BRYBURTON
New member
I just purchased a Mitsubishi D1800. The guy I bought it from said he had not used it in a year and a half. He had it for 3 years and used it a few times to use a 4' bush hog. He had it running when he posted it to sale. I went to look at it, it fired up rather easily, and I took it for a short drive up the driveway. When I got it home, I turned the key and it just wouldn't start. It's trying, the battery seems to have enough juice, it's puffing some smoke out of the exhaust as it attempts.......it just won't fire. I went to a local tractor store and bought 2 glow plugs ($94 with tax - I had no idea glow plugs would be this expensive - later I found the same plugs on Amazon for $30/each). Anyway, I put them in and I saw no change. It still won't fire. The temperature has been around 45 degrees the two times I've tried to start it and it was 35 when I bought it. What should be my next step? It looks like it has just under half a tank of fuel. I imagine the oil/oil and fuel filters have not been changed in a while. I would appreciate any advice. Is there any other information I should provide that may give a better clue as to why it isn't firing?
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