Question as well as a post: Is it normal to have smoke puffing from the snot tube that empties between the turbo halves (see pic)?
Spent the better part of a few days last week removing the manifold flame heater, since it just decided to start dripping fuel on the hot end of the turbo. And since I've never used it even last winter in 0-degree starts, I figure I don't need it. Realized too late that the plugs I'd need aren't exactly standard parts. After much learning from the good folks here I got the quick start ether kit NOS from Ebay for $80'ish. This kit includes almost every plug I needed in the right sizes.
There's a fuel line that originates from somewhere between the steering gears, fuel pump, and air compressor that needed plugged (I'll try to post some pics if anyone cares). I have exactly ZERO interest in removing any of those parts to get to it, so I capped the line at the top of the engine. Finding a compression fitting cap wasn't exactly easy either since a compression fitting cap isn't a normal part either. Granger was good enough to send me a 1/4" Parker A-Lok compression cap that did the trick nicely.
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