400 Diesel

Can anyone tell me where I can find the proper starting and operating procedure for a 400 Diesel.
Also does anyone know how many diesels they made.
Thanks in advance.
Dale

Binder books has all the manuels for your 400D. This is the procedure I use for starting my 400D as well as my TD9 and International 600D. On the 400D the only throtle control you have on the gas cycle is the choke. Once I have the both fuel valves turned on I pull the needle valve lever back to open them. I pull the choke full on and hit the starter. Once it fires I push the choke in to half choke. Once the engine warms up a little you can gradually push the choke in and the engine will gain rpm. I use this method for any weather.

Redrider

Redrider Has the starting info well done. RUnning is pretty straight forward. Do not overload the engine lugging it down to 1/2 RPM at full power serves no purpose. Keep the oil clean, and air filter serviced.
When finished operating, let it sit ideling for about two minutes on the diesel mode. This lets the head temperature drop to a uniform coolant temp. (diesel operation is far cooler at idle than switching to the start/gas side and idleing on that mode) Once the two minutes are passed, just move the diesel fuel control lever (throttle) to stop. Then shut off the ignition, and close both fuel valves. Some will say it is necessary to run it on the start cycle to cool it I never have. and I have several thousand hours operating TD18/20 and MD Diesel over gas engines. JimN

Let me add a little to this . As i have run the old I H diesels for many years in both ag and ind. Whe starting first thing in the morning allow a good warm up period at least a couple min. to get it good and warmed up on the gas side , you will know when it is warm enough as the engine RPM will start coming up on its owen . make the switch by opening the throttle a couple notches and move the switch over lever to the run side . and allow some time to warm up on the diesel side . Ya can work the snot out of them all day long BUT never Stall them HOT . If ya do and this does happen ya had best make sure that there is GAS in the starting tank to make a FAST restart as cylinder temps start to go up and this can lead to cracking of blocks and heads . When shutting down Allow more then just a couple min. for cool down i have always allowed it to idle till the temp gauge is down in the cold area . At idle a diesel will cool down not like a gas engine . On my old 450D after a day of working here plowing sometimes it would take up to 20 min. to bring the temp down to the cold mark and never shut down on gas as this starts to bring the temp back up in the combustion chambers. So after ya get it started in the morning always renenber to refill the starting tank with gas .And by the way my old 450D is still out there running at a farm about 18 miles from here .