Lombardini diesel engine fuel filter 3 way

[chrismac]

So I guessed I might as well pull the injector apart to see what was going on or not as the case maybe, the needle in the nozzle was absolutely stuck fast, 5 hours in the ultrasonic bath at work and it still never gave up, okay its obvious its knackered, lets see how much effort it takes to come out, it took gripping the nib of the needle in a pillar drill chuck rotating it by hand while warming with a blow torch tapping carefully down on the nozzle body, yep its still knackered but I have a replacement 2nd hand injector on route home.

problem parts now separated,
Untitled by chrismac2012, on Flickr

With some luck now the replacement injector with fire this engine up.