Reuse model a oil in another vehicle w oil filter

[captndan]

Originally Posted by JDupuis

A fellow from our club, deceased now, had a Studebaker as his good car. It got new oil.
The oil from the Studebaker, went into the truck. Oil from the truck went into the tractor. The oil from the tractor went into his model T. The oil from the T went into the 28 Chev homebuilt motorhome. Oil from the chev went into the lawnmower. Each time "filtering" the oil through his wifes nylon stockings. He had a hiarchy of his vehicles starting with the Studebaker. He met his wife by putting a notice in the church bulletin. He picked her up with the model T for their first date. She had to be coerced into the first date by her landlady. When she saw the old car in the driveway she wanted to cancel this first date.
Hope you enjoyed this little story. Jeff

He was so cheap he wouldn't even buy her an ice cream cone. I heard he used recycled farts for something.

[Terry, NJ]

As Usual, Tom is correct! I forget the name and country of origin, But there definitly was at least one diesel tractor made with that starting system.
Terry

[Henry's Lady's Man]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

In the 40's Germany made a couple different brands of one cylinder diesel tractors that ran on drain oil. You'd use a shotgun shell to start the engine.

Tom, it looks like many have backed this up. I just thought it odd, but I believed you. Apologies for sounding like a smart-ass. Chuck

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by Henry's Lady's Man

Tom, it looks like many have backed this up. I just thought it odd, but I believed you. Apologies for sounding like a smart-ass. Chuck

I first learned about this oddity when I was at the Rollag Threshing Show in the 70's. They had a one cylinder diesel Lanz, and a one cylinder Field Marshall on display, and the owner showed how to start it with the shotgun shell. The show also has a very large one cylinder diesel stationary engine that shakes the ground when it runs. Rollag, MN is just a few miles east of Fargo, ND.

This is a fantastic show for anyone who hasn't been there. Mount Pleasant, Iowa also has a huge threshing show that I need to attend sometime. These are the two largest threshing shows in the nation, I've been told. Plan to spend a couple days to see it all.
Both shows are held over Labor Day weekend.

[JDupuis]

The Lanz is a cool tractor. It will puff perfect smoke rings. Jeff

[Synchro909]

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Anybody ever seen an oil bypass filter that uses a toilet roll to filter the oil? My father ran one on his Peugeot for years. The many layers of tissue filtered ANY crap out of the oil. If your used oil were allowed to soak its way through one of those, I'd give it a go if analysis confirmed that the useful additives were still there and hadn't been filtered out. Yup, they are that good.

[Y-Blockhead]

Originally Posted by Synchro909

Anybody ever seen an oil bypass filter that uses a toilet roll to filter the oil? My father ran one on his Peugeot for years. The many layers of tissue filtered ANY crap out of the oil. If your used oil were allowed to soak its way through one of those, I'd give it a go if analysis confirmed that the useful additives were still there and hadn't been filtered out. Yup, they are that good.

If memory serves they were made by FRANTZ?

[Synchro909]

Originally Posted by Y-Blockhead

If memory serves they were made by FRANTZ?

Maybe over there. The locally made ones were branded Ryco here.

[Mike V. Florida]

Rig up your own filtering system to filter the oil. I'm thinking of something like using this,


you can hang the end over a bucket and pump the oil into the filter using a pressure pump (not vacuum) like one that it used for bleeding brakes, or even a garden sprayer.

[ronn]

I use old oil in my chainsaw oiler....................

[Mike V. Florida]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

In the 40's Germany made a couple different brands of one cylinder diesel tractors that ran on drain oil. You'd use a shotgun shell to start the engine.

Originally Posted by Synchro909

I think Tom is right just like you guys used explosive charges to start aircraft engines during WWII[.

Originally Posted by 40 Deluxe

Lots of youtube videos on starting these tractors. They used a blowtorch (NOT an acetylene torch) to preheat the cylinder head before starting, then insert a shotgun shell (BB's removed) into its chamber and then hit it with a hammer. This gave enough cylinder pressure to spin the engine and it would fire up. Other brands of these one lungers were hand cranked using the steering wheel! The wheel with about a 2 foot shaft would slide out of the steering column and be inserted into the flywheel to spin the engine.

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[dave in australia]

Not only WWII aircraft, but some later ones as well. Not shotgun shells without bb's, but an explosive charge. The English Electric Canberra was one, also known as the B-57 in the USA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x9McytJ4m0
Also the F-4 Phantom used cartridge start as a backup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGDG3iTYMPY
The F-111 also used cartridge start as back-up as well.