Got my 818 to run on it's own without having to gas it with ether.
Only bought the truck a month ago, but haven't had much time to "really" work on it. Had a problem with the fuel pump not wanting to pick up fuel but that ran into a bunch of other small issues.
The truck sat for I'm guessing 8-10 years in the hot and dry Southern California sun. The last fleet service marker I can see is fro January of '07, the air cleaner has March of '04 on it.
With 8-10 year-old diesel in her, I removed the fuel filter on top of the pump, cleaned it out, and nearly crossed threaded it back in.
I primed the fuel lines up after filling the main fuel filter up with clean diesel and blowing air in reverse through the pick up tubes, just to make sure there were no clogs.
Started her up and at first, it sounded like she wanted to runaway, YIKES!!
Let's just say a 5 gallon bucket lid fits perfectly in the air filter housing to choke her out for just such and emergency. Obviously, the air filter must be out 1st.
Anyway, she runs and sound good. Good enough that I took her up the street and back to run through the gears and check the brakes, which are a little touchy after sitting, but otherwise good.
Only small issues, like a couple of glad-hand seals are bad, but not leaking enough to worry
Now I just have to get a replacement battery tray and 4 batteries (was running her off of 2 from my M1009) and maybe change out the cables since they are corroded a bit.
Overall, a good productive weekend, for a change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPeDiBIhFAM