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Love it when a plan comes together..thanks for reporting your success, some of us need a bit of optimism.

Long cranking time and white smoke is definitely glow plugs. I've yet to see glow plug failure to be anything but open resistance...save the one time when the prior owner installed 24 volt glow plugs. That was easily seen as they were HMMWV plugs with the round connector. They had converted...

I would suspect the lift pump may be out. The transfer pump in the injection pump can draw 18" Hg so it can run without the cam driven lift pump. You will find out when doing a filter swap. The lift pump on my 1031 died at 32k on the odometer and it failed in the leaky mode. If the filter...

Hard start can be a sign of a leaking injector pump. If you see diesel on and underneath the injection pump, change the filter after the engine is warm and easily started. Definitely check all 8 glow plugs. Each GP controller differs a bit so pre glow time and after glow frequency are...