AS though I need anymore toys, one never knows when they might need to bury a body.. So I bought a backhoe.. Case 580D with the 207cid NA diesel that uses a Stanadyne DB2 pump.. No glow plugs on this one, just an old ether injector which I don;t have hooked up at the moment.. According to the PO as long as he plugged in during cold weather, it would start..
The back story, PO was using it back in the summer and it died.. Pump wasn't working, and it had managed to spew a few gallons of diesel into the crankcase.. The pump was rebuilt by a reputable builder (I use them too).. Reinstalled with new filters, oil change, and it fired right up, but knocked..
Fast forward a month or 2 and my father and I bought it.. Crank turned, one new rod, new rings, yadda yadda.. Filled the fuel tank cracked the bleeders till the air was gone (Fuel is fed to the filters and pump via gravity), and it fired right up... It seemed to be laboring a bit at idle but otherwise it seemed to run okay.. Left it run about a half hour then shut it down to recheck fluids..
Had a bear of a time getting it started but it started.. Advanced the timing a bit, idle sounded better.. Went to move it around and it died.. Black smoke, but no start.. It was dark so I left it sit till morn and tried it again.. Wasn't pretty but it started.. Pulled it in the garage and noticed a fuel leak on the feed line to the filter.. Took care of that, fired right up, and I ran it around a bit.. Sounded good, ran well, no odd smoking from the exhaust.. Parked it in the garage, shut it off, let it set a few hours, went to move it out, no start, just white smoke.. Plugged in the heater, SOB is still the same..
I swear the thing acts like the timing is off, but after re checking it's still just slightly advanced past the mark.. Valves were set to cold spec, but I'm wondering if I should try the hot spec again.. OR else maybe a pump issue still... Any other thoughts??