2011 855d hard start

Hi there fellow Gators,

Very happy to own a Gator after using Bobcats and Toros on construction sites.

Just brought home a 2011 Gator 855d with 3900 hours. It is a hard starting machine with 3 plus cycles of glow plus and gas pedal presses, sometimes 4-5 times.

Once its running and warmed up all is forgiven. No longer a hard start. No power loss, no smoke, just good power and expected speed.

After reading through the technical service manual, it seems the items to check are the fuel shut off solenoid and/or the glow plugs.

Also read from a forum thread to clean out the fuel tank and lines. The filters are all changed and the fuel site glass is clean. It wasnt clean when I bought the machine. yuck.

Any assistance/ideas would be very much appreciated.

Thanks