Dodge Diesel/Cummins Mechanic Advice Needed

nothingbutdarts said

Once you bleed the air out of the injection lines and tighten them all back you does it even try to start?? White smoke, any smoke?

Did you get the injection pump timed correctly?

Have you been over to this sight and asked around over there??

http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/

Last but not least have you checked ALL connections and grounds and do you have a fuel pressure gauge hooked up to it? You should know what lift pump pressure is putting out while cranking.

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I haven't tightened 1, 3, and 4 back down since it never fully bled. The procedures have you crank it until it attempts to start and then tighten lines 1, 3, and 4. It never even attempts to start.

I don't believe the 1999 24 valve engines require you to time the injector pump. I know I didn't have to last time I installed one. The 99 Dodge Truck manual I have doesn't provide any directions for timing the injector pump.

I haven't hooked up a fuel pressure guage. I wasn't getting any fuel to the injectors before, that's why I replaced the injector pump. I am now getting a good flow of fuel from the lines at the 1, 3, and 4 injectors.

I posted this a long time ago on dieseltrucksource, but haven't updated it recently with the new information.