Hey everyone, I have an older Toro Groundsmaster with a Kubota D1105 engine that I can't get to start. I've made a lot of progress and feel like I'm so close but just won't catch.
I received this mower in a trade, the guy claimed he got it from an apartment complex that upgraded after the previous groundsman was repairing it and passed away at some point before finishing. So they had no knowledge of what was wrong, it was missing the starter and after sitting for so long the motor was locked up with a little bit of water in the cylinders. I used a boat load of Kroil and over time got the motor spinning freely, got all the Kroil/water out of the cylinders by turning it over a few times then loaded it with Kroil again to stop the rust.
Replaced the starter, injectors, and glow plugs. Drained fuel system and added 5gal fresh diesel. Pretty sure I got the air bled out. Cranked without injector lines until all 3 were pulsing a solid shot of diesel. Added the lines but left cracked at all injectors until I had diesel pulsing at all cylinders then tightened. I'm getting a solid puff of black smoke on every compression stroke and it sounds so close to catching but just won't. Glow plugs are tested working fine.
I'm sure I'm getting good fuel to all cylinders since I'm getting the black smoke. But really not sure what I should try next. Tried to get a compression test kit but it didn't have the right size for this smaller motor so waiting on an adapter.
I received this mower in a trade, the guy claimed he got it from an apartment complex that upgraded after the previous groundsman was repairing it and passed away at some point before finishing. So they had no knowledge of what was wrong, it was missing the starter and after sitting for so long the motor was locked up with a little bit of water in the cylinders. I used a boat load of Kroil and over time got the motor spinning freely, got all the Kroil/water out of the cylinders by turning it over a few times then loaded it with Kroil again to stop the rust.
Replaced the starter, injectors, and glow plugs. Drained fuel system and added 5gal fresh diesel. Pretty sure I got the air bled out. Cranked without injector lines until all 3 were pulsing a solid shot of diesel. Added the lines but left cracked at all injectors until I had diesel pulsing at all cylinders then tightened. I'm getting a solid puff of black smoke on every compression stroke and it sounds so close to catching but just won't. Glow plugs are tested working fine.
I'm sure I'm getting good fuel to all cylinders since I'm getting the black smoke. But really not sure what I should try next. Tried to get a compression test kit but it didn't have the right size for this smaller motor so waiting on an adapter.
