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I dunno, I kinda like having all the info in one post, though I'm used to seeing a constant stream of "use the search feature!!!" when posting questions that have been answered in the past, recent or otherwise. Back to the topic - I've had this happen before. the bowtie thingy breaks, and it...

some good fortune - got some nozzles from a member parting out an -003, and they arrived today. opened the box, knocked a little dirt and dust off the injectors, and stuck 'em in. Genset fired right up after a minute or Preheat. got my governor set, left the throttle alone, shut it down after...

well, party's over, folks. at least until I get new nozzles. the metering valves were so horribly stuck in the nozzle bodies, that I broke the small pins (needles?) off the head of two of them, and I broke the stem off of one of the valves. I tried messing with the last one a little, but it's...

I may have laquer thinner - if the PB doesn't work, I'll try that. the diesel fuel bath didn't do much other than clean up the nozzle bodies a little more, and while that isn't a bad thing, it doesn't help unstick the metering valves. I also have brake parts cleaner in a jug. failing any of...

got the nozzles covered in PB blaster, and I filled up the inside of them with it too. we'll see.

okie dokie. so then I guessed right, that's not normal. how could tha have happened right after running it? the heat coupled with the gunk from sitting around?

Injectors broken down. the four pics of the nozzles themselves are 4-3-2-1 from first to last pic. in 4, the pin is flush with the nozzle body. in the others, it's in varying degrees of sticking out. I'm assuming that's not normal, correct? If that's true, then they should all look like the...

looks like I'm cleaning injectors. I watched the solenoid plunger, prior to fooling with it, and it's functioning normally. I jiggled it up and down, really working it, and sprayed some WD40 (I'm out of PB blaster) on the lever, and it's all working right. fuel flow is the same squirting...

indeed. I'll be getting my fill of entertainment again tomorrow if the rain holds out. :)

I'll check the solenoid tomorrow, hopefully the rain holds off for a bit. dumb question: Can I run the generator without the solenoid? If so, I could just remove it altogether, and when I want to shut it off, turn off the switch, pull the DC breaker, and then go push the throttle lever down...

game called on account of rain. time to regroup, re-read, and try again tomorrow. I didn't know that about the solenoid, I thought if you could see movement, it was good. I think I'll try that before I pull the glow plugs, since that would be quite a bit easier than anything else on my list...

about to go out an check the plugs out of the engine, I'll update once I check 'em. I thought about the filter screens in the pumps, and realized someone posted a reason why that's not likely earlier in the thread: the pumps are common, and while it may be good to clean the filter screens...

I get voltage to all 4 plugs when the switch is on, and to the heaters in the manifold as well.

One more thing, and this might be a head-slapper..... I should probably pull the fuel strainer membranes on the bottom of the pumps, and make sure they're not horrible clogged, right? because if I AM having a fuel delivery problem, that could certainly cause it, correct? I say this for two...

I did a preliminary check on the plugs, placing my common lead (black) on the hex portion of the plug and the hot (red) lead on the spade. I got between 5.0 and 5.6 on each plug. I plan to pull them tomorrow and check them out of the engine. I'm assuming when i do this, I should put the...

you got it. thanks guys, and special thanks to you , Jerry, for the quick response. more to follow...

cool. I'll pull the plugs, stick a lead on each end, and look for 5-6 ohms. if it's out of range, i know they're no good. Jerry has some for sale and rock auto has them in packs of ten. also, my Dad's genset has 4 in it, so i can check those as well and use some of those to rule out a...

right, but I'm getting decent voltage to the plugs. and I'm either getting no smoke out of the 1-2 cylinder bank or I'm getting a minimal amount of white smoke out of it, while getting fairly thick black smoke out of the other bank. pressure is the same when I put my hands in front of the...

Put a meter on all the plugs, and when I turn the switch to preheat, each one is getting 21.xx VDC. That's using the block as a ground. The manifold heaters are getting 11.xx VDC each. The IP is timed, I took it off and re-checked it for broken parts, everything is working as it should. I get...

because I didn't think the lack of preheat would cause a no-start in weather like this. But you're saying it does, so, I'll go back to it. I like your idea better than mine, because I find it hard to believe as well that 2 of them would stick right after running the engine like I did. I just...