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Thanks Mwebb for your reply.
Your remarks about older diesels struck a cord.
Where I am , we are independent for everything. Ie water road electric etc.
So having been here for 40 yrs were pretty well organised for diesels.
apart from diesel cars, we have several Lister startamatics, 6 hp single cyl 650 rpm from the late 1930's driving via 2 b section v belts a 2.5 kw alternators.
A 20 kw Lister jp3 from 1942, 2 Ferguson TEF20 diesel tractors from 1956 several Ferguson diesel T 35 ditto from 1958
A modern aquisition last year!! a Zetor 35 from 1971 with a cab!!
My son is putting an E class 3ltr diesel into a 190 Mercedes.
Ive run Peugeot diesels ,1st with the 404 for 20 yrs then a 305 for 22 yrs.
I guess I was lucky to be trained in the RAF as a flight engineer, 1st on Pratt And Whitney radials then on rolls royce Griffons. They were big!! 2500 hp at 24 lbs boos on water methanol.
Only allowed to usethat for 5 mins due to thermal loading limitations.
there are lots of older diesels around. The e class 3ltr 6cyl turbo has an inline pump!! runs very well on bio fuel.
Its stopped raining now so will cut the floor open to get at the vitara fuel tank lid. will report back results later.
Ted
in Dorset
UK
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