k miles ago.. still running
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>>Victor Williams
>>Marietta Ga
>>1995 CC Sport 2wd,5.9l,5sp,3.55LSD,MP sp intake,Flowkooler, Jardine
>>catback,Flowmaster 70,CarSound Cat,Tow pkg, 306+ kmiles
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>>>Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:57:52 -0400
>>>From: "James Calder" <jCalder3@cfl.rr.com>
>>>Subject: DML: Rebuild Won't Start
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>>>I just tried to start the rebuilt '93 3.9 tonight and it wouldn't run.
>>>I ran out of time to set the fuel sync properly. Can it be off so much
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>>>Thanks,
>>>James
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