JD R ran out of fuel

What's the process for getting her bled and started again. Thanks in advance

Ask Q Mr. bond

This was in the archives if it helps.



If your tractor ran before you ran out of fuel, which I'm assuming is how you ran out of fuel, then I would think that everything is fine with your tractor. I know it's real easy to look for other reasons for something that's not working, but with air in fuel lines, it's just about being patient and sticking to it.

I don't know of any electrical fuel injector pumps, but don't know enough about diesels, modern autos/trucks or the high tech stuff to know if they exist or not. On the tractors that I have, and I'm assuming yours, is that the injector pump is timed from the flywheel or camshaft. Having it timed (connected) to the gears makes sure it works at the right time, every time. Simple and effective.

Did you take off the fuel line before the injector pump? I've gotten impatient and tried to take a shortcut on mine. I've even had fuel at the injectors, but couldn't get it to start. Sometimes you will see fuel, but there's still air in the lines. You also need to loosen all the fuel lines from the injector. Sometimes one or two of them will get the most fuel and if you pulled the week one, it might not bleed out the air. If it doesn't bleed out the first time, you just have to do it again and again until you get it right.

Did you pull the fuel filter and make sure it's full of fuel? This was my mistake the last time I ran out of fuel. I wasted an entire morning trying to get my dozer started, and then went and bought five gallons of diesel, filled up both fuel filters and had it running in about half an hour.

Look on the side of the injection pump. You should see a 1/2 inch head bolt. Open it and then pump the manual pump until you see a solid flow of fuel out of it. If your transfer pump has no handle you can spin the engine over. This will clear the fuel line of air and fill the injection pump. Then you should open one of the injector lines,so when the engine turns over it will clear out more air.I think you have a stanadyne pump or Roosa Master pump. What pump do you have.If you have to spin the engine let it rest between cranks so you don't burn out the starter.

Howdy,

It's actually quite easy. On the fuel filter base there are three bleed screws. Unscrew the one on the far left first until fuel comes out. Then do the same thing for the far right and then the center. You will be good to go after that. God bless.

--old fashioned farmer

Gosh we always just dump some fuel in it and pull it around the yard with another tractor until it's running.

Since you ran it out of fuel, it would be a good time to change the fuel filters. Then bleed the lines out and you should be good to go. Chris