Off Topic..I have been helped by YT folks....

All,

I din't want to get too far into another ongoing chat. I have been helped by the knowledge here. At one time, I wasn;t sure what the oilpetcocks were for on a farmall super c. Also, a fellow turned a component on his lathe and sent it to me, without asking for cash! I did send $20 to a Christian-following church in his name, though.

Also, I did get into a heated debate about diesels did not have sparkplugs...(oldI think). Well, I was dead wrong.

Thanks to all that contribute; I try, but sometimes I don't have much to offer. HappyNew Year!

D.

Hey,that's what it's all about! Helping and learning. Pretty good group here. Happy tractoring in the new year! Steve.

Do not remember if it was me or not but yes the TD6 was a gas start diesel so it has both the injector system of a diesel and the spark plugs etc. of a gas engine

I?ve been helped and still am as well, there?s great folks on here but none of us are perfect or even close to it. We?re lucky to have this site,we don?t farm for a living anymore and my topics aren?t really crop or equipment related as they used to be. There?s some electricians on here offering encouragement in my studies to move into that field and I appreciate that very much. I?m worried as he!! about if or where I might find employment when I finish school in the spring but people in the know say there?s plenty of work for those worthy so hopefully I can prove myself just as that. Happy new year!

No problemo. If they killed their wounded here, I'd have been history a long time ago. gm

I guess I learn something today { again } , I did NOT know there were diesel engines with SPARK PLUGS .

mark

Well the IH TD6 was both a gas engine and a diesel engine. They start up on gas and you run them on gas till good and warm then you flip a couple of levers at the same time to switch it over to diesel. On the gas side it did not have enough power to do much of any thing but on the diesel side for there size thy did pretty good

I did not know if I really wanted to comment on this or not. I have followed this forum for many years. I have asked very few questions but I always got a very helpful answer to my questions. None of us can be or are experts in all the areas of life. I know people who are from all walks of life with many interesting occupations. I could not even begin to do their jobs, nor could they do mine. I have been a die hard farm boy since day one soon to be 66 yrs. I still do not consider myself an expert. Some these people I know have farm backgrounds in their families. Maybe their parents a grandparent or uncle. They remember the farm when they were young but for various reasons went a different way in life. Some of these may have had the good fortune to get a tractor like their grandfather or an uncle had that they remember as a kid. They ask question about bringing it back to a useable condition and not know where to start. Mechanics are not there thing, and they ask for help. Just like I may ask of them when I know nothing about their occupation. They usually answer me in a respectful manner as I try to do with them.

All I am trying to say here is this. I have not been on many other forums, but I know of none that you can ask for help on so many diverse topics and get an answer. Some answers you may not appreciate but those you can ignore. But whether you are well known on hear or not someone will help you out. Also I do not think there is any where you can feel more free to open your heart and tell of a tragic event in your life and get as many heartfelt well wishes an prayers for you and your family than right here. That is true caring where everyone looks out for one another. I'm done now do with this as you choose. Happy New Year everyone!

(quoted from post at 16:59:36 12/31/19)All I am trying to say here is this. I have not been on many other forums, but I know of none that you can ask for help on so many diverse topics and get an answer. Some answers you may not appreciate but those you can ignore. But whether you are well known on hear or not someone will help you out.

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Well said Sir!

You were not wrong about Diesel engine having spark plugs. The McCormick WD40 was the first diesel out in 1935 in the tractor. Want to get somebody going ... ask if you can start a Diesel engine with a crank. Yes u can. But yes the gas start system worked very well to warm the engine and switched over to diesel very smoothly.

Mark, I-H used that engine type from the era of the WD-40, that had to be started with a crank through the 450D. I believe I-H's first direct start tractor diesel was the 350D. It used a continental engine while the next "generation" of diesels (460 & 560) used already developed truck engines. This was the second time I-H used a diesel truck engine in an ag tractor. The WD-40 also used a truck engine, I've been told. jal-SD

It was the gas model W40 that had the truck engine. From the model D50 trucks. It was the model FBB engine not red diamond as lots refer it to. The Diesel engine was totally developed for the crawlers first before tractors. Had this engine designed in 1933. It came out with the injectors on top through the valve cover. Then in 1937 they came out with a different head with injectors at a 10 degree angle. Then later came out with different head Like the WD9 has with 45degree injectors. In 1940 the WD 9 replaced the WD 40.

Added the "D" where it shouldn't have been. Nice catch! jal-SD

Dutchman the lowly Chevy Chevette diesel had what they called spark plugs, only in our terms they were called glow plugs. I had a couple of Chevette gassers several years ago. I went into the car parts place, I forget which one, and asked for spark plugs for a 84 Chevette. The young man behind the counter looked in the screen, then asked me if it was a gas or diesel I politely told him it is a gas, not knowing he really was looking at a choice of what was called spark plugs for a gas or diesel engine. The next day I made a post here on YT joking about the young parts man who thought a diesel Chevette had spark plugs. Someone here on YT came in and told me Chevette glow plugs are called spark plugs. Just an example of the vast knowledge found here on this website.

There was also the Waukesha/Hesselman diesel years ago that used spark plugs too, so IHC was not the only one.

We had a nervous turtle (fill compaction tool) on a construction job about 48 years ago that had a Deutz single diesel,<8 hp. It had a decompression device that would last for about 4 revolutions, then it would start, sometimes! The operator needed to be strong and knowledgeable!

My wife wanted a Chevette because her friend Sally had one so we had a low mile Scooter traded in at work and I took it home to show her. A Chevette Scooter was pretty basic (room for your azz and a gallon of gas) transportation, some didn't have a back seat or radio, a glove box door or carpet. This one had am/fm radio and a back seat but no glove box door and it had a five speed. She never drove a manual trans before but after a couple hours practice on the back roads she said it would be fine so I bought it.
Fast forward a couple weeks she said she couldn't drive it. She worked at one of the hospitals in Dubuque Iowa and at that time after you crossed the bridge it was pretty steep for two miles or so with three or four stop lights. So I traded her my El Camino for the Chevette and put a lot of miles on it and liked it, we even did a lap around Lake Michigan in it once. I didn't realize it was quite that far around the lake though.

rustred,

I understand the WD40 switches over to diesel automatically after 702 revolutions on gas.

I come here everyday to have Jon help me start it off. Gotta keep life in perspective!

My old D4 Caterpillar diesel dozer engine starts with a tiny pull rope!

- well, the little two-cylinder pony engine starts that way with a bit of string you wrap around its exposed flywheel. Then once that engine warms up you pull in the starter clutch lever and then engage the pinion gear lever that connects the driven gear on the pony engine to the main diesel engine's flywheel. After a few minutes spinning the main engine (on a cold start) you push in the compression release lever and once the big diesel is hitting on a majority of the 4 cylinders you disengage the pony engine, turn off its gas supply so it runs dry out of fuel to stop, then throttle up the diesel and away you go!

One of the most important aspects of my life has been coming to this forum. I am not always posting as much as I was when I was younger (wife, kids, two jobs, etc.)... Busy happens. But I check in on at least 4 groups every couple days to see what is new, and see if I can offer any help on something I may have had issues with.

Lots of GREAT, knowledgeable people on this forum. I've been fortunate to 'grow up' on this site. Been through a lot in the personal world as well and have posted about that here as well. Received a lot of great support, advice, etc. in those situations as well.

This isn't just a tractor site. It's a life skills forum as well. A group of friends and family. I think that is why it is such a special network.