Not an option....lived in a third floor apartment in the inner city...happiness was a warm battery and 10 mL of diethyl ether. J. William Hirzy, Ph.D. Chemist In Residence Phone: 202-885-1780 ACTSNYC**At_Symbol_Here**CS.COM Sent by: DCHAS-L Discussion List01/29/2010 09:08 PM Please respond to DCHAS-L Discussion List To DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU cc Subject Re: [DCHAS-L] Ether - Motor Priming Grade Back in the day, when I worked in the lab and had access and drove a 1959 Volvo in the frigid midwestern winter, parking on the street, I would take the battery out, bring it inside to keep warm for the next morning, then re-install it, pour about 10 mL of diethyl ether onto the strangely vertical carbeurator air filter, and that baby fired right up every day--no problem Does this mean you didnt have what all the rest of us had: an electric wire and plug hanging out the front grill connected to a block warmer? Of course and extension cord reaching to the street could be a problem. Monona
Not an option....lived in a third floor apartment in the inner city...happiness was a warm battery and 10 mL of diethyl ether.J. William Hirzy, Ph.D.
Chemist In Residence
Phone: 202-885-1780
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Back in the day, when I worked in the lab and had access and drove a 1959 Volvo in the frigid midwestern winter, parking on the street, I would take the battery out, bring it inside to keep warm for the next morning, then re-install it, pour about 10 mL of diethyl ether onto the strangely vertical carbeurator air filter, and that baby fired right up every day--no problem
Does this mean you didnt have what all the rest of us had: an electric wire and plug hanging out the front grill connected to a block warmer? Of course and extension cord reaching to the street could be a problem.
Monona
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