[AT] Hot Bulb Engine (tractor)

[David Rotigel]

See:	 http://auto.howstuffworks.com/hot-bulb-engine.htm
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_bulb_engine  
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanz_Bulldog This is a Lanz Bulldog tractor)  and 
	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q96M2-qS5Us (The Austral I owned for several years.)
		Dave

On May 4, 2014, at 1:59 PM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:

> Never heard of them either. Didn't see anything in Wendels tractor book or 
> the Nebraska tractor test. Even tried American and Robert Bosch.  The only 
> thing I can think of is a Lanz and maybe a Marshall (or was it Field 
> Marshal).
> 
> Dave Rotigel may can shed light on hot bulb engines or point you toward 
> someone who can.
> 
> Keep us posted, wouldn't mind seeing a picture of this thing.
> 
> John Hall
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: DDSS
> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2014 1:34 PM
> To: atis
> Subject: [AT] Hot Bulb Engine (tractor)
> 
> My son in Chicago called me. A neighbor has an old tractor that he no longer
> wants and asked my son if he would like to have it.  The neighbor says it's
> a 1939 Bosch hot bulb tractor.  My son says he's not sure the tractor is
> Bosch but for sure the engine is.  The neighbor uses a blow torch to start
> it. It uses #6 diesel.
> 
> My son said the tractor is too large to fit through the door to his barn
> (his Boomer w/cab just barely clears the top of the door opening).  He says
> this old tractor is really big.  I cannot wait to see the pictures.
> 
> I cannot find a single hit on the internet for a Bosch tractor.  Anyone know
> if Bosch ever made a tractor?
> 
> Any experience with hot bulb engines?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dick
> 
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