Posted by ss55 on January 21, 2013 at 17:30:27 from (173.31.19.80):
In Reply to: Life before raincaps? posted by Karl in MD on January 21, 2013 at 07:21:22:
Some early diesels could accidentally run backwards if you were not careful when starting them. A cousin had a Case big 400 start backwards once when he was moving a manure spreader. The tractor started, but it moved backwards in a forward gear, it moved forward in a reverse gear and oil was comming out the air intake. He shut it off, restarted it and it was OK. We decided it could not have been good for the engine bearings with the oil pump running backwards.
A flapper cap on the exhaust could have prevented the engine from drawing air into the exhuast and running backwards.
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