Cushman haulster

96 stroker · 04-13-2015, 08:11 PM

So I just got this thing.. I'm confused weather it's gas or diesel tho. It's a 4 speed manual and has a wait to start light and spark plugs..

Dave in VA · 04-13-2015, 08:39 PM

96 stroker · 04-13-2015, 08:45 PM

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CharleyL · 04-14-2015, 09:44 AM

If it has spark plugs it's got to be gas (none visible in the pictures), but glow plugs in a diesel can look similar. Do the wires to the "spark plugs" have heavy insulation for high voltage or thinner insulation?

I would remove the fuel cap and take a sniff. There's a huge difference between the smell of gas and diesel. If there isn't much smell, use something as a dip stick and draw a sample out of the fuel tank to get a better sniff. Compare the smell to the gas tank of your car, if in doubt. Most Trucksters/Haulsters were gas, but Cushman/Textron did make some with diesel engines. The "Wait To Start" light might be for an electric fuel pump to give it time to build fuel pressure (just a guess), or it could be to wait for the glow plug to get hot in a diesel, so that isn't a good clue.

You are very wise to be sure which you have. Putting gas into a diesel engine can result in an explosion. Putting diesel into a gas engine will make it impossible to start, or if the gas to diesel ratio is small it will not run well and smoke heavily.

That's a nice looking Truckster/Haulster. A late 90's or early 2000 ? They were designed for, and usually used for, refuse pick up in alleys, etc. where they could come back out to the street and dump into the large garbage trucks, or for refuse pick up around large manufacturing facilities, but very handy for hauling and dumping many things. I could sure use one of them around my place. My 87 Truckster is a stake body (flat bed with fences). I put plywood on the fences when I haul dirt or gravel. Not great, but it works.

Charley

96 stroker · 04-14-2015, 10:22 AM

I did all that.. It smelled like gas and has spark plugs.. The wts light had be confused . According to the internet it's a 2003 1/2 ton with a Honda gas motor.. Now to figure out why it won't stay running without either.. That to fix the Trans.. It's stuck in gear

04-13-2015, 08:11 PM	#1
96 stroker Getting Wild Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 80	Cushman haulster So I just got this thing.. I'm confused weather it's gas or diesel tho. It's a 4 speed manual and has a wait to start light and spark plugs..
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04-14-2015, 09:44 AM	#9
CharleyL Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Central North Carolina Posts: 527	Re: Cushman haulster If it has spark plugs it's got to be gas (none visible in the pictures), but glow plugs in a diesel can look similar. Do the wires to the "spark plugs" have heavy insulation for high voltage or thinner insulation? I would remove the fuel cap and take a sniff. There's a huge difference between the smell of gas and diesel. If there isn't much smell, use something as a dip stick and draw a sample out of the fuel tank to get a better sniff. Compare the smell to the gas tank of your car, if in doubt. Most Trucksters/Haulsters were gas, but Cushman/Textron did make some with diesel engines. The "Wait To Start" light might be for an electric fuel pump to give it time to build fuel pressure (just a guess), or it could be to wait for the glow plug to get hot in a diesel, so that isn't a good clue. You are very wise to be sure which you have. Putting gas into a diesel engine can result in an explosion. Putting diesel into a gas engine will make it impossible to start, or if the gas to diesel ratio is small it will not run well and smoke heavily. That's a nice looking Truckster/Haulster. A late 90's or early 2000 ? They were designed for, and usually used for, refuse pick up in alleys, etc. where they could come back out to the street and dump into the large garbage trucks, or for refuse pick up around large manufacturing facilities, but very handy for hauling and dumping many things. I could sure use one of them around my place. My 87 Truckster is a stake body (flat bed with fences). I put plywood on the fences when I haul dirt or gravel. Not great, but it works. Charley

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96 stroker Getting Wild Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 80	Re: Cushman haulster I did all that.. It smelled like gas and has spark plugs.. The wts light had be confused . According to the internet it's a 2003 1/2 ton with a Honda gas motor.. Now to figure out why it won't stay running without either.. That to fix the Trans.. It's stuck in gear
96 stroker Getting Wild Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 80

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