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Hi, Gah! That is a *lot* of rust! I have washed plain old dirt out by using a garden sprayer filled with kerosene after removing the drain plug. Works on the older tanks after removing the bowl, too. :) Stan Thanks for all the suggestions! The good thing is, the tank on this dozer is in pretty clea...

Lavoy wrote:Should be a fairly large drain plug in the bottom of the tank. Pull the plug, steam or power wash the tank out and let dry.
Lavoy

Sounds easy enough... I'll try that after I get the fuel level down a little more (unless it plugs up frequently).

Thanks!


Neil

More questions for you... things to check. Did you replace the Housing Pressure regulator Valve (Stanadyne #15830) when did your rebuild? That is the little fitting that screws into the top of the housing that takes housing leakage/drain flow back to the tank. Did you use the updated damper ring "E...

Not to be a smart ass but check your fuel level in the tank if you haven't. You probably already have but just make sure you have fuel. Check the voltage at the Injector pump and make sure you haven't just lost power to the pump. Check the little things first before going in too deep. Good suggesti...

Quickly pull the fuel cap and see if you hear suction. Also drain the tank and look for obstruction, had that happen one time too. Lavoy Tried this right before it died for the last time. :( It didn't recover and I didn't hear THAT sucking sound either... just the sucking sound of temporary dozer s...

First to answer the question on everyone's minds... They DO RUN 180 Degrees out!!!! Neil Well you learn something new every day! Congrats on getting it sorted out. Well.... Success was short lived. :-( Was working last night for about 15 minutes (Ran flawlessly) clearing some brush along the side o...

Well, I guess it's nice to know that it will run 180 out.... Glad to here you had success. I'm everyone following this post would be interested in knowing that a diesel will run when the injector timing is 180 degrees out. Did you check the timing marks in the injector pump window also to see if it...

You are correct about the holes not being exactly in line with the timing pin. The ones I had issue with were the deeper holes that seemed to grab the pin just enough to make me think I was in the right hole when I wasn't. The newer flywheels had been changed so the balance holes were no longer clo...

Neil, Thanks for your response. I found my error! I didn't install the gasket that goes under the filter mount head! I had installed the two gaskets that go on the top and bottom of the filters themselves, but not the ones that go in the head unit. The filters were so tight to the head that the fue...

Neil, I'm changing the filters on my 450B and I can't seem to get fuel to the rear filter (empty bowl). I'm priming forever. You mentioned that it takes a while to do this. Do you remember about how long it took? My hand is getting tired. I do have fuel in the first filter bowl. Thanks, Les Hello L...

There is also the possibility that your machine has a second timing mark location to help with what was said in the last post. Which is spot on by the way. On most of the older Deere engines... not all but most, there is a timing mark on the crankshaft pulley. This mark will give reference to the n...

Sounds like the injector pump timing isn't correct. When I did mine I removed the pin and cover from the back of the block and turned the motor over using the ring gear on the flywheel with a long screw driver and pry bar until I could get the pin in. Make sure the hole in the flywheel where that t...

Nice tip on the zip ties. To advance the timing the top of the IP moves towards the block, I am just not cetain that will make much of a difference to what you have. My first thought would be if you checked/adjusted the roller distance on the pump rotor head but that is just a guess. Is the fuel fr...

Hello all!!! I just finished "Refreshing" my injection pump on my 350 Crawler/Loader and am having trouble with getting it started (cold/hot) and could use some advice. :) The backstory: Typical Mouse Turds (EIC) governor weight ring disintegration was causing the typical issues. We tried for hours ...

Most generally everything will stay inside the pump. Even if it did travel to the tank it would then be picked up by the filter should it get back into the fuel feed line. Most of the older crawlers have a screen on the outlet fitting inside the tank. So your little pieces will most likely settle t...