D6 9U still no start

Have you tried a sniff of ether?

Did you angage the compression lever

Did you angage the compression lever

Thanks for the advice. It will give a little chug with ether. The compression release is disconnected. The pony was frozen up, so I pulled it out, converted it to a 24V electric start, and made a battery box where the pony used to sit. I appreciate the advice. I ended up ordering a diesel compression gauge off ebay. Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping it is something stupid. Will be playing with it again tomorrow, I'll keep you guys posted...

Valve clearances set to 12 thousandths cold? Set using the timing marks on the flywheel and checked against the injection pump lifters moving? The flywheel on those old engines will go on wrong. There is only a chisel mark on the crankshaft flange and flywheel to go by. You can get close enough to set the valves by sticking a wire down through the precombustion chamber to feel the top of the piston and compare to the timing marks, valve movements and injection pumps.

Just because the decompression lever is disconnected doesn't mean it's off, so check that when you crank it it will turn a lot faster if you push the lever at the back of the valve cover away from you (to right side of tractor).

If I had it here, I would have already pulled it a mile or two! Just remember there is no reverse in 5th, so that is the safest gear to pull forward in. Or just note that reverser is forward to go backward and back to go forward. Get that wrong and you can get oil on your pants legs and boots!

Also snatch that throttle back hard. Easy to get confused on the direction (don't ask!) or have the linkage binding up or worn so you don't get it over the shutoff detent.

If it chugs on ether put a bigger dose in it! But seriously, you have to be having fuel delivery problems. Have you bled the injector lines at the injectors. If all else fails warm the intake air. Do you still have the pony exhaust tube in the diesel intake? Propane torch through there would do a lot of good. Or just stick it in the hole where you blocked that off.

Keep working at it.

I don't read any mention of checking the rack movement. Get the side cover off the fuel injection pump housing and check to see you are getting full rack travel.

This tractor was converted to electric start, and I see no mention of glowplugs added. If that is the case It will need a sniff of ether to fire. There is no way of preheating the air. It wont fire unless it is warm out side or the engine has been run lately.

markpa13, make sure the injection lines are in the right order on the pump. hade an 8 do the same thing.👋