Themaskman72, I just purchased the older brother of your machine (mine is 85J1360). When I went to look at it, it had been sitting for about 6 months (and had sat for a year before that). They had charged up the batteries and I checked all the fluids before cranking. Two minutes on the glow plugs and she puffed out about two puffs and started right up! A couple of minutes later the other owner showed up and we raised the boom and locked it to get a better look at some things. I shut the engine down as I didn't want to be mucking about under the hood with it running. Went to start it back up and didn't give it enough time on the preheat as well as forgot to put the fuel lever to start. Cranked it a few seconds before realizing and correcting the fuel mistake, cranked a few more times, no smoke, and the batteries were already too low. Not enough RPM. They connected the large 24V charger and we gave it about 20 mins before trying again--successfully. Just goes to show you how sensitive they are to those batteries being full-up! The compression of the air in the cylinder as the piston rises is what heats it above the ignition point of the diesel. If that piston goes up too slowly, too much heat is lost to the cold block and head! If you start with cold air, your done for. Sounds like you are close, but be sure it spins fast enough. I have that same problem on my two diesel tractors which don't have preheat. Best of luck!
