In reply to java230:
no
In reply to java230:
no
Someone around here should get a two stroke diesel, for science.
In reply to mazdeuce:
When I was working in Louisiana we were replacing Detroit 2 strokes with emission compliant engines. I have had enough science thank you. There was an upside. The blew so much oil out that the engine room had very little rust.
Any engine that has a mount for a starting fluid line is just wrong.
In reply to FlightService:
OK tell me more, you know for science.....
I thought most were able to start with air to get the blower spinning.
mazdeuce wrote: Someone around here should get a two stroke diesel, for science.
Doesn't aussiemg have one in the bus RV?
Powered by cats?
In reply to java230:
Ours had air starters but they were air powered motors like an impact gun. You had to make sure they had enough air in the tank to spin them which meant such quaint traditions as having someone on fire watch on a cold night walking the bus yards starting and idling them a few times a night in the winter. I would love to get a 2 stroke Detroit of my own but I'm something with a hood or with the engine our back fire trucks seem to be last to adopt anything in the way of comfort items. I imaging if it weren't for the riots of the 60s FDNY would probably still have open cabs.
oldopelguy wrote: Mine had a 472(?) flathead v12 gas engine, but most were converted to diesels when they had troubles.
That engine was a much modified Auburn V12 built under license by American LaFrance.
I've wrenched on the Auburn version quite a bit, it's a very interesting design. Very advanced for the 1930s.
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