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Mission Fail  Got the injection pump in  Bled the system to the injectors but couldn't get it to fire on diesel, only ether. Pulled the gas tank off to get to the injectors. Kinda grimy down there  We had fuel to the injectors, and thru the return line back to the tank so I'm going to assume the injectors are gunked up and not spraying. Injectors out:  I'm probably going to bring them to work tonight, throw them in the parts washer and let them soak all weekend, then maybe I'll break em down during the week and see about rebuilding them. Working on the injection pump for the Massey  Picked up a cheap seal kit  Pulled the end cap off and disassembled what I assume is a pressure relief   Found some chunks in the screen  I popped the cap off the top. Not sure what I was expecting to find, but it wasn't this  Overall the pump is fairly clean. I don't think I'm going to dig in much deeper. I suspect the mechanism for the shutoff was stuck, so I'm thinking that's why I couldn't get it to pump fuel. With noting really left to do i slapped it back together:  I rigged up a primitive fuel supply, and cranked the pump over with a cordless drill. It works!  Just gravity feeding it 100% Marvels. It's spitting out all 4 injector ports. Not very much coming out, but I could see a ton of air coming out the return port, so assuming it's not bled yet. Not sure how long it takes to bleed, so I'll probably just sort that one out when it's on the tractor. Figure it'll probably bleed faster if it's being supplied fuel from a pump as opposed to just gravity feeding down some tubing. Mission Fail. We're 0/2 here.  We removed the fuel lines to inspect before installing the new fuel pump. All lines were clear except for the one between the tank and the pump, so we cleaned that and installed the new fuel pump.  Bled the line + pump. Bled the next line + first fuel filter Bled next line + second fuel filter Bled next line + injection pump Got fuel to the feed and return so we threw a battery in it, and I disconnected all 4 injector lines. Cranked the engine over and nothing. Can't get even one drop of fuel out of any of the ports. So now the injection pump is on my work bench  Hopefully it's something dumb like varnish in the pump or something, because id rather not rebuild the pump. Ok, 2 projects left, to call both the Superduty suspension upgrade, and the aluminum bed upgrade complete on the F250. #1, we need a front sway bar, and that means we need to replace the old drop-tracbar bracket with a 'stock' one. So, enter one new bracket from Sky's Offroad Design:  painted...  ...and installed!  Tracbar angle looks decent, and it means weve now got room to reinstall the swaybar  ...and done! This was the last piece of the puzzle, that now completes the SD suspension swap. Moving on, the final thing i needed to do to finish the utility/dump bed conversion, was to make & install some mud flaps. I welded a piece of 1" angle iron to the bed, and then whipped up a simple mud flap using some scraps i had laying around in the garage:   Nothing left to do now, but drive! Had some issues with heat soak on the last wheelin trip. It was the peak of the heatwave, and probably one of the hottest days ive ever had it out wheelin. The engine & trans temps were ok, but the underhood temps were too high, and it was causing issues with the electronics. So to hopefully keep this from happening again, i picked up some cheap recessed hood louvers to install  The rough idea. Shouldnt be too obnoxious looking cut into the stripes  Hood all masked off:  The first cut always hurts the most  working on the second hole  ...and done!  With concerns of water intrusion when its parked in the driveway, i made some simple plastic covers for them, weighted down with some stick-on lead wheel weights so they dont blow away  Hopefully these work well. With a thunderstorm inbound, i suppose ill know soon enough!  Its a little overgrown  Theres an old J20 too  Got it dug out, and both fuel filters replaced   The fuel pump was full of gunk, tried (unsuccessfully) to clean it out  Ultimately though? Mission Failure  Never got the fuel pump to work, going to have to order one. Tried winching it up the trailer but the rear right tire won't turn. Even with 2 snatch blocks the winch just wouldn't drag the tractor up the ramps. Looks like there's some kind of roller for mowing, a back blade, a brush hog, and something else in the weeds. Supposedly there's a set of forks for the bucket too. So I guess the new plan is to order a fuel pump, and bring cleaner and an air compressor to try to flush all the fuel lines with hopes we can get it to run. The starter cranks over pretty good, so I think once we get the pump replaced it'll run. it actually had green coolant in the radiator, and the crankcase was full of oil so thats promising. Spent the last two days cleaning up the yard. My scrap steel pile got a little big, so it was time to clean it all out  Went over to the scrap yard with it today. 2200#. Dump bed dumped it without a care in the world! Sorry no video, i forgot to check the batteries for the remote before i left (they were dead) so i had to run it from the dash switch. But still, worked like a champ. I was in and out of the yard in under 5 minutes!   All I know is, it's a diesel, it hasn't been run in years, looks like it's got a flat tire, there's some attachments, and it's free! Maybe a half hour away. Going to try and get it Thursday. I dunno what it weighs, hoping it's not over 7k. And we're back! We checked in at our cabin Monday afternoon. Brought the wife's 90  and my 88  The diesel towed well with the new suspension. Much smoother on the highway than ever before, even loaded down pretty heavily, so im calling the new suspension a win. (i do have a new upper tracbar bracket on order, so that will be getting swapped in the next couple weeks so i can put my front sway back on) We did family stuff tuesday - friday (pools, amusement parks, water parks, campfires & smores!), but Friday was also the car show, which i posted pics of yesterday. Saturday i went over to Rausch with a couple buddies while the wifey stayed back at the cabin nursing a sunburn. Turned out to be a good idea because it was the hottest day of the heatwave that rolled thru PA, and i dont think the wife/kid would have enjoyed the trail with that level of heat. Anyways, i only snapped maybe 15 pics, here's a couple. Overgrown trails:  Joe Sr
Joe Jr
Our buddy Jim was going to come out with us but was having tcase issues so he jumped in with me for the day. i was trail leader for the day, and we didnt stop much so no real pics of mine. He did get a cool snippet of me squeezing thru some boulders down in the Quarry on the south side of the park though The dogs enjoying the truck ride home. Jack is in his glory, as the wind from the wing window is blowing directly on him:  Home and unloading   This is the only real carnage from the trip that ive found thus far  Overall a good time, and weve already re-reserved our cabin for next year's event. Gotta wash the gray one tomorrow, check for any other damage, and then get stuff packed up so we can go rescue an old tractor Thursday morning! |
