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Old 03-18-2017, 12:11 PM
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Default Re: The Car Of The Day (For My Amusement.)

Oooh tractors!

My favourite is the Field Marshall single cylinder diesel.



They were made from 1945 to 1957. There was an earlier 'Marshall' - still a two-cycle single cylinder diesel but with an 8-inch bore and 10-inch stroke - that's 503 cubic inches! By 1945 the engine was a bit smaller capacity but higher revving. The starting procedure was a bit strange - a smouldering paper was screwed into the cylinder head and then the motor was cranked by hand. An alternate method of cranking the engine is to fit a blank shot gun cartridge into a special cartridge holder on the intake manifold and detonate it using a hammer - this cartridge method is not favoured by proud owners though as it causes wear and potential damage to the engine.


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