Emergency shut down mod

[randydupree2000]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Tom Warner
wrote:
>ahhh tom,that is a classic classroom approach to shutting it
down,when in real life in a not perfect world and an engine running
wide open not 3 feet from you about the only thing you can do is knock
off a filter or line and hope it runs out of fuel before it blows all
to hell. i've tried the air thing,and the only way that works is if
you have the air cleaner off the engine and you have a board handy
that will cover the air horn,not almost cover it,and it has to be
small enough to get it in that area,then of course you have to have
the nerve to hold that board over the air horn until it dies.most
times to use that board on a truck means you have to climb up on a
tire to get to the air horn. remember,you have only seconds to either
run,or be a hero. i shoved a raincoat into a detroit blower to try to
cut the air off,it slowed down about 300 rpm's,i took a sledge hammer
and knocked the fuel filter off,but before it died it slung the clutch
out,all over the parking lot.that was the first one i had run
away,after that i never tried the air thing again..
randy
> There is only one sure fire way to shut down a runnaway diesel and
> that is to shut off the air. Since it is caused by either oil or
fuel
> getting sucked into the intake past worn or blown turbocharger seals
> then the only control you have is thru the air that it needs to keep
> running. If this ever happens the quickest way to shut it down if
> the emergency shut off does not work is to aim a fire extinguisher
at
> the air intake and give it a blast.
>
> Tom Warner
> Vernon Center,NY
> 1985 PT 40
>