-- i recently let my wagon sit 4 a month without trying 2 crank it - when i did i noticed the glow plug light was not on and it would not crank - i killed the battery trying --- this car has always been hard 2 crank in cold weather - so using a bosch plug i had laying around i replaced one of the worst plugs(which i used my volt meter 2 find) and using starter fluid it started but then the RPms shot up and it made this weird clacking noise - i shut it off - thinkin' maybe the starter fluid was a bit much 4 it -- ooops ... when the other 4 plugs arrived i replaced all the shwag autolite plugs with bosch - and changed both fuel fliters and was ready 2 try again --- nowmy problem is that i can't get pressure in the fuel line - i have a hand pump but it doesn't do anything - i must have pumped that thing 500 times and nada ... what more can i do ?and yes i opened the bolt on top of filter housing -

Did you fill the secondary filter with fuel or something before installing it? Do you have the new style hand pump?

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1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
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1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

yes, i filled the larger fuel filter with diesel - my hand pump is a white round plastic thing that u have 2 turn 2 open and then pump - b4 i changed the filters it worked - the system had pressure ;

That's an old style pump, known to leak air. Newer pump is spring loaded and doesn't need to be turned. I'd try replacing the pump.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

-- but how do u explain that it was working the day b4 ?

And you wonder why it does not work anymore?

-- it never had any resistance - was an effortless action from the git go

How much fuel is in your tank?

just over half

You might try priming the pump through the flexible fuel line upstream from the lift pump.

ok -- i'll try that tom. thanks ---

The part about the "weird clacking noise" has me a little concerned.