Get Cerlist Running

This. Back in the day the diesel guys used WD-40 to test start the old 6.9 and real early 7.3 Furd diesels so they didn’t have issues. Starting fluid (ether) is too dry and can cause detonation and dry start issues.

 

Another excellent suggestion!

 

Sorry, I didn't understand that it was a diesel so no carburetor.
I used Wynn's for valves in the oil, Bardhal in the fuel and a Belgium product directly sprayed on the valves from the holes for spark plugs, in a diesel you have also holes so you can do it.
The idea is to clean all dry dusts inside the engine to have all move free and well.
For diesel engines you have many products like this in USA, maybe wd40 can help.
Also all must be cleaned from varmints coming inside all holes, they are very clever.

 

This is a really cool project. I saw a one at a Jeep show in Fletcher NC.
Seems there were only between 400 to 600 of these made.

Very cool project. I will be watching this.

Dave

 

That made me smile-------


Sorry Alan

 

Carnage a Trois.

(Refers to an Amazon special featuring the Top Gear trio - an exploration of French car culture).

 

Got a chuckle out of me.

 

Make sure you have a block of wood to block the intake in case it runs away! That's a gem of an old turd right there! Good luck!

 

Interesting read on the Cerlist.
https://www.dieselworldmag.com/diesel-engines/cerlist-diesel/

 

Oh ya, have a 2x6 on the ready by the intake.

 

That was a very interesting read. And shines some light on what I was doing wrong. The starter fluid was pre igniting because it was trying to fire probably long before the the injectors would have fired, as a few others have mentioned. Very helpful article, thank you

 

Isn't that like a model airplane engine? Two stroke diesel? I think my .049 cox operates that way lol

 

I wouldn't recommend running the Jeep on the Nitromethane blend though...

 

The Cox engine has a glow plug that ignites the fuel, as I recall. Not a diesel in the sense of being compression ignited. I understood that the heat of the previous cycle kept the glow plug hot and ignited the subsequent cycle.

 

That and nitromethane ignites a little different than diesel.

 

You sure are a genius! Doing some watching now. Maybe later I’ll do some doing.

 

Here’s that switch I mentioned earlier. In my binder there’s a diagram for it. Called an Orpin switch. And I’m probably at least somewhat wrong about its function