help im lost

[6thgpSF]

check that o ring around the fuel filter.start w/the simple stuff first.Could be crud in the fuel tank....russ

 

[clemsonfor]

I'm sending the police cause if that's all that's wrong with it you stole it.

Will be running in 5 mins.

 

[Jtullis13]

I agree, you stole it. I should hold the tractor for you until we decide what penalty you should serve lol

 

[treedawg]

A little smoke is a very good sign.

Bleeding the fuel system can be challenging so don't give up.

td

 

[riggiewraper]

ok I type like a chicken so bear with me an ill try to tell as best I can the run down on what has happened to the 155d from the start when I bought it I was told that it was running tell it ran out of fuel then they tried with out success to restart it the fuel pump was taken off some wiring was also taken off and maybe some other thing so I bought it and now what I have done to it ok here go's at this point before I spent a lot of money on it I wanted to make sure that the engine even ran oh ya it needed the starter put back on as well so I put new studs in for the starter because they were all stripped out and put the starter back on drained the oil and put new oil in with a new oil filter as well put the fuel pump back on with the shim that came off of it back as well put water in the radiator as well I thought I would trey to start the engine by it self with out the rest of the tractor wiring being hooked up like say bench starting it because if I knew that the engine ran the I'm more willing to put the money in it as a restoration now the fuel filter set up that in my serves manual is also nonexistent ok that is were it stands as of now and I'm sure I have left out at least one or two things that's been done to this pore 155d now do you all thank it still has a shot at coming back to life I wish I knew of some one that could or would do it for me with out spending more then say $500.00 to just getting the engine running and I'm sure the rest of the restoration I'm more then able to handle ok I'm ready for some insight on it all now lol

 

[riggiewraper]

 

[California]

Your photos show it was well maintained. Probably up until the most recent owner started doing bad things to it. It should be easy to restore it to running condition.

First things first, if he didn't give you the fuel filter assembly then for now get any kind of inline filter that matches the hose sizes. Something intended for a lawn mower or similar motor will be fine if the hose size matches.

Diesel pumps and injectors are reliable and run for years, decades, but this is conditional on never running debris through them. So that filter is critical.

If you are getting black smoke (combustion) or white 'smoke' (vaporized fuel) out the muffler then you are close to running.

 

[clemsonfor]

Why do so many people put those cheap inline filters on and pull out the OE filter? It catches water in the cup which in lines don't and there not expensive. Like $5 to 7 at a local parts store? I got the ones I have off rockauto for like $3.

But anyway , hope they didn't monkey with that injection pump. These are gravity fed. That pump is very reliable and expensive to fix or rebuild.

$500 will buy you a lot of parts for a tractor that doesn't sound like it really needs anything ? Just bleed the screws till the all flow fuel starting at the side closet to the tank. All 3 screws, including the one on the pump. Try starting it with a good battery, maybe even with jumper cables on your running truck. Use the compression release to increase the speed of motor. Then crack the lines at the injectors if you can't get it to crank without doing that till you see fuel pulse out and then tighten the lines down.

But I am thinking maybe there is something else wrong. Maybe not to stop it from running but just wrong. Why would anyone with any sense start tearing off electrical parts and wiring on this tractor after they ran it out of fuel and could not restart it? The only thing the wiring has to do with it is so you can use the key sitting in the seat, you don't even need the key to start it.?

 

[graysonh]

Why would anyone with any sense start tearing off electrical parts and wiring on this tractor after they ran it out of fuel and could not restart it? The only thing the wiring has to do with it is so you can use the key sitting in the seat, you don't even need the key to start it.?

Meth?

 

[winston1]

Couple of questions. Did the rack move freely on the injection pump when you installed it? Did you get the governor linkage fork properly engaged with the rack when you installed the pump? Sending you a pm.