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Forum: Everything Diesel
12-30-2012, 03:08 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 9,404
Posted By qazimoto

RE: The gadget for converting glow to diesel

I may have not made my point as clearly as I thought. I'm not arguing against diesels, I have close to 100 (I estimate) and I've been running them since I was 12 y/o.

Most of my models do have a...
Forum: Everything Diesel
12-30-2012, 01:18 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 9,404
Posted By qazimoto

RE: The gadget for converting glow to diesel

Fred,

the so called* "Lavona Cell" was invented by a chap who contributes to this forum and is different to "the gadget".

While it's clear how the former works I'm also still completely...
Forum: Everything Diesel
12-29-2012, 10:56 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 9,404
Posted By qazimoto

RE: The gadget for converting glow to diesel

So if the instructions don't mention connecting to an electrical current, and they're not adjustable so as to vary the combustion chamber volume,

then the $64 question becomes "how do they work,...
Forum: Everything Diesel
12-28-2012, 03:10 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 9,404
Posted By qazimoto

RE: The gadget for converting glow to diesel

So essentially they're a less effective miniature version of a diesel push/pull head fitted into a standard 1/4" x 32 tpi glowplug case.

Do some of them have a glowplug element as well?

Ray
Forum: Everything Diesel
12-27-2012, 01:58 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 9,404
Posted By qazimoto

RE: The gadget for converting glow to diesel

So it does need an electrical current to work?

How about some pictures of the unit its self?

Ray
Forum: Everything Diesel
12-26-2012, 04:14 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 9,404
Posted By qazimoto

RE: The gadget for converting glow to diesel

Back in the mid nineties our local C/L clubs bought a 200 Litre steel drum of Ether from a local chemical supplier. Last year a friend gave me his stash from the group buy.

Five litres of Ether...
Forum: Everything Diesel
12-26-2012, 03:06 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 9,404
Posted By qazimoto

RE: The gadget for converting glow to diesel

Jim,

that reads like a pretty dodgy explanation for the model diesel engine ignition mechanism where rapid compression of the ether raises it's temperature to it's ignition point..

The...
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