Hi,
I have a 95 that is crashed and no electrical hooked up to the truck any more. I started it in the shed in Dec. and it started right up. Today someone was looking at it and we tried to start it outside but no fire.

I am just using a battery and no preheater or block heater. 32* out, brrr.
My main question is: Do I need to manually hold up the fuel shut off plunger to open the flow? I tried that but it may have just been a little too cold outside. A touch of starting fluid did not work either. We did get a little smoke out of the tailpipe.

Just making sure I was doing the right things.......

 

first off no starting fluid! if the shutoff is not lifting tie it up. crank engine with good batteries since its been sittin. did you get smoke just while using fluid? like i said you shouldn't need it. crack lines make sure you have fuel at injectors and it should start.

 

Reach down to the lift pump primer and give it a few pumps to make sure you have fuel to the IP. It should fire up if you have good batteries.

 

Thanks, I'll try again when spring is spring and not late winter in Nebraska. A little starting fluid is okay if the heater grid is not hooked up. Industrial and Ag equipment have remote controlled intake injectors for it.

 

yeah they do but how often do they get used, every piece of equipment i've worked on i had never had to use it no mater how junkie they were. besides i dont like the thought of one becoming an Ether-baby. good luck, shouldnt be to hard to get her runing, not to much to wrong with these trucks

 

I prefer to plug them in if at all possible. We have one JD 4520 that needs a whif of the good stuff if it gets below 60* out. But they never did start well.

My crashed truck has no radiator so not much water/af left in the block to use a block heater on it.

 

I can start mine at -10* with no plug in, but I need heater grid.

I wouldn't use ether if I was you, I know your JD tractors have no problem but this is a Dodge truck, slightly different system and motor. Tie shutoff solenoid open, and use very good batteries, diesels need cranking speed to start, not heat or spark. You won't start yours with a low battery in July. I have here a 2001 with weak batteries and I have hard time starting it if I give it pre-heat since it uses the little leftover juice, then on cranking it rotates slowly. I connect jumper cables and starts in 1/2 turn with no pre-heater.

No Ether.