Quote:
Originally Posted by catmandoo62
sounds about like the starting procedure for my 53 d2 cat.but my pony has to be started with a rope!
|
I remember pony motors. Years ago I stored a drill rig in a contractor's yard. One very cold winter day I was doing some PM on my rig when the mechanics had to put a Pan ( motor-scrapper) into the shop for some work. I had never seen a pony motor-started diesel, so I watched.
First they put a couple of gallons of diesel fuel into a drain pan, slid it under the engine and ignited the diesel. Went inside for coffee.
After the fire went out, they repeated the process.
After the second pan of fire, they got the pony motor running--rope start. It took a few minutres for the pony to run smoothly, then with the pony at pretty high rpm, they engaged it to the diesel engine, and the pony promptly quit. It must have taken 4 or 5 attempts to get the diesel to begin to spin over. IIRC, the entire process took a few hours. Maybe that is why they were taking it into the shop for work.