Re: RE: Moving on...
mightyhammer said:
I did notice that there was a type of spark plug attached to the intake port along with a fuel return line
That sounds like the intake manifold heater. It's a starting aid for cold weather, and it doesn't have anything to do with the diesel vs. multifuel stuff. My current deuce doesn't have the manifold heater, and has an ether kit installed instead. There was just a nice gaping hole where the spark plug used to be, with signs in the rust and dust where the piece of tape that somebody stuck over the hole fell off...
I got a random spark plug with the same thread size at the local auto parts store to plug the hole.
I haven't bothered to buy an ether bottle for this truck. It just never gets cold enough to need either the ether or flame heater here where I live.
The part that gets bypassed in a "diesel-only" conversion is the fuel density compensator, which is on the input side of the injection pump. Everything else is still the same, and should still be there.
Thanks for sharing these pictures, and keep 'em coming! Hmm, now I recall seeing a special head bolt wrench for the deuce on eBay once in a while... maybe I should get one in case either my deuce or 5-ton wrecker need new head gaskets someday...
Edited to add: Oh, and the other parts that you referred to are probably the flame heater components which sit up on top of the engine. There's a little fuel pump and some other parts. Again, they have nothing to do with the multifuelness of the engine.