Talk:Dayton 3VE52

Cold-ish (At least for Florida lol) Day, so brought out this old beast to try and see if i could get it started.

Fan is Good, Spark is Good, runs for a bit then shuts off.

Tore it apart, hoses were quite dry rotted, hunting for spare parts currently.

--Eric (talk) 15:00, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

I go and get the Hose + Hose Clamps (the former of which, at least at NAPA Auto Parts, was surprisingly expensive for just 5 Feet Of) go through the painstaking effort of instal it all…just for that to change nothing.

Currently trying to get to the nozzle/sensor. Hidden behind a Russian Nesting Doll-esque collection of layers with hard to reach screws but yeah.

--Eric (talk) 17:40, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

Replaced all the hoses + added Hose Clamps …and it still ain’t working.

I think it has to do with whatever valve/solenoid is in between the fuel pickup/fuel filter, and the nozzle.

Nozzle seemed clean, Photocell looked brand new etc

Only other thing could be if some sort of Thermal Safety is tripping and stopping the fuel flow via the solenoid.

All that would require a proper “fake” Photocell and/or Bimetallic Strip (pr whatever closed thermal sensor is used), as well as some way to bypass the solenoid.

All in all i learned a lot, but sure was a frustrating excercise!

(Also didn’t have all my tools on me)

--Eric (talk) 20:14, 28 November 2025 (UTC)