[AT] O/T GM diesel question

[Ralph Goff]

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From: David Myers <walking_tractor at yahoo.com>
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] O/T GM diesel question


 Ether also doesn't produce the excess
> smoke that the manifold heater does, at least on ours.
> These 2 Fords are the only ones I have actual
> experience on so results may vary.
> Did any other engines have similar heaters?

Today I started the 730 Case diesel using its manifold heater. It works very
well. Its just a heating coil in the intake manifold that uses battery
voltage to warm up the inside of the intake prior to starting. Without it I
would have to use ether. Or finally install the coolant heater like all the
other tractors here have.
I also used some external heat from my portable space heater. I set the
heater in the back of my pickup, used a 10 foot section of pipe to transfer
the hot air directly onto the manifold side of the engine. After ten or
fifteen minutes the engine block has warmed up enough to allow easy starting
even at today's temperatures in the 20s.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/