CJFord1900
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- Ford 1900
I got this 1900 as a project, was very excited to work on it as it is 4x4 and has a cab, and I recently got my hands on a 1700 with a loader (and a really nice hood etc) that
I was going to put on my 1900.
It all started with the previous owner thought one of the injectors was bad. He replaced one with a new one from NH, and it didnt run any better. Turns out the tractor had a blown head gasket. It ran great when I got it, other than the large amounts of white smoke it was pouring out! Everything was pumping fuel, I had full range RPMS, but with LOTs of smoke. I didn't want to make the situation any worse so I haven't ran the tractor much other than loading it and unloading it, and once or twice around the yard. We pulled the head, got it resurfaced, got new valves, reinstalled with new head gasket, started the tractor up and it still smoked! Only this time the smell was more like fuel rather than coolant. All three injectors have now been rebuilt, and I changed the oil in the injection pump. Put it all back together again and now it acts like its running on 2 cyls , no range of rpms, will hardly move.
What in the world is going on here! I'm not a tractor genius, but am fairly mechanically inclined. This thing has me stumped.
I have read like every forum I can find, sounds like there is a chance I have too much oil in the injection pump, but I also am reading that since I do not have the drain and fill screws in my pump that it could also be being lubricated from the engine?! I have read contradicting forums, so not sure here. The first time I added oil back to the pump, it acted the same way, so I pulled my cover and looked inside again wondering if I didnt land the spring where it belonged, put it all back together again and added oil again and still acted the same way. When I dumped the fresh oil from the first refill, it came out pretty black, this is what was making me wonder if it really did mix with engine oil or not.
One other thing to note is that I read in a few forums that the head bolt torque spec is inaccurate in the manual, and so I'm wondering if I under torqued these bolts, and blew a head gasket again already???? If I got my RPMs back, and it still smoked, at least I would feel a little bit better, but to have no RPM range, acting like it has a dead cylinder, and still smoking, Im loosing my patients hahah
please help!!
I was going to put on my 1900.
It all started with the previous owner thought one of the injectors was bad. He replaced one with a new one from NH, and it didnt run any better. Turns out the tractor had a blown head gasket. It ran great when I got it, other than the large amounts of white smoke it was pouring out! Everything was pumping fuel, I had full range RPMS, but with LOTs of smoke. I didn't want to make the situation any worse so I haven't ran the tractor much other than loading it and unloading it, and once or twice around the yard. We pulled the head, got it resurfaced, got new valves, reinstalled with new head gasket, started the tractor up and it still smoked! Only this time the smell was more like fuel rather than coolant. All three injectors have now been rebuilt, and I changed the oil in the injection pump. Put it all back together again and now it acts like its running on 2 cyls , no range of rpms, will hardly move.
What in the world is going on here! I'm not a tractor genius, but am fairly mechanically inclined. This thing has me stumped.
I have read like every forum I can find, sounds like there is a chance I have too much oil in the injection pump, but I also am reading that since I do not have the drain and fill screws in my pump that it could also be being lubricated from the engine?! I have read contradicting forums, so not sure here. The first time I added oil back to the pump, it acted the same way, so I pulled my cover and looked inside again wondering if I didnt land the spring where it belonged, put it all back together again and added oil again and still acted the same way. When I dumped the fresh oil from the first refill, it came out pretty black, this is what was making me wonder if it really did mix with engine oil or not.
One other thing to note is that I read in a few forums that the head bolt torque spec is inaccurate in the manual, and so I'm wondering if I under torqued these bolts, and blew a head gasket again already???? If I got my RPMs back, and it still smoked, at least I would feel a little bit better, but to have no RPM range, acting like it has a dead cylinder, and still smoking, Im loosing my patients hahah
please help!!