From: Tom Chism (tchism@terraworld.net)
Date: Sun Oct 05 2003 - 08:10:01 PDT
These canister kits are fairly common on civilian diesel equipment. When you
pull the knob it loads a charge of ether in a chamber (at the valve). Start
cranking the engine and push the knob in, this releases the measured charge
to the engine. There are also electrically controlled versions.
Tom Chism
> I just picked up an M35A2C from GL. I was surprised to see that it appears
to
> have an ether injection kit instead of the usual flame heater. I haven't
seen
> one before. I wonder how common that modification is. It appears that a
> pressurized cannister with a valve similar to a propane cannister screws
into
> the valve assembly. The ether (?) is fed through a small hose into a
fitting
> screwed into the small hole in the top of the intake elbow, which is
normally
> plugged with a pipe plug
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