Running out of reefer fuel is a no - no.Enough to make a preacher cuss !!!
@matrixi4i
5 жыл бұрын
I installed a 12 v fuel pump $67 before the hand manual pump , Push button momentary switch $14 , inline fuse with holder $9. And rubber waterproof boot $4. Unscrew hand manual pump lid , push button and 10 seconds later release button , tighten manual lid .
@ericfein4451
7 жыл бұрын
Serenity now, serenity now.
@brslib01
5 жыл бұрын
I know what you mean about disliking to prime. I used to have to try to start the 1936 John Deere tractor when someone (one of my dear family, of course) had turned it off in the kerosene mode. I had to take off the petcock, dump out the kerosene, put gasoline into it, reaffix it, and then start turning the fly wheel which make my arms really tired. So, I feel your pain. Thank you for your gentle, even temperament!
@thersaholycow
7 жыл бұрын
Bet you someone left it running because the battery was dead hoping that someone would get it before it ran out of fuel.
@tonymichaud8683
7 жыл бұрын
Put a valve stem for a tire onto a fuel cap so you can use your compressor to pressurize the fuel tank. That will push the fuel to the reefer engine....
@BigMoney23223
2 жыл бұрын
Does that really work?
@herbbenson6884
7 жыл бұрын
The bad part: A lot of extra work for you. The good part: An interesting video for me. This was one of the many things I hated about driving a big truck. Always having to deal with some else's screw up. Safe Travels JBG
@24juan68
7 жыл бұрын
So you were the one who left it running so I could do a video of the problem? Hahaha😱😱😁😁😏😬😨
@herbbenson6884
7 жыл бұрын
Now that I know it works just wait for the next problem I can dream up so I can watch how you solve it. Look forward to and enjoy all your videos. Safe Travels JBG
@grantkusske1229
6 жыл бұрын
Love your vidios Johnny Be Good
@pauljohansson7697
5 жыл бұрын
@@herbbenson6884 You ass.
@mac1mckenzie
6 жыл бұрын
Amen on the engineers. They should be made to spend a year or two maintaining any equipment they are going to be designing.
@Hooptierescue
7 жыл бұрын
need to put fuel in the fuel,filter and the open the bleeder and then prime it cause it air bound. sucks that batery week
@jeffryblackmon4846
7 жыл бұрын
I'd be screaming loud and long about the 'considerate driver' who let it run out of fuel.
@atexan5449
6 жыл бұрын
I can say the same
@brucejensen3986
4 жыл бұрын
Was going to say that
@pirate612
6 жыл бұрын
This was and is common with the drivers today. No one does the pre-trip to include their refr.
@bluedevil0072
7 жыл бұрын
Mathew is right. filling the filter cuts way down on the priming time. All you need is a Lg pair of Channel Locks.
@arriviste2020
6 жыл бұрын
Wrap a piece of rag around an airline and insert line into donkey fuel tank,add a little pressure to the tank, and if you had the pump / inj line lose on the donkey engine the fuel will be forced right through the system, lock it down, and crank it up. Or use ether, up to you:::) If you use ether, two rotations of the engine will fire it up.
@rons1286
5 жыл бұрын
The refer has an electric fuel pump that will prime the engine if the unit is turned on!
@stevenhoelderich9490
2 жыл бұрын
John, when you get a chance, get the Halo Volt so you don't Have, to use jumper, cables !! They, sell them on, QVC look for It on your cable TV Channels.
@rons1286
5 жыл бұрын
You must put the unit in auto so the electric fuel pump near the fuel tank will run while priming. In most cases it will try to start but just keep priming while it cranks. If need be turn unit off then back on. Of course this will only work with a charged battery.
@johnw8685
5 жыл бұрын
Nice video. Sorry that u had to go through all that trouble. However I learnt something..where to find truck batteries....lol. Good video
@dave1182a
7 жыл бұрын
We used to just stay hooked, use just a single jumper instead of two to jump the battery and leave it in manual instead of cycle so the battery would charge, after we primed it.
@tonymichaud8683
6 жыл бұрын
Hey Johnny....Get a fuel cap for the reefer tank, drill and tap it for a valve stem. Then you can pressurize the fuel tank, with your air hose, to push the fuel up to the reefer....Keep the cap in your jockey box for when you need it. Prime the reefer with very little effort.
@24juan68
6 жыл бұрын
Not my trailer
@tonymichaud8683
6 жыл бұрын
LOL I understood that...I meant you should get A cap. put in a valve stem and keep it in your jockeybox, then you have it whenever you get stuck with a reefer that needs primed. The cap on the reefer tank is not modified. I had a reefer that needed primed a few times. It took less than five minutes to get it started. Mind you....The battery was not dead.
@MNTruckerMike
6 жыл бұрын
Company I work for used to run Refer and every one of them I went to pick up either Batteries were dead, out of fuel or both... We even had one driver that filled the tank with gas, flipped the switch and left. Gas in a Diesel smh....
@justinbrown4519
7 жыл бұрын
i hate when that happens i had 29000 lbs of shrimp load lost a couple summers back 110 degree. heat qnd no refer for a day didnt work.out so well i refused that load thats the only load i have ever refused to hook to o.m.g it smelled like death
@imtimrich
7 жыл бұрын
Need to clean Blue's battery terminals
@pv12261963
7 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't stand out there playing with that. I would have called dispatch for a tech to come out & get the damn thing going. I HOPE the dip shit that ran t dry was FIRED!
@dejonsmall9886
7 жыл бұрын
JBG you need to carry one of those portable battery packs for jump starting
@focusfrenzy9759
7 жыл бұрын
you need to turn that little red knob counter clock wise to open the bleeder port and close it back after it starts. and even after it starts getting hard to pump, you need to keep pumping to help it start.
@ajwilson605
7 жыл бұрын
If the "engineer" who designed the fuel system had really been thinking, he'd have put a electric lift pump on it to avoid all the crap of priming it by hand...... I got out of reefers because of crap like this...!
@24juan68
7 жыл бұрын
How long were you in it?
@ajwilson605
7 жыл бұрын
A long and varied career that started in the '70's. Tried everything once or twice...flats, tankers, reefers, vans...even heavy haul. As I got older, decided that more money, less work was the way to go. Reired from OTR vans back in '11, but still work for a local company running local.
@johnbach3057
7 жыл бұрын
Man that really sucks. It's not a good situation to deal with.
@ojerico6097
5 жыл бұрын
Its not that bad lol u guys overreact
@mikemcmullen227
7 жыл бұрын
I'm going to tell you that you made it hard then it was. I have the same truck as you. I got long cables or make your own from a welding supply store. That way you don't have to disconnect. Make sure you use 2 gauge cables.
@alsinglet1
7 жыл бұрын
suppose to turn the red dial to open it a little to bleed air out also to get fuel flowing.
@24juan68
7 жыл бұрын
Oh really.. well I hope I won't have to do it soon.
@jimmy504whodat6
7 жыл бұрын
That's the reason I only ran dry box to many head aches !
@stephenhomer7463
7 жыл бұрын
Been there and done that! It's a process to get the reefer started when that happens!
@MrBusdriver63
7 жыл бұрын
John you need to remove the corrosion from "Blue's " batteries
@24juan68
7 жыл бұрын
It's been done by the freightliner dealership
@ehsnils
6 жыл бұрын
Late comment, but those electric fork lift connectors are nice when it comes to quickly connecting battery power for jump starting and charging. They come in a number of sizes and can be found on eBay. But it did look like your batteries needed some care - oxidized poles.
@ZeZeBatata69
7 жыл бұрын
Engineers don't put a crank on it so you never forget to not turn off the reefer. :)
@24juan68
7 жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@mattboomerang7920
7 жыл бұрын
20 year's ago I fueled my refer at the Loves in Fort Worth TX then went to bed. I woke up 6hrs later because the refer wasn't running. Turns out someone stole the fuel.
@philliplee980
7 жыл бұрын
this is new for me. interesting. learning something new. sound like Morse code cool.
@rickyrifqi8557
7 жыл бұрын
Phillip Lee its says i need fuel...
@dfuller968
7 жыл бұрын
You should get your boss to get you a little handheld jumper pack there are some incredible ones out there.
@maryrife123
7 жыл бұрын
A truly nasty surprise would be if something had been left inside that refer. The rest is just a huge pain in the rear.
@dstevenpaisley
6 жыл бұрын
Pop the fuel filter off and fill it at the pump when you fill the refer! Save ya a lot of pumping .
@giovannisocci8793
7 жыл бұрын
My FL looks like yours,same blue and all,but my batteries are in the catwalk area,jumping the reefer would ve been a breeze.
@brucel9990
6 жыл бұрын
jump box be a nice addition to your tools on board
@johnwilson6948
6 жыл бұрын
fill you fuel filter a few times mate it is easer than wanking that thing them pumps are a frikken pain
@nito2684
4 жыл бұрын
It's bad when nobody cares about others.
@onyourbikeuoldfart
7 жыл бұрын
If that was morse code , I couldn't make out what you were saying. lol.
@panteret
5 жыл бұрын
always expect problems when you do not have a steady trailer behind you. even after you have been off and another driver has been on your truck. had some crazy shit in 27 years of driving.
@pauljohansson7697
5 жыл бұрын
What a bad boy.
@MoneyMarcMes
7 жыл бұрын
LMFAO!!! I hate days like that.
@slimshady8024
7 жыл бұрын
you could pick up a cheap battery jump pack for under 50 bucks that would make your job easier
@donaldswink6259
6 жыл бұрын
That’s because engineers don’t have to fix those things.
@jameslawrence2840
7 жыл бұрын
they don't put crank on to punish people for running out of fuel lol. problem in your case your not the idiot that did it!!
@24juan68
7 жыл бұрын
haha i got unlucky
@terrybarnes0712
7 жыл бұрын
I had the samething happen to before and you're right its a pain in the Caboose to prime them reefers
@24juan68
7 жыл бұрын
And a crank was too much to ask for?
@trakyboy5128
5 жыл бұрын
In this modern age of trucking you would think that there would be a connector from the truck to the trailer that would allow it to be able to regen that battery quickly and even do a startup if necessary and as far as that hand pump goes I hate jerking that thing off I hate it, I hate it. why they can't put some kind of a little nub sticking out there where you can put like a cordless drill on it and wine that thing up in a hurry I have no idea but like John said engineers are some of the dumbest people on earth🤔
@jeffreyreyes6638
2 жыл бұрын
JEFFREY
@adamallen2502
7 жыл бұрын
you got that right about engineers
@myfavorites1016
7 жыл бұрын
yes that would suck , to have to prime it like that : (
@ozzieulloa6088
5 жыл бұрын
If you blead yhe line its esyer if not your just compressing air.
@Boodieman72
7 жыл бұрын
Is it times like these where you wish you drove a dry van?
@smhATstupidppl
7 жыл бұрын
buy a gladhand air hose and you will avoid doing that bullshit
@Herkesemerhaba29
2 жыл бұрын
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@edwardmoore6850
6 жыл бұрын
seeMs like you have a lot of experience doing that
@prankmonkey650
4 жыл бұрын
Larry!!
@derredriver
7 жыл бұрын
The same trailer you spent the night looking for only for it to have a dead battery again
@edwardwills3775
3 жыл бұрын
Cold inwisconsin
@claudiasmemaw
7 жыл бұрын
If not a crank, at least something with a longer stroke, a bigger 'button' to push & easier access.
@claudiasmemaw
7 жыл бұрын
That great BIG TRUCK, & that itty bitty plunger? What a HOOT!
@cincom83
6 жыл бұрын
I agree with about the engineers are the dumbest people. They redesign something that didn't need to be redesigned. Then do a controlled test and then never fix they most obvious issues.
@ronspruill5112
6 жыл бұрын
Don't know what he is doing!!! Have to turn it on so the fuel pump fills the fuel filter etc before you prime!!!
@rjstasio
6 жыл бұрын
You need a rechargeable jump box and you would have saved yourself a bunch of time
@ohiobwb
7 жыл бұрын
that stinks!!!
@cpg1388
6 жыл бұрын
Battery charger and extension cord
@SuperUncleRyan
6 жыл бұрын
Just another one of the MANY things that sucks about be a responsible driver in a company full of lazy idiots. Far too many lazy irresponsible dumbasses driving trucks these days. I feel your pain. I just couldn't take it anymore so I came back to construction and I am happy again.
@FARMALLL666
6 жыл бұрын
HOOK UP JUMPER CABLES...TURN OVER GIVE IT A SNIFF OF EITHER. IT WILL START AND BLEED OUT THE SYSTEM. SIMPLE
@Padden58
7 жыл бұрын
Wow John...what truck driver drop this trailer without no fuel...???'
@24juan68
7 жыл бұрын
And left it running
@SqueakerAlpha
6 жыл бұрын
thats a lot of priming.
@davidhobson8284
7 жыл бұрын
I guess I always cheated on priming I had an extra fuel cap for the reefer tank with a tire valve stem installed and an air hose that connected to glad hand, couple pounds of air pressure and crack a fuel line open made it much easier especially when it was -10 deg outside!
@bill605able
6 жыл бұрын
That sounds so easy it must be some serious safety violation.
@backwoods3214
7 жыл бұрын
maybe get a booster pack.
@24juan68
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I never thought about that.. thanks
@pieseasmyseas
6 жыл бұрын
If you use your air hose and a tennis ball to compress the fuel tank it'll push fuel up into the engine and you don't have to do all that silly priming all you have to do just like the tennis ball put it over to fuel neck punch a hole all the way through the ball put your air hose in the other side and start blowing air air pressure sender fuel right on up
@24juan68
6 жыл бұрын
Excellent idea thanks
@grimreaperbadboy
7 жыл бұрын
but some easy start spray spray into air intake while it's trying to start m8 takes a few attempts but will fire up after few minutes
@24juan68
7 жыл бұрын
But the question is, where is the intake on the reefer unit?
@grimreaperbadboy
7 жыл бұрын
JBG TRAVELS looking at reefer from front top black pipe coming out of engine just a jubilee clip unscrew with screwdriver pull black pipe off spray into intake while engine trying to fire up it will start after a few attempts you can do this with cars to if they run out of fuel petrol or diesel
@JOHNBEA
7 жыл бұрын
Would this work on an injected diesel engine?
@grimreaperbadboy
6 жыл бұрын
JOHNBEA yes it would
@TheKutia
6 жыл бұрын
GETN UR FINGER GAME ONPOINT SUN
@SteelyPaw
7 жыл бұрын
You will need a sandwich and a nap after that workout LoL I didn't feel a thing..
@24juan68
7 жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@SteelyPaw
7 жыл бұрын
@consaka1
7 жыл бұрын
Why not just an electric pump?
@robertweber2145
6 жыл бұрын
So it's Thursday whats u and intermixed truckers big surprise?
@MrBusdriver63
7 жыл бұрын
John are the ny operators that have "B Doubles " in the U.S.A.?
@24juan68
7 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure what you mean?
@blackiechong4344
5 жыл бұрын
Just a lazy ass driver figuring some one else can do it. I seen this many times where other drivers push it down the line for others to deal with
@mm1977
6 жыл бұрын
sound like a wang wang wang wang? :)
@andrewj4442
7 жыл бұрын
😣😣😣😣
@jeffreyreyes3939
5 жыл бұрын
Jeffrey Rosen
@theamerican7131
7 жыл бұрын
Pain the ass.
@rigut229
7 жыл бұрын
WHEN YOU WERE WORKING ON THE REEFER, WERE YOU GETTING PAID AT THAT TIME OR JUST ON DUTY SUCKING UP YOUR TIME? SEEMS LIKE SOME LABOR LAWS HAVE FORGOTTEN THE AMERICAN TRUCKER. TRUMP! WE NEED YOU
@johnwgibson24
6 жыл бұрын
i was thinking about hauling reefer? i better think again..what do you think? is it worth it? what's the plus side and minus?.. thanks
@kennethbidlingmayer604
6 жыл бұрын
john gibson
@kennethbidlingmayer604
6 жыл бұрын
I ran reefers for 4 years, many years ago. Xtra headaches, units have mechanics problem, you drive out of route (unpaid) to get it fixed, screws up your trip planning/hours, have reefer noise right behind bunk, etc. Unless getting paid a LOT more to run it, stick with box.
@johnwgibson24
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kenneth, great info my friend.. I did local fuel delivery all over So Cal for 1 yr , talk about stress ! .. I'm giving up Ski Instructing after 20 seasons, (no more hot cocoa and high fives).. I might be crazy?..but I want to be a real OTR Trucker..living the Trucker life... I truly can't wait..Dry Van long haul it is.. Were is the best place to get Chicken fried steak? do you like rest stop or truck stops?.... Thanks
@terrybarrett6785
6 жыл бұрын
I HAVE TO TURN THE SOUND OF THE WIND OFF. SORRY.
@ronspruill5112
6 жыл бұрын
Don't know what he is doing!!! Have to turn it on so the fuel pump fills the fuel filter etc before you prime!!!
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