Hey Guys! I have been using this site a lot over the last few weeks to familiarize myself with the B7100 that I got to pick up last week. I have almost no background/experience with tractors other than one or two days of driving and doing small tasks with some family's tractor.
I got a B7100 and a nice spread of attachments, but I have a couple things I think I need to get in order. The tractor belonged to an older gentleman who I think was the third owner. He passed away last year and the daughter inherited it and sold it, since she had no use for it. It sat outside in a field for almost a year, without being cranked. I was told it needed glow plugs, but I am not so sure they knew exactly what was going on with it. I did change the oil and filter, as well as the fuel filter. I think the diesel in it is fine as far as I can tell. Here are a few questions I have:
1) I did finally get it running today, but I am convinced the wire that leaves the ignition switch and should make a run to the glow plugs, does not make it all the way to the glow plugs. I was getting no reading on them, when applying my multimeter to them while they were hooked up. I took the front most one out and hooked it directly to the battery and it glowed red hot. I ran a line directly from the back of the ignition switch(connection 17) to the glow plugs, let it glow for about 20 seconds and it turned right over. Can anyone share a picture of where their wire feeds into the glow plugs? I am scratching my head.
2) My fuel injector closest to the front is leaking a little bit. I tried applying a little more torque to it to try and seat it, but it hardly tightened up any more. I may take this completely out, study it and reinstall/re-seat.
3) While the clutch is engaged, I cannot leave neutral to shift to any gear, without it making an awful noise. My guess is this means my clutch is stuck to the flywheel and that is why it can't properly engage another gear from neutral. What can be done before I split the tractor open to try and break the clutch away from the flywheel?
Here is a video of it running, right after I got it to finally turn over:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx_PCkMot9o
Here is a video of the leaking fuel injectors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXWlgDm4p1k
Here are a couple photos of it:
Leaking injector photo:
All the equipment before loading:
Clutch safety switch has poor alignment and slips off the nut sometimes:
Overhead of the engine:
The tractor, with my helper:
Any advice you guys have is much appreciated, TIA!
I got a B7100 and a nice spread of attachments, but I have a couple things I think I need to get in order. The tractor belonged to an older gentleman who I think was the third owner. He passed away last year and the daughter inherited it and sold it, since she had no use for it. It sat outside in a field for almost a year, without being cranked. I was told it needed glow plugs, but I am not so sure they knew exactly what was going on with it. I did change the oil and filter, as well as the fuel filter. I think the diesel in it is fine as far as I can tell. Here are a few questions I have:
1) I did finally get it running today, but I am convinced the wire that leaves the ignition switch and should make a run to the glow plugs, does not make it all the way to the glow plugs. I was getting no reading on them, when applying my multimeter to them while they were hooked up. I took the front most one out and hooked it directly to the battery and it glowed red hot. I ran a line directly from the back of the ignition switch(connection 17) to the glow plugs, let it glow for about 20 seconds and it turned right over. Can anyone share a picture of where their wire feeds into the glow plugs? I am scratching my head.
2) My fuel injector closest to the front is leaking a little bit. I tried applying a little more torque to it to try and seat it, but it hardly tightened up any more. I may take this completely out, study it and reinstall/re-seat.
3) While the clutch is engaged, I cannot leave neutral to shift to any gear, without it making an awful noise. My guess is this means my clutch is stuck to the flywheel and that is why it can't properly engage another gear from neutral. What can be done before I split the tractor open to try and break the clutch away from the flywheel?
Here is a video of it running, right after I got it to finally turn over:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx_PCkMot9o
Here is a video of the leaking fuel injectors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXWlgDm4p1k
Here are a couple photos of it:
Leaking injector photo:
All the equipment before loading:
Clutch safety switch has poor alignment and slips off the nut sometimes:
Overhead of the engine:
The tractor, with my helper:
Any advice you guys have is much appreciated, TIA!