Re: [ihc] Diesel hot heads

[Steven Stegmann <steve.stegmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We had a 1963 Ford Fairlane that was hard to start
like that.  We used to pull / push that thing to get
it going all the time.  Yikes! could I take care of
that today.

Oh well, too soon old, too late smart.

Steve
--- John Hofstetter <hofs@domain.elided> wrote:
> 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