I installed a 12 v fuel pump $67 before the hand manual pump , Push button momentary switch $14 , inline fuse with holder $9. And rubber waterproof boot $4. Unscrew hand manual pump lid , push button and 10 seconds later release button , tighten manual lid .
I know what you mean about disliking to prime. I used to have to try to start the 1936 John Deere tractor when someone (one of my dear family, of course) had turned it off in the kerosene mode. I had to take off the petcock, dump out the kerosene, put gasoline into it, reaffix it, and then start turning the fly wheel which make my arms really tired. So, I feel your pain. Thank you for your gentle, even temperament!
The bad part: A lot of extra work for you. The good part: An interesting video for me. This was one of the many things I hated about driving a big truck. Always having to deal with some else's screw up. Safe Travels JBG
Now that I know it works just wait for the next problem I can dream up so I can watch how you solve it. Look forward to and enjoy all your videos. Safe Travels JBG
Put a valve stem for a tire onto a fuel cap so you can use your compressor to pressurize the fuel tank. That will push the fuel to the reefer engine....
Wrap a piece of rag around an airline and insert line into donkey fuel tank,add a little pressure to the tank, and if you had the pump / inj line lose on the donkey engine the fuel will be forced right through the system, lock it down, and crank it up. Or use ether, up to you:::) If you use ether, two rotations of the engine will fire it up.
We used to just stay hooked, use just a single jumper instead of two to jump the battery and leave it in manual instead of cycle so the battery would charge, after we primed it.
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You must put the unit in auto so the electric fuel pump near the fuel tank will run while priming. In most cases it will try to start but just keep priming while it cranks. If need be turn unit off then back on. Of course this will only work with a charged battery.
Hey Johnny....Get a fuel cap for the reefer tank, drill and tap it for a valve stem. Then you can pressurize the fuel tank, with your air hose, to push the fuel up to the reefer....Keep the cap in your jockey box for when you need it. Prime the reefer with very little effort.
LOL I understood that...I meant you should get A cap. put in a valve stem and keep it in your jockeybox, then you have it whenever you get stuck with a reefer that needs primed. The cap on the reefer tank is not modified. I had a reefer that needed primed a few times. It took less than five minutes to get it started. Mind you....The battery was not dead.
If the "engineer" who designed the fuel system had really been thinking, he'd have put a electric lift pump on it to avoid all the crap of priming it by hand...... I got out of reefers because of crap like this...!
A long and varied career that started in the '70's. Tried everything once or twice...flats, tankers, reefers, vans...even heavy haul. As I got older, decided that more money, less work was the way to go. Reired from OTR vans back in '11, but still work for a local company running local.
Company I work for used to run Refer and every one of them I went to pick up either Batteries were dead, out of fuel or both... We even had one driver that filled the tank with gas, flipped the switch and left. Gas in a Diesel smh....
you need to turn that little red knob counter clock wise to open the bleeder port and close it back after it starts. and even after it starts getting hard to pump, you need to keep pumping to help it start.
i hate when that happens i had 29000 lbs of shrimp load lost a couple summers back 110 degree. heat qnd no refer for a day didnt work.out so well i refused that load thats the only load i have ever refused to hook to o.m.g it smelled like death
20 year's ago I fueled my refer at the Loves in Fort Worth TX then went to bed. I woke up 6hrs later because the refer wasn't running. Turns out someone stole the fuel.
I'm going to tell you that you made it hard then it was. I have the same truck as you. I got long cables or make your own from a welding supply store. That way you don't have to disconnect. Make sure you use 2 gauge cables.
Late comment, but those electric fork lift connectors are nice when it comes to quickly connecting battery power for jump starting and charging. They come in a number of sizes and can be found on eBay. But it did look like your batteries needed some care - oxidized poles.
I wouldn't stand out there playing with that. I would have called dispatch for a tech to come out & get the damn thing going. I HOPE the dip shit that ran t dry was FIRED!
always expect problems when you do not have a steady trailer behind you. even after you have been off and another driver has been on your truck. had some crazy shit in 27 years of driving.
I guess I always cheated on priming I had an extra fuel cap for the reefer tank with a tire valve stem installed and an air hose that connected to glad hand, couple pounds of air pressure and crack a fuel line open made it much easier especially when it was -10 deg outside!
In this modern age of trucking you would think that there would be a connector from the truck to the trailer that would allow it to be able to regen that battery quickly and even do a startup if necessary and as far as that hand pump goes I hate jerking that thing off I hate it, I hate it. why they can't put some kind of a little nub sticking out there where you can put like a cordless drill on it and wine that thing up in a hurry I have no idea but like John said engineers are some of the dumbest people on earth🤔
JBG TRAVELS looking at reefer from front top black pipe coming out of engine just a jubilee clip unscrew with screwdriver pull black pipe off spray into intake while engine trying to fire up it will start after a few attempts you can do this with cars to if they run out of fuel petrol or diesel
I agree with about the engineers are the dumbest people. They redesign something that didn't need to be redesigned. Then do a controlled test and then never fix they most obvious issues.
If you use your air hose and a tennis ball to compress the fuel tank it'll push fuel up into the engine and you don't have to do all that silly priming all you have to do just like the tennis ball put it over to fuel neck punch a hole all the way through the ball put your air hose in the other side and start blowing air air pressure sender fuel right on up
Just another one of the MANY things that sucks about be a responsible driver in a company full of lazy idiots. Far too many lazy irresponsible dumbasses driving trucks these days. I feel your pain. I just couldn't take it anymore so I came back to construction and I am happy again.
I ran reefers for 4 years, many years ago. Xtra headaches, units have mechanics problem, you drive out of route (unpaid) to get it fixed, screws up your trip planning/hours, have reefer noise right behind bunk, etc. Unless getting paid a LOT more to run it, stick with box.
Thanks Kenneth, great info my friend.. I did local fuel delivery all over So Cal for 1 yr , talk about stress ! .. I'm giving up Ski Instructing after 20 seasons, (no more hot cocoa and high fives).. I might be crazy?..but I want to be a real OTR Trucker..living the Trucker life... I truly can't wait..Dry Van long haul it is.. Were is the best place to get Chicken fried steak? do you like rest stop or truck stops?.... Thanks
WHEN YOU WERE WORKING ON THE REEFER, WERE YOU GETTING PAID AT THAT TIME OR JUST ON DUTY SUCKING UP YOUR TIME? SEEMS LIKE SOME LABOR LAWS HAVE FORGOTTEN THE AMERICAN TRUCKER. TRUMP! WE NEED YOU