Starting An Unstartable Cummins with FSS Troubles! 

Your tie-down of the FSS arm was brilliant! The relays were fine. FSS was the culprit! Thanks so much for the post! Been searching for someone with an answer for three months!

I miss the good old days of these videos. I love the PDD videos, too but I like the simpler stuff here as well.

Thanks this video helped me out a lot today I couldn't figure out why it was just cranking but not starting

Pretty creative. And practical. Thanks man!👍

Watched your video, drove over to my 96 Ram cycled the heater twice then gave the lever a lift and felt it latch up. The truck started right up and I got it home. Thank you 😊

I love you, seriously you just saved me not only from some hosehound but from people that were gonna kill me ... 😎my man👍👍

Thanks buddy 🤝 👍🏻

Thank you for the video, to the point, saved me a lot of time.

I saw your shirt says Harvard and realized that you must have got a master's degree in zip tie usage! haha always great to see your videos! Ran my truck with a manual choke cable fuel shutoff like a tractor for a few months when my solenoid died... till I decided I had enough of that! lol

Thank you very much for the info! Thanks to you a was able to find out the exact start issue with my cummins, i have to say that when it didnt want to start i was really afraid that what it would cost me but thanks to you now is running. You explained everything really outstanding. God bless dude.

Quick fix! It worked for me! Plus i now know what to fix. Thank you!

Great job Meyer

Thanks man fixed my issue til I can get a new part

Dude, thank you so much for this. This saved my booty! Now I know! This works!

Awesome dude

Thank you so much I was wondering why it wasn’t starting the bolts fell off the damn thing i thought I was gonna have to rebuild the pump

Thanks this helped me alot

Great video man keep it up.

Thank you so much that is the exact problem I had with my truck

Thank you- solved the problem

Dude….. THANK YOU SO MUCH

Thank you!!

Thanks alat

Right on your vdo saved my ass......... thank you very much

Awesome job my 95 Dodge wouldn’t start found your video and click lever up starts like a charm . Now since I have to click the lever every time, I’m thinking maybe relay to it is bad , what do you think ?

Great job. ..

AWESOME!!!

Saved my ass.. thank you

What if the truck won’t even begin to crank? There’s no noise or anything when the key is turned to on.

You’re the fucking bomb dude

So I take the fix to this problem is to replace the FSS. to my understanding from what I got from the video that is the fix for it?

You don’t have to turn it over to push in the fss just turn the key on an you can push it up I have to do it all the time with my 12V

What I found out is that three prong plug going to it the center one is to pull up hot it has a separate hot wire that goes to the battery I found mine was simply laying on the ground disconnected reconnected it boom it works

Great video and explanation! #mechanicalmafiaforlife

Thanks

Hey thanks for the video, that is a great trick, is there a way I can do the same thing with a 91 , 12 valve? 😊😊

I got an 03 Dodge Cummins that will only start with ether. It started fine until a garage changed the transmission control module now it only starts with ether. Any ideas on what happened to it?

I replace my fuel shut off solinoid and relay but my wait to start won’t come on nomore and truck just cranks over wanting to start

94 Dodge Ram Cummins diesel start it up, ive had it forever and all sudden no power, loud air sucking sound, drives slow anything up to 15 miles an hour oil lite start showing up for reel ligt bad air sucking sound from the engine any idea could it be my Turbo Starvin the engine for oil?

Now how do you fix that so you don’t have to do it every time?

What about putting in a wire cable to the throttle and pulling on it that should kill the engine without cutting the zip ties

Did this and let my truck warm up it died and locked up the motor any ideas

hey CW. my 94 started rough idling as i was warming it and letting out white smoke at the tail, i revd the motor then it shut down. i cranked motor and it simply cranks. wont run. I am thinking changing fuel filter, clean pre-filter. Anything you can think of what it might be? thanks.

I hope it's this simple

Cumminswork you are able to help me

My truck has a air dog system and I put a new one on now wont start

Oh boy...here goes..... I have a 1975 C30 Chevrolet with a 1990 5.9 12valve Cummings Keeps cutting off for the last 2 weeks at inopportune moment Finally figured out was my FSS switch....pulled switch out but HAD NO PLUNGER!!!! Now what??

U are a fucking genius!!!!!!!

I still can't find this solenoid on mine doesn't look like that at all. Also it has. The opposite problem now where it doesn't shut off even if I remove the key.

So, If my FSS is moving the rod but still no start, any ideas? I saw you bleed video but on my bluebird bus access to that fron of the P7100 is difficult. I can pump the primer to the bleed screw above my fuel filter and get fuel, then crack the pipe fitting before it goes into the injector and get fuel. I pump and pump the primer but no fuel to the injectors. My key is off and the FSS is in the closed position. Should i have the key on while bleeding to engage the FSS or use the zip tie to keep it open or is it ok just to leave it closed? Thanks for the videos

I changed the timing housing on my 97 ram Cummins 5.9 diesel I removed the injector pump put everything back but now won't start....there no fuel on the rails any clues?

Question, if the lever has returned to lower position and it still continues to run? Any ideas where to start trying to fix that?

I have a 12 valve Cummins and it won’t crank, it has new batteries and a new starter but still won’t crank

My truck starts no problem. It just dies after some time or if I put it in gear. Sometimes I can get in gear but have no power at all then it dies.....

I started my 5.9 on a cold freezing day just to let it warm up,,, I forgot it and went to town for a couple of hours came home and remembered and it had stopped running. My fuel solenoid is working but will not start. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

A mi 12v se lo cancele y le puse un cable y solo lo jalo para apagarla y regresa con un resorte es Dodge Ram 96 2500 cummins saludos

If you don't know about this you must be living under a rock.

Does the solenoid need adjustment at installation?

I've been doing this for a month since I bought my 12v. Idk what the issue is!

Do the silanoyed raise its self or is the something that pushes it in ?

Can u help me

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Instead of messing around with zip ties I ended up taking the solenoid completely off and hooked up a manual engine stop cable! Same as shown here > ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5u5fLYRtiKQ.html

hey I have a question i hope you can give an answer FSS on my 12v cummins stays up when im cranking but drops down when i release the key to run position! what do you think my problem is? an thank you for all these videos, i pretty much watched all :) I`m a new cummins owner.

CUMMINS not CUMMINGS !

Remove the solenoid and install a manual cable...no more at the mercy of electronics.

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