Suggestions for hauling Computer Garage from Beaverton, ORto Yates Center, KS?

From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
Date: Tue Mar 5 20:09:16 2002

Yes, diesels don't like cold weather, and getting them started can be
nasty, tow starting a vehicle that size is a pisser. On the other hand,
they'll usually fire in 4-5 feet.

I've heard that WD-40 is better than ether, but...our TDNM4509's and
%106's had ether cups from the factory. And while the 671 is usually
500HP, it is a pretty good sized beast.



On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Roger Merchberger wrote:

> Rumor has it that Gary Hildebrand may have mentioned these words:
>
> >I have driven diesel engines as a personal vehicle for 170k miles.
> >There are tricks to get them started.
>
> [snip]
>
> >One thing that works rather well is an ordinary hand held air dryer,
> >stuck into the intake manifold. Spraying WD40 works quite well too.
> >And a lot less effort.
>
> For those who think we're getting into a pissing match, I see this as a
> serious, but amicable discussion.... That said...
>
> Those techniques are great, unless it's a 500HP engine you're trying to get
> started... I've been around my dad and helped him start, fix, grease,
> change tires, etc. his trucks for several *million* miles as a vehicle that
> "if it don't run, we don't eat..."
>
> Trying to get that big of an engine that *doesn't* want to start takes a
> *lot* more than a hairdryer & a squirt of WD40... [ Oh, did I mention the 4
> *big honkin'* batteries? ;-) ]
>
> >Merch, learning about the diesel's quirks is the best way to work with
> >them, just like learning a different o/s on a computer. If more people
> >had learned about the diesels back in the early 80's, we'd see many more
> >on the highways today. And if diesels were so bad, why don't OTR trucks
> >go to them??? 'nuff said.
>
> I never said diesels are bad -- I just said that they don't start for $*it
> in the cold, especially if they have a big engine... And the thread started
> about people who'd prolly never run a diesel before, and would only run it
> for a weekend or maybe a week - by the time the started learning the
> quirks, they'd have gotten a *big* education, then arrived at their
> destination.
>
> Oh, and if you wanna pull hindsight into the fray, the biggest reason we
> aren't all burning ethanol/methanol is because Congress said "it would take
> 20 years to change the infrastructure" during the big oil crunch of '73...
> The work would have been finished almost 10 years ago, and it pollutes one
> helluva lot less than diesel or gasoline...
>
> There's nothing better than waking up, getting out of the cab of your truck
> at the truckstop at 6 a.m., and taking in a big breath of diesel fumes --
> still one of my favorite smells. (Honest - I'm not joking!) but that's why
> most truckers from the northern parts either 1) shut down their truck for 2
> months, or 2) stick to the southern states...
>
> Laterz,
> Roger "Merch" Merchberger
> --
> Roger "Merch" Merchberger --- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
> Recycling is good, right??? Ok, so I'll recycle an old .sig.
>
> If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead
> disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.
>
>

M. K. Peirce

Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island

"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
              
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