I bought an 8/1 from DES, stripped her down and got everything cleaned out, I installed an actual 21st century fuel filter and an oil filter, got her all put together, got the tappets set to their lowest point and set the valve clearance at .015
My next step was to fill with diesel and prime the pump, by gravity I got fuel to the banjo fitting on the pump, crank,crank,crank,crank, no fuel from the pump. I removed the pump and lengthened the pump cam follower longer, put it back together and now I got fuel at the top of the pump, and crank till I got fuel at the injector fitting.
Next step is to try to start it, crank her up release the compression release and get a poof of white smoke, I tried it several more times and get the same results, a pretty big chuff and white smoke.
What am I doing wrong?