liammaestro
New User
Hi everyone, I have a bit of a predicament here. I recently acquired my first diesel tractor. It is a 1981 Ford 4600 with the 201 diesel engine. It belonged to an old farmer down the road who recently passed away and his wife just wanted it out of her way so I purchased it from her. Prior to my acquisition of this tractor it had been sitting in his barn untouched for at least a year. The Story Goes it always ran and it always started right up without fail. All I needed to do is replace the battery as it was long since gone. Well, as these things usually go for me it was not that simple.
After purchasing a new giant battery and replacing the starter because it appeared to be fried the tractor still won't start but it turns over just fine and easy. A friend told me to just replace the fuel injectors so I did with no change. I then proceeded to change the fuel filter and take off the fuel lines just to make sure nothing was clogged. Everything seem to check out fine. I put in new gas and still can't get this thing to go. I bleed the fuel system according to the owner's manual starting at the fuel filter and working my way over to the fuel pump and then cracking the lines at the injectors. If I have the bleed screw out on the fuel pump it will shoot fuel to the front tire. To me that seems like the fuel pump is working??? But then again I'm not really sure because I've never played with the diesel tractors much. It has the CAV rotary fuel pump. I give it a quick spray of ether it will start right up no problem until the ether is all gone and then it just cranks but doesn't seem to be getting fuel. Although there is fuel at the injectors.
I'm at my Wit's End of what to do! Is it the fuel pump do you think? Should have be squirting a lot harder or a lot more? When I crack the fuel lines at the injectors there's fuel coming out but I don't know how hard it should be spraying. Am I missing something simple and obvious that most diesel tractors require me to do? I know the fuel shut off pull switch should be pushed in to start and when I pull the throttle linkage on the fuel pump itself seems to be moving just fine. The fuel pump does have a slight leak and it looks like it's coming out of the throttle lever on the pump but I didn't think that that would cause such a problem.
I'm new to this diesel Fords. I have a 1949 8N and a 1971 Ford 2000 gas both of which I keep running and they are operationally in great shape but this one has me stumped!
Any suggestions??? Don't be afraid to point out the obvious because it probably isn't obvious to me. Many thanks all.
After purchasing a new giant battery and replacing the starter because it appeared to be fried the tractor still won't start but it turns over just fine and easy. A friend told me to just replace the fuel injectors so I did with no change. I then proceeded to change the fuel filter and take off the fuel lines just to make sure nothing was clogged. Everything seem to check out fine. I put in new gas and still can't get this thing to go. I bleed the fuel system according to the owner's manual starting at the fuel filter and working my way over to the fuel pump and then cracking the lines at the injectors. If I have the bleed screw out on the fuel pump it will shoot fuel to the front tire. To me that seems like the fuel pump is working??? But then again I'm not really sure because I've never played with the diesel tractors much. It has the CAV rotary fuel pump. I give it a quick spray of ether it will start right up no problem until the ether is all gone and then it just cranks but doesn't seem to be getting fuel. Although there is fuel at the injectors.
I'm at my Wit's End of what to do! Is it the fuel pump do you think? Should have be squirting a lot harder or a lot more? When I crack the fuel lines at the injectors there's fuel coming out but I don't know how hard it should be spraying. Am I missing something simple and obvious that most diesel tractors require me to do? I know the fuel shut off pull switch should be pushed in to start and when I pull the throttle linkage on the fuel pump itself seems to be moving just fine. The fuel pump does have a slight leak and it looks like it's coming out of the throttle lever on the pump but I didn't think that that would cause such a problem.
I'm new to this diesel Fords. I have a 1949 8N and a 1971 Ford 2000 gas both of which I keep running and they are operationally in great shape but this one has me stumped!
Any suggestions??? Don't be afraid to point out the obvious because it probably isn't obvious to me. Many thanks all.