get the truck into a diesel garage where they fix the haulers and dozers
let it warm up

or get a tent larger than the truck around it and use one of those jet engine
heaters that run on diesel to heat it all up

really

probably just a blown fuel pump

how many miles or km on it?

 

If you have active wells there, you'll have free natural gas.

That will heat the truck.
You need a tent and a stove
and a natural gas feed.

Even a tent, propane tank and a heater running on the propane may do it.

Or if you can find an unused garage where a rig is gone out working for a week - steal that garage for a week and get it warmed up.

 

I agree with jfall on this. Years ago in Prudhoe Bay AK, when a vehicle quit somewhere away from the shop, we had to build a structure around it, usually just 2x4s screwed together, threw some tarps over the frame, and point a couple of space heaters into the interior and let it cook for a few hours(or days) before starting to work on it. Kinda like working in a cave with flashlights, but it was a lot better than trying to work at -65F outside (not gonna happen)

 

Hi Guys! While you are all talking about how fricken' cold out it is, the temperature jumped to above freezing today! Generally speaking, any cat work is done in the field where the cat is. They will use insulated tarps and a tiger torch to keep the chill off if it's a major repair, but it certainly isn't an ideal thaw situation. It will basically keep the mechanic from freezing solid. Hording is still an option for me.

I was about to go out and try and crank the rover a bit, but realized that the guy I share the office with accidentally wore my coat to the field today. In the pockets are my keys. I'm pretty sure that he will loose the keys and I'll be in just a little more of a pickle than I already am. But that's just the pessimist in me speaking.

So I'm going out there to pop the hatch and pull the fuel pump (right after a quick search on how to pull the trim). Video at 11. (or some lengthy period of time after when I get the chance to edit it).

EDIT: ***Darnit! Who locked the truck? Certainly not me! I'm deathly afraid of the battery going flat and the doors getting stuck in the lock position. Oh well. Tomorrow is another day. I think I'll sit out in the sun for a bit.****

 

and remember, when you don't have the keys, and the hood is shut but not all the way, DON"T pop it open or the Alarm will go off and scare the poop out of you! I wonder how long it will go on for? OK there… it stopped. Good.

 

Man, you are in better spirits than I would be.
Kudos.

 

Agreed. With how cold it is, I'd be looking at the Rover as a heat source in an accidental fire.

Actually, it would consume my every sleeping and awake moment wanting to beat it. I'm a "Little" Obsessive Compulsive.

 

Good news! She is running! Giddy-up! Happy Dance! Oh the joy!

I went out this morning and started to pull the rear carpet to get at the fuel pump. What a job that is! But suddenly it dawned on me to give it a crank. You never know, it may have been ice in the line and the methyl hydrate that I poured in (as opposed to the isopropyl I've been using) may have worked it's way down the line.

So I cranked it and she started up! Then quit. It ran a little rough. When I cranked it again and she ran but I quickly realized that I forgot to replace the coolant return to overflow hose that I had broke while mucking about… so I quickly replaced that. I bought the part along with the new fuel pump.

I then fired it back up. She ran a little rough at first. Lots of grey smoke and gasoline smell in the exhaust. Some gurgling in the exhaust pipe. I turned it off and let it sit for a while with the key in position 2. I still don't know if this does anything. Didn't someone say here, or on another thread that doing this lets the computers talk to each other and get things sorted out? Is this true?

So there it is. The truck runs! I'm low on coolant. Gonna have to get something in there right away. I'll see what I can dig up here or get an order in. Luckily people are coming into camp on a regular basis now.


To summarize; Truck started one cold morning. Ran for about 7 minutes and quit. Then it would not start. I did not have spark. I changed the CKP sensor. I had spark. No gas. At this point, it's either a plugged filter, broken pump, or water in the gas frozen at the pump or in the lines. I ordered a fuel pump as a worse case scenario and put methyl hydrate in the gas tank (a very small amount). After 3 days of sitting with the methyl hydrate in the tank and two days of unseasonably warm weather, the truck started and runs.

Problems; CKP Sensor failed. Frozen fuel lines.
Solution; Changed CKP sensor. Methyl hydrate in the lines, two warm days (above freezing).

I'd like to thank everyone here for their help and opinions.. Thanks! And TRS Automotive in Calgary for their advice and prompt service getting parts up to me. Thanks!

 

Glad to hear she is running again!!
The grey smoke and rough run was the fuel in the cylinders from all the times you tired to start her and they failed.

 

WOOHOO!!!! Wish we were all there to throw a party! Well, ok, wish you were HERE to throw a party...

But, fantastic news. Thanks for all the reports back, there have been a LOT of people following along.