Probably IP Gear (Control Sleeve) Failure

[countrybumpkin]

Glad you have it apart, sounds like you’ll have it back running in no time.

 

[Coyote machine]

To the OP, glad to hear you've managed to get done what you have to date without mishap. I agree that wrangling your hood by yourself is too much to expect, if for no other reason than it is awkward and heavy. You might find a ratchet strap helpful to lift the hood and then hold it upright by tethering it to the ROPS as you have described. This way you can raise AND lower it by yourself easily and slowly. I would suggest a secondary backup of rope if you see the need for additional safety while working under the raised hood.
Good luck with the remainder of the repair.

 

[Coyote machine]

Oh my gosh will you drop it, your the one making the big deal out of it. He stated in his original post about securing the loader was for future reference because he knew OP had already had the loader removed !!!

Can't stand being wrong I guess- grow up.

 

[countrybumpkin]

Funny

 

[ritcheyvs]

A rope worked fine for holding the hood. It was very easy to do. In the shot below I've removed the air cleaner housing (but that's all) when I took the photo.



SWMBO decided we need to go food shopping today so I didn't get any work done on fixing the actual IP. Email from MIE said they shipped my gasket today so final reassembly still several days away. On the plus side, MIE charged only about $2 shipping; I guess they combined my two separate orders. Good on them.

 

[ritcheyvs]

Managed to steal an hour for myself today and replaced the four control sleeves in the IP. It was surprisingly easy; took less than 30 minutes. Key tools were a bright flashlight (to see alignment dots on gears), a pick with a hook at the end (for pulling parts out of the bores), a needle nose pliers to remove the keeper wire, and a SMALL magnet (to fish for debris after removing the control sleeve). I guess the magnet also could be used instead of the pick. The OE control sleeves had no timing marks but the new ones had small dots that align with the lines on the rack. Per TPG's advice, I used vegetable oil as assembly lube. Everything was already "wet" except the new parts. Having a half hour to spare I reinstalled the IP, SS, etc. on the engine to keep junk out of the block. Also, I cut some fingers from nitrile gloves to keep junk out of the delivery valves, which worked better that masking tape. I'll do some function tests tomorrow. New intake manifold gasket scheduled to arrive late tomorrow so Friday is my target completion.

 

[countrybumpkin]

Good news for sure, I was also surprised just how easy it all was too.

 

[thepumpguysc]

Its "easy" till something goes wrong..

 

[ritcheyvs]

OP here. To wrap this up, I pulled the IP and replaced all four control sleeves, as discussed in post #26. I did an "ops check" the next day (before installing hard lines or manifold) by cranking the engine. That's when things went south. I got nice little shots of Diesel from the delivery valves #1-3 but nothing from #4. The subsequent trials and tribulations and fixes are discussed in this thread because I wanted to post where thepumpguysc and countrybumkin would see it there and weigh in; and they did. Long story short, after correctly assembling the #4 delivery valve, my DK is running again. Many thanks for great support from TBN members. I'll develop a photo write-up when I get time.

 

[Coyote machine]

Congrats on your successful completion! As often said: "Rome wasn't built in a day."