Beerslayer
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New to me L3300 with 1400 hours.
Glow plugs didn't work when I bought it, waiting for parts on that but it has started fine including this morning with a little cranking. Ambient temperature range 50-60.
This poor tractor has had the crap beat out of it. I bought it from a gun club and they used it to mow with. How they managed to bend both tie rod ends I can't imagine. Maybe got them hung up on a stump or rock. It has sat outside for 16 years and has had very little care but plenty of rough use.
It had so many years of accumulated crud on it that I power washed it real good yesterday. Then I removed all the sheet metal this morning, started it, and moved it over a few feet and washed it again. Very thoroughly. I noticed some accumulated crud on the injector pump, so I hit that with some degreaser and washed that again.
So when I went to start it, it would fire on one cylinder, a few times like it wanted to start, then nothing. Plenty of black smoke so it seemed like it was getting fuel.
I checked the fuel level in the tank and it seemed empty. Dumped in 4.5 gallons of fuel and that filled it up. Changed the fuel filter and bled all three injectors to where they had fuel for certain. Cranked it again and no joy.
Then;;; I tried my favorite no glow plugs cold weather trick, I took off the air cleaner and held a lit propane torch to the intake while cranking. Still will only fire on one cylinder with lots of black smoke.
Attached some pics of a nice clean inoperable tractor. With a pic of the bent tie rod for shock value.
What am I overlooking here? I have been operating diesel tractors for over 40 years and this one has me stumped.
Glow plugs didn't work when I bought it, waiting for parts on that but it has started fine including this morning with a little cranking. Ambient temperature range 50-60.
This poor tractor has had the crap beat out of it. I bought it from a gun club and they used it to mow with. How they managed to bend both tie rod ends I can't imagine. Maybe got them hung up on a stump or rock. It has sat outside for 16 years and has had very little care but plenty of rough use.
It had so many years of accumulated crud on it that I power washed it real good yesterday. Then I removed all the sheet metal this morning, started it, and moved it over a few feet and washed it again. Very thoroughly. I noticed some accumulated crud on the injector pump, so I hit that with some degreaser and washed that again.
So when I went to start it, it would fire on one cylinder, a few times like it wanted to start, then nothing. Plenty of black smoke so it seemed like it was getting fuel.
I checked the fuel level in the tank and it seemed empty. Dumped in 4.5 gallons of fuel and that filled it up. Changed the fuel filter and bled all three injectors to where they had fuel for certain. Cranked it again and no joy.
Then;;; I tried my favorite no glow plugs cold weather trick, I took off the air cleaner and held a lit propane torch to the intake while cranking. Still will only fire on one cylinder with lots of black smoke.
Attached some pics of a nice clean inoperable tractor. With a pic of the bent tie rod for shock value.
What am I overlooking here? I have been operating diesel tractors for over 40 years and this one has me stumped.
