detroit diesel 8v92 questions

Hi Mack E-6, years ago, some trucks were equipped with an ether bottle ( about the size of a small thermos) and would screw into a holder (usually on the firewall) with a valve ( inside the cab) and a line going into the intake manifold, and with the older motors, it was common practice to "give it a shot", even plugged in. Those old motors were cold-blooded. Problem was, many times that valve would stick partially open, without you knowing it, and you'd burn up that ether bottle running down the road, not to mention what it did to the motor, and the next cold start, you'd hit that valve, and nothing. They discontinued using those, for good reason.
Oh, one side note, I found out why you never use ether on something with glowplugs. ( I know, you younguns', what are glow plugs?) Saw someone ruin a reefer motor once doing that. Kaboom!!!

 

Did you put a window in the side of the block?

 

Hi sdaniel, I never did personally, but a truck I drove once did in the garage. (see post #37)

 

At 3.5 - 5.0 mpg wouldn't it pay for a S60 Detroit swap in the first year ?
Those old 2 strokes sound good but they are far from reasonable in terms of a business by the numbers.

 

@flc120, heres the engine you need for that truck.

 

Keep the rod and mains changed , and it may out live you.

 

@truckdad what is that motor?? i see 4 injection lines per head

 

@damutt, from the left side it is a Cummins 262 (a 5 1/8" bore, 743 cu in, 220 with a turbo) However, on the other side is a blower drive, large oil cooler & oil cooled piston sprayers. This engine is dated 1964 & was originally a NHRS 320. At some time somebody removed the blower & put on a T-50 turbo. The co. I work for aquired this from a wrecking yard & was going to put the engine in a water truck destined for auction. I talked them out of that after convincing them it is quite rare in that only about 1 in 100 of these 320s had oil cooled pistons. It IS for sale....

 

The V-Series don't like heat. Make sure you have a well functioning radiator. If she starts to climb over 200 degrees try to cool her down with a high idle. If she gets over 205 good luck. I learned this the hard way with a 91 model 8V-92.