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You can disconnect the wire to the intake manifold heater and then use ether. You will need to be careful to slowly meter the ether in the air filter cannister. If you get too much it could ether lock on you. If that happens let it set for 10 minutes and try again.

If you are getting smoke while cranking, you may need to use a little ether to create enough heat in the cylinder to get it started. If you are not getting smoke, you'll need to bleed air out of the fuel system by cracking the injection lines at the injectors, then crank until you get fuel at...

If it is a fuel temperature issue, we have had good luck purchasing an automotive transmission cooler from an auto parts store and running the return fuel through the cooler in front of the tractor cooling package, then back to the fuel tank. The transmission coolers are small enough that you...

You can order any manual you need directly from the John Deere bookstore. https://techpubs.deere.com/en-US/Search/Equipment

There is a hex slug drove into the crankshaft on the front. The slug will not come out by removing the pump drive shaft. Items #26 & #27 are at the back of the tractor under the 3 point top link mounting base. After removing the plug, pull the driveshaft out of the rear of the tractor. It is a...