Posted by AJHawke on February 20, 2017 at 19:07:47 from (72.172.32.238):
So this is probably my first tractor to have done this on, but not my first rodeo. I overhauled a ford 3600 two weeks ago, everything went well, and I've got everything back together but, now it won't start.
This is New pistons, rings, rods 'n mains, and lapped all the valves. It's a three cylinder diesel btw. So we have oil pressure while it cranks, fuel is getting to the injectors and atomizing pretty well. I had trouble finding timing marks so I ran the overhead twice.
At this point I am almost defeated.. I thought the injection pump might have been out of time but marks are where they are supposed to be. I'm thinking now it is a compression issue as ether is used during crank with little to no effect BUT, with that said, using ether during crank it sounds like its trying to fire and I managed to get it running a whole four seconds before it died, sounding extremely weak.
I need help with any ideas or thoughts; maybe I've skipped over something or possibly some sort of ritual I'm not doing. Either way I'd like to hear what the people think about it. been working on this thing all last week and absolutely need to get it out of the shop. Thanks in advance everyone!
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