It just quit in the middle of the road.

I was driving down the road and it just died. The peddle went flat like the linkage fell apart. After I slowed down a ways the peddle came back up.
It stopped where there was no way to get off the road. It is two lane and it was fun. The wife steered and I pushed it up hill to a turn out, about 150 ft of pushing, took me three tries to get it there. That was hard.

Anyway it would not start and I had to call a tow truck. All it would do is crank over. When we got home, for fun I cranked it over again and it started. I found the banjo bolt going into the injection pump just on hand tight. I tighted it with a wrench and it seems alright. Still smell a little diesel and it seems a little wet around the lift pump.

Please give me ideas.
Thanks

 

Possibly sucked an air bubble into the pump through the loose banjo?
Clean the pump and fuel lines off and see if you have a leak. It might be your lift pump , but if it was running, the IP should have pulled fuel even if the lift pump quit, unless the IP is weak also...

 

also make sure the shut down solenoid is SECURELY connected. a while back one of mine would sputter and try to quit when i floored it... i thought of tons of posibilities, turns out the wire was loose and when i floored it the movement of the motor dis-connected it! make sure that thing is on there good!