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My uncle swore by the 2 stroke Detroit trick, and he was dead right
My uncle ran a logging crew up near Prince George for 30 years and he always said if a screamin jimmy won't start, pull the valve cover and check for a stuck injector rack before you touch anything else. I laughed it off for years until my 6V53 quit on a haul last month, and 20 minutes in with a screwdriver I found the rack hung up on cylinder 3. Anybody got a better first check than that, or is he still right after all these years?
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jamie_price9d ago
That line about your uncle laughing it off for years hits home. My old man was the same way about his 4-71 in an old dump truck, always hollering about the rack before anything else, and I figured he was just stuck in his ways. Then one cold morning it would not fire and after messing with fuel filters and bleeding lines for an hour, I popped the cover and sure enough the rack was hung. Twenty minutes with a screwdriver, just like you said. Those old timers earned their know how the hard way and it stings a bit when they turn out right.
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