Oil & Fuel Ran out of Fuel

[bamanate]

I've ran into and conquered many problems with my first tractor and this one is probably basic.......I hope. But I accidently ran out of fuel and now it won't start. Any help would be much appreciated.
By the way I have a 1980 3 cylinder B7100HST.

 

[tnpete]

If its like my M4700. Just open the fuel filter. And allow the filter to fill with fuel. And you will see air bubbles coming out around the threads of the filter housing. When the bubbles stop. Tighten the filter back up. and start the tractor.
Think I would read the manual or find one on line and read it. I have had a few tractors that I had to bleed each fuel line at the pump and the pump.
Pete

 

[gotcha]

My old B71 had 2 bleeding bolts in the lines. One would loosen them and turn the engine over until all the air was out and then re-tighten them and away it would go. All that information is in the manual. Sorry I sold mine and got the new B26 so I cannot post a copy of the way to do it.
The Gotcha Man

 

[Elsie71]

You need to loosen the two top bolts on the fuel filter housing to bleed the air out and fill the sediment bowl with fuel. You can also do this by loosening the fuel filter retainer, either way will work. Then you need to loosen the air vent plug on the injector pump. It looks like a bolt with a lock nut. It takes a 12mm wrench. Loosen the bolt and turn the engine over with the throttle off until all the air is pumped out of the system. I ran mine out three times in the last two weeks. After bleeding those two spots it should start.

 

[Elsie71]

I hope this works. Here is the info from the repair manual (in reverse order).