NEW RESULTS was Chevy Kodiak dumptruck gasoline problems

Not at all. The ground is in the CONTROL circuit.

A followup. Very embarrassing and very typical.

What was wrong was that I mixed up the supply and return lines, so the fuel pump was pumping into the return line.

The truck now runs great and I have a foot in my mouth.

Terrific for fuel economy!

That makes it hard to work the clutch and the throttle at the same time.

So just out of curiosity what was the original fundamental problem (presuming you didn't receive the truck w/ the lines reversed)?

I'm at least somewhat surprised could do that--on the GM trucks I have here the lines aren't interchangeable--the feed line is larger than return, typically.

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Slava Bogy for easy fixes.

The original problem was bad fuel pump in the tank.

I got the tank separated from the truck and hooked it up wrong. The lines, unfortunately, were interchangeable.

Oops. There is something to be said for keeping a roll of tape and a Sharpie handy, and tagging things as they come apart so you can make sure they go back together the same way.

And/or take a few pictures before you start, and a few more as you go, of how it went together. (Sometimes you have to make an un-planned stop for a day or two, and totally forget.)

And/or grab a paint marker and permanently mark "Vent" and "Supply" and "Return" on the steel lines once you figure out which is which - then you can check that against the markings on the pump when it's going back together.

I still do silly things that, even when it's a job I've done hundreds of times. 99% of the time it goes back together easy, but there's always the one time in a hundred it doesn't...

Oh, and as you put it back together you put the date on those hoses and clamps and on the fuel pump itself a White Paint Marker is perfect for that. You just replaced the hoses in 2012, no sense in forgetting when you did them last and trying to change them again till at least

Date and Mileage on the Oil Filter canister too.

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I received them apart, I never had them assembled correctly.

The tank was on the shelves and the truck was in the yard.

I hope you at least trimmed your toe-nails first!!!

So they were reversed AT THE PUMP. I can see that happening if it came to you in pieces and you were not familiar with the system - - - -.

Exactly. Came in pieces, I was not familiar.

Oh, missed that part - and it's totally understandable.

That's one of the things that GM usually does, they make the hoses a different size so they can't go together backwards.

Which is maddening because you think you've got a roll of the right hose before you started the job, then you need to stop work and go run off to the Auto Parts and get the other size hose...

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Indeed which is why I still find it at least a little puzzling it was doable. But, I've not had a Kodiak version of the Chebby; only the C60 (which is seriously old as in antique) and the C70 is only about 15 yr newer. Since then we've gone to the tractor/trailer route for actual hauling, 4-500 bu that seemed big load way back when just won't cut it now when it's a 2 hr or longer wait-time to unload :( .

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Well, all lines were interchangeable, size wise. Not all could reach to all nipples, but some could (and were) mixed up.

I have decided that until I find a cheap enough and suitable enough semi trailer for my semi tractor, I will use the dump truck and the

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Oh, GOSH! Well, when working with unfamiliar equipment with multiple hoses, it is easy to have something like this happen. That would certainly foul up the regulator function and explain why the spring worked opposite of how it should. Take the foot out, you DID find and fix the problem, it just took a little bit longer!

Jon

Oh MY! Be REALLY careful which handle you grab, or a big lathe could get dumped in the middle of the street!

Jon

Yes, the excuse I had is that I have never seen it connected correctly, and the lines are compatible even with wrong nipples.

Thanks

\A scary thought. As a matter of fact, I believe that I cannot operate the dump unless I am in neutral.

Got your CDL yet? If not I wouldn't be driving that dump around.