Video of Holt 45?

The video of the Holt 45 was pretty good.
Two other videos attached were of starting a D9 and a 60 Diesel conversion.
The D9 starting engine was started at full throttle and it looked like it was a very cold day. I wonder if he starts his pickup at full throttle on a cold morning? As soon as the diesel starts to turn over it;s smoking. Why do people start a cold Diesel with the throttle in the on position? That pumps raw fuel into cold combustion cylinders and all you're doing is washing down the cylinder walls reducing compression.
Read the operators manual on starting a Diesel equipped with a starting engine and no where does it say to "open the throttle first". If that so called operator would have allowed the starting engine to warm up a bit, it would have circulated some warm water to the Diesel engine and warmed up the intake manifold, plus reduced a lot of wear on the starting engine. Then, if he would have run the Diesel engine with compression "on", it would have built up heat in the cylinders and started a lot better.
It is so unprofessional to start a Diesel engine the way both the D9 and Diesel 60 operator started those engines. The majority start a Starting engine equipped Diesel Engine the "wrong way".
Come on guys, lets get it right and save your engines and reduce the amount of "Holding the bendix
engaged". Start them the right way and you'll see very little smoke(un burned fuel) and it makes you
"LOOK A LOT MORE PROFESSIONAL" Bill Walter

Bill, very well said. I see guys at shows that don't run the diesel on compression to warm it up. My Diesel Thirty-Five will start at 10 below if the main is run on compression for 20 or 30 minutes. Thanks for posting this reminder. GWH

At 14 above 0 F. in Denver this morning, would have to run on compression for a while before starting. Much, much better than watching someone try to start cold with ether. I hate to see ether applied as the first measure in starting a cold engine. Yet, a lot of guys do it. GWH