TO 35 diesel smokes.

I just finished overhauling a TO 35 diesel. I finally got it started and it smokes like a freight train and wants to lope a little. I immediately thought of Tony who did one of these a few years ago. Last I remember you were going to pull it out, did that happen?
The smoke smells like fuel and there is very little blowby. The injectors were redone about 300 hours ago and I've never touched the pump.rrI would greatly appreciate any suggestions,thanks Alec
 
Oh I'm not working on it 2, Dieseltec is. A last resort before ebay parts....
He is trying to build up the hollow pistons, and sink the valve seats. To increase compression over the 320 I got, with scotchbrite on an angle grinder! It seems 400# has to be 'created' with high performance work. Everything I did ... 'by the book'... didn't mater. Rich will read this and join the thread soon, but as I watched him reviewed my handiwork like a shop teacher, it was all in spec, I passed the course, the engine didn't. I guess with time and use, is the nature of the design that has to be... customized?
If American ones smoke and start harder than UK or other countries, I am thinking the refining of the diesel oil for environmental reasons might be the fault. As I tried to burn on road, off road, home heating #2, kerosene, mixes with gas or motor oil... all had different results.... but none of them were the fix, but all ran differently.
Or did people 50-60 years ago have different standards? Like- blimey! atleast I don't have to feed or curry comb the bloody thing!!'
When I was thinking of rebuilding this one, an ol MF dealer told me I was setting myself up for a disappointment. 'This diesel will never start good cold or warm, always smoke, and make you go deaf or stir crazy. It isn't worth the time or expense to rebuild. get a Perkins or Continental to rebuild .'
Yep. There's nothing like a well tuned Continental Z145 or 176....
 
I'm out of Tony's reach, but I'm still interested in his suggestions. You say the compression my be to low. I think I can check it. The new pistons don't provide enough compression is that right? I'll stay in touch. Thanks very much.
 
You can reach me in Republic Mo this summer at the FENA meet. Where are you in MO?
Yeah it seems 400 pounds compression is the magic number... the holy grail of Standard diesels.... or some... Standard diesels anyway..... my gauge don't even go up that high....
I got a little old Bolens Izeki 3 with about 40 pounds compression... and it barely smokes at all....
 
What I found on Tony's head was all the valves are too deep in the head after the valves and seats were ground. I'm getting new repair seats installed hoping to get them flush like I did on my 23C several years ago. I cheated on mine as I needed guides, so I made valves from a Deutz engine fit my head. Tony will tell you, mine starts much better than most as he's driven it. Still not as good as a Perkins though..
 
Yeah I intend to make it to Republic, It would be a pleasure to meet you. Thanks again. I haven't found my compression tester yet but when I do I'll report.
 
Yes... dieseltech's 23C starts and runs as clean and nice... as a Continental gas????
'After' some high performance work he did on it... he is what his handle sez... a diesel-tech
If you have the same enginehead as mine, the tester will thread into the glow plug holes- with the plain spark plug hole thread. But if your tester only goes to 300, like most, if it max's out, you'll need to borrow a diesel gauge. Hopefully, you have over 3 and change
 

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