Posted by Hugh MacKay on November 10, 2007 at 17:13:55 from (209.226.247.133):
In Reply to: Hard Starting Diesel posted by ray_woods on November 10, 2007 at 14:34:58:
ray: Probably not holding the glow plug on long enough before the start. Check your manual see how long they should be on before cranking. There are different types of glow plugs, some can't be kept on long. I'm an old IH guy, when we first got those old 6 cylinder 560s, most folks complained about the hard starting. I think IH called for close to a minute in summer. I know I've often held the 560 glow plugs on for 3-4 minutes in winter. I realize 3-4 minutes is a long time sitting on a tractor doing nothing but holding a button, however it makes them start easy.
I had neighbors using the coolant hook up between pickup and tractor or forestry skidder. It works well however my friends found it awful hard on pickup engines. They blamed it on cold coolant from machine hitting pickup block while hot. I expect there may also have been problems with hot pickup coolant hitting the cold diesel block.
There are propane block heaters today. Best idea I"ve seen was an external heater sat on ground several feet from tractor, again quick couplers are used to couple it up. Hot coolant goes in a bottom block port, rises within the engine, returning from top of block to the heater. This setup was home built, and relied on thermosyphon for circulation. He just modified a propane fired tank heater. He claimed a barbeque tank of propane lasted close to 2 weeks and tractor block was always warm in the mornings. With propane fill ups at $15. to $20. still less expensive than electricity, and its portable. He liked the idea of having the propane fire away from the machine.
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