Scooter74
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Ok I replaced both the fuel pump and the Fuel Filter - including the housing top because the 90 Degree insert on the inlet side came out.
This all started when I brushogged a small field (2 acres) At the very end as I turned toward the barn the engine bogged down. I hit the clutch, disengaged the brush hog and it recovered. Drove back to the barn and shut it down. two days later I went back out to replace the filter and the pump (The filter housing was only half-full and I figured that this indicated the fuel pump was terminal.) As I reconnected everything I noticed the little elbow from the filter housing was loose. So after several tries to re-seat it unsuccessfully I called our dealer - $20.00 for a new housing, and filter sounded cheap after paying $15.00 at NAPA for their filter.
So yesterday I replaced the housing and started the process of bleeding the system. Starting with at the filter housing, then at the inlet to the injector pump. Tried to start, No go.
Then I loosened each of the injector lines at the cylinder head end and Cranked the system a little, very little fuel bubbled from one injector line. I repeated the process cranking it for no more than 10 seconds at a time. After 5-6 tries still no flow and the starter motor was feeling pretty warm. I quit for the day.
This morning I started all over again with the bleeding process from the filter on. Plenty of fuel at each of the two screws on the filter and at the injector inlet bleed nut. STILL nothing at the injector lines at the head. Confirmed I had them loose enough to see any fuel present.
So - What's next in the troubleshooting process?
I will call a tractor repair shop if I have to but I can't transport this tractor (no truck or trailer) So if I can do it myself that going to be a big $$ savings. Our nearest dealer is about 30 miles away in Siloam Springs Arkansas and I'm on the North End of Rogers, Arkansas.
Open to ideas. Willing to replace the injector pump if need be But wondering if there is some other control/shut off device in the stream of things that I should be checking.
This all started when I brushogged a small field (2 acres) At the very end as I turned toward the barn the engine bogged down. I hit the clutch, disengaged the brush hog and it recovered. Drove back to the barn and shut it down. two days later I went back out to replace the filter and the pump (The filter housing was only half-full and I figured that this indicated the fuel pump was terminal.) As I reconnected everything I noticed the little elbow from the filter housing was loose. So after several tries to re-seat it unsuccessfully I called our dealer - $20.00 for a new housing, and filter sounded cheap after paying $15.00 at NAPA for their filter.
So yesterday I replaced the housing and started the process of bleeding the system. Starting with at the filter housing, then at the inlet to the injector pump. Tried to start, No go.
Then I loosened each of the injector lines at the cylinder head end and Cranked the system a little, very little fuel bubbled from one injector line. I repeated the process cranking it for no more than 10 seconds at a time. After 5-6 tries still no flow and the starter motor was feeling pretty warm. I quit for the day.
This morning I started all over again with the bleeding process from the filter on. Plenty of fuel at each of the two screws on the filter and at the injector inlet bleed nut. STILL nothing at the injector lines at the head. Confirmed I had them loose enough to see any fuel present.
So - What's next in the troubleshooting process?
I will call a tractor repair shop if I have to but I can't transport this tractor (no truck or trailer) So if I can do it myself that going to be a big $$ savings. Our nearest dealer is about 30 miles away in Siloam Springs Arkansas and I'm on the North End of Rogers, Arkansas.
Open to ideas. Willing to replace the injector pump if need be But wondering if there is some other control/shut off device in the stream of things that I should be checking.