hand cranking a d311

There may have been a provision for a service crank, but I have never seen one. Look to that fitting as used on a D4400

I don't have my parts catalog to hand but I'm not recalling a hand crank for the D311 - its predecessor the D3400 had one

I dont believe the front crank on a 311 was meant for starting, only service work. I would fear the man that could hand crank start a 311

I don't have my parts catalog to hand but I'm not recalling a hand crank for the D311 - its predecessor the D3400 had one

If there are any around, I guess it would be more likely to exist on a power unit because they would be less likely to have a 44 pump mounted on the radiator. On the earlier D4 & D4 tractors most of them have been removed to fit a hyd pump to the front.

Good luck finding one.....

On small (sometimes on older medium size) marine diesels there is often a hand crank setup but the ones I have seen crank on the cam shaft so the engine is turning twice the speed of the crank. Using a compression relief and cranking as hard as possible and turning the compression relief handle, and everything else is perfect, they will start. A Cat engine with a hand crank turning at the same speed as the engine (not double the speed) and a compression relief that is unreachable from the front, I doubt that it would ever work. I say this, but have never tried it with a Cat diesel so I am open to being proven wrong and learning something. Grant.