mostly a ford tractor guy, but we have several old IH pieces of equipment too.
I have a 2606 backhoe- which I gather is basically the same as the 606 tractor. has the diesel- i believe this is the D236 6 cylinder.
Here is the backstory on the machine- my dad bought it off a neighbor 8 years after he died. wouldnt start then, dad got someone to look at it, said we needed an injection pump. found a good used one put it on and has run "good" since. I say "good" because the engine is pretty tired. smokes a lot, if you flip the glow plugs on while its running it will start to run better and smoke slows down. I think the machine was worked pretty hard in its prior life.
current problem- wont start. it ran fine when parked, which was probably back in august? battery fully charged, glow plugs are new (less than 2 years old)
I always run some type of anti gel in my diesel fuel, but it got COLD here the past 2 weeks- so i dont know if i had enough in to protect it down that cold. my thermometer got as low as -6
my neighbor asked me for help moving some large wood 2 weekends ago. it was approx 35 degrees out. I put a radiant heater next to the oil pan to help the machine. glow plugs on for probably 2 minutes. nothing. played around for 30 min or so trying to get machine to start. never an attempt
we got a warm spell a few days later so I tried again. it was 60 degrees. again glow plugs on for a few minutes. motor spins over great, but makes zero attempt to start. not even a cough/spudder/nothing.
so my question- where to start? my immediate thought is to change the fuel filters and throw some diesel 911 in just in case it did gel, but what after that? do i try cracking the injector lines to see if its getting fuel? should i try shutting the glow plugs off and using starting fluid?
I have a 2606 backhoe- which I gather is basically the same as the 606 tractor. has the diesel- i believe this is the D236 6 cylinder.
Here is the backstory on the machine- my dad bought it off a neighbor 8 years after he died. wouldnt start then, dad got someone to look at it, said we needed an injection pump. found a good used one put it on and has run "good" since. I say "good" because the engine is pretty tired. smokes a lot, if you flip the glow plugs on while its running it will start to run better and smoke slows down. I think the machine was worked pretty hard in its prior life.
current problem- wont start. it ran fine when parked, which was probably back in august? battery fully charged, glow plugs are new (less than 2 years old)
I always run some type of anti gel in my diesel fuel, but it got COLD here the past 2 weeks- so i dont know if i had enough in to protect it down that cold. my thermometer got as low as -6
my neighbor asked me for help moving some large wood 2 weekends ago. it was approx 35 degrees out. I put a radiant heater next to the oil pan to help the machine. glow plugs on for probably 2 minutes. nothing. played around for 30 min or so trying to get machine to start. never an attempt
we got a warm spell a few days later so I tried again. it was 60 degrees. again glow plugs on for a few minutes. motor spins over great, but makes zero attempt to start. not even a cough/spudder/nothing.
so my question- where to start? my immediate thought is to change the fuel filters and throw some diesel 911 in just in case it did gel, but what after that? do i try cracking the injector lines to see if its getting fuel? should i try shutting the glow plugs off and using starting fluid?