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Old 10-11-2006, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by rrgrassi View Post
An 80's vintage Yanmar 220D tractor I had would start w/out glow plugs. The glow cycle was for winter starting according to the owners manual. It also had a manual compression release so you could spin the engine faster during cold starting.
My Bobcat skid steer with a Kubota engine has a toggle switch for the glow plugs. On cold days you hit the switch for a couple of seconds and it fires right up. I can start without glow plugs down to 30 deg. or so.
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