I have a 1992 F-Superduty With 7.3 and zf5 with 189,000 mi

yesterday I was pulling a forklift and parked it, next day came out and it will turn over good but no start. pressed bleader on filter head and fuel came out, cracked injectors lines and fuel comes out all of them. still, no start, spraying a small amount of ether while turning over causes it to turnover faster but still won't start. head gaskets and valve seals replaced a few weeks ago, glow plugs were replaced 3,000 miles ago with no problems with them. has an electric fuel pump with no problems out of it.

 

If u have fuel vapor coming out of the tailpipe when you crank it, fuel should be good enough, id check the glow plugs again.

 

I will see about that, but it should start with starting fluid if that was the case, right?

 

Are the batteries and starter in good shape? It may not be spinning fast enough to start.

 

Yes they are it spins plenty fast, and acts like it wants to but won't with starting fluid. Acts like no fuel but has fuel to every injector.

 

ok so it does have fuel vapor coming out, I think. it's a little hard to tell with the stacks but I think they have a little kind of smoky in them after cranking for a minute

 

It ended up starting after pull starting with another truck, so i guess its possible it just was not turning fast enough, i ordered another starter.

 

You said you replaced your glow plugs, what brand did you use?

 

Motorcraft, tho i think i got it up to the injection pump bolts backed off a little and ****ed up the injection timing.

 

Oh good find, I didn’t think about that as a likely possibility. Too advanced?

 

I think so, but I can't seem to get it right where it'll run and not white smoke really bad

 

For around 120 for a new very fast starter, it's a good place to look.

My starter was really lugging along and my cold starts were a little slow (several seconds) but my hot starts were worse and worse and then non-existent. New starter and now cold starts are instant and hot starts are near instant. It really wants a good RPM to get going and the older type starters weren't too fast to begin with. As they start getting wore out, they're just not up for it.