>Also be sure engine shut-off works, before you start the engine. Make sure
>the brakes work too.
Make sure the brakes work because if the engine shutdown doesn't work and if
the injection pump is stuck you can make a pile of scrap metal real quick
unless you can stall it out. I watched an 845 Allis diesel run away once
because the rack inside the pump was stuck from sitting for many years.
Fortunately one of the guys present took off the intake hose to the turbo
and picked up a board off the ground before he let the other guy start it.
There was an indent of the turbo housing left in the wood but it did choke
it off enough to stop it. One of those moments you wish you'd a had a video
camera!
je
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