IH 560 DIESEL

Need help starting a 560 diesel tractor. I have never driven one
before and can't figure out how to start it . I found the glow plug button and some kind of control cable going to the injector pump, is that a fuel cut off of some kind?
Cranks over but won't fire a lick, is there a switch or something that I am missing? It ran as recently as 2 months ago I am told.

They are cold blooded and need glow plugs on a ninety degree day. Post this on the IH board and you will get lots of help.

Push fuel shutoff in.

Turn on key.

Hold the glow plug button for 30 sec or more.

Push start button while holding the glow plug button in.

If it turns over good and does not start you either have no fuel or poor compression.

Possibly bad glow plugs as well.

Pull starting may help.

Gary

Actually, they are not cold blooded so to speak. They are a pre combustion chamber style engine. All pre cup engines require some sort of starting aid method. The old IH diesels did it by starting on a gasoline cycle and switching to diesel after engine was running and warmed a little. The glow plugs give the 560 that bit of aid to ignite the fuel as the injection is very low pressure and does not atomize like a direct injection high pressure system. Once it gets running and warmed up a bit, that pre cup design does a really good job and makes for a fuel efficient engine. You will find most pre cup engines use rather light lower components like crankshaft, rods, pistons etc. The reason they can do that is the head absorbs a great deal of the shock pressures in the cup, where as a direct injection engine transmits those forces more so onto the lower end of the engine. Pull the throttle wide open, push the shut off cable in, hold the glow plugs and look at meter to see if they are working. Hold them a minute or so and keep holding them. As soon as it fires, close that throttle so it does not race. Do not use ether as glow plugs will ignite the et her back into intake manifold and might just blow it right off.

Hold the glow plug button for 30 seconds and then get down and feel the end of glow plug to see if there's any heat there. A
crappy wiring harness for the glow plugs can defeat starting efforts. As Pete said they're not cold natured per se but the
combustion type requires the glow plugs.

We have two of them in the family and even on 100 degree day if you shut down for more than 15 minutes or so (fully warmed up) you
will need the glow plugs to start. You also need a strong battery to spin the thing fast enough. Sometimes with a weak battery if
you let off the glow plugs for a few seconds while its rolling over the rpm will pick up enough for it to hit.