[AT] Case diesel

[Cecil R Bearden]

Most of the old Case diesels had 2 filters.  They both looked alike, and 
were different by one number in WIX.  It was easy to get the primary and 
secondary mixed up.   The only way to tell was the catalog listing of 
the filter listed one as a water separator, and the other as a 
filter.    I have had several cases where the fuel gauge did not work 
correctly on a truck or tractor, and got stuck some distance from 
home.   I soak a large rag in gasoline, and then hold it over the air 
intake while cranking.  be sure you do not have the glow plugs connected 
when doing this.  The gas will start without very much knocking, and it 
will keep it running until the fuel hits the injectors.    I had an 1155 
Massey with the v-8 Perkins.  The priming pump was worn out, and it took 
a slim guy with a 3 ft arm to get between the lines and into the valley 
between the heads to work the pump.  When it was hot, it really was 
hot...!!   Gas on a rag would start it great.   Gas on a rag starts my 
old Cat D6 after sitting a year.

   I was some distance away from the old office with a 2003 Sterling, w/ 
3126 Cat motor.  The fuel pump was pulling from the right tank and 
overflow was going into the left tank.  The gauge was in the left 
tank...The equalizer worked as a siphon, but the line had a pinhole.  .  
There was a TA truck stop about 1/4 mi away.   I bought a roll of paper 
towels and a gas can.  Then filled the 1 gal can with gas.    I stuck 
the trailer brake hose in the left tank, cut off a 4 inch "ring" of 
towels from the towel roll, and pulled out the cardboard center.  Then I 
stuffed the towel "ring" around the brakes hose to seal it in the fuel 
tank filler.  I flipped the brake valve in the truck to pressurize the 
tank and fill the right tank....  After getting about 20 gallon in the 
right tank, I opened the hood and poured about a pint of gas into the 
paper air cleaner air inlet.  It picked up fuel in about a minute and no 
damage occurred.    If I had called a mechanic, I would have been there 
a couple of hours and then had to explain a $200 bill.

  I use gas and a rag a lot....

Cecil in oKla

On 4/14/2012 8:55 PM, john hall wrote:
> Thanks for the input guys. I'll loosen the lines at the injectors next time
> and see if it helps. I pulled up a parts breakdown and still don't see any
> way to bleed the pump. I'll carry a backup battery, we have no means of
> towing the tractor where it is. I didn't see any type of fuel pump, just the
> injection pump. I'm still not happy with the flow to the pump compared to
> what goes into the filter--it almost seems restricted somehow. It will be
> Tues or Wed. before I can get back to look at it again, I'll let you know
> how it goes.
>
> John
>
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