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  • #16
    PITB but the silver lining is you found out now and will be ready for whatever it is that happens in the next 3 months when it's colder.
    Got that old odd feeling on the back of my neck.

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    • #17
      Not giving up on the old girl.. the China diesel generator that is LOL.

      Had a little more time to mess with it. Worked on the Murphy switch a bit and got it going. Generator will now attempt to start via the Murphy switch which is how it always has.

      I cracked the nut on the 2 cylinders and I'm getting fuel out of them also-

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      So I've bled every damn line I can see and everywhere I can see fuel can go, there is fuel. Yet it will not fire up. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot over! Even the return line (last thing in line in that pic to the right of the injector head will spew fuel when the clamp is released. Not even hearing big air hisses or rushes of air when any of these are cracked to bleed the lines.

      Going to follow up with some diesel experts more this week.

      The old gal is a workhorse and will power the main deep well and charge our battery bank at the same time- 12KW is nothing to snuff at. So I'm not giving up on it- hell if anything it's a great learning about diesel engines experience.

      However I am adding a gas/propane 10KW generator as a backup. Our breaker box that goes to the well pump will have a third breaker added for the option of using the new generator (diesel generator and battery bank/inverter are the other two options). And the AC1 in for the inverter which is currently fed only by the diesel genset will have a small breaker box where the options will be gas/propane generator or diesel generator. That line brings power from the generator(s) to the inverter which acts as a charger for the battery bank. In other words, when I need to bulk EQ the battery bank, or just do a bulk charge into the battery bank (crappy weather with little solar, etc).
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      • #18
        Good work, good evaluation techniques.
        Wonder if your diesel tech can do a wet and dry compression test. on cylinder may have lost piston rings and have insufficient compression to combust.

        One thing to look at is for 1000 gallon propane tank with wet leg.
        As natural gas gets into more and more homes, many own their prop tank.
        I've gotten two 1000 gallon wet leg tanks this way for under $800.
        One even came with 200 gallons in it.

        Between local listings and asking my propane suppliers I've got results and leads.
        I did get two tanks from Fort Carson civilian side. They were old but tested out good.
        I don't do facebook but I've heard deals can be found on facebook market place.

        Wet legs are so cool and filling smaller tanks from the big tank is so easy.

        Hang in there, wish I lived closer but I'm not leaving the high rockies cause they feel safe.
        BTW, thanks for what you do in all of your arenas.

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        • #19
          Lessons learned: good tools pay off, have cash in the house… regarding generators, three is one…store good gas in good(metal) cans…take small bites of the cleanup elephant…treasure good neighbors…have multiple charging cables and battery packs… a hotspot is invaluable to maintain comms and intel…set your radio nets up before hand.
          Salutations,
          Templar

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          • #20
            Lowdown, the thought occurred to me that you’ve done everything but check the fuel… also, didn’t you have some clogged trombone(?) nuts a while back that gave the same symptoms ?
            Salutations,
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            • #21
              Glad to hear you all made it through safe.

              Diesel is relatively fresh, got a fill up a little over a year ago, flushed the tank previous to that when I last drained it.

              Trombone??

              Our friend with all the tats brought a guy to hunt one time, tall fella with buck teeth and the unique nickname... but he knew diesel and I was having some issues with it then. I believe he did the same things I've tried, maybe removed and cleaned one of the injectors. Can't remember exactly what he did. Asked the tat'ed guy (who texts me from time to time) and he couldn't remember either- so damn long ago.
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              • #22
                Just a comment. for all of my diesels, I keep a full spare set of injectors cause they're a b i t ch to repair at home.
                Just seemed to make sense to me and later I was really glad I had them, Only needed 3 so far but no regrets on having them.

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                • #23
                  Had a guy over to help and we opened up the new pump today-

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                  What was interesting was with the top part off, when we pushed down on the springs they were extremely tight- stuck basically. You can see in the middle pic inside of it the little black circles are like lifters (don't know the correct mechanical term) that basically push up and force the fuel through the pump to the top pieces (first pic) where it then goes up the metal lines to the cylinders. We had to work those a bit to get them to move at all. My diesel guy took the unit apart and tried everything. My original pump is with another guy that is testing it. I think between the two of them we should be able to get something going, but it would appear like the New one (in pics) is not working correctly. To quote the guy today- "this is a simple 2 cylinder engine, this should be pumping."
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