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Using ether for starting diesel engines
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Posted by Paul Stanley on December 19, 1998 at 22:41:29:
How many of you guys use ether to start older
tractors with diesel engines? I have a '52 Super
55 and some of the Olivers after that came with an
1/8" hole for applying ether. What's the
procedure? I have an unrelated story I figured you might get
a chuckle out of. I live in British Columbia and
we have scratch and win lottery tickets here. I
bought some after filling up at the gas station.
While driving down the road my wife was scratching
some of the tickets. One ticket was called
"Jokers Wild". It has card hands that you scratch
reveal the faces of the cards. If you get 3 aces
or 2 aces and a joker you win $10,000. My wife
started scratching and revealed two aces and a
"J". We started laughing and I admit I got a bit
of a rush. We started thinking about what we
would spend this fun money on. I quickly said
"half of this money is mine you know (making sure
at least $5,000 would be reserved for tractor
restoration and implements). It just seemed so
unbelieveable that we could be so lucky. Well,
upon closer scrutiny we noticed it was a JACK.
Boy, I have never made and lost money so fast. We
had a really good laugh. On the bright side we
did win $5 dollars on some other tickets. I'll
reinvest in more tries tomorrow. You ne
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