Ford 6.6 questions.....

[JJuday]

We have a late 80's Ford F700 fuel truck with the 6. 6 Brazilian engine at our airport. It's a hard starting beast, espically now that the temps are usually below 40 at night.

My question is: Does it have a intake heater like the Cummins/Dodges or glow plugs like the P. S. Ds? Or is there the chance that it has no start-up aid besides the block/coolant heater. I don't have a manual for this machine, need to get one, but for now this info would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

 

[TWhetten]

I know the 6. 9 and 7. 3 in the mid and late 80s both had glow plugs, but I have never heard of the 6. 6

 

[Bill Stockard]

I know the 6. 9 and 7. 3 in the mid and late 80s both had glow plugs, but I have never heard of the 6. 6

The Ford 6. 6L was originally a tractor engine bult in Brazil. It was modified for use as a highway engine. Ford used them for a few years in medium duty trucks. It couldn't be "cleaned up" to meet the approaching more stringent emission standards and also during that time Ford sold their Tractor Operations to New Holland including the engine plant in Brazil.



I've seen a few of 6. 6Ls in Ford trucks and if I remember correctly they did have a manifold heater. It wasn't a grid type heater like in our Cummins, but was an open coil type that is slow to heat up mounted in the center of the intake manifold and is typical of older design tractor engines.



Bill

 

[DCreed]

maybe a cummins heater could be adapted to fit inline of the ford intake ?

 

[rscurtis]

In the early '80's, I worked for a Ford tractor dealer where these engines were commonly used. At that time, they were using a small in-line fuel pump which I believe was a Lucas or CAV. In the center of the stop lever was an excess fuel button for cold starting, which had to be depressed prior to starting the engine. It made cold starts very easy with no ether or manifold heaters. You might want to see if your engine has this feature.

 

[TFucili]

In the early '80's, I worked for a Ford tractor dealer where these engines were commonly used. At that time, they were using a small in-line fuel pump which I believe was a Lucas or CAV. In the center of the stop lever was an excess fuel button for cold starting, which had to be depressed prior to starting the engine. It made cold starts very easy with no ether or manifold heaters. You might want to see if your engine has this feature.

Ford was big on that idea. We had a few rough terrain forklifts with the 3 cylinder English built(Dagenham) Ford diesels. We didn't have them installed, but the cold start kit was the extra injector in the intake "log" along with a glow plug to set the puddle of fuel afire. Seemed awfully crude, but I guess it worked for them.

 

[Bill Stockard]

Ford was big on that idea. We had a few rough terrain forklifts with the 3 cylinder English built(Dagenham) Ford diesels. We didn't have them installed, but the cold start kit was the extra injector in the intake "log" along with a glow plug to set the puddle of fuel afire. Seemed awfully crude, but I guess it worked for them.

Yep, that was used on some Perkins engines too. We called them "flame throwers". The engine actually sucked some of the flaming fuel into the cylinders for additional heat which aided the cold starts. As you say, "Crude, but it worked".



Bill