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Dexta cold starting

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ger

12-18-2000 12:43:40




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The fueltank petcock on my Dexta has no primer button and the substituted replacement part from Ford also lacks this vital part of the coldstarting equation. Anyone with any other solution? (short of squirting diesel into the manifold with a syringe...Doesn't work very well)
Thanks; Ger




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Burrhead

12-23-2000 16:02:28




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 Re: Dexta cold starting in reply to ger, 12-18-2000 12:43:40  
I've seen several with the same problem you're having that did'nt find a pump from any source.

I don't know why the pump would'nt work from and old Cummins diesel.

The cranking aid was exactly the same principle as the Dexta, a small hand pump for a glow plug in the intake manifold.

You can still get the hand pump at Cummins Diesel stores, or from a Navistar IHC truck dealer will order it for you. The last one I got was around $25.

If you drill a 5/8" hole in the dash board for the pump to mount, and "T" the fuel supply line below the cut off valve for the hand pump supply it should work fine.

It would be alot handier than the syringe method.

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ger

01-03-2001 10:51:27




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 Re: Re: Dexta cold starting in reply to Burrhead, 12-23-2000 16:02:28  
Thanks! I'll try the Cummins pump.



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Peter A Taylor

12-27-2000 17:29:46




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 Re: Re: Dexta cold starting in reply to Burrhead, 12-23-2000 16:02:28  
I was having trouble starting my 59 Dexta in cold weather--It has no working glow plugs and I didn't want to use ether , so burrhead,oscar and my local mechanic suggested different solutions--I decided to install a block heater in the freeze plug on the right side of the motor. I had trouble popping out the freeze plug, so my mechanic did it for me, and I bought the freeze plug block heater insert at napa for around $20. I Seem to recall that it was either 1 or 1 1/8 inches in diameter. It was really easy to install, it just tightens up with a regular screw driver. I plug it in two or so hours before I have to start the tractor, and it hasn't failed me yet. It started yesterday when the temperature was around 2 degrees Farenheit. If you do this, make sure your extension cord is as thick and short as possible to get as much power to the heating element as possible. I Had originally installed an electric heating element in the hose between the radiator and the engine, but it wasnt enough on its own to get the engine to start in cold weather.
It is such a relief to know that it is going to start on cold days and that I dont have to bug my neighbor to borrow his snowblower to the do the job that the dexta does so much easier, quicker and it sure is a lot more fun on the tractor

Happy Holidays from Massachusetts
Peter

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Butch

12-29-2000 11:04:48




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 Re: Re: Re: Dexta cold starting in reply to Peter A Taylor, 12-27-2000 17:29:46  
Hi Peter, Do you remember what kind or part number of freeze plug block heater you got at napa?
I have one in the water line but doesn't work too good and would like to put the real thing in. I live in the interior of BC Canada and all the vehicles have the heaters in the frost plugs.
Just to make sure, the right side of the motor is the right side when sitting in the seat?



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Peter A Taylor

12-29-2000 12:42:54




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Dexta cold starting in reply to Butch, 12-29-2000 11:04:48  
Butch-

I dont have the exact size part # that I used, but napa part #605-3034 was the wrong size of the style plug that I used (I never did try to return it as it got cruddy as I tried to install it.) I think the one that fit was a bit smaller than this.
Sitting on the tractor, the freeze plug that was popped was on the right side of the tractor, just above the starter. Once you get the proper size, it installs in a minute or two. Pop your freeze plug and bring it into napa and hopefully it is an instock item. GOOD LUCK and HAPPY STARTING IN 2001

Peter

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Peter A Taylor

12-27-2000 17:25:13




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 Re: Re: Dexta cold starting in reply to Burrhead, 12-23-2000 16:02:28  
I was having trouble starting my 59 Dexta in cold weather--It has no working glow plugs and I didn't want to use ether , so burrhead,oscar and my local mechanic suggested different solutions--I decided to install a block heater in the freeze plug on the right side of the motor. I had trouble popping out the freeze plug, so my mechanic did it for me, and I bought the freeze plug block heater insert at napa for around $20. I Seem to recall that it was either 1 or 1 1/8 inches in diameter. It was really easy to install, it just tightens up with a regular screw driver. I plug it in two or so hours before I have to start the tractor, and it hasn't failed me yet. It started yesterday when the temperature was around 2 degrees Farenheit. If you do this, make sure your extension cord is as thick and short as possible to get as much power to the heating element as possible. I Had originally installed an electric heating element in the hose between the radiator and the engine, but it wasnt enough on its own to get the engine to start in cold weather.
It is such a relief to know that it is going to start on cold days and that I dont have to bug my neighbor to borrow his snowblower to the do the job that the dexta does so much easier and quicker.

Happy Holidays from Massachusetts
Peter

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