On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 19:27:47 GMT, Me wrote:

In article ,
Gunner wrote:

a propane torch placed in the intake manifold, unlit of course, with
the valve cracked a bit, may also help start it.

Gunner

The propane torch down the intake trick, ISN'T to add propane to make
the engine start. It is to add HOT AIR to the intake, and to do that
the torch needs to be LITE. If a diesel has fuel being injected into
the cyl, then all that is required to get it to run in HOT AIR.
ANY diesdel will fire with just injected fuel and HOT AIR, even down
at -50F on the first compression cycle. It is the nature of the beast.


Me who has used this method for years.......

Sigh..mea culpa. You are indeed correct. I was thinking gasoline
engines. Brain fart on my part. Sigh....

Gunner

"I mean, when's the last time you heard of a college where the Young
Republicans staged a "Sit In" to close down the Humanities building?
On the flip side, how many sit in's were staged to close the ROTC building back in the '60's?
Liberals stage protests, do civil disobedience, etc.
Conservatives talk politely and try to work out a solution to problems
through discourse until they believe that talking won't work... they they go home and open the gun cabinets.
Pray things never get to the point where the conservatives decide that
"civil disobedience" is the next step, because that's a very short route to "voting from the rooftops"
Jeffrey Swartz, Misc.Survivalism