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Wow!, I tell u'ze what, You get that (All) fixed up, I and I WILL award ya' the "Steel soldier of the..Errr..., FOREVER Award!",
Please do post up the pictures of the ongoing restoration, If you carry it out.
welcome to the site, hobby, and friendships with events to come.
We ran our M38A1 without those rods for years,
Oil?..We ALWAYS use Rotella Straight 30 or 40 in all the jeeps, Any year.
My WW11. jeep and the Packard run with Straight 50.
"Yes!" just slow and sure. You wont't be going anywhere in a 'rush' though.
I can have a char break between gear shifts on my wrecker, (Manual gearbox), But I get there, And I just love it.
"A fair amount of white smoke", Usually indicates injector fault.
Do some research via google and you will see plenty of tech reports about the emission of white (Unburned) diesel fuel issues.
Welcome to the site and hobby, You will have a nice project to get up to speed there,
So enjoy the ongoing restoration and report on progress with the mechanicals.
And Now, The full service "posh it up", convert the back for camping,
Prepare gear for another long trip.
SEE YOU at the War and Peace show 2019. Paddock Wood Kent U.K.
Every nationality attending. (There is always a large German contingent.)
Contact Tobias in Düsseldorf, Perhaps come over in...
...I was all wondering why the 'tooter' wun't fit...then you (With great perception) made me aware the guy was talking air intake.!.
Your comment was just SO apt. (another "I know what I'm on about, so..You Should"!) diction.
At least you now know the enging and fuel pump are good.
Thanks to all the advices, you now must be aware that the voltages to the glow plugs are not battery voltage.
most modern cars only shoot a third of battery volts to the glow plugs.
You should now research,
A) What is the Start off...
Have you checked the bulbs?
Because if only one is coming on then it will stay on if the other bulb is blown,
The flasher unit needs resistance to 'Blink'.
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