Recent content by Gypsycatfish

I took pictures and will try to post at some point.

My starter would spin but would not engage on cold days. I took it apart and found ice on the splined shaft that the gear slides on to engage the starter teeth (grease had gone away and let moisture in). To do this repair, remove only the longer bolt (aprox 6 inch long) of the two bolts that...

I pulled the glow plugs so the oil in the cylinders could blow out and it blew about 4 or 5 feet. I turned it over and there were no sounds and had planned to do a compression check but could not get the gauge on with out pulling the fuel lines so I decided to try it. It started right up but...

Thanks Antfarmer for the heads up on the fire part. I did not think of the glow plugs but on this unit you have to press the switch for the plugs to glow so I am not sure that would be a problem but I will have fire extinguisher handy. I once put a gas can on the roof of a 50 ton crane with a...

I forgot to say this is about a 1999 unit with the DeutZ turbo 73 horsepower engine.

Tipped on over on bucket, engine would not shut off for about 30 sec after turning off the key, revved way up. It took me about 20 minutes to get a backhoe to tip it back down. After up righting it I tried to start it for a sec. It started to turn over, then stopped. I released the key at once...