[Vwdiesel] Glow plug Saga ---( Hagar remembers )

[Shirley, Mark R]

That's very old technology.  Fairly common on tractors from the 20-40's era.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Val Christian [mailto:val at swamps.roc.ny.us]
> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 2:02 PM
> To: H . Hagar.; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Glow plug Saga ---( Hagar remembers )
> 
> 
> > Why all this bullshit ?    Mark Shepherd would say ?   
> ---why not use =
> > spark plugs ?
> > yes indeed . And there are diesels using just that.   IMHO  
>  nothing =
> > works better for
> > starting a Diesel than sparkplugs.
> 
> 
> One of my neighbors has a tractor that you start on gasoline, and 
> then switch to kerosine.  I'm told it runs Otto cycle on gasoline,
> and when you switch it, it goes to a Diesel cycle.  I've seen it
> enough, but haven't looked real close.  There is weird stuff on 
> farms these days.  Russian tractors, Indian tractors, Japanese
> Tractors, and at least at my place, Chinese Diesel Generators.
> 
> Val
> 
> 
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