With regards to the filters, when they are replaced there will now be a substantial amount of air in the fuel system. Is there a proceedure that must be performed to purge the air? Or, will the injection pump work itself out?
Thanks for the advice.
Driver's side of engine, near the front, is a line going to a nut on the side. loosen the nut on it.
Same side of the engine near the rear, kind of low and angled up (stand on the tire to reach it) is a rubber button. That is the manual priming pump. Pump it until fuel squirts out around the nut you previously loosened, then tighten the nut. Can take anywhere from 30 to 100 pumps to prime.
You might also have to prime the individual injector lines as well. Once you get the first couple of lines primed, however, the engine should run (rough) and you can have your co-driver stop cranking on the starter while you bleed the rest of the injectors.
TM will have instructions on how to do all this,.
Other thing to look out for is to make sure the fuel shutoff solenoid isn't stuck in the shut off position. It's just a lever that rotates. If it is stuck on the shutoff position, just rotate it by hand the other way. In normal operation, the fuel shutoff plunger will activate when it loses power (when you turn the battery or run switch to off), cutting off fuel to the injection pump. However, it also has a cable attached to it that goes to the "emergency shutoff" handle in the cab. Pull to shut off just like you would in a deuce or an 800 series 5 ton.
I'd take a couple of pails of 15w45 HD/Diesel motor oil. Either for the transmission or for the engine. Take a few gallons of gear oil too, for the transfer case and axles.
I wish I'd known what I know now when I got my 923A2. I got a really good auction price on mine, but I just had it hauled instead of trying to drive it home. Turned out all the transmission needed was 4 gallons of oil. Could have saved a bit of coin having more knowledge.