Will this return line be comming off of the 44, or somewhere else?

You want me to pinch off the return line the night before, and then un-pinch it in the morning just before fireing it up right? If that is the culprit, how is it fixed?

 

The line will run from the vp44 to the fuel tank. Pinch it off when you shut the truck off then take the clamp off in the morning and try starting it. If it starts good then the pressure relief in the pump may be letting it leak down.

 

Is there a pressure relief valve on the 44 somewhere that may need to be replaced?

I'll try and find the return line tonight.

 

Here is your problem.....

Seriously, I know you have struggled with this thing for awhile. It really sounds like a leak down in the line somewhere thats letting fuel drain back into the tank. Do you see any fuel staining anywhere along the system? Just my 2 cents.

I hope you get it worked out.

 

Naah, I haven't seen any new drips or anything more than normal. I have no idea whay holding my foot to the floor works, but it does.

 

me too mayfair i have to pedal fully in to start it,no more distant starting for now....

 

I'm hearing about a check valve that you can put inline to help prevent this bleed down thing. Do you know anything about that?

 

Hey Donny,
check out this hillbilly fix on my airbag relay. I went to use them the other day and they didn't work. Here the water and salt corroded the relay pins off. There wasn't anywhere to mount it close to the compressor and out of the weather. So I used this electrical box. It's got a plug glued in the top and a rubber stopper stuffed in the bottom to keep the water out. I coulda used the smaller size box but was afraid it wouldnt fit. Nice and dry in there now though.

 

That sure is a hillbilly fix, but what is the drywall screw for? Surely you could have found a stainless steel screw. Now you won't be able to get whatever it is that's holding off because now the drywall screw is going to rust.

 

That's holding the rubber stopper in the bottom. I didn't have a stainless one around. That one's galvanized for now. I might get ambitious and paint it all black.