On 2/5/2011 1:07 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 12:04:51AM -0500, Dave wrote: > >> A farm diesel is a great idea for a slow speed diesel. >> Ahh.. a Case. I was just out plowing out the driveway again with my >> 1955 Case 400 wide front equipped with an 8 ft blade on the back.. :-) >> It is a gas model, but I really like it. It pulls like crazy, has a >> max engine speed of about 1500 rpm and is built like a tank. >> > Sadly we sold it a couple of months ago, but the old Fowler bulldozer, > which did some good work on the farm, had a 6 or 7" bore and about a > foot stroke. It idled around 70 RPM, and worked well around 120 RPM, > pushing a 10 foot blade. > > Starting was with a 12 gauge cartridge, after setting the flywheel on > a mark, or by hand cranking. That involved unscrewing a plug in the > cylinder head, fitting a rolled-up 2" square of blotting paper > impregnated with potassium nitrate, lighting it, and hand-cranking with > that fizzing in the combustion chamber. The valve lifter had a small > wheel, running in about 5 turns of thread on the outside of the 2 ft > diameter flywheel. By the time that fell off, it was possible to have > some revs up, if you were fit. > > When the paper wasn't to hand, we used a couple of matches, or a short > stick of manuka (local brushwood). > > Erik > > Wow!
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