Bleeding diesel fuel system

[TractorTech]

The fuel pump has a manual pumping lever, do not use the starter to bleed the system. Open the bleed screw and work the lever up and down until all the air is out.

1700 has gravity feed to injection pump only. Open the bleed screw at the filter until air is gone, then the injection pump bleed until air is gone, then the injectors. But, you need fuel to the filter first!

 

[CoyPatton]

Not sure on your ford, my non ford tractor has a bleed screw near the filter, it will usually get fuel from tank to the filter using this one. Then s bleed screw at the injection pump. I have had to crack injector lines before also, but I would think you want good flow at the pump before you crack individual lines.

 

[JimR]

My neighbor was forever running his JD 430 diesel out of fuel. The only way to get it started was to loosen up all the injector lines until fuel started squirting out of them. Then I slapped him across the head and told him to fill the tank every time before using it. I got sick and tired of bleeding his machine for him. He had no ability to do it.