Just to clarify, there is plenty of fuel at the inlet to the injection pump. When I said "running out of fuel", I mean inside the injection pump.

In my forty plus years of pulling wrenches, I tip my hat to you sir! I wouldn't have gone inside that pump knowing what I know and the question "What could go wrong" would of shook her head. I admire your courage and do not fault your work at all! I have learned plenty from you and before I quit, had a half million in tools, shop, etc., your good at what you do and should be very proud. You will make the cat scratch again.

Some of you may have heard a loud whoooshing noise. This was caused by 95% of the video flying waaaay over my head. 🤔 Still an interesting video to watch and I wish you luck fixing the brute. Cheers from Scotland, Dougie.

"One of those horrible, hospital based drama." While I watch a not horrible based forklift drama video. I can relate!

"--i don't think it will be too big a problem to get it going." Looking at the minute counter...oh no.

Not even so much as a curse when that wrench hopped off. You sir are a saint. Haha

Only a brave mechanic touches injector pumps.

You are like a specialist doctor for old machines. Those two brain cells are really working well.

Brilliant drawing explanation of how the injection pump works Wes and then to see it once its been dissembled.

Had starting Problems with those engines many times, we figured out, that if the crancking speed is one rpm to less you can spin it all day without results, if the speed is right it fires up first crank

Great video Wes, love seeing you bring things back to life .

Thanks for the refresher course Wes. Well explained and illustrated. Cheers bud from the UK. Happy days.

Really enjoyed this one - superb explanation of the workings of an injection pump. Thank you.

When the sun goes down it's pretty much dark. Classic 🍻

Anything rusted, with a diesel engine and wheels, is appealing to me. I got sold just with the picture. Digging more and more your videos, Wes. Great style and fantastic content. Thanks!

Great presentation! I'm older but really appreciate you going through the problem solving. Your dad should be very proud of you! Thank you, EW

It is really good to see someone doing what they obviously love and completely understand.

I also had the same problem Daniel Ramsey stated concerning the pickup tube from the fuel tank limiting flow. Mine was on a 1967 580 case backhoe with the same injection pump your dealing with. I cleaned and sealed the tank and still was picking up a little rust in the tank that didn't seal properly, so rather than take the tank back off I put a hose on the pickup tube on the inside of the tank so it would not pickup from the very bottom of the tank. I know it won't get the last inch of fuel in the tank but it gets mixed around from movement so I don't see it as a problem and it saved me from having to pull the tank a second time which was no small endeavor. I did that fix a year ago and has been running great since. Love you videos. God bless!

I always appreciate when you explain how some parts work I've always wondered how mechanical fuel injection works and I probably won't work on a diesel fuel pump any time soon, but if I do I'm gonna remember this video

I have never seen one of these in my life but you do a great job of explaining it,I think you would make a good teacher

This was insightful. Gives me courage to take on some challenging and intimidating repairs that I would normally pay someone else to do. Thanks Wes.

Last time i had to resurrect and old diesel like that up here in Alaska i found the tank was full of algae and it plugged up the pickup tube.

over the years as a diesel mechanic I've found that if you pressure on the nut and tap the line you will often break the line and nut loose

It fired up, so that counts as a start. Thanks for showing us the inside of one of those systems.

Great explanation of the injection pump! I learned something new today and every time I watch your videos.

Great projects! Clear narration. Great voice, content and pace. Very well done and look forward to your next installment. Cheers Ottawa, Ontario canada

Excellent video, Wes. I always learn a whole lot watching your work. You make a great instructor!

Thanks for keeping it real man! I laughed my balls off when your wrench went flying. I'm glad it's not just me! I'm glad I found your Channel. It's nice to see someone else sharing a passion for the Forgotten iron.

I appreciate your humility and honesty. Good man!

You are an awesome explainer/teacher

A few times I have come across a lazy starter where it had to have 24v through it to start a car engine. Good job in getting it going though. Thats half the problem solved. Well done.

A good video with clear commentary. I am a retired Clark mechanic and miss the shop.

To me you are a professional and knowledgeable, understand very well the concept of everything you do and work for to fix, you are gifted, there is no book to teach commonsense, you are not just a regular YT guy, don't underestimate yourself, I like your type and your videos, keep the good work and thanks for sharing your experiences with us.

when you threw the jumper cables and they sparked like crazy XD

Date Jan 3rd, 2020. Your video was well done! You are meticulous with the pump! Bravo! Definitely, the pump was gummed up, and needed your work on it ! You had the humility to have and read up , in the shop manual, or pump manual. Good! Your illustration was great! Your willingness to note down, or make diagrams of details, is very good when you are on a machine you are not familiar with! This saves a lot of grief, when stuff slips your mind! Your use of compressed air and assembly grease, is right on! Do not be reluctant to soak stuff , in carburetor cleaner! wear gloves to protect yourself! #1. drop the old diesel fuel, mix fresh in, and here is a fantastic trick! get another cap for your fuel tank. Drill it out, and install a tube with nuts inside the cap and out to secure the tube. either attach a short hose, to an air coupler. Put the cap on the tank, and apply any where from 8 to 10 lbs. of air pressure to the tank! NO MORE! Crack open the pump bleeder screw, and then the injector bleeder screws or loosen the nuts, and watch the fuel and air bleed out of the system so fully and completely , before your eyes! you will kick yourself!! It works like a forest Fire! The big mistake is that all of us do as we are told, by cranking, and pumping, so forth , when the trick is just to put a little air pressure over the fuel in the tank, and the fuel will run up into the lift pump, through the pump, up to the injection pump, fill it up and out to the injectors, and you will be amazed, just how much air come out! Also, it is crazy how much air gets trapped in all those complicated mechanical gizmos of yester year, before electronics of today! Do this first, and see what happens! Before opening stuff up! At the very least you wil know, the system is full, and clear of air, and topped up! If it does not run, something is jammed. And if you have no air compressor, just rig up a tire tank, with a valve, and a hose! fill the tank to 80 lbs, and and just crack open the valve you rigged to the hose a little bit, to apply just a little pressure! Works great in the field! All the best! kennethzakaib607@gmail.com

Was great to see that pump apart! Thank you! But that motor needs a starter for sure. Keep up the great videos!!!

This is a good video, Wes. I'll never rebuild one of those pumps, but it's quite interesting. Thanks for showing us your efforts.

Nice work, the pump functions were well explained. For a starting aid I use a rag soaked in gasoline held in front of the intake. won't vibrate glow plugs or damage internal parts. just let the gas fumes do the work and don't let go of the rag when it starts.

I admire your tenacity. You'll succeed eventually. It's hard to kill a Clark in my experience.

"just some guy on the internet but I got a service manual and a few brain cells." the world needs 100 more like you

Wes, it really is enjoyable watching you work, not only do you have a good head on your shoulders, you are very knowledgeable and think everything through. Hats off to you God Bless.

If I ever need an operation , I want you to buy a book on it and do the operation !!!

Nice work Wes. Keep 'em coming. We love to watch guys work under duress, hardship, lack of resources and on camera where we can criticize their every move and decision once we see the outcome.

You sir, are a magician! 10 minutes into this. Id have got the torches out!!

Think that pump is fine now, could be a bad inector pushing exhaust gas in the system, or just a clog in the fuel line or tank., Starter has probably sticking brushes, or a broken spring on one. you did good on that pump cleaning! (y)

For a minute I thought this was going to be a *Diesel Runaway With Wes* video :-)

Had to come back and refresh my memory on this project!

Very interesting and informative, new subscriber. Love this stuff, did it as boy. Now I'm disabled and this is the only way I get to enjoy it thank you very much.

"I'm just a guy on the Internet"... Yeah right. That's why 150,000 people watched this video in the past 72 hours... You're too modest Wes!

The starter motor you might be able to do, try cleaning the ends of the frame and end caps (usually like 3 pieces) and polishing the commutator, it could also have a broken brush or two causing it to have half the torque.

had to find this episode before watching todays episode . now i wont be lost lol. man you can see the frustration in your voice.

I ran one just like this with side shift for a while in the sand pit I worked at in high school. Awesome little machine

oh man imagine the crap inside the injectors also means that the fuel filter or fuel filter housing has blown to bypass open

Hey, “It’s Alive”, It’s Alive”:” keep going you will get it purring like a kitten! 👍👍👍

Hats off to you.. the injector rebuild was amazing.. educational. First time for me.. cheers from Calgary

At least you identified yourself with accurate credentials. Thank you! I have read where it says don’t open those or the world will go backwards. Congrats on your bravery! That thing is more complicated than I thought! Beats me

Great work with edits and your commentary you should be a college tutor! or do engines for dummies ..) .gl you show the issues n how to fix.

"it's really not that complicated" "don't touch that, there's magic in there" =DDD Lovin' this!!

Glad you explained about all the extra, leftover parts ! But don't forget the orange vest next time !

Good one, Wes. I'm happy for you. It sounds great. Cheers, Andy

Let’s get that red ford going too🤔😁

I can't count how many times I have worked on something I either picked up cheap, because it didn't work, or worked on someone else's machine that was horrible to use due to poor starting and more and how so much of it revolved around just awful starting circuit wiring issues. Crappy replacement ends that were corroded to death, Bad grounds connected to the first metal point they could hit (paper thin sheet metal usually) and not a major engine block or frame point. Rotten cables that are more copper oxides than conductive copper. Grossly undersized cables. Oddball (and old) 4 or 6 ga small vehicle cable (or solid core aluminum residential wire) for a big diesel or gas engine. Starters that are way past worn out internally to where they are running on nothing but their rotors riding on the fields due to the shaft bearing/bushing being totally gone. Way undersized battery for a big engine.

Very detailed work and accompanying video/ explanation. Good job. Thank you

Wes, I admire your knowledgeability, ingenuity and humility. You've got a kind spirit and you make an enjoyable video. I like old classic machinery. I wrote a book whose main character operates a Clark 75B front loader. Hey, my friend, it's fun to watch you work. Keep it up. God bless.

old trick, don't use ether, use wd40 it will lube the engine instead of dry it out. time for an ultrasonic cleaner

Probably why it was parked to begin with. Not running right.

Wes, I'd take my hat off to you, if I wore one. Your knowledge and determination is astonishing. Thanks for the sharing and teaching in your videos. I'm looking forward to hearing what the problem and solution was. Stay safe. Regards from S Africa Clive

I think you did an outstanding job. Congratulations!

Oh yes, I _do_ like a careful mechanic. So many butchers out there and they're painful to watch.

did someone put a 24 volt starter on it? I run into that once servicing a hard starting Detroit

hey Wes, just a little note: your little drawing was way helpful and done well. it helped me to understand exactly what you trying to show us. thanks buddy..

Thank you for lowing the volume on the engine noise. Wish more people would do that.

Watching the video thinking: "Damn! I'm glad he knows what he's doing, cause I sure as hell don't!"

@36:51 someone shorted the jumper cables ;)

You, sir, are a mechanical genius!

That's a good explanation of how it works

I found once you’ve used 24v on the starter a few times they don’t like going back to 12v become very lazy

“When the sun goes down at this time of the year it pretty much goes dark”

cool video, love watching stuff like this where i can learn something. ( my wife had the telly stuck in something horrible too..) cheers for showing how one of these pumps work.

My backhoe has the same injection pump. So thank you for the great detail in the rebuild. I Liked,Shared,Added to playlists. I love the old school diesels. I am looking forward to your next video. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

Try some propane instead of starting fluid.

Did you check if the filter is blocked? That could cause some fuel starving if it is limiting how much fuel can get to the pump

Wes, that was one of the best vidios I have ever seen. I will have to watch it a few more times to get my head around the complex internal workings of a rotary pump. Just shows what makes an expert! When I service a diesel system, ie change filters I keep the stop cord out all the time then once I have bled it to the injector pump I crank the engine on full throttle and after three seconds put the stop cord in and it usually starts without cracking off an injector pipe. (not always). This saves a bit of battery life. Try it if you don't already do it and see how you go. Cheers, Jim in NZ.

I lucked out and got my outside chores done BEFORE I saw your video was posted...other way around and chores not done and then no turkey for me on Thursday! Look forward to more on this forklift and getting it back to running and moving!

úse wd 40 to start it in stead of eather...

it will burn WD-40 !!!

I like you explanations and drawings , I know very little about diesel motors . Thank you

its kind of soothing to watch your videos.

I know you hear this all the time, but if I had someone like you as a teacher back in my day, I would have been a better student. Thanks Wes.

I've done many styles of Caterpillar pumps but never a Stanadyne. I enjoyed this video.

Enjoyable to watch and learn some about these pumps

Very good I appreciate your honest and humble approach to your projects. The starter is probably pulling a lot of amps and to have it repaired is wise also thanks for trying to get the pump going . I work on fleet equipment and have never disassembled an injection pump . When it is determined the issue is the pump we just pull it and send it out . Most shops are not equipped to do that kind of repairs, so again thanks.

I liked how you drew the diagram for that pump. Made a lot more sense to trouble shoot.

Hey Wes....! Many thanks for this... your pen and ink drawing of the basic priciple of how the pump works was really helpful. Love your vids, keep 'em coming! Greetings from Southport UK. (P.S. - don't get too cold!)

Did a good job, dont say you are not good enough. Sometimes 10 minutes with someone knowledgeable on the machine is all you need To make it work. Knowledge is power.

Thanks for the tutorial. The pump may have been stubborn but you were great at teaching me a few things. I'm sure that when you get it figured out it will be an Aha moment, I hope you will share - Thanks a bunch!

...as for my abilities...I know a little bit about not so much...but I can build and repair a computer...I leave the mechanical to folks like yourself, I have hard-enough-time just maintaining my bicycle...really 🤣 I love watching you work 💖 you have a wonderful calmness, reminds me of my dad. He loved all things diesel! He worked in a Caterpillar assembly plant, a machinist, building D-11 Dozer's and 390F Excavators...I didn't have the Cat DNA gen in me...became a communication engineer (no glory) but always fantasized about building those giant machines... You are a natural and would make a wonderful teacher❕

Great informative video 👍👍 especially the drawing and knowledge of the rotary pump. Learn something new everyday.

He does a very good job given the conditions and limited knowledge very well done.

Nice video. Thanks for taking the mystery out of an injection pump.