Yes , easily down to 60* F temperatures if the engine is in decent shape and properly tuned . SWMBO's 1982 240D with 310,000 miles will start on the first crank down to 57* or so .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Have seen a real sweet 123 wagon that was made into an el camino-style pick-up. Has the bottom half of the rear hatch/door as the tail gate and the factory tail lights. Took a picture of it on my phone. Will post a picture if I can figure out how to upload it.

The cummins has an intake heater.

Bigger displacement diesels don't need the glow plugs for some reason, and some are designed to take ether as a normal starting aid.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

You'll note that I said My cummins does not. It is a 4B. they do have a lower compression ratio than our benz's. prolly helps on the ether thing.

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1984 123.193 372,xxx miles, room for Seven.

1999 Dodge Durango Cummins 4BTAA 47RE 5k lb 4x4 getting 25+mpgs, room for Seven.

Sorry.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I should have clarified that in my first post...........

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1984 123.193 372,xxx miles, room for Seven.

1999 Dodge Durango Cummins 4BTAA 47RE 5k lb 4x4 getting 25+mpgs, room for Seven.

My Cummins has stickers everywhere warning of ether or starting fluids. At -11F it starts but the fuel presumably was gelled up.

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1974 240D 3.0L 4(M) - 250K -OM617.910 + 300D FW + Rajay turbo power!
1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k

I really really had to stare at the pictures for a while and finally figured it out! It's a VW "caddy" pickup rear cab section and tailgate. I knew it looked very very familiar but wouldn't have imagined it was vw stuff. Here's the tail tail (tail) sign:


Very neatly done.

Our Cummins, an M11, has an IH Ether System installed. There's a button on the dash and a bracket under the hood for a large bottle of ether. (We don't use it, we just plug it in when it gets cold.)

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

The Cummins and a lot of truck engines are Direct injection and usually don`t have Glow Plugs.

It seem most automotive Diesels have GP, and have a swirl chamber the fuel is sprayed into. This is the way my Datsun (Nissan) Diesel is. I do know if the GP give me trouble it won`t start, or will have to glow several times and will knock, bang and jump around till it warms up.

The IHC 466DT engines we had at work,didn`t have GP and would start usually w/o any hesatation.Drove them from 81 to 06.

I tremember that 220 pick up when it was on E-bay. good a forum member has it now instead of the JY. Interesting observation to notice the bed is a VW Rabbit PU bed and tail gate. Wondered how it would be made leak proof between the cab and bed.
The neighbor has a 72 220D in his field HMMM .

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works