coosa
Silver Member
5210 won\'t start
Hello to all - I have a 1999 model 5210 that has only about 700 hours on it. It has never given a minute's trouble until a few weeks ago. It ran great the last time I used it, and then it wouldn't crank the next week. It was kinda cold, and it didn't seem to be turning over very fast, so I bought a new battery and put it in. Tried it last weekend and that didn't help. I tried some starting fluid and it hit until the starting fluid was used up, then went dead. It is obviously not getting any fuel.
I took the fuel line loose at the injectors, and worked the pump on the fuel filter. Fuel is coming throught the line at least that far. I'm going to replace the fuel filter, but I doubt that is my problem. I'm not much of a diesel mechanic - or gas either for that matter - so I'm not sure what to try next. I don't even know how the injectors operate - are they electric or do they run off the cam shaft or something? If they are electric, I'd suspect that a rat or something may have damaged one of the wires. If not, I've no idea what could have happened. I can't think of much that could have gone wrong with it sitting under a shed. I did add 10 gallons of diesel fuel to the tank after the last time it ran. I suppose it is possible that the fuel was bad, but I bought it at a truck stop that pumps a lot of diesel, so that doesn't seem likely.
This tractor is on my farm 90 miles away, and I only get there on the weekends. It is 60 miles to the nearest JD dealer, and I doubt I could get anyone to come that far to look at it. I don't have a trailer that would haul it. Obviusly, I'm in a fix. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Steve
Hello to all - I have a 1999 model 5210 that has only about 700 hours on it. It has never given a minute's trouble until a few weeks ago. It ran great the last time I used it, and then it wouldn't crank the next week. It was kinda cold, and it didn't seem to be turning over very fast, so I bought a new battery and put it in. Tried it last weekend and that didn't help. I tried some starting fluid and it hit until the starting fluid was used up, then went dead. It is obviously not getting any fuel.
I took the fuel line loose at the injectors, and worked the pump on the fuel filter. Fuel is coming throught the line at least that far. I'm going to replace the fuel filter, but I doubt that is my problem. I'm not much of a diesel mechanic - or gas either for that matter - so I'm not sure what to try next. I don't even know how the injectors operate - are they electric or do they run off the cam shaft or something? If they are electric, I'd suspect that a rat or something may have damaged one of the wires. If not, I've no idea what could have happened. I can't think of much that could have gone wrong with it sitting under a shed. I did add 10 gallons of diesel fuel to the tank after the last time it ran. I suppose it is possible that the fuel was bad, but I bought it at a truck stop that pumps a lot of diesel, so that doesn't seem likely.
This tractor is on my farm 90 miles away, and I only get there on the weekends. It is 60 miles to the nearest JD dealer, and I doubt I could get anyone to come that far to look at it. I don't have a trailer that would haul it. Obviusly, I'm in a fix. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Steve