[AT] Glow plugs

[charlie hill]

Steve I don't know exactly how it worked but some of the 70's Allis Chalmers 
tractors
had a similar set up.  Or at least that is what I remember.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Steve W.
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2015 12:14 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Glow plugs

charlie hill wrote:
> Getting a little further off topic than road tractors but well on the 
> point
> of cold weather and diesels.  I know a guy who used to work for
> an air cargo company that serviced the oil fields up in northern Alaska.
> This was in the early 80's I think.  He said all of their company vehicles
> were diesel Chevy Suburbans.  6.2 liter I think.  He said they NEVER
> turned them off.  They sat running all day while at work and all night
> in the parking lot of the motel where the crews lived.  Once a month
> they would drive them into a heated shop and shut them down and do
> a complete service job.  When they left the shop they ran until they
> came back in the next month.  I can remember a few times when we
> left some of our road tractors running over night as well.
>
> My point is that diesels and cold weather don't get along very well
> regardless of the size or brand.
>
> Charlie

The Mercedes L series I drove for a local company had an ether injection
system as factory equipment. Took a canister that looked just like a
cheap propane bottle. You turned the key on, hit the starter button and
the ether button. It had a timer so it just gave a single small shot of
ether and IF it wasn't real cold and if you had plugged it in it would
fire right up. When it went in for service and I had them replace the
can the first time it was rusted all over but was still about half full!
I thought about that for a while, Unlike the common cans this thing held
a LOT of ether, under the hood right next to the air intake!

Did not inspire a lot of confidence in the engineer who came up with the
idea!

-- 
Steve W.
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