mgreene
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Hello all. I am new to this group and looking for some help on a 1999 gen set that we received from the Forestry Service for my local volunteer fire department. It has been sitting for several years. All fluids were empty so we started by filling with oil, water and adding good batteries. I added fuel and started pumping the helper pump as well as spinning the engine and couldnt get anything to pump. Ended up going to local JD dealer and getting a new pump and filter. That fixes getting fuel to filter. Then replaced the line from pump to filter due to a hard clog and a small hole in one of the bends. I now have fuel to the end of the Stanadyne injection pump but cant get it any further! The solenoid that activates the shut off doesnt seem to work but I have moved it in both directions and still get nothing to come to the bolt on the side of the pump (I thought it would be a bleeder port) or to either of the fuel lines that go to the injectors. I did remove the end off the pump this afternoon and checked the small screen strainer inside. Small amount of dirt but nothing terrible? I have tried spinning it from the manual switch located near the injection pump as well as the main switch on the control panel. Im not sure about the 2 electrical wires that attach to the top of the pump or what I should be seeing there (if anything)? Im not sure if my next move is to hunt a new pump or if theres something we dont have in the proper position to let fuel come through the pump? This will be a great addition to our department if I can figure out whats happening with it so we can check the charging system?? Thank you for any help anyone can offer us!!