[Vwdiesel] Bringing out the paddles

[Shalyn Shourds]

    Got one on the table and I keep charging up the paddles, but it's
still dead.  1965 190Dc Mercedes.  Sorry it's not a VW, but I just
couldn't stand the thought of asking people who weren't quite as smart
or good looking.  And, I figure it's still relevant.
    Car sat for about 10 years, sporadically started, probably last time
was 4 years ago.  I haul it 1000 miles to Texas to work on it and I
absolutely cannot get it to start.  I have it cranking full speed, I
have all the glow plugs working, the intake's off the car so it's not a
problem, I got the mouse nest and mud dauber's nest out of the exhaust
(I hope), I have at least some fuel to the injectors and even bypassed
the tank in favor of a small can of fresh fuel.  Timing should still be
on since it's not been worked on since it was parked, running.  I have
it to where one cylinder will sort of fire while the glow plugs are
still very hot, and there's a pretty impressive cloud of white Diesel
smoke in the garage.  Looks like one of those scenes in the Highlander
movie where they're fighting in the misty moors.  But, that's all I can
get.  Any good ideas out there of what can get gummed up if you let a
car sit too long?  I'd love to just haul it behind a truck till it
started, but the clutch system is leaking and I don't have a truck
handy.  Oh, and it won't light off of WD-40 sprayed in the intake.

All I can think of is that maybe the injectors got gummed up, or someone
mentioned that maybe the rings stuck, a possibility that I'm hoping is
not the case.

For some VW content, if you idle a 1.6TD with the BIG alternator for a
long time charging another car's battery over and over again, does that
really use up some fuel?  Cause my economy has really been down since I
brought the other car down.

Thanks

-Shalyn

-85 Jetta TD
-65 MB 190 Dc, Job's wife