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Good news boys - got er fired up. Definitely ended up just being a lot of air in the fuel system. Thanks to all of you for your help and suggestions. It's hard to believe that such a seemingly small oversight could create such havoc but I can virtually guarantee you I'll never do that again...

Ok glad I mentioned that thing about the started fluid. I'll pass on that idea. I'm pretty sure that I'm clear from the tank to the fuel filter - if I press up on the inlet valve when the filter is off it gushes out PDQ. So I'm guessing it's either needing bled, or I suppose possibly a clog...

Thanks Guys. I'm using this as a forcing function to replace air and fuel filters as well. I'll keep at it. Out of curiosity, of I'm getting "close" is there any merit to using starting fluid to get myself over the hump so to speak and then cracking the injector nuts while under power one at a...

Feels like I've fidgeted with with that valve every which way. I've tried to leave it open while cranking, tried to feather it out while cranking (almost like a choke on a gas engine), left it open for 30 sec then closed and cranked - nothing. I've had a few times where I thought it was gonna...

This may be showing my ignorance here - I assumed that if I cracked the injector nuts and got diesel squirting out, would that not imply that the air is out of of line?

Hey OTT crew I need some help that I probably don't deserve but I know this is the place to get it. I pulled a complete bone head move - I ran outta fuel (I think). I had made a couple passes with the disk down and all of a sudden the tractor acted like it ran outta fuel. It lost power...