[AT] "diesel" engines running backward

[captneb]

Was this the Field Marshall, or something like that? A guy here in town has
one.  It is worth the price of admission to watch him start it.  My cousin
Billy Vukovich ("The Mad Russian") once STOPPED his vehicle by emptying his
revolver into it.  He was the one who coined the phrase when asked what it
takes to win at Indy, "Turn left."



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 11:25 AM
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.
> >>
> >>
>
> -- 
> Mike Sloane
> Allamuchy NJ
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