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Just a quick followup to my dead 1010 saga. I tried bleeding the fuel system every few days over a month. There was incremental improvements to the fuel coming out of the injectors but it was slow going. Eventually the starter let go. This was actually a good thing. I had the starter rebuilt. The te...

Real glad I found this site. Sounds like there may be hope yet.

Brad, when you let your backhoe sit while you were on vacation, did you leave the lines to the injectors cracked open? Do you think that would help?

Rick

Thanks Brad. Wow, 5 days of cranking! How long were the cranking sessions? This is my first dozer. I have no idea how long I can crank without frying the starter. You mention having a good head of fuel? Anybody try pressurizing the tank? Would this force out the air from the lines or is this one of ...

Thanks for replying Lavoy. I'll check the supply lines again. I assumed they were clear because when we put the pump back in, we had left the small cover off the timing window on the pump. There was lots of fuel coming out of that window just with gravity. If I removed a banjo bolt from one of the p...

I have a '64 1010 diesel dozer in the following situation. Dozer is sitting on about 20% incline with track off rear drive gear. It was running well until track fell off. I shut down immediately. When I restarted to put track back on, engine ran for about 5 seconds then stalled. I did not have time ...

Many thanks for the valve gap info.

Regarding the starting, the guy I bought the machine from told me to always preheat the glow plugs for 30 seconds no matter the outside temperature. Seemed to work good for him.

Rick

Just picked up a '64 1010 4-cyl diesel. Doing the servicing now...anyone know what the clearance should be for the valves?

Best Regards
Rick