HD5 ether hose
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Topic: HD5 ether hose
Posted By: serioussam
Subject: HD5 ether hose
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2016 at 9:38am
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not sure if anyone has done this wth their hd5 , I pulled the 1/4" plug out of the air intake and put in a 1/4" pipe thread to 3/8" air line fitting. I then put on a 3/8" fuel line about 3' long and ran i it up through a hole in the dash .I then made a wood plug to put in the end of the fuel line. My hd5 starts with very little ether now in the cold weather |
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Posted By: serioussam
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2016 at 9:53am
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Posted By: Eric B
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2016 at 12:35pm
I agree what you have done works very good. I have done the same to some of my equipment. Like you say it does not take much ether when none is wasted. I was tempted once and did the wrong thing when running out of fuel in my truck with a Detroit 6-71. I was painfully close to the fuel station and used a bit of ether to restart the truck without bleeding the lines...the long and the short of it - the blower gasket failed  . Thankfully nothing worse happened but I confirmed the advice that you never use ether to a hot engine  ------------- Currently- WD,WC,3WF's,2 D14's B. Previously- I 600,TL745,200,FL9,FR12,H3,816 LBH. Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal! |