Vehicles are frustrating...

[spit.fire]

Although I should have expected this to happen

I went to fire up the old suburban so I could relocate my cargo trailer in front of my garage and my starter decided to kick the bucket....

Now I have to buy 3 batteries, and a starter

[WarDog]

Why 3 batts?

[spit.fire]

Well I had to buy 2 for my trailer before and now I have to buy a third for the burban

[BlueTang<3]

Were you cranking with a dead battery, or it just wouldn't start at all?

[Chase31]

You shouldn't have to replace the batt and the starter. Should be one or the other. Sounds like something else is going on

[spit.fire]

the starter was on its way out and the battery is toast from sitting for too long without ever charging it

[hillegom]

Yes, if you don't use a battery, it must be charged, minimum every 6 weeks.
Batteries always self discharge. These days you have a computer and a radio which have parasitic draws.

You can now buy chargers that vary the frequency of the voltage so that some of the lead sulfate will fall off/get dissolved into the sulfuric acid.
Bring your battery to me and we will find out if this works. Not all batteries will be rejuvenated.
Cost you a frag only if it works lol

[spit.fire]

Ya I borrowed one of the fancy chargers from my buddy, the battery is 6yrs old anyways so I figure it's time for a new one anyways

[mike31154]

Well at least you should be back on the road after spending less than $1K. My Japanese import '92 Hilux Surf (4Runner with diesel engine & steering wheel on the right side) blew an o-ring on the injector pump & started spewing diesel fuel early last November. I don't have a garage, just a carport & it was getting a little too cold to be spending any time repairing that. I got as far as removing the injector pump which meant pulling the whole front off the engine, (radiator, timing belt, etc. etc.) to get the damned thing off. The o-ring itself is probably worth less than $5, but the labour involved is insane. A new pump is over $1700, an overhaul (if you can find someone to do it) is $1000..... and because it's an EFI pump, they can't test it after overhaul... Seal kit is hard to source since it's a Japanese Denso pump, pretty much identical to a Bosch VE pump, but trying to match part numbers to make sure it's the right kit is annoyingly difficult.

And all this after I had to fix a cracked head on the darn thing a couple of years ago! Thought it should be good for another 300,000 Kms after that.

Anyhow, I ended up buying a new vehicle. I'll try to get a seal kit & fix the old Surf once the weather warms up again. I now have a $30K o'ring sitting in the driveway!

[hillegom]

Mike, is it just an O ring you need? You can't take out the old and get a new viton O ring the same size?
Whats involved with a whole kit? different size O rings?