Reddit mentions of Modern Diesel Technology: Diesel Engines

I was for the most part doing other stuff in the shop but when I was over there it was pretty sweet. The coolest thing about this set up is that when they bar it over (turn the crank by hand) everything works. We had it cut so that you could see everything work.

As far as learning more I would just use wikipedia or how stuff works has a pretty good basic concept of two strokes. But if you have the money and wish to learn more there are a lot of books out there that are very helpful. I used a similar edition to this in school. You don't have to buy it you can thumb through it and get a pretty good understanding.

Hope that helps!