Harry in Ky
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- Central Kentucky
So I'm back with more questions. This time the problem child is a 2020 tractor. On going issues since it spun a rod rod bearing back in January. I'm not exactly sure how I got myself into this project, but here I am. Due to weather and personal health problems I didn't actually get involved until sometime in April. I was hoping it was a simple sleeve/piston related problem I could deal with. Turns out it was a rod bearing. That complicates things a little. Now I have to involve the local guy who rebuilds engines and go that route. He's having some health problems as well, so things get dragged out even more.
He finally gets into it, orders parts for a 202 (assuming that's what it is) only to find it's actually a 219 so the parts shuffle takes place. He finally gets it all together, I get it back to the farm and eventually back in the tractor far enough to get it running. Except it won't run. It has the old CDC pump which I at first feared might be the problem. I confirmed today that it is indeed pumping fuel so that doesn't appear to be the issue. The exhaust is still open so I can see what each cylinder is putting out. A little grey smoke on each stroke but no hint of any cylinder trying to fire. I even tried just a HINT of ether but that didn't help. It hit once or twice, puffed a couple dark gray clomps of smoke and fought back like it didn't want to turn. Made me think of too far advanced timing. The closest book I have is for a 1020 with that style pump and it shows the timing procedure with a timing pin in the flywheel at TDC and a timing pin in the pump itself. The process of inserting the pin into the flywheel then rotating the pump itself until the pin drops in.
I have to assume the same procedure applies to the 219 engine since the same pins are on this motor. Can anyone confirm or disprove that theory? I've got a call in to the rebuilder to ask about his procedure for timing the pump but haven't heard back yet.
He finally gets into it, orders parts for a 202 (assuming that's what it is) only to find it's actually a 219 so the parts shuffle takes place. He finally gets it all together, I get it back to the farm and eventually back in the tractor far enough to get it running. Except it won't run. It has the old CDC pump which I at first feared might be the problem. I confirmed today that it is indeed pumping fuel so that doesn't appear to be the issue. The exhaust is still open so I can see what each cylinder is putting out. A little grey smoke on each stroke but no hint of any cylinder trying to fire. I even tried just a HINT of ether but that didn't help. It hit once or twice, puffed a couple dark gray clomps of smoke and fought back like it didn't want to turn. Made me think of too far advanced timing. The closest book I have is for a 1020 with that style pump and it shows the timing procedure with a timing pin in the flywheel at TDC and a timing pin in the pump itself. The process of inserting the pin into the flywheel then rotating the pump itself until the pin drops in.
I have to assume the same procedure applies to the 219 engine since the same pins are on this motor. Can anyone confirm or disprove that theory? I've got a call in to the rebuilder to ask about his procedure for timing the pump but haven't heard back yet.
