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| Repair advice for Buda Diesel |
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Chris Palmer
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| | Posted on Saturday, July 04, 2009 - 10:58 am: | 
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My uncle is a long time diesel mechanic and marine engineer. He is rebuilding an Allis Chalmers Buda 4cyl. marine diesel model 4DAMR182 diesel that had seized up.
He has replaced or repaired the fuel lines, fuel pump, injectors, heads, and other parts so now the engine turns properly, fuel flows etc, but it will not start.
He wonders if a part called an "aircell" could cause the engine not to run?
The diesel is in a former Canadian Navy launch that he converted into a yacht, the diesel just siezed up one day apparently due to wrong fuel, some sort of "organic diesel" (I am not clear exactly what the problem was, he had sold it to a different person who used it for several years without a problem until the engine just seized up one day. Then that fellow hired a mechanic who could not fix it and replaced parts that did not need fixing .)
Anyway, my uncle is a very skilled mechanic but this has him completely baffled. He would appreciate if there is someone out there with experience on Buda diesels that he could talk to about this engine and perhaps get some new ideas about how to fix this. |
Lawrence T Wolfe
Senior Member
Username: larry_from_maryland
Post Number: 368
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, July 04, 2009 - 04:54 pm: |
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You could try the discussion board on allis tractors on www.ytmag.com . If the injectors are putting out fuel my guess would be that its a timeing issue. One of the timeing marks is used to install the pump and after its in the mark in the window will be one tooth to the right of the mark. The other 2 marks will be centered. |
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