[MV] cold starting

Jeff Polidoro (willys@vgernet.net)
Tue, 27 Jan 1998 02:02:50 -0500

> > RE starting diesels and others in the winter
>
> > I would take a one pound coffee can and put about 1/2" of
> > gasoline in it. It was quite difficult to light it with a match.
> >
> > I would set it under the oil pan, watch it for a while (to make sure
> nothing
> > caught) and come back in 1/2 hour and it would start like summer... 8-)
> >
> > Steve
>
> 20 or so years ago a friend of mine got his 4WD diesel pickup stuck deep
in the
> woods. Then we had a brutal cold spell and he couldn't even get it to
> crank much less start or drive out. I had to go to CA to pick up a
vintage
> race car but had no tow vehicle. I told him I'd get it out if I could
use
> it for the trip.
>
> I carried a bag of charcoal, can of lighter fluid and an old drain pan to
> the truck, lit the whole mess and pushed it under the oil pan and when to
> sleep in the bed. When I could hear the oil boiling in the oil pan, I
> figured it was warm enough to start.
>
> Drove it from there onto my trailer, used that like a lube rack to change
> the oil and headed west...
>
> Regards,
>
> JP

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