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This post makes my point. The injection pump of today (Hydraulic Head) was not a viable option commercially until the 1940's. Sure there where Diesels made but they did not use an injection pump like ours since the ability to machine such tight tolerances in a mass produced product was not...

Actually I'm very familiar with old technology like "shapers" and "engine Lathes" and such. I worked in a machine shop for 10 years. I even built my own lathe and cast the parts myself some 40 years ago. What I'm saying is that technology was not able to mass produce such things as our...

When you consider the amount of expertise and specialized equipment needed to build a injection pump and especially the "Hydraulic Head" it is quite staggering ! Then for being sold for the low amount of money that they are says a lot about modern society's mechanical abilities ! This could not...

Actually you would be surprised at how many Deuce trucks are still being used around the world today. The major surplus sellers (like TNJmurray) sell around the world, not just here in the states. As far as fixing an injection pump, if you have the specialized machines (grinding and lapping) to...

NEVER use gas to help start a diesel engine ! Not unless you like bent connecting rods. Actually the same goes for ether. You can use a "small" amount of ether or brake clean. The operant word here is "small" . When you "cleaned up" the parts with sandpaper, that caught my attention ! You should...

I would try and bleed everyone of the injector lines at the injector. If it still will not fire and it will fire up with "ether" then your Hydraulic Head has gone bad. Using "brake cleaner" is better on a diesel then ether. Though either one is really not good.