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I hope the cracked return line tee boot is not the source of the water dripping on the left side of the block. When it stalls try just loosening the screws holding the little cover to let it leak and see if it starts. The pieces plug the return line and performance will suffer and the engine may stall as the return to tank must be clear to flow. Seeing those pieces in the window and/or check valve is a sign the pellethane ring is coming apart in the pump. Remove the return line fitting/check valve from the fuel pump and see if there are any of those pieces in the check valve. Pull the little cover, held with two screws, from the side of the injection pump and see if you see any pieces that look like mouse turds behind it. When was/were the fuel filter/filters last changed? Running the tank that low increases the possibility of the filter(s) plugging as any debris in the tank is likely to be more concentrated in the fuel. Some had screens in the bottom of the fuel tank, if yours does it would be a good time to drain the tank and check/clean it. You didn't say if it is a straight 450 or a later letter model 450. That said: If the tank is that low it would be a good time to at least look in it and see if you spot any foreign material in it. Quoting Removed, click Modern View to seeĥ gallons should keep it running.

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Which could only be the other way around: unfiltered fuel enters the middle, and filtered fuel out to the sides of the element.But anyway, I will update my post once I start going through the machine. The air release at the top of the filter housings do release air, so I thought that they were doing their job in filtering the fuel prior to going to the injector pump. I do believe that the filters were 'recently changed', but that along with I had it running a year ago, and it ran fine when parked leads me to believe that it has been quite some time since they were both replaced!!! But yes, it would be a perfect time to start going through the filters, starting with the tank, and moving forward. Thank you for taking the time in answering my question, Jim.me. This happens because little pieces of that plastic ring get stuck in the return fuel circuit and stop fuel from exiting the pump. When that inside pressure exceeds charge pressure - it acts like it had run out of fuel. the inside of the injection pump reaches too high a pressure because return fuel cannot get out fast enough. Note that IF that ring inside the pump failed (assuming you have a JDB or DB pump). Other makes of tractors sometimes had a more common Allen head instead. Just about every Deere of that vintage I ever worked on has that 6 tooth bolt head. There is one bolt that has to be removed that uses a 6 tooth male Bristol wrench. It is just two hydraulic pumps coupled together with a flyweight governor inside. If not and you are using the repair manual - it might take you half a day. Note - that is one hour IF you have experience. Requires one special tool that costs around $10 if you can find one anymore.

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To replace it? With the pump off on the bench (or tailgate of your truck), it takes about an hour to replace the ring and install all new seals in the pump. If you pump looks like the one in this photo, then you DO have the plastic/pellathane ring that often fails. Here is a photo from another poster here with a conversion pump on his Deere crawler. Parts for those pumps became unavailable in the eary 80s and Deere sold kits to convert them with later style pumps. Some 450s used small round injection pumps that have no pellathane ring inside to fail.

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