584 diesel - no start

[wwoodrow]

It ran fine 3 weeks ago when I put it in the barn. I had hay delivered Monday and tried to start it and no luck. I put 5 gallons of fresh diesel in it BEFORE I tried to start it even though it was not empty. Engine is turning over fast enough. I cracked lines to injector and nothing is pumping, no fuel, bubbles, nothing. This tractor has NEVER failed me in the 20 years Ive owned it. I will check for possibility of clogged air filter but highly doubt this is the problem. Sgould I pull the teo fuel filters and see if somehow they may not have fuel or should I checkline too injector pump first to see if fuel is being delivered to the pump. Thete is no promer pump on this tractor as it is gravity feed to the filters.

 

[wwoodrow]

Check line TO the injector pump. Excuse the typos please.

 

[Mrfred54]

Remove the line from the tank at the fuel filters. Is there fuel coming full stream?? If so open fuel filters bleeders. You have fuel at the bleeders?? If so then the line from the final filter that goes to the pump, brake the connector loose at the pump, you have fuel at the connector??

 

[JimB2]

See photo below, make sure when the STOP/START/RUN lever is in the START position that the lever on the side of the injection pump is about where the BLUE line is in the photo. As other posts have said verify fuel flow from the tank to filters and out of filter to the pump.

 

[wwoodrow]

Thanks for all the replies. I hope to get back to it Saturday morning and will update on my progress.

 

[wwoodrow]

It ran fine 3 weeks ago when I put it in the barn. I had hay delivered Monday and tried to start it and no luck. I put 5 gallons of fresh diesel in it BEFORE I tried to start it even though it was not empty. Engine is turning over fast enough. I cracked lines to injector and nothing is pumping, no fuel, bubbles, nothing. This tractor has NEVER failed me in the 20 years Ive owned it. I will check for possibility of clogged air filter but highly doubt this is the problem. Sgould I pull the teo fuel filters and see if somehow they may not have fuel or should I checkline too injector pump first to see if fuel is being delivered to the pump. Thete is no promer pump on this tractor as it is gravity feed to the filters.

UPDATE- Tractor is running. I took line off where it enters the primary filter. I wish I would have just cracked it but was not confident it would bleed well enough. Air bubbles came out. I then cracked bleeder screws on the filters and got more air. I finally cracked line where it enter pump and was getting good fuel stream. Unfortunately battery would not do much even with jumpers so I charged it overnight and installed this morning. I cracked lines at injector and it pumped bubbles and started . I got it bled off and all is well. The cause? I had put the tractor in the barn recently with plenty of fuel and I added 5 gallons before I tried to start it the other day. I did notice that the shutoff valve that comes out the bottom of the fuel tank had a slight drip which had gotten worse. My theory is that the drip caused a vacuum which pulled air through the the tank which still had ample fuel . I would not think this is possible but it is if you trust Google ! I cannot think of another cause for a tractor with fuel in the tank to draw air while it is sitting in the barn. Oh, I almost never got the line to the primary filter to seal back properly so I hope to never take it loose again. Thanks for the replies-Hay is in the barn now.

 

[Mike Van]

The fuel tank behind the seat is famous for crud [sometimes rust] settling in the the lower parts and at times blocking the fuel from getting to the inlet or crossover tube. Happened to my 574. You have to drain the tank, take all the fittings out & flush the heck out of it.