[AT] O/T GM diesel question

[David Myers]

--- Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net> wrote:

.
> We had an old Ford 
> 7000 roll back at work, and that engine had some
> kind of manifold fuel 
> igniter that pumped raw burning fuel into the
> cylinders. That engine 
> would light up every time, no matter how cold the
> weather or how long it 
> had been sitting. I was told that Ford stopped
> making that engine 
> because the starting system could not meet pollution
> standards. Some of 
> the Ford industrial tractors used the same system
> for starting.

We've got a '68 Ford 3000 at the farm and a '67 Ford
4400 (TLB) at work and both have the 'fire in the
manifold' cold start aid.  Really works but is rather
smokey at first.  Yeah, sucking hot fuel and fire into
the cylinders does tend to get things going in cold
weather!!
P.S. Ether is NOT recommended for some strange reason.


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Dave Myers
Paw Paw, Michigan

Being crazy just helps me keep my sanity!


		
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