Don't have a TM in front of me, but I seem to recall that the idea is to
hold the heater switch in the on position for a few seconds, while cranking
the engine. There is a spark plug on the intake manifold that is supposed to
ignite the spray of fuel that is created when the heater switch is in the on
position. This burning fuel is supposed to be drawn into the engine, to warm
up the cylinders and help the fuel supplied by the injectors ignite. Someone
correct me, if I'm wrong.
PS: There should be a small instruction plate behind the heater switch.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Damon Gentile [mailto:damonfg@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 9:23 AM
To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
Subject: [MV] cold weather multifuel starts
Hi Gang. This past weekend I finally got to put
a couple of miles on the M54 (LDS4651A) and it
was a little tough to start. Usually (warmer
weather) it fires right up on the first crank.
Since it was about 20 degrees F, It took a fair
amount of cranking.
It's got an intake heater, and I have added a commercial
winter conditioner to the fuel.
What's the proper operation of the intake heater?
Hold the switch for a few seconds before cranking?
During cranking ?
Thanks,
-D
Oh BTW, it was nice to see mention of the LSVs. About
60 years ago my Grandfather was building them in the
Quincy shipyard :)
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