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Hey ben, I will take that into consideration. I heard the deere paint is pretty expensive though I will take a look around and see what I can get. Tried some ether in the other cylinder for haha's and still no luck, just not enough compression to get it fired up . Im thinking of doing all the fuel l...

well felt ambitious when I got home from work instead of hunting I went and worked on the tractor. I took off 1 injector and cleaned crown then got starting fluid on the crown and replaced injector and put everything back together and one little poof. looks like a engine rebuild for me... must not b...

I was thinking Dupli-Color DE1642 Ceramic Daytona Yellow Engine Paint - 12 oz for the paint on engine? any different suggestions? I will be going to tractor supply for the jd yellow gallon paint for the body. This will be a nice spring project hopefully I can get a hand from my brother.

I will try and keep that in mind, I dont plan on doing the overhaul till next spring so I will have to try and revisit the forum . although I do have a manual on my computer for the 53 series, its not specific with the engines, I know alot of the same components are on the 3 -53 ie, blower ,gov, etc...

Hey jtrichard Thanks for the link, I will keep it in mind, I may just go this route either way just to besure the motor is in good standing order, Just stinks I got to wait to get that done till tax time but it will be a fun project to do. I did a rebuild in the navy for a 8 cyl 60 series so it shou...

whiteclipse16 I agree that rings are stuck probably from engine sitting to long, Im hoping that if I get it to run it will bring motor up to temp and possibly free the rings if not then I will end up rebuilding motor with a inframe kit from mcbee, Inframe is a good 350 to 400 bucks but thats not bad...

maybe I didnt use enough starting fluid, I just put two little squirts in the blower hole figuring it would work that way. I am still going to pull the injectors out and clean the crown off, I poured p.b. and seafoam in there and im sure thats not helping mixing with diesel. .

Hey Tigerhaze that was a real good thread on injectors for the 2-53 the guys there confirmed that the S45 is ok to use just uses a little more fuel consumption but is perfectly safe. I will try getting the cylinder heads cleaned this weekend and try spraying some ether in the injector holes before i...

The Engine is not stuck It is not pitted either I took a look at the cylinders when I dropped the oil pan to look up in while freeing the motor which was fairly easy. The starter would move it 1/4 of an inch at a time when I first got the machine, Guy left it sitting for a few years and had it cover...

Injector place said he turned down the injectors for low fuel and This shouldnt be a problem with it firing?

so recommendations are ?? Get my s35 injectors back and Possibly rebuild motor or just put new rings in??

Hello Yes I bought the S-45 type injectors and The timing tool and believe I did it correctly not possitive though, Im not sure about the exhaust valve timing because when I went to time them the gap was much larger before and now there's barely any gap with the .011 the gap was probably .027 or lar...

Does anybody know the exact exhaust and intake valve gap adjustment? My book says .011 and online it says .024 or .024 to .027 ??? pretty big difference between them all? I have the JD ICD 440 2-53 Detroit diesel.

Hey guys, Rack or Control Tube is moving freely but needs to be readjusted once I get the motor running. I believe I got a exhaust valve problem but im not 100 percent on if it was adjusted right. I will have to try again next weekend on Tuning the valves. Does any one know of a way to check and see...

Injectors have fuel coming out of them when cracked, so that tells me fuel pump is working. It may be the exhaust valves like lavoy suggests. I am not certain I have the rocker arm up all the way. I will have to look at the manual again.. see if I notice anything..