-19 degrees. glad the glowplug came in yesterday

[davesiegler]

so glad i put the glowplug in last night after i shut it down for the nite. fired on the first compression stroke this morning and that was that.
Overall my new clone has been running well since i first fired it up.
Thank you to all of you who spent time documenting your experience. It has made my experience easier.
 

[cujet]

It was 72 degrees here in South Florida today. Lister 6/1 cranked right up. Where are you located?

[broncodriver99]

That's pretty darn chilly. Supposed to be down in the low teens to single digits Fahrenheit here this week.

[broncodriver99]

Mind you, i'm not silly/ brave enough to live anywhere it gets THAT cold!     

Where is your sense of adventure? There is nothing like wearing a set of long johns, denim pants, two coats, a hat and a hoodie, and cussing the brisk winter wind. You get used to it. It is downright warm around here compared to what the Canadian fellas put up with in the Winter.

[veggie]

Well....up here in Western Canada it is -30C today.

Very cold.

Veggie

[vdubnut62]

Well....up here in Western Canada it is -30C today.

Very cold.

Veggie

You Sir, are a glutton for punishment.
 Here in beautiful Tennessee, USA it's a balmy 15 degrees F on New Year's Eve.
Ron.

[dieselgman]

5 below zero in Kansas... as cold as it has been in many years here.

dieselgman

[38ac]

When I woke up in the middle of the night  it was -10. At 6 AM it was back up to 0. Been several years since we have seen -10 but at least the wind isn't blowing. I did brave the cold long enough to get my CS twin crankcase sandblasted.
Glad I wasn't trying to hand start a CS, LOL.

[LowGear]

I awoke to a new year and the room was down into the 60s this morning.  Yikes!  Where are my socks?  Ole Sol has peaked over the mountain so that crazy Arctic air will soon be chased away into the mid 70s where man was meant to live, work and enjoy life.  If you're going to visit Kona I'd make it in January or February.

Aloha,

Casey

[davesiegler]

Im in the western foothills of maine.
It seems like alot of the country has seen some cool air this year.
Before the glow plug came in i was sticking a blow torch down the intake elbow for a couple minute with  the intake valve open. that worked but not as well as the glow plug. Im glad for the electric starter as well.
Heres a quick question? will the injection pump be harmed or draw air into the system if i use a low side (suction side) solenoid valve to shut it down?

[dieselgman]

No harm for the pump, although it might make the next startup a bit more difficult. Much better to control the pump rack with your shutdown signal.

[BruceM]

I tried the solenoid valve in the intake line;  it does not work reliably as a shut off with the commonly available solenoids...there is just enough leakage  with suction at the pump end to keep a CS at slow idle.  If you must go this route- MAKE SURE the solenoid valve is designed to seal with negative pressure.  Most do NOT.

Closing the rack is a faster and more reliable method...but the electric (motorized) actuators with >=10 lbs of force aren't cheap.  I ended up using a cheap single action, spring return pneumatic actuators for rack closer and exhaust valve lifter (1 each but driving by the same air solenoid valve)  since my CS is also my air compressor.

[davesiegler]

my intention for the low side fuel shutoff was to be a secondary method of shutdown. in case the rack method failed the controller would have a secondary method to shut it down.  I have a propane fuel shutoff from a previous generator and plumbed the right way suction would seat the pintle even more firmly i think.

[dieselgman]

I have seen the proposed method... it will work. The thing is, after a fault or shutdown command there will be a long time where the engine continues to run while it consumes the fuel in the pump. That could be up to several minutes and not provide the level of protection that is usually desired.

dieselgman

[BruceM]

Good point, Gary.  The solenoid needs to be right next to the pump to have an acceptable run time after closing, and the valve must be able to handle very high suction.
Otherwise, it will be a very long wait as the fuel in the supply hoses is extracted under near vacuum- shrinking the ID of the supply tubing, etc. 

I first convinced myself it could work via pinching off the supply hose with pliers 3 inches from the pump, but then found the solenoid valve located there didn't close it hard enough against that wicked suction.