One thing I NEVER heard about Detroits is they were good starting in cold weather. I owned many, rebuilt many, and driven many over-the-road trucks with them. If it's below 50F, you give them a shot of ether. No big deal. Very durable, simple to work on, but noisy, poor cold starters, known for low oil pressure at hot idle, and chronic leakers. But still, great engines and extremely rugged. From what I've seen, when used in big trucks, they were often part of cheap option packages and lacked power due to the small size of the engine, NOT the design of the engine. We were told to drive them like we were mad at them, and most of us did. Since they fire every stroke, very often smaller engines were used in place of four-stroke engines. Any tractor that I can think of, that got an equal sized Detroit stuck into it, in place of another engine, often had MORE power, not less. John Deere two-bangers are a good example. Go run a 440 gas powered John Deere (113 cubic inches) and then run a 440 with a Detroit Diesel 2-53 (106 cubic inches). The Detroit is a better pusher.
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Today's Featured Article - George's Fordson Major - by Anthony West (UK). This is a bit of a technical info to add on to the article about George's Major in the "A Towny Goes Plowing" article. George bought his Major from a an implement sale about 18 years ago for £200.00. There is no known history regarding its origins or what service it had done, but the following work was undertaken by Harold alone to bring it up to show standard. From the engine number, it was found that the major was produced late 19
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