Pre-Purchase help on a Mitsubishi

ringo5 · Jul 23, 2013

Hey guys. New around here and have been shopping around for a tractor for the new deer lease I got. I found a deal that may be fairly hard to pass on but does not run so will need to put some work into her. Good way to get to know it right off the bat.... It's a D2650FD and from what I have learned so far these seem to be some pretty good tractors. This is the story and all I know, it was run hot then would not start, had very low compression. Was passed on to another family member who changed the pistons and rings and could not get it to run. He said he seems to think it may be fuel related. Said it is getting fuel to the injectors but did not think it was enough pressure. Did not mention any work done to the head. Gave up on it and it has been sitting for a while. Thoughts, opinions?

Cpjlube · Jul 23, 2013

Someone, whom you don't know, took that engine apart. Without knowing their skill level, I would assume it was an amateur job, at best. Be prepared to take it back down and redo their work, plus additional things they missed. Given enough opportunity you could establish compression and timing issues. And fuel pressure problems.
Either they let you look it over in depth or you buy it REALLY cheap and roll the dice. If bought right, it's still a parts tractor.
Just my opinion..... Hope it's a runner, like the Mitsu's.

Chuck

ringo5 · Jul 23, 2013

Thanks Chuck. Yea that is the approach I am feeling as well. Hoping it may just be a timing issue causing fuel related problems keeping it from firing. Thought about giving the outside of the air filter a light bump of ether and bumping the starter just to see if it sounds like it might fire. Not considering giving it any real amount of ether, don't want to do more damage just see if it will sound like it might fire. I am figuring worst case as long as there is no hole in the block this thing should run again even if the head needs to be sent off.

skylarkguy · Jul 24, 2013

If the price is right, and you have time i say go for it. Around here no equipment shows up without needing some work done on it. Good luck.

oliver28472 · Jul 24, 2013

If you could do a compression test on all cylinders before you buy, that will tell you if you want to go further. That would be a nice tractor to own!!

ringo5 · Jul 24, 2013

skylarkguy said:
If the price is right, and you have time i say go for it. Around here no equipment shows up without needing some work done on it. Good luck.

Yea, I hear that. I always seem to gravitate to things that need to be brought back to life...........

Keeps me busy and from running the streets.

ringo5 · Jul 24, 2013

oliver28472 said:
If you could do a compression test on all cylinders before you buy, that will tell you if you want to go further. That would be a nice tractor to own!!

Any good quick and dirty way to test on these engines without a compression tester? Anyone know if the little 12 pc compression tester kit at Harbor Freight for diesels will work on these KE140's? They list adapters but looks like for vehicles only. Of course I am not totally counting on it having good compression but that may just mean some head work or new rings if it does in fact have new pistons and the new rings they put in are stuck from sitting.

ringo5 · Jul 24, 2013

Should be going to check this thing out this evening. Any other things to check on these to make me run from this deal besides what I am already concerned about? I know it's kind of hard without it running but I am just not familiar with this tractor at all.

I guess I could look at it this way though seeing as I will have to put money into it in parts, I won't count labor but just hard dollars in parts, what would this tractor be worth running good?

skylarkguy · Jul 24, 2013

Without it running, mainly fluid levels and the degree of contamination of those fluids. If it was running then operation of hydraulics and gear noises. Check the fuel filter. Maybe the nonstart is fuel supply. Good luck.