Fe 35-23c

Here is what I hear.

1, timing of the injection pump is critical. Advancing it to just before it starts running hard makes wonder for starting some says.

2, when the head is off the best would be to have the head drilled for Nissan 12 volt heater plugs. This way it becomes like any newer pre-chamber car engine of today, just pre-heat the engine a bit, turn the key to start and it will start. Some says it will start better than a Perkins this way.

3, after some use the engine naturally loose some compression do to wear, and as one mention, this makes this engine harder to start. This means the engine also will be very sensitive to slower turning by the starter motor. So, whatever you can do to make the starter motor turn the engine over faster, do it, and it will help in starting.

As far as I understand, the Standard 23C engine is a very good and long lasting engine. It is nothing wrong with it, except the designe makes it a bit harder to start.

Bill

Bill

No, I do not have any specs of how to do this. Are you a FOFH memeber ?

Do you have a block heater or radiator hose heater on your engine ?

Bill

Bill

We had one many years ago.

We installed a block heater and plugged it 2 hours
before start and it started on first turn. We used the heater even in july.

At noon we di'nt take too long for dinner to avoid
it cool down. In winter we let it running during
dinner.

I know it was a pain in "****"
but it was the only way to start it.

This was my 2� little story.

Joe Ferguson

Good luck
DavidP