180 diesel barn find - wont start
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Topic: 180 diesel barn find - wont start
Posted By: allispicker
Subject: 180 diesel barn find - wont start
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2018 at 10:51pm
| I recently bought a 180 diesel that was parked running in a barn back in 1995. It cranks over, but wont start....not even a little smoke while cranking. I loosened the lines on the injectors, pumped the primer no luck. The pump has fuel in it, the filter is full. I can't even get fuel to come out of the loosened the injector lines. Any ideas? |
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Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 12:15am
| at the least it sounds like metering valve is stuck.Hopefully it's not been that long with biodiesel. If the tractor is worth keeping, line up timing marks and take pump off for freshening up.Likely won't need hard parts, just cleaning and seals.If bio....I can't say.If you could get it running, you'll probably be pulling pump in near future anyway. |
Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 1:10am
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did you pull the shutoff knob out? Just asking a simple question. ------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 5:59am
I've seen that be the problem several times especially at auctions when guys not familiar with the 180 and 185 diesels are starting the tractors.Good theft prevention feature though just leave the fuel shut off in when you stop it(LOL)
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JC(WI) wrote:Posted By: allispicker
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 6:53am
| The pump knob is pulled all the way out. Looks like I'll be pulling the pump off. |
Posted By: injpumpEd
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 7:34am
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very common to have plungers and metering valve stick in these Roosa pumps when they sit a long time(not so long with poor quality bio) but 1995 was before bio-diesel issues began. Its just likely all gummed up with varnished up old diesel. ------------- 210 "too hot to farm" puller, part of the "insane pumpkin posse". Owner of Guenther Heritage Diesel, specializing in fuel injection systems on heritage era tractors. stock rebuilds to all out pullers! |
Posted By: allispicker
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 10:11am
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2018 at 8:43pm
| have someone pump the primer as you turn over the engine. |
Posted By: corbinstein
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2018 at 7:08am
| NICE! |