Absolutely do NOT use ether on that engine — at best you will just kill the starter. Ether ignites well before TDC on a 21:1 compression ratio engine, and driving the piston up into a full power ignition will surely overheat the starter windings! It will NOT start on ether.
No propane either, same issue. Crack the lines and make sure you have fuel — a clogged filter or leaking suction line (there are several) or leaking pre-heater will prevent starting. Peter > On Nov 20, 2022, at 9:51 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > In the video, it seems to spin over fast enough to make compression to > start, I'd be tempted to give it a short squirt of diesel death in the > intake just to help it light off enough to prime the injectors. If it's > been setting for a "while" most likely it's lost prime to the injectors.. > crack the lines and prime the intake with a short blast of diesel death and > look for fuel coming out at each injector line.. > Since it's only cranking at the underhood start switch cobbled in, it seems > very likely the glow plug cycle is bypassed also. Steal a hair dryer or > heat gun and preheat down the intake while you crank it a few times to warm > up the cylinders then give it a blast of eather diesel death and crank > it... it should light off for a short bit.. That will at least tell you if > it will run.. > > On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 7:15 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> The 603 has hydraulic valves, but going point, one of them might be not >> pumped up or something. >> >> On 11/20/2022 8:11 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: >>> Set the valves, prime the fuel system up to the injectors. >>> Try starting it then. I think the clack-clack noise sounds like rocker >> arm >>> slap from a loose adjustment, which would mean a valve [or more than one >>> cylinder of valves] are not opening, No air = no compression = no fire. >>> Or, not.. Bring the car closer to the computer so I can get a better look >>> at it.. ;)) >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 2:41 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>>> No crank at the key. Discovered a starter button wired in under the >> hood. >>>> Cranks over but to me sounds like no compression and maybe a rod >> clanking? >>>> >>>> https://youtube.com/shorts/PmpoufrGgVQ?feature=share >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
