I was out playing with the D in the workshop today, stripping and cleaning the "carburettors" (in quotes because it ain't exactly like a Holly 4bbl...lol) which I was doing a dodgy video of by request, so I thought, handycam in hand, let's start the old Start-o-matic so the americans can see what it's all about.
Now...
1/ It's been sat outside for a year.
2/ Hasn't been started for at least 3 months.
3/ Watch the sequence, crank on decompressor, realise I've left the glass on top of the exhaust stack (to keep rain out) remove glass, then manually open rack from closed position, fires up first injection event.
4/ alternator disconnected, servicing the bearings see, so belts off.
5/ governor linkage disconnected.
6/ bit of low speed running.
7/ sat on blocks, not mounted properly on concrete.
8/ little bit of pushrod rotation and rocker action.
9/ open rack fully from low rpm to see how she smokes (stale pump diesel)
10/ bit of just about full rpm running.
11/ shut down decompressor and watch her idle down, 70 seconds to come to a stop.
12 note handycam accentuates mechanical noises, listen to the breather "chuff" to get a feel.
Video currently uploading to google video (NOT youtube) fairly high quality, 640 x 480 and just under 7 minutes in length.
will post link as follow up as soon as upload is complete