Posted 4/25/2015 22:05 (#4537997 - in reply to #4537868) Subject: RE: Ideas for cotton gin festival?
Franklinton, LA
The torches are heating brass balls embedded in the head of the engine. The hot brass balls will help ignite the diesel and start the engine when it is turned over. I guess this a primitive form of glow plug. This was a common procedure for starting these old diesel engines.
Ideas for cotton gin festival?
