24 volt mack truck starter cracked#

All the information recieved has been very helpfull in diagnosing this. Note - If you're not sure of the proper safety procedures for welding on a fuel tank, have it done by someone who is.ДЇirst of all, I would like to thank everyone that has replied to this topic. That would be a lot better than buying a new $800.00 tank just because the pickup tube is bad.

I know that most Mack tanks have the fuel pickup tube welded into the top of the tank, but if that turns out to be the problem, it's possible to use a hole saw and bore another hole in the top of the tank, weld in a female pipe fitting of the correct size and fabricate a screw in pickup tube as described earlier. I made up a new pickup tube from a piece of electrical conduit and brazed it to the pipe fitting that attaches it to the tank, installed it and reinstalled the tank and all was well.

The pickup tube had fractured right at the very top and fallen into the tank, so even with a full fuel tank, it couldn't get fuel. Pulled the tank, and on the IH tank you can unscrew the pickup tube and remove it from the tank. This suggested that the pickup tube in the tank was defective. I hooked up a temporary fuel suction line and stuck the end of the line down into the fuel tank thru the filler neck, and the truck ran OK.

24 volt mack truck starter cracked#

If it just died suddenly on the road, check to see if the fuel pick up tube in the tank may have cracked or broken off.ДЄbout a month ago one of the IH semi tractors at work quit suddenly on the road, the fuel tank was 3/4 full, tried to get it going by filling the filter, but it would just run for a few seconds until the filter was empty again.ДЄnyhow, we put it on the lowboy trailer and hauled it back to the shop. Did it just die suddenly on the road, or was it running OK when parked and then wouldn't start the next time you tried it?