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After pulling the head off my 68 350 diesel to clean a rats nest out of the intake, I have finally got everything back together but still cant get the machine to fire off. Cleaned everything in the head, did a home grind job on the valves, all new gaskets, and new injectors. With the injector lines ...

Thanks Lavoy. I sent you a PM with the part numbers.

I had the air cleaner out for a while getting the new one and they must have got in then. I called my local deere parts (Pape) and tried to source an upper gasket set (PN AT21626) and 3 new injectors (PN AT25502). They gave me a new number for the gasket set (RE38848) but said I would need to buy th...

Finally got around to this project. Pulled the head off and didnt find nearly as much crud inside as I expected. This is good I guess but I dont see anything holding a valve open like I had suspected. I'm going to pull the valves out and clean them up since I am this far. Never pulled valves before ...

Guess I'll be pulling the head as soon as it stops raining. I get tired of working on this thing outside every time. How long did it take you Scottyb?

The intake manifold is part of the head and cannot be removed by itself. I pulled the valve cover off and it appears that all the valves are opening and closing like they should. I thought maybe one might not be closing all the way and not allowing compression. After pulling the rubber hose off I pu...

Tried to fire up my 350 diesel today and no luck. Cracked the fuel lines to make sure it was getting fuel which it was. Everything on the air filter looked good so I decided to pull off the intake hose and found it full of needles and such like there was a rat or squirrel in there. I vacuumed every ...

Ran my dozer for a couple hours yesterday and when I was finished I noticed the oil cap on the fill tube was gone. Does anyone know that size threads are on that tube so maybe I can find a universal cap to throw on it?

I finally got it running again. Didnt have time to go out and play with it yet but maybe in the next couple days. Everything seems to be running fine other than when idling, once in a while the rpms will speed up just for a second or two. Not sure if I just never payed attention to this before or if...

Got some time wot work on my dozer today while my wife and baby took a nap. As of now I have replaced all fuel filters, installed a new transfer pump and checked to make the tank and vent tube are good. Also installed a new battery. I now have a good solid flow of fuel at the injection pump but the ...

Thanks for all the help and advice. Checked the vent tube in the tank and it's clear. I pulled the small (add on) filter off this morning and although I couldn't see it, the whole bottom of the filter is plugged with debris. I then proceeded to drain the tank into a large clear pan that I have. Fuel...

Checked the vent in the tank. It appears to be clear. I pulled the outlet line off the transfer pump and cranked the engine over. There was three good squirts that came out and then just a trickle. I pulled the seat off and noticed that a previous owner has installed a universal inline fuel filter r...

I didn't have much time today to look at the machine other than give it a good cleaning. Tried to start it though and it barely made an attempt but wouldn't fire. I think I have a fuel issue. When I get a chance I will put new filters in it and check the transfer/ supply pump and see what happens.

I was running my 350 about 2 months. Turned the key off and the machine kept running. Let it idle for about 5 minutes and it finally sputtered down and died. Same thing the next day. Fired the machine up yesterday, let it warm up then did one back blade down my driveway. Was pulling the hill back up...

After it shut off on its own, I went out and fired it back up and everything worked fine. I did notice that one of the air bleeds on top of the fuel filter was bubbling and loose. Is it possible that it was sucking air into the fuel causing what sounded like a miss? Also, would this leak be enough t...