B6000 Cr anking issues

pcdreams

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b6000
May 11, 2017
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Springfield, MO
OK folks, I've been working on the ol b6000. New glow plugs so far. Went to try it and it would crank but not start. So I figure I've got air in the system somewhere. In the mean time something happened when I tried to crank it. Got a spark underneath around where the starter is. After that she won't crank at all, though the fuel pump is running. Ideas about the short? I mean it won't even try to crank, just sits there as if the batter were dead, but it's not.
 

pcdreams

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b6000
May 11, 2017
65
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Springfield, MO
mine's had a short in one of the 3 wires that goes to they dynamo for years. I could wiggle it and it'd be ok, but not so much now. I made the mistake of taking them apart to clean them. I'm guessing one of them finally broke in two there somewhere. All the usual suspects on connectors seem ok.