cbeeson
New Member
Guys, I need help. My Uncle just passed our family shared Case 580E 4wd backhoe down to me. It has the Cummins 4-390 diesel in it. I will explain what happened and maybe you guys can help. It has been sitting a year without cranking. About 3 years ago, it started taking longer to fire up. My uncle always shot (probably too much) ether to get it going. It got to the point about 2 years ago, that it was turning over for 20 or 30 seconds before it would start (after the ether). It also got a good bit weaker. Finally a year ago, it just kept turning over and wouldn't crank. I checked the compression and it had very little. I've saw in some forums that many people are saying these engines are as tough as they come and my question to you is do I need to take it all the way down or do you think it just needs sleeves, pistons, rings on out? Also do you guys think I may have some injection issues with all of the ether? I would love the opinion of someone who has some experience with this cummins.