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Cummins VE application is same VE family, w/ numerous variations. Opposite rotation, as noted above, and the governor lever (immed. attached to the throttle shaft) is completely different, also the cold start and advance pathways are different. Still, the Cummins websites have helpful assembly/resealing/adjustments/performance enhancements that apply to the D24 VE IPs.

Starting these after IP removal/rebuilding can frustrate the best of us.

Make sure the timing is correct.

Fill the IP w/ fuel (either pull thru the outflow port w/ vacuum or force thru the inflow port w/ outboard hand bulb primer or temp. elec. fuel pump).

Attempt to start engine w/ 10 sec. bursts of the starter, allowing a few minutes for it to cool down between attempts, or you WILL burn out the starter, which are getting hard to come by.

Hold FULL THROTTLE while starting.

Patience. It can take a long time to get the fuel flowing thru the injector lines to out of the injectors.

If the car has been sitting for some time, give a squirt of oil in either the injector holes or GP holes. No more than a teaspoon worth or you risk hydrolocking.

RE: Giles IP rebuild: What are your goals?