I bought the engine from J.C.Whitney Company back in the 1970s.The engine dates back to the 1960s.I paid $350.00 for the engine and I bought a new bell houshing and new clutch plarts and a new starter motor and a second hand transmission and a few other new parts soon after I bought the engine.I figure I have at least $865.00 invested in the engine and those engines are worth considerably more money nowadays.
The engine has been sitting in my shed since I bought it.I haven't started it up since the 1980s.At least two local area guys say the engine will have to be completely taken apart/torn down and new gaskets, blah blah blah, before the engine should be started up again.I say, Baloney to that! I think all I would need to do is change the oil and oil filter and fuel filter and remove the glow plugs and put some oil or diesel fuel in the cylinders to lube them up a little bit and replace the glow plugs and hook up two 12 volt batteries (it has a 24 volt starter motor) and see what it will do.I realize I would probally have to work out any air bubbles in the fuel system.I can hang a little fuel tank above the engine with some wire and let gravity feed the injection system.I don't think that would do any harm/damage to the engine, would it? cuhulin