And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
In 1932, IH pioneered a diesel engine that started on gas......within the same engine....no pony motor. On one side was a distributor, sparkplugs, and single speed carburetor, and on the other side was an injection pump and injectors. There was a decompression lever that opened an additional small valve in each cylinder, allowing the, at the time, weak 6V starter or hand crank, to roll the engine over and starting it on gasoline. Once the combustion chambers were warmed enough, the lever was changed to high compression while at the same time, the diesel injection pump was turned on. Worked well except that the engine had to be sufficiently cooled before shutdown due to the head being prone to cracking because of the extra valves bored in it. These engines in various sizes, were used in wheeled, tracked, and stationary applications up until 1960.
I have never seen an IH crawler with the side engine panels attached.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad, taught me to drive the TD9 that we had. Neat machine.
ReplyDeletei'll bet it would pull a house down but screw up a plowed field with those tracks.
ReplyDeleteIn 1932, IH pioneered a diesel engine that started on gas......within the same engine....no pony motor. On one side was a distributor, sparkplugs, and single speed carburetor, and on the other side was an injection pump and injectors.
ReplyDeleteThere was a decompression lever that opened an additional small valve in each cylinder, allowing the, at the time, weak 6V starter or hand crank, to roll the engine over and starting it on gasoline. Once the combustion chambers were warmed enough, the lever was changed to high compression while at the same time, the diesel injection pump was turned on. Worked well except that the engine had to be sufficiently cooled before shutdown due to the head being prone to cracking because of the extra valves bored in it. These engines in various sizes, were used in wheeled, tracked, and stationary applications up until 1960.