On Oct 17, 4:09 pm, "Steve Barker LT"
wrote:
That hardly counts as a diesel having glow or spark plugs.

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"Harry K" wrote in message

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Oh? Never saw the older ones? International TD series had a full
gas system that they started on, carb, plugs, everything, using the
same engine. Cat used a gas pony engine. I spent enough hours
cranking them. Don't know how far they went before the glow plug
system came into use.

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But it did back then. Those were the early days and my statement,
'except for starting', was accurate. The ones I referred to were
built in the 30s and 40s. I don't know if the TD series continued
that wierd starting system into the 50s.

I _really_ learned about how high comprression was on diesels the
morning I grabbed the crank on the TD6 and almost drove my ankles into
the ground. It was like hitting a solid block of iron. The
decompression link had come adrift.

Harry K