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fuel return on top of injector pump only dribbles fuel, I'm convinced that plastic disk (governor?) has disintegrated. something about mouse turds? I haven't yet opened any other fuel lines. I'm gonna wait till I get the new seals kit before I take down the injector. Am I right to presume I need to ...

well, I will be sure to remember that interesting failure, could be a bit of bark or some other debris, but it will definitely NOT be ice, I'm in Texas! lol

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more info, I went out and started it up, black smoke briefly, seems normal, the throttle responds from low to high as expected, for the 30 or 45 seconds that it remains running, i can lift the bucket (read slight load on the hyd pump) all seems normal. the engine slowly idles down then dies, as if o...

hi all, new to the forum, my buddy has a 1984 455d, and developed a problem with it this weekend. I've read up a bit and found very little about this particular crawler. Is there a source for manuals that doesn't cost an arm and a leg?