Comments on: Cold Weather Diesel Starting Innovations

By: william a walsh

william a walsh — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:49:21 +0000

i worked at gyuro grading and exavating in 1977 and we had 4cylnder engines pony motors that started our main diesels on the D9 push cats and the Elturno pulls all made by caterpiller.

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By: Don Eyre

Don Eyre — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:10:30 +0000

The Cat engines referred to as being from the 60’s were actually a lot earlier than that. My dad had a D2 Caterpillar tractor that he bought new in 1939. It had a 2 cylinder starting motor that you wrapped a rope on the flywheel and pulled. I saw him start that tractor in extremely cold weather. Some of the early John Deere diesels also had a starting motor these were about 1949 to1960. Don’t recall any engines with a 1 cylinder starting motor

By: Lug_Nut

Lug_Nut — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:16:49 +0000

John, Thanks for the input. All of us writting these blog articles really appreciate positive comments, or for that matter, any comments or point of view. Again, thanks for your comments.

By: John

John — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:15:48 +0000

Lug_Nut,

This ceratinly brings back many memories with ether can in hand
up in the Yukon and N.W.T., brrrrrrrr.

Great to see the technological changes advancing.

Cheers,
John

By: Zachary

Zachary — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:38:54 +0000

Great article to read.Cold starts on same equipment.