TheBuggyman
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Well, I went and did it. After weeks of teens and twenties outside with the single intake glow plug giving all she had, I had it.
Sure, the truck would start eventually, after pumping and cranking and pumping and cranking, wearing out my starter and discharging my batteries.
I began researching the ether systems available and settled on the DieselMatic from Koldban. A few reasons why: Caterpillar uses their systems on their heavy equipment, the cylinders are readily available from any Cat dealer, this system is invisible in its operation.
In normal use there is a temperature sensor mounted to the block that will energize the system anytime the temp is below 40 deg F and the starter solenoid is engaged. The unit will continue to discharge ether through a spray nozzle sized for your engine until the engine fires. Now the cool part- there is a small reservoir built into the solenoid valve that holds a tiny amount of ether that will continue to feed the engine for 5 to 10 seconds to ensure stabilization.
The tech line tells me to expect 80 to 100 starts from a 21 ounce bottle depending on crank time.
I used it today at 19 deg F (w/o the glow plug obviously!) and the engine fired in about 10 seconds and stayed running! It worked very well!
I have added one thing: a toggle switch in series with the starter switch to allow the manual isolation of the ether system, if desired.
The kit was (is) on sale for $199 with the bottle and there is a cheaper one called the DieselStart for $129 if you do not mind manually activating your ether delivery.
This is the link to the kit I purchased: http://www.koldban.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=9
Maybe I can get some pics tomorrow and post up in the evening.
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Sure, the truck would start eventually, after pumping and cranking and pumping and cranking, wearing out my starter and discharging my batteries.
I began researching the ether systems available and settled on the DieselMatic from Koldban. A few reasons why: Caterpillar uses their systems on their heavy equipment, the cylinders are readily available from any Cat dealer, this system is invisible in its operation.
In normal use there is a temperature sensor mounted to the block that will energize the system anytime the temp is below 40 deg F and the starter solenoid is engaged. The unit will continue to discharge ether through a spray nozzle sized for your engine until the engine fires. Now the cool part- there is a small reservoir built into the solenoid valve that holds a tiny amount of ether that will continue to feed the engine for 5 to 10 seconds to ensure stabilization.
The tech line tells me to expect 80 to 100 starts from a 21 ounce bottle depending on crank time.
I used it today at 19 deg F (w/o the glow plug obviously!) and the engine fired in about 10 seconds and stayed running! It worked very well!
I have added one thing: a toggle switch in series with the starter switch to allow the manual isolation of the ether system, if desired.
The kit was (is) on sale for $199 with the bottle and there is a cheaper one called the DieselStart for $129 if you do not mind manually activating your ether delivery.
This is the link to the kit I purchased: http://www.koldban.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=9
Maybe I can get some pics tomorrow and post up in the evening.