After nephew let my TEF20 run out of diesel, it dragged all the crud from the fuel tank into the reserve tank and the diesel filters. once these had been removed, cleaned out and reassembled, it needed bleeding. I just wanted to impart a little trick an old-timer taught me some 25 years ago when bleeding diesel fergies:

remove the bleed screws from the injecter unit. remove the fuel cap from the tank and place a clean, folded cloth over the mouth of the tank. then put your mouth to the cloth and blow. a couple of breaths should see foaming bubbles come streaming out of the injector bleed screw holes followed by nice clean red diesel. once no bubbles appear, replace bleed screws and fire her up.

Whilst i do not recommend this method, on health grounds alone, it does save a lot of faffing about

Just wanted to say THANKS!!! ! for putting this up. I have a ‘79 Lister ST3 diesel generator and was just hoping all I had to do was keep cranking it. I’ve been looking online for hours now, and this clip really helped. Let me know if there’s someplace I can tip Y’All – I’ll give ya $20 easy!

Appreciatively,

Steve Bracy