- Joined
- Jun 10, 2009
- Messages
- 82
- Vehicle Year
- 1994
- Transmission
- Automatic
I bought a non-running 1989 a few days ago, been messing with it for a couple days and I'm running low on ideas.
Situation- Truck ran great, kid before me took it out in the mud. Nose of the truck went in a hole and packed the timing belt pulley full of mud. Belt slipped, engine stalled. While getting drug out the rear axle hit a stump, breaking a rear leaf spring. Total damage done at this point was a broken leaf, and a skipped timing belt.
Yesterday I tore the front of the motor apart and fixed the timing. For one reason or another the truck wasn't getting gas after that. I hot-wired across the fuel relay to make the pump turn on.
What I get now is an occasional 'sputter'. It ran once for about 3 or 4 seconds and sounded fine. If I spray starting fluid in the intake it will try to start. I have fuel at the rail with the relay jumped, nothing without.
Is jumping the relay like I did considered OK, at least temporary? All I did was connect the 2 bigger wires. There are 4 going in, I imagine the bigger ones run the pump and the smaller ones come from the key.
Any ideas? Axle didn't seem to contact the tank, and the fuel lines/wires look good as far as I can tell. Fuel inertia switch is not tripped.
Situation- Truck ran great, kid before me took it out in the mud. Nose of the truck went in a hole and packed the timing belt pulley full of mud. Belt slipped, engine stalled. While getting drug out the rear axle hit a stump, breaking a rear leaf spring. Total damage done at this point was a broken leaf, and a skipped timing belt.
Yesterday I tore the front of the motor apart and fixed the timing. For one reason or another the truck wasn't getting gas after that. I hot-wired across the fuel relay to make the pump turn on.
What I get now is an occasional 'sputter'. It ran once for about 3 or 4 seconds and sounded fine. If I spray starting fluid in the intake it will try to start. I have fuel at the rail with the relay jumped, nothing without.
Is jumping the relay like I did considered OK, at least temporary? All I did was connect the 2 bigger wires. There are 4 going in, I imagine the bigger ones run the pump and the smaller ones come from the key.
Any ideas? Axle didn't seem to contact the tank, and the fuel lines/wires look good as far as I can tell. Fuel inertia switch is not tripped.