Yikes! Lots of questions and almost no answers
, I'm gonna be monitoring the whole thing closely for the forseable future, the copper will get a bracket on the motor frame and on the wall so the only thing that will be moving is the flex hose.
This whole thing is a learning experience, it is an 8/1 the compression is so high you cannot physically crank it over with out using the compression release.
I have a slight set back tonight, it is basically leaking water from every gasket on the engine, the gaskets that come with it from India looked very questionable, kinda like recycled brown painted newspaper
But I figured I'd give em a try.
There are outfits that sell American made gasket kits, looks like that is the direction I'm gonna go.
The thing is cool as hell, no electronics, no glow plug just a pure diesel ignited by compression only.