Recent content by safar

Oh - One more question. If you were to plan new wiring, where would you buy wires, connectors, clips etc? I have none of these (apart from fuses) and want to buy some quality products - Amazon is so inconsistent on quality and didn't know if there was places you might recommend. I'll probably...

Thank you - you guys gave me a direction to work toward, which I really appreciate about the forum. I'm always willing to put in the work, but the experience of others helps point you in the right direction. I've never liked when someone just comes and ask a question and expects others to solve...

So, more progress on this and also explains the hard starting issue; This is my understanding on how the solenoid appears to work (don't have a WSM - I wish I did and might try and look for one). The plunger is normally in the in/retracted position. When you turn on the tractor it should stay...

Thank you all - i never knew what a fuel shutoff solenoid was until yesterday so I’ll work through this tomorrow and revert. I think I hear the audible pop a few seconds after shutting off, but that doesn’t explain why the engine still runs. I bought a new solenoid so will try working on them...

Ok - a lot of things to update on. Not sure how to interpret this, so a it’s a little long; Went back and tried starting it, after about 5 seconds of cranking it started up and stayed on (it’s a lot warmer than when I tried in the morning, so not sure if that’s the reason.) Let it idle for 20...

Ok, so some updates from this morning. JWR, your instinct that since it started for a minute yesterday it might just start again when the battery was charged was spot on. It was still a bit of a hard start but started up - the issue then was that as soon as i let go of the key (fully turned) it...

Hi - yes changed fuel filters and drained tank and refilled with fresh diesel. I tried to bleed the lines after changing these so there is a possibility if there was moisture, I flushed it back. I’m going to start with just trying to start it up today and then as JWR suggests, try to get fresh...

Thank you - that makes a lot of sense. Haven’t been able to try again since the battery died but will run through the steps you outlined tomorrow. I like the “iv bag” idea to try and atleast make sure the injectors and engine are ok. Since it’s lived outside, I have been thinking there might...

Thanks - will check that first thing in the morning.

Thank you everyone for your replies; Still haven't gotten it resolved but based on all your suggestions here's what I did; I opened the return fuel line as /pine suggested (And I didn't know about that, so thanks) When turning the key, I did get fuel squirt through that rubber line - I didn't...

Thank you so much - I've been watching a few videos and reading other posts, but your instructions make great sense. I should be able to go try this in a few hours and report back. I had taken a photo last night and think I understand. There the rubber tube on the right side, which if I...

Thank you - I'm fairly new to dealing with a fuel issue and wasn't too sure about messing something up opening the high pressure lines and couldn't find any clear instructions - but will do this today and report back. About 1300 hours on it. Never had this issue before..It would be hard to start...

Thanks so much - checked and replaced the air filter too.. Sorry, I don't think I know how to crack the return fuel lines...Would you be able to point me to how to do this? I'll search of course, but never had to do that.

Having a real issue getting my BX 23 to start. I crank it to the point the battery feels like it would die. Sometimes it starts and immediately shuts down, other times it starts perhaps sputters for a few minutes and then shuts down. I thought it's probably a fuel issue as it's been sitting for...

As soon as I took off the grapple, there was no pressure on the left / right turning on the joystick (curl) so unfortunately working the joystick didn’t help in this case.