Re: Eurolocks and foul weather

[Igor Kessel <e6941tb@ix.netcom.com>]

Aleksander Mierzwa wrote:

> There's one problem owning a diesel, though. As the
> temperature decreases, the paraffine in the fuel cures and clogs the
> fuel filter.

Yep. You have just reminded me of yet another trick from the Russian winter 
driving. When the temperatures are getting really_cold, in the morning you could 
see the truckers warming up the parafinised diesel fuel by putting a blowlamp to 
the gas tank. This view is definetely_not for faint-hearted.
Before anyone jumps on me with a sarcastically-skeptical remark, I would like to 
remind that diesel fuel does not burn, unless compressed up of wicked up. 
BTTriedT. Just as kerosine wouldn't, in an open jar of which I liked to 
exstinguish burning matches. Just to scare the hell outta co-workers :)


> Our friend found a solution. He was
> parking the car next to the street lamp. He put a small electric water
> boiler (the wonderful little device that can boil a cup of water in no
> time that we, East Europeans, use to blow fuses in hotels all around
> Italy ;-) )

Yeah, comprised out of two rasor blades, with two wooden matches sandwiched in 
between them. BTDT in the Army :)

> >Yet one more funny story. I once owned an ancient 2L 45hp '57 car that had a
> >3-sp gear box, with straight cut non-syncronised gears and with the shifter on
> >the steering column. BTW, if you  haven't mastered the art of double clutching
> >you're ain't gonna get no gears changed on that car :) 
> Are we talking "Pobyeda" here?

A 'Moskvitch 402". 
The "Pobeda" was a luxo-cruiser in comparison. Had a whopping 72hp engine ;)

-- 
Igor Kessel
'89 200TQ - 18psi (TAP)
'98 A4TQ - on order...again. For the third time and counting.
Philadelphia, PA
USA