Folks -
Progress, progress... Getting a dribble of fuel out of the injector pipes, cranks fine, some white smoke - haven't yet fiddled with hooking up the glow plugs - all three have those wire bail connectors, but there isn't any wire coming to them, nor can I see where it might have been or would be.... So, back to the ign sw... No button for the glow plug "on" but the dash glow plug and the key switch are intact.
None of this has a fiddle to do with the stated issue.... Cranking it over and wondering if I had oil pressure was quickly resolved by the pool of oil under the beast. There is a missing plug or fitting on the right side (as sitting in the seat) opposite the starter side. It's about halfway up the block toward the back on the side of the block. I've got a good pour coming out, so.... sumthin' in missing. With the bucket and all it's kinda hard to get in there, and my light isn't good. My parts diagram gives me a poor picture and a part number - I don't know what size the plug hole is or what kind of thread. Looks to be about 1/8" pipe thread - if it were a chevy... which it ain't. Is this a metric pipe thread, or is it one of those banjo type fittings with a copper seal washer? I don't know what to go look for because I don't know what it looks like, and the illustration on the parts blow up is just to pixeled out from a microfiche scan. I really think I can get a fart or a start out of this today, if I can get the oil leak resolved.
Ideally, I'd like to plumb a mechanical oil pressure gauge in there. Any other advice on starting a long dormant engine would be appreciated. I've got fresh fuel and a filter, wanted to get it started and warmed up before I change the oil and coolant after I take care of some punky hoses...
TIA,
John
Progress, progress... Getting a dribble of fuel out of the injector pipes, cranks fine, some white smoke - haven't yet fiddled with hooking up the glow plugs - all three have those wire bail connectors, but there isn't any wire coming to them, nor can I see where it might have been or would be.... So, back to the ign sw... No button for the glow plug "on" but the dash glow plug and the key switch are intact.
None of this has a fiddle to do with the stated issue.... Cranking it over and wondering if I had oil pressure was quickly resolved by the pool of oil under the beast. There is a missing plug or fitting on the right side (as sitting in the seat) opposite the starter side. It's about halfway up the block toward the back on the side of the block. I've got a good pour coming out, so.... sumthin' in missing. With the bucket and all it's kinda hard to get in there, and my light isn't good. My parts diagram gives me a poor picture and a part number - I don't know what size the plug hole is or what kind of thread. Looks to be about 1/8" pipe thread - if it were a chevy... which it ain't. Is this a metric pipe thread, or is it one of those banjo type fittings with a copper seal washer? I don't know what to go look for because I don't know what it looks like, and the illustration on the parts blow up is just to pixeled out from a microfiche scan. I really think I can get a fart or a start out of this today, if I can get the oil leak resolved.
Ideally, I'd like to plumb a mechanical oil pressure gauge in there. Any other advice on starting a long dormant engine would be appreciated. I've got fresh fuel and a filter, wanted to get it started and warmed up before I change the oil and coolant after I take care of some punky hoses...
TIA,
John