Hawkez

6 weeks until thanksgiving and my boys have 30 turkeys or so that they are raising. Last night we tagged and weighed the birds that will be ready for Thanksgiving.

Welcome to the site. I wish I were smarter and could answer your questions, hopefully someone will chime in.

if you hot wire the IP (ie take 12v from the battery and wire it to the IP) it will help you determine if this is an IP problem. Google Blue Chip Diesel Hot Wire, it helped me troubleshoot my dead VP44.

I wish I would have realized when I got back to the truck, I would have went back. I didn't realize until I got home...4 hour drive later. I didn't have that pocket cinched up very tight and lost that, a two-way radio and my compass. It is all replaceable but it should never of happened, that is what is so frustrating about it.

The problem worked itself out, the magazine rattled out of my backpack on my ATV ride off the mountain yesterday , needless to say I wasn't real excited about that.

My loads are longer than recommended in the books, I have found that this gun groups really well if I seat the bullet .010 off the lands. I played around with the magazine last night and the tip of the bullets isn't catching or making contact, but the shoulder of the case is rubbing on both sides of the mag. In fact, you can see brass-rub marks on the inside. Too bad it is defective, but other than that this gun is really sweet and accurate. Very little recoil, even with it being a 300 WIN MAG, but it is deafening.

Were you using factory loads or your own custom hand loads when you had issues?

Nope, I was just wondering if anyone had a helpful ideas on a lube that might work. If not I'll go as planned and deal with it.

Yes, I bought it new. Browning already said that they will replace it, but I am trying to find a fix that will take me through the elk hunt. To get the magazine replaced I have to send it in, which would leave me without one.

I can't add any more springs. I can see the case's shoulder rubbing against the wall of the magazine. I would like to take a dremel to it, but if that doesn't work than I doubt browning would be real willing to send me a good one

Last month I bought a Browning XBolt 300 WIn Mag. Very nice gun and shoots like a dream. I am now having issues with the magazine feeding bullets. The magazine holds 3 cartridges, but the second bullet intermittently fails the come up and the 3rd will never without removing the magazine and taping it. Not a huge issue at the range, but hunting it would be pretty annoying. Browning said that they'll swap me out, but my hunt starts this weekend and I don't have time to send it in. I've tried a light brass resizing oil and liquid graphite in the magazine to give it some lube. Both work well, but only for a couple of rounds...then it wears off and I am back to where I started. Any ideas of a lube that might work better and last a longer? I'm just looking for something to hold me over until I can get it swapped out.

I'm glad to here she is doing better. Make sure you take care of yourself as well.

By hot wiring it you can eliminate the ECM and pin point it to the IP. How are you just now checking the fuel filter. That has been suggested by this forum before.

That is how I would like to do it, but the current model doesn't have a long enough harness to reach. An extension would have to be made.

I'd love to see you make one of these. I'm interested in the same thing.

Did you hot wire the IP? Meaning run 12v from the battery and a ground to the jack on the IP? If you did this, and the truck still wouldn't start/run and I would rule out the ECM and lean towards the VP44. However, if the truck ran fine like this, warm and cold, I would look harder at the ECM.

I'm sorry to hear this. I hope she gets well soon.

What did you test? Power coming into the IP? or did you hot wire the IP?

You can try hot wiring the VP. I would try this when your problem is present and the truck will not start. If you pull the connector off the VP you can run a jumper wire from the battery's positive and ground to power up the VP. This takes everything else out of the equation. I think 6 is ground and pin 7 is power on that connector. With the VP hotwired you can try to start the truck. Powered in this way, the throttle will not work and turning the key off to power down will not work, you will have to remove the jumper wire. You can also check for power at those same pins on the plug side of that harness. As you do that you can massage the harness and look for drops in power.

That is VAC correct? If so that is getting high, it should be lower than that. Don't forget to test your new alternator the same for VAC. Many new alternators come out of the box with this issue.

You'd have to do both sides because you would also me changing out the fuel hose in-between the filter canister and the IP.

Here are some ideas: https://www.genosgarage.com/product/vulcan-vp02/fuel-system-accessories-replacement-parts http://www.vulcanperformance.com/Universal-Big-Line-Filter-to-Injection-Pump-Kit-p/ffipn375.htm

The FSM calls for 18 ft/lbs. But you ought to consider changing those banjo bolts out as they can reduce fuel flow.

Why are the codes misleading?

Before you spent $800+ on an ECM that may or may not fix your issue, have you checked to see what FP you lift pump is putting out? What were your results for testing the alternator for AC voltage?