The end to my cackle problem.
Fuel light finally came on today, can you believe it, bad fuel, cackle, and running it hard to burn through it faster, and my truck actually liked it, 18.5 MPG, gonna rag on it more, it's like one of those women that like to be treated like s&^%.
Dropped tank, by the way, cargo straps work a lot better than jacks (another tip from here). Did Guzzles version of the Hutch Mod (my new heros, Hutchinaugusta and Guzzle), found a piece of garbage in the bypass inlet of the blend thingy, whoever thought of that brighter idea. Both filter screens looked like they were attempting to bring in a tator crop. The "quick release" fuel line was sucking enough air to inflate a tire. While I was there I 'pooned it and cut out the fuel inlet to let me fill up at truck stops.
The hardest part about the whole job was getting the m#@&%%l($#@!g ring back on. Replaced fuel filter, siphoned off three plus gallons of "diesel", filled fuel bowl with Sea Foam, again. Rinsed and scrubbed tank with good fuel, dumped that also. poured five gallons of good fuel in, cranked it up, listen to it run like crap while picking up my tools. Drove it to the next to the closest fuel station (closest one is where I got the bad fuel that started this fiasco), poured a bottle of that Walmart fuel addidive in and filled up. Got home and my neighbor came out to see who was coming over to visit. My truck does not even sound like a diesel anymore, it purrs.
If you have had the patience to read through all this, bottom line is. If you have not done the Hutch mod yet, do it, four hours, two with help, your truck will smile at you.
Andy
Fuel light finally came on today, can you believe it, bad fuel, cackle, and running it hard to burn through it faster, and my truck actually liked it, 18.5 MPG, gonna rag on it more, it's like one of those women that like to be treated like s&^%.
Dropped tank, by the way, cargo straps work a lot better than jacks (another tip from here). Did Guzzles version of the Hutch Mod (my new heros, Hutchinaugusta and Guzzle), found a piece of garbage in the bypass inlet of the blend thingy, whoever thought of that brighter idea. Both filter screens looked like they were attempting to bring in a tator crop. The "quick release" fuel line was sucking enough air to inflate a tire. While I was there I 'pooned it and cut out the fuel inlet to let me fill up at truck stops.
The hardest part about the whole job was getting the m#@&%%l($#@!g ring back on. Replaced fuel filter, siphoned off three plus gallons of "diesel", filled fuel bowl with Sea Foam, again. Rinsed and scrubbed tank with good fuel, dumped that also. poured five gallons of good fuel in, cranked it up, listen to it run like crap while picking up my tools. Drove it to the next to the closest fuel station (closest one is where I got the bad fuel that started this fiasco), poured a bottle of that Walmart fuel addidive in and filled up. Got home and my neighbor came out to see who was coming over to visit. My truck does not even sound like a diesel anymore, it purrs.
If you have had the patience to read through all this, bottom line is. If you have not done the Hutch mod yet, do it, four hours, two with help, your truck will smile at you.
Andy
