Do you leave your diesel running ...?
I see many diesel drivers who leave the engine running while fueling (or other short-term occasions). For a while, I asked why they did that, just to see what their reason was. Never got the same answ...
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mkirsch wrote:
Find some of those "old start cold start" videos on youtube, and you'll see what I mean. Dad says they weren't much better when they were new. They had a couple of Massey Harris 44 diesels that they left on a hill because it was either roll them down the hill and pop start them, or get a gas tractor and drag them around until they started. The electric start was just not up to the task.
Once you got one of those things running, you left it running until you were done with it for the day.
I have a '44 John Deere B at my house that was used by the wife's grandparents in the winter when the 3020 wasn't as reliable to start.
