Posted by David_VT on Tuesday, September 18, 2001 at 6:46PM :
Well, with the tragedy in NYC and WA, I needed a distraction...
I bought a 55 back in April and finally towed it home a few weeks ago.
Tonight I managed to get the beast (now named the 'Old Green Monster' vs my 99cummins Ram 'Green Monster')
So, I am not seeing any water flow and don't want to risk harming the tired engine just yet.
What is the proper procedure to prime and/or troubleshoot the water loop in these?
I had to run the starter on 12v to get enough rotation, but left all else at 6volts. The oil pressure came up whilst running and increased /decreased with RPM.
We replaced the spark plugs to be on the safe side. Filled up the radiator (seems to hold). Made sure the oil was topped off and tried to figure out the maze of tired old wiring....
After only a few tries we were able to hold an idle with no more manual intervention.
I am pretty happy, even if there is a nice grey cloud forming in the valley from a fair bit of burning oil.. (can't have everything)
Have not attempted to move under it's own power yet. Especially since the only brake on this is the emergency brake.
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