On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:48:34 -0400, JohnM wrote:
Robert Swinney wrote:
Hard starting is the Diesel legacy. It took many years, and a family
fortune, for Rudolph Diesel to develop his engine to a state of commercial
success - and you expect them to start immediately; get real!

The length of time it took Diesel to get his engine working has
something to do with how a modern diesel engine starts?

I thought Robert was making a joke...