Re: [ihc] Diesel hot heads

[John Hofstetter <hofs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On May 18, 2004, at 12:30 PM, Jim Grammer wrote:

> The wife was driving an
> oxy/acetylene torch with a huge rosebud tip to heat the head. I 
> watched the
> dance for about 5 minutes, the cycle was 
> heat....time....prime....crank.
> While I was there, the engine gave no sign that it was even *thinking* 
> about
> sustained combustion :( I'm a glutton for punishment of a mechanical 
> bent,
> but really...
>
> Jim
At last year's show there was the massive hot head diesel from Denmark 
that pumped water for 40 years or so, and was still running like a top.

Now you know why it ran more or less continuously for those 40 years, 
they didn't want to have to start it.

John Hofstetter