Well, new fuse in the Murphy and sending unit (looked identical to the one removed). Still no start but the light will BLINK now. That's an improvement. <sigh> At this point now I think the Murphy Box isn't working right. Even in daylight I should see diesel smoke coming out the exhaust when cranking until it starts. There is none. It ran briefly on a spritz of WD40 but died almost immediately. Hopefully its as simple as the Murphy just not sending power to the injector solenoid. Disconnecting the oil switch and using a different one was probably the last straw for the box...that foil wrapped fuse probably never helped either.
Getting some professional help tomorrow to better troubleshoot the issue before going further. Hindsight, the PITA it is, had me recalling a stubborn seen-better-days workhorse of a diesel mower from last week. The fuel cut-off solenoid wasn't working fully...if only partially in it ran slow: The welder (the last time it actually RAN) ran slow just the same instead of revving up to its standard governed 1850RPM.
I apologize if I come off as "derr" (buck tooth, cross eyed cartoon character comes to mind), about this but its frustrating enough for myself since I bought the welder and would have to cover any repairs. Even worse for dad since it was my finding the welder that made it a godsend to help in the shop. What might take an hour and maybe a gallon of diesel beats the hell out of MANY hours and half a tank of acetylene (oxygen doesn't go as quick).
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