One of the reasons I am happy to have Gump. she will go on and on and
on... using rancid veggie oil or rendered democrats when the collapse
of Amerika happens.
clay
On Sep 15, 2009, at 8:50 AM, Rich Thomas wrote:
So will our diesels still start and run after the EMP blast? I
would think
The glow plugs can be started by directly jumping them- connect a jumper
cable between the battery and terminal on the relay, and then start the
engine.
I really doubt that the starter or battery would be affected by an EMP
pulse.
My 190DT would probably lose it's idle control computer as we
Strangely I was talking to somebody about this today...
I figure my 240D is the ultimate post apocalypse car. No radio after the emp
though. Figure there probably won't be many stations.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:50:36 -0400
From: Rich Thomas
Subject: [MBZ] Post-Apocalypse Planni
Rich Thomas wrote:
Fuel can be stockpiled (there was a guy in the woodworkers club who was
some kind of fringe religion member, he had about 1000gal of diesel in a
tote for the Y2K apocalypse that never happened) or can be made, or just
run veggie oil.
Making fuel, or running veggie, require
I could bypass the relay, just put a manual switch in there. The
starter might not take the voltage spike though? Would not want to
resort to hand cranking. Might have to do some rewiring to get
everything happy again.
Fuel can be stockpiled (there was a guy in the woodworkers club who was
On Sep 15, 2009, at 11:50 AM, Rich Thomas wrote:
So will our diesels still start and run after the EMP blast? I would
think so, if the starter and battery don't fry. The ACC probably
won't, but it doesn't now, so that won't be an issue.
--R
EMP will take out the glow plug relays. Start
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Subject: [MBZ] Post-Apocalypse Planning
So will our diesels still start and run after the EMP blast? I would
think so, if the starter and battery don't fry. The ACC probably won't,
but it doesn't now, so that won't be an issue.
--R
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So will our diesels still start and run after the EMP blast? I would
think so, if the starter and battery don't fry. The ACC probably won't,
but it doesn't now, so that won't be an issue.
--R
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