[Leica] PESO: Turn The Crank

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Must be why I don´t live in Alaska.  It gets too damn cold in Iowa, let 
along live in Alaska.  Come to think of it, Why am I going back to Iowa at 
this time of the year?  ;-)

Gene

-------------- Original message from "wildlightphoto@earthlink.net" 
<wildlightphoto@earthlink.net>: -------------- 


> Oliver Bryk wrote: 
> 
> > This picture reminded me of the first thing I had to learn about 
> attempting 
> > to start an automobile with the crank: keep the thumb out of the way. 
> > And 
> > how to set the ignition advance and choke; and if a diesel, warm up the 
> > glow-plugs, not to mention some fairly risky methods for warming up the 
> fuel 
> > on really cold days. 
> 
> In rural Alaska where few people have electric power, winter car-starting 
> strategies include: 
> 
> drain the crankcase oil once you park the car and bring the oil inside 
> where it's warm, then re-fill the crankcase oil when you want to start the 
> car 
> 
> or 
> 
> light a fire under the oil pan to warm the oil before starting the car. 
> 
> Doug Herr 
> Brr'd man of Alaska 
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com 
> 
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