From: D O (dohe69@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Jan 11 2004 - 12:44:17 PST
If you have that Military Vehicles article, it describes things to check for
correct operation. Mine wasn't working due to broken insulation in the
spark plug AND an intermittent ignitor.
Easiest check is for spark by removing the plug and powering up the ignitor
only. If spark is steady then check for fuel spray. You can power up the
flame heater's fuel pump (with the in-tank pump on also) and look into the
spark plug hole for fuel mist. The better way is to remove the injector and
inspect for a good fuel spray pattern/mist.
After getting my flame heater working, I bought Bjorn Bramstedt's flame
heater monitor and my results were similar to what he found in his testing
described in the MV magazine article; with a turbo motor, the flame is
blown out when the engine is running. In other words, you cannot operate
the flame heater after idling to expedite heating and get it running
smoothly, as they describe in the operator's manual as well as the dash
plate. On mine, I also notice that there is a good 1 sec delay between
activating the heater while cranking and actually getting a flame. I
believe this is due to the time it takes for the flame heater's pump to
generate pressure and operate the injector.
>From: "enallin" <enallin@bedford.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: [MV] flame heater for turbo deuce
>Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 07:12:07 -0500
>
>Hi all, I sent this yesterday but it seems to have gotten lost in
>cyberspace- apologies if it appears twice.
>
>Yesterday morning was cold, about 0 F, so I tried to start my turbo deuce.
>I was primarily worried about the batteries- they look like size 24. To my
>surprise, it cranked fine, but would not start. After about three 10 second
>cranks, I started using the flame heater switch. Still nothing after 3 or 4
>more cranks. So then I tried a 1 second shot of ether into the mushroom cap
>on the fender for the air intake. Started in about 5 seconds!
>
>My question- I assume the flame heater is not working. Is it worth fooling
>with? An article in a recent MV mag seemed to question whether it can work
>in a turbo as installed. Anyone with a working flame heater? How well does
>it work? Likely problems? Thanks and God bless! Gene
>
>
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