Michael barnes
New Member
94 6.5 turbo diesel 6’lift 6’ exhaust electric lift pump on side rails d performance fuel box relocated
About three weeks ago starter bolt sheared and new fly wheel and starter installed a week or so after that engine started sputtering g sputtering popping like air or bad fuel mixture drai clean out tank new fuel and Lucas additive added a little better but not 100% then foggy things with rpm mph battery and fuel gauge either not working or Dan I g back and forth I thought must be a bad ground download a paper with lime 17 ground locations checked them all replaced fuel fill ground and new gauge fuse all start working except the fuel gauge I take a trip thinking g that truck is ok pretty far up north in Wisconsin notice my tire getting low I pull over truck dies won’t start batteries dead wiggle starter wire to find out it is loose make a fix on that soldered a new copper end on and tape very well jump the truck and get to my spot shut truck off only to find out when I start it shears another starter bolt off extract broken bolt install new bolts and now the starter dances on the fly wheel and won’t engage front bracket is on and tight before starter bolt sheared codes popped up 49 service throttle soon could this be the problem with all the electrical issues and sputtering loss of power I’m experiencing or ground em more likely the culprit I don’t know a lot about these engines but am learning and willing any advice would help tremendously
About three weeks ago starter bolt sheared and new fly wheel and starter installed a week or so after that engine started sputtering g sputtering popping like air or bad fuel mixture drai clean out tank new fuel and Lucas additive added a little better but not 100% then foggy things with rpm mph battery and fuel gauge either not working or Dan I g back and forth I thought must be a bad ground download a paper with lime 17 ground locations checked them all replaced fuel fill ground and new gauge fuse all start working except the fuel gauge I take a trip thinking g that truck is ok pretty far up north in Wisconsin notice my tire getting low I pull over truck dies won’t start batteries dead wiggle starter wire to find out it is loose make a fix on that soldered a new copper end on and tape very well jump the truck and get to my spot shut truck off only to find out when I start it shears another starter bolt off extract broken bolt install new bolts and now the starter dances on the fly wheel and won’t engage front bracket is on and tight before starter bolt sheared codes popped up 49 service throttle soon could this be the problem with all the electrical issues and sputtering loss of power I’m experiencing or ground em more likely the culprit I don’t know a lot about these engines but am learning and willing any advice would help tremendously