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talked to the shop. they've pulled both tanks and cleaned the socks, chekced grounds, checked fuel lines. they said they arent giving up but they are having a difficult time to say the least. theyve tried things and it seemed to run fine, till they get out on the road and it just dies. said...

No offense intended by the term "grease monkey", although that may very well be where the term comes from. I don't think of that nickname like that, I think of a grease monkey as someone who is experienced at many different types of vehicular repairs, and someone who likes to get down and dirty...

eh, if it comes to all that, trying to get my money back, I'll just have my girlfriend write them a threatening letter. She's an attorney.

yep, went to pick it up on New Years Eve and she only made it about 5 miles from the shop. The guy up front seemed genuinely angry when I brought it back telling him it died like before and the check engine light came on. Why don't people know how to work on this truck??? This shop seemed...

They said the code they got was for the IP, same code as last time when they replaced it. I don't know if they kept the original pump but I can check, and I believe it was a brand new pump they put on.

No need to say it, I know I was told several times by you guys. The fact is, as I said before, I didn't have the time to pull it out and continue trying to work on it myself. The work is warranteed. If the pump they installed wasn't faulty then what would cause it to fail so quickly. Or...

So Christmas Eve I picked up my truck, pretty much just in time to get the plow on and go to work. I was so thrilled to have a working dump truck...and then the engine light came on. Three hours into plowing it started losing power greatly, it would bog down when I gave too much fuel, and just...

You guys have all been great, and thanks to GM Guy for suggesting I visit the forum. As I said, this truck must be ready to push snow by tomorrow night/Friday morning, so this time around I'll have to bite the bullet and hope that the repairs the shop makes are worth the cost and get me going...

No offense taken, I am the first to admit that this is an subject where I am nearly as ignorant as a toddler. I was a little taken aback when the guy said "I don't have any idea how long it will take", but I will say that he probably said that because he isn't the diesel mechanic, he just makes...

Yeah I talked to jrsavoie through pm, he's a good distance away from me. The shop hasn't started repairs yet but they did order the part and since I told them to go ahead with the repair they could possibly still try to charge me for that much. I get the vibe that the shop I went to isn't...

I'm from Springfield. How close are you guys?

Its been confirmed, it is the IP. The codes were for the IP, they tried hooking up a different pmd and it had no effect. Said they can have it done by tomorrow or Thursday at the latest. Sorry to all you travelers but now I hope it snows like hell to help me pay for this expensive repair.

Well I couldn't get it going. I couldn't get into the tanks to try cleaning the socks. Everything is just so much harder since I'm not a mechanic and I'm afraid of screwing the truck up worse. So I was finally able to get into a local diesel shop this morning, hopefully I won't need a new IP...

Just got home from a 30 hour plow shift. Yesterday when it looked like we were going to get a pushable amount of snow I went out and tried to start her up and thought (no I didn't really think it would magically fix itself) that if I let it idle for a while it might do...SOMETHING to the fuel...

Well, I reconnected my ops. I cannot find the damn fuel injector pump to hook my clear hose up to the return line. I had the truck idling ok for a few minutes so i took it out on the road. It drove fine for about 2 minutes then it died like someone turned the key off. Its never done this...

I should have also mentioned that this truck has dual tanks. The rear tank, or so the previous owner told me, has some kind of bad "plug" that reads the fuel level in it, so it doesn't draw off that tank. He said its a $10 dollar part and that he just never took the time to fix it cause it...

Just to be clear also, when I turn the key on I know the pump is pumping but I still have the ops disconnected, should I reconnect it too? could that be a problem?

well, i got the 1/4" clear hose. I guess I'll try it when I find the injector pump. But, I did turn the key to the on position and opened the t valve and fuel came out. But it only poured out for a few seconds before sputtering off and stopping flow. Is that bad or is that what should happen??

Also, can someone tell me what size clear hose I'll need for checking the return, please?

Thanks for your suggestions guys. I'm going to check to see if I have fuel coming out of the t drain hose, based on what I read in other threads. The ops is still unhooked. I went to start it today and it was a hard start but it did run. However it idled rough and would die after less than a...