[SEL] O.T. Test now question about touch paper

[Dave Merchant]

The thread has wandered quite a bit, but I believe someone said
it has a compression release that un-releases as the flywheel turns,
via a spiral track on the flywheel.

...or was that a different engine?.

Dave Merchant


At 05:01 PM 8/11/2009, you wrote:
>When you said low-compression I was thinking much lower then 16:1,so I 
>think you're right about it being a true diesel.
>    Jim K.
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>The Field Marshall is a true diesel, not a semi-diesel.
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>The compression ratio is about 16:1 according to a search I just did.  I 
>can check my manuals at home to confirm that later.
>
>George
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>So if these engines are low-compression does that mean they are semi-diesels?
>   Jim K.
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