I removed the
fuel delivery pump. It is held onto the bottom of the injector pump with two small nuts. Once the unit is removed from the injector pump you can see sticking out of the top of the fuel pump is a shiny metal pin that is driven by what appears to be a cam in the injector pump. In my case the pin was seized in its bushing. This pin drives the fuel delivery pump that is the bottom section.
After removing the seized pin I noted no scoring or signs of overheating. There is a little
oil journal that appears to lubricate this pin. Using a 17mm wrench I removed the bushing with the pin. I lubricated everything well and drove the pin out with a brass drift. I got some valve lapping compound ($3.00 a tube) and smeared it all over the pin and the bushing. I secured the pin in an electric drill and used it to ream out the bushing. I went slow and every few seconds would clean everything and then test for fit after lubricating. After a while it was sliding smoothly but was not sloppy loose.
Cleaned and remounted the pump, bled the fuel lines at the injectors, and that baby is humming along like new as I type this message.
I wonder if that little oil journal might have been temporarily plugged causing the pint to overheat and expand.
I really do appreciate the elegant simplicity of this workhorse tractor.
Tony