1962 D19D - Minus Turbo

I just picked up a D19 diesel. I have a D19 gasser that has bad rear rims, tires, and engine and figured what the heck, can't go wrong with this diesel and maybe I can make one good tractor out of the two. Engine is stuck, starter is missing, one lift cylinder is busted, air cleaner cup is gone, and someone was either really short and didn't like the factory hydraulic controls and seat, or this was some sort of special purpose build. Lots of mysteries with this tractor.

Thank you for the ID DrAllis. That makes sense. Would you vote for focusing on fixing up the G262 instead? More power (than this NA D262) and better reliability as I have gathered from reading the forum?

Wow, the generator oil guard is still on the adjustment bracket. That’s hard to come by, most of them got chucked.
That’s quite a project there. The D262 is expensive to rebuild.

DrAllis wrote: Any G-262 is a better engine than a DT-262.

IBWD MIke wrote: wjohn, you do come up with some interesting project tractors! Good luck with this one and all the rest for that matter.

I was able to spend a little time on this tractor this week. You can see just a hint of movement in the flywheel when you try to bar it over at the ring gear. I moved on to pulling the injectors so I can see if any of them have any rust, and dump some penetrating concoction down the cylinders. I figured out the right combination of pry bars tonight and popped the #6 injector out. Visually, it doesn't look too bad, and definitely doesn't seem like it's had any moisture exposure.

injpumpEd wrote: By the pump number, it's an early D17 like Dr said above, the DGFCL629-12A is D17, early D eries Roosa pump, very different inside then the later DB found on almost everything lol! Don't force the pump to turn if it's stuck from sitting. You'll end up with it seizing the hydraulic head, and they're long obsolete. Good used are getting harder to find.

Doc and Ed are correct, that setup is straight from a series 1 D17. Exactly like my series 1 I just finished. Ed is giving you great advice, if you plan to save the diesel pull the pump and have it serviced before you go any farther if damage hasn’t already been done. I tried to advise a good friend of mine a month ago when we started his WD45D project to remove the pump and have it serviced because ED has been advising everyone for years to do so. He didn’t listen, it’s had fuel in it so it should be fine he said. It had been sitting for a few years with almost a full tank of fuel. After replacing the bad o-rings in number 6 cylinder sleeve, replacing the head gasket, new sealing washers on the injectors, reluctantly we attempted to start it. When no fuel appeared in the fuel filters after cranking for a minute of so I called ED. He instructed me to check the lift pump and sure enough the idle gear was stuck, shearing the key on the shaft and popping the snap ring into the pump. Now he has serious issues as parts are NLA. Ruined probably a good salvageable pump, feel bad for him, it’s a nice original tractor, but I did my best to get him to send it off multiple times. Not sure if he will be able to find parts or another pump to a rare tractor.

Now that you have the injectors out, if you could borrow a borescope camera, you could get an idea what the inside of the cylinders look like. 

Actually a pretty clean engine, doesn’t appear to have a bunch of leaks on it. Do you know any history on it? Why it was parked? What does the oil look like? Any antifreeze in it? I like my Buda powered D17, has good power, seams to be fuel efficient, and has a cool exhaust sound to it totally different than my XTD. But, they are expensive to rebuild and parts are getting harder to come by. I would try to save it if the block, injection pump and head turn out to be good. Good luck and keep us up to date on your project.

AC720Man wrote: Actually a pretty clean engine, doesn’t appear to have a bunch of leaks on it. Do you know any history on it? Why it was parked? What does the oil look like? Any antifreeze in it? I like my Buda powered D17, has good power, seams to be fuel efficient, and has a cool exhaust sound to it totally different than my XTD. But, they are expensive to rebuild and parts are getting harder to come by. I would try to save it if the block, injection pump and head turn out to be good. Good luck and keep us up to date on your project.

I looked into it some when I first got this tractor and as I recall the compression ratio was lower with the turbo. I'm sure there were some other changes.

First of all, I have had very limited success loosening stuck engines, but the couple (gas engines) that I did get loose both used oil and smoked badly after I got them running. I suspected the rings were frozen to the piston. They never got any better after extended running.