> Does anyone know the normal method used to cut-out a diesel engine.

Most small diesels that I have seen (e.g., on electrical generators) have a
small lever coming out of the mechanical injection pump itself that is used
to shut down the engine, either manually or with a solenoid. Sometimes it's
part of the throttle linkage, sometimes independent.

-- Dave Tweed

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