Re: Cooks River Yard Now!!

["John Regan" <reganjd@clear.net.nz>]

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We had a class of Mitsubishi locos fitted with D398 V12 cat motors.  On
frosty mornings they used to require a decent belt of glow plug prior to
cranking, especially if they had been sitting for a while and were cold.
Upon cranking they would rotate a couple of times to get the heat in the
cylinders for the combustion then  burst into life on one pot or if you were
lucky two pots.  Undescribable noises would emit from the motor along with
belching black smoke and unburnt fuel (bad news if you were standing next to
it in your clean uniform!) aswell as the whole loco would shudder and rock.
Once firing on one pot it was possible to release the starters.
Eventually the rest of the cylinders would fire but it was an impressive
exercise.  First impression was the motor was going to fly to bits but AFAIK
none ever did on start up.

John Regan
reganjd@clear.net.nz
Christchurch
NEW ZEALAND

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