WOW!
I’ve had this 656 for three years and it’s always been an absolute bear to start. I had heard the stories of the D282 being hard to start and figured it was just the nature of the beast.
About a month or so ago I pulled all the injectors, cleaned them and replaced one that was an old style. On Pete’s advice I pulled all the precups (not an easy task) since I noticed they were all facing random directions (none of them correct). I replaced them with all new gaskets and made sure that up was pointed up this time.
What a difference in starting. It now takes less than a minute of glowplugs and then it starts immediately. Compare that to 3 or 4 minutes of glowplugs and numerous attempts cranking it till it eventually would start to fire and maybe start if the battery held up long enough.
It’s actually a joy to start now. I can’t help but smile every time I do it! Can’t wait till winter comes again so I can see how it does then. Before it was 4-6 hours of block heater time before even attempting to start it.
Thanks to Pete and everyone for the advice!
Tim
I’ve had this 656 for three years and it’s always been an absolute bear to start. I had heard the stories of the D282 being hard to start and figured it was just the nature of the beast.
About a month or so ago I pulled all the injectors, cleaned them and replaced one that was an old style. On Pete’s advice I pulled all the precups (not an easy task) since I noticed they were all facing random directions (none of them correct). I replaced them with all new gaskets and made sure that up was pointed up this time.
What a difference in starting. It now takes less than a minute of glowplugs and then it starts immediately. Compare that to 3 or 4 minutes of glowplugs and numerous attempts cranking it till it eventually would start to fire and maybe start if the battery held up long enough.
It’s actually a joy to start now. I can’t help but smile every time I do it! Can’t wait till winter comes again so I can see how it does then. Before it was 4-6 hours of block heater time before even attempting to start it.
Thanks to Pete and everyone for the advice!
Tim
