29/08/2026
This one’s a story… so buckle in. 🚛🔧
Earlier this year, this old Isuzu suffered a sudden breakdown and CJ Tech was called in to find out why.
What followed wasn’t a five-minute diagnosis.
We checked the intake system, bled and inspected the fuel system, verified engine timing, checked valve operation and tested fuel delivery.
Eventually the problem became clear — the mechanical injection pump simply wasn’t delivering enough fuel.
The truck was brought back to our workshop, where the fuel pump and injectors were removed and sent away for testing.
And the news wasn’t good.
The pump had reached the end of its service life, with significant internal wear, while the injectors were also suffering from poor fuel delivery and atomisation.
So the search began.
Repair the pump.
Replace the pump.
Replace the engine.
Find another truck.
For a while, none of the options stacked up.
Parts for a truck of this age aren’t exactly sitting on every shelf, and it genuinely started to look like this old girl might have reached the end of the road.
We were even helping our customer look at replacement trucks.
But if you know CJ Tech, you know we don’t give up easily.
Dave kept chasing leads.
Phone call after phone call. Wreckers. Old truck yards. Anyone who might know someone who had one tucked away somewhere.
Until eventually he found exactly the bloke you need in a situation like this…
The bloke who has everything sitting in the paddock. 😂
There was only one small problem.
He wasn’t exactly around the corner.
So Dave jumped in the ute and completed an approximately 1,800km round trip to collect what we needed.
Safe to say, that’s a little further than our usual parts run.
The replacement pump came home, was installed, the fuel system was primed and bled, and the old Isuzu fired back into life.
Fuel pressure restored.
Fuel delivery restored.
No leaks.
Running properly again.
And according to her owner?
She has never run this well.
That’s the bit that makes every phone call, every kilometre and every hour spent chasing the answer worthwhile.
She’s now back on the farm doing exactly what she was built to do — and hopefully she’s got plenty more years left in her yet.
We’re big believers in repairing rather than replacing when it makes sense.
So never be embarrassed to call us because your truck, tractor or machine is old.
Quite honestly, we love the challenge.
Old or new.
Big or small.
Any brand.
Any application.
CJ Tech Services has the experience and diversity of knowledge to support everything you run.
📞 Got a machine everyone else has given up on? Give CJ Tech Services a call. We’ll do our best to keep it working.
