[AT] "diesel" engines running backward

[George Willer]

Mike,

He told you the straight story.  An alternate method of starting was with
burning punk to provide the first heat while cranking.  I wonder if George
Best still has his that he got 8 or 10 years ago?

George Willer

> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Mike Sloane
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 12:25 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] "diesel" engines running backward
> 
> Speaking of which, I worked with a man whose family still owned a farm
> in India. He saw an image of a Field Marshal one cylinder diesel tractor
> on a Web page on my PC and said that his family still farmed with one.
> It was stared with a blank shotgun shell, and they had to make sure what
> the position of the piston when starting, or it would start running
> backwards. And you didn't know it was running backwards until the
> operator tried to go forward. I don't know if all that was true or not,
> but that is what he claimed.
> 
> Mike
> 
> dfolske at nccray.net wrote:
> > I wish my 88 had a problem with the fuel tank filling up when running:)
> >
> > On 6 Feb 2007 at 7:32, captneb wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Lunchbox, a friend of mine, has an Oliver 88 that occasionally runs
> >>backwards.  He says the big problem is the fuel tank then filling up and
> >>overflowing.
> >>
> >>
> 
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> Mike Sloane
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