cborg418
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Hi all new to the tractor thing. I recently purchased a Ford 1620 1.3 Shibaura 3 cylinder diesel around a month ago. I have used it 4 or 5 times in the last month. Always starts hard meaning it takes it forever to start after cranking it. On Saturday it took me I would say 5 minutes to get it started when it was 50 degrees out side. Everyone kept telling me that oh... its a diesel it doesn't like the cold. Well I know enough that it shouldn't been hard to start in 50 degree weather and it is in the garage. So it finally fired up and I used it for a few hours around the yard. During this time if i would get off of it and shut it off for a few it would fire up first turn of the key, and always does when the engine has warmed up. I put it up in the garage and went out to get on it the next day and it wont start. When I turn the key it turns over and puffs black smoke out of the exhaust, but that is about it.
I just purchased new fuel filter, air filter, and oil filter to change them all, here in the next day or two. I have checked the voltage at the glow plugs and get 12v. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I just purchased new fuel filter, air filter, and oil filter to change them all, here in the next day or two. I have checked the voltage at the glow plugs and get 12v. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.