Any GM exclusive mechanics? 6.5 Diesel ?
Yes, I'm still driving my old 96 Silverado with 6.5 Diesel. Mechanically it's very sound and reliable. Several years ago I replaced the PMD (Fuel Solenoid Driver)with an after market unit that was ...
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This is a follow up for anyone who subscribed to this thread. My truck has been giving me issue still, I went shopping for newer used trucks with a maximum $20,000 budget and came home discouraged by what I found in that price range. I know I'm anal retentive when it comes to maintenance and cleanliness, but there are a whole lot of people out there who don't appreciate their rolling stock and abuse them.
Anyway, I keep wanting to find my problem, and I hope I'm one step closer now. Appears the PMD I installed two years ago didn't have a weather proof plug on it, which is OK if you remote it to the interior as some have done, but where I went with it in the front bumper the electrical contacts have taken a beating from weather and all the crappy de-icer they love to spray on our roads here in Washington State.
So I cleaned things up, weather proofed the plug, use massive amounts of electrical grease to protect the contacts and installed a new Fuel Solenoid Driver on the heat sink in the bumper. Time will tell if I have re-curing issues again or not. Hope this is the fix I've been looking for.
Made the back of the plug in weather proof here where the wires enter.
My new Fuel Solenoid Driver mounted away from engine heat inside front bumper.
The PMD cooler mounted in the bumper as seen from the front.
Anyway, I keep wanting to find my problem, and I hope I'm one step closer now. Appears the PMD I installed two years ago didn't have a weather proof plug on it, which is OK if you remote it to the interior as some have done, but where I went with it in the front bumper the electrical contacts have taken a beating from weather and all the crappy de-icer they love to spray on our roads here in Washington State.
So I cleaned things up, weather proofed the plug, use massive amounts of electrical grease to protect the contacts and installed a new Fuel Solenoid Driver on the heat sink in the bumper. Time will tell if I have re-curing issues again or not. Hope this is the fix I've been looking for.
Made the back of the plug in weather proof here where the wires enter.
My new Fuel Solenoid Driver mounted away from engine heat inside front bumper.
The PMD cooler mounted in the bumper as seen from the front.
