James Wright
New User
I spent the last week on and off, working on my Dexta.
I have found that the spring-loaded ball in the fuel Atomizer for the pre-heat starting system is indeed stuck and I havn't a clue on how to free it up.
The good news is that the tractor will start without ether if the pre-heat system is working.
I spoke with the local Perkins Diesel rep who was familiar with the 144/152 Perkins 3 cylinder Diesel engines. They no longer make them but they do make 3 cyl. diesels.
The new ones have an automated start cycle and you don't have to hold the button down for 40 seconds or so I gathered.
They pre-heater and the atomizer has also been combined into a single unit.
The rep gave me one of the pre-heater units from the new engine and I pulled the one from my Dexta and compared it to the new one.
The thread diameter and pitch is the same but the new one has a stainless steel sleeve around the heating element that prevents it from fully entering the manifold.
I have to pull the manifold soon, as the atomizer thread for the present system has been stripped out and I need to make a bushing so that the atomizer will fit up fightly & not leak.
At the same time, I will check the cavity for the present pre-Heater and see if I can modify the manifold to take the new system.
The perkins guy tells me that this will definitly/maybe/probably/might fix the difficult starting problem.
As I have been unable to find a new Pre-Heater Atomizer, I am debating on doing this.
Will this offend the Dexta perfectionists and what do people think of doing this modificatioin?
Thoughts?
Jim Wright
I have found that the spring-loaded ball in the fuel Atomizer for the pre-heat starting system is indeed stuck and I havn't a clue on how to free it up.
The good news is that the tractor will start without ether if the pre-heat system is working.
I spoke with the local Perkins Diesel rep who was familiar with the 144/152 Perkins 3 cylinder Diesel engines. They no longer make them but they do make 3 cyl. diesels.
The new ones have an automated start cycle and you don't have to hold the button down for 40 seconds or so I gathered.
They pre-heater and the atomizer has also been combined into a single unit.
The rep gave me one of the pre-heater units from the new engine and I pulled the one from my Dexta and compared it to the new one.
The thread diameter and pitch is the same but the new one has a stainless steel sleeve around the heating element that prevents it from fully entering the manifold.
I have to pull the manifold soon, as the atomizer thread for the present system has been stripped out and I need to make a bushing so that the atomizer will fit up fightly & not leak.
At the same time, I will check the cavity for the present pre-Heater and see if I can modify the manifold to take the new system.
The perkins guy tells me that this will definitly/maybe/probably/might fix the difficult starting problem.
As I have been unable to find a new Pre-Heater Atomizer, I am debating on doing this.
Will this offend the Dexta perfectionists and what do people think of doing this modificatioin?
Thoughts?
Jim Wright