gratulation tone, a big step forward also for the community…
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This honestly is making me wonder where exactly the glow plugs are located in my Kubota tractor. I need to find a technical manual for the engine.
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Thank you my friends for the kind words, I wrote above that the ignition may be a little late, but I was wrong, when the load is less, it works great, but when it works for a long time with a higher load, it coughs because the ignition happens too early. As you have seen, I only have a switch for turning on the glow plugs, here I will add a power regulator, which will allow the temperature of the plugs to be reduced and thus less pre-ignition, at least I think that will be the case. Another option is ignition with spark plugs, but not yet, as this method of ignition is very interesting.
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This is another very important development. Perhaps it will contribute to the reliability, ease of use and cost effectiveness of gasifier engine systems. Perhaps large manufacturers will notice now. But I think that even more important than this is the nozzle Tone put in lower part of his gasifier.
Rindert
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“Nothing new under the sun”. My ass…
Lets take a moment and think about this. It works, crude as it is. With fine tooning and more tests, inputs… this could be a breaktrugh. Here, suitible donour petrol powered vehicles are next to non existant nowdays and geting even rarer. And lm sure its similar in the rest of the world.
Tone just presented us with an easy way to convert a diesel to 100% woodgas. An unlimited amount of high compression, efficient engines to be used for the cause can be found preety much round the globe.
This will probably present a lot of chalanges, specialy in other engines like cars and trucks, but if anyone can figure it out its Tone. My hat is off and lm proud to call you a friend.
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What Kristijan said 
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What others said 
Im not surprised, you are really a super inventor, that not hesitate to try something new 
You have proved it: for Tone nothing is impossible, it’s just a matter of time and tools…
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Its not the case over here or at least in my area, diesel engines are COVETED! If they were available en mass like you guys have on the other side of the pond i would have never gotten into woodgas, i would be neck deep in black diesel production with centrifuge and 300 gallons ibc totes and filters and the whole works. I have owned ONE diesel in my entire life, my isuzu pup. I could not happen upon one of those for anything, but i lucked out working at a junk yard and bought the complete drivtrain out of a chevy luv. Then swapped it all into my dads blown up pup. Still feel a fool for selling it, that truck got 40mpg no matter how hard you pushed on it. Small diesel engines were really not embraced here, only the big 3 ford chev dodge were known for them and are to this day are HIGHLY sought after, coupled with a lack of newer vehicles for sale they have sky rocketed in price the last 2 years. A 1994-2002 dodge diesel was sold new for 15-20,000$ and they are currently market valued at 25-40,000$ no matter the milage, damage, rust. Ford super dutys are worth their weight in gold fo4 instance my service truck that just got totalled was kelly blue book at 9000$, open market thats a 35,000$ truck. Still waiting to see what insurance will do with that one.
And now Tone has me searching for another small diesel engine again. Options that can be found with somewhat regularity are vw and a once in a blue moon isuzu i mark both 70’s vintage with often 300,000 plus miles not running, burning oil and wrecked.
A few newer diesels with common rail injection and computers not to my taste and highly over priced
I do have sitting at the shop a pair of 2 cylinder Kohler? Engines. Very very heavy air cooled, No real use for them though unless i want to try to re power a geo metro maybe
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Yup to what Marcus is saying here, the brand new diesel in trucks here are to over and highly automated and failing on the roads every day. People want the older ones that are more reliable and don’t leave you stranded on the side of the road with a hauling trailer to be towed too into the shop for a expensive automation shut down big $$$$$ repairs.
There are new diesel trucks sitting in the dealership lots over priced all over the USA. Only the very rich can afford to buy worthless for real work new trucks.
Bob
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Wow Tone. I only experience failure when it comes to woodgas. What a breakthrough. I didnt want to blabber until I accomplished some real things but this to good to keep my mouth shut.
Diesels are almost for free overhere. Not wanted by the government. 180 turnaround sice the 80’s. I missed this one. It is a client and me busy working clockround. Now the bidding has started. Surprise surprise.
Old diesels can be cheap. Only not this one.
Keep them coming Tone
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I remember the VW Rabbits getting something like 50 mph. I think the bad rap was starting trouble and emissions, but don’t really remember. I thought that when they pull all the VW’s off the lots because of faked Emission tests that they would be making crazy deals to get rid of those but also don’t remember how that worked out. I see that Ford is setting up their new vehicles to screw up if you don’t make the payments. Not sure I’d want one even if it was free.
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The way things are working out the auto industries it is best to buy a use good old car that had good reviews on it when it was made. 1992 to 1995 Dodge trucks for one to buy. Hard to find but just keep looking.
May we can start a thread on all the great models and makes of cars that were proven to be great vehicles. Like the Volvo, and diesel makes a models
Bob
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I took some time this afternoon to test it, I moved the glow plugs a little further away so that less area is exposed to ignite the gas, the result is better, well, at the top of the hill you will be able to feel the power drop, when I reduce the gas, it starts working fine again .,
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Hard to say for sure on video but to me it defenetly sounds much different.
Im wondering… how wuld it be possible to determine the angle of ignition in such a sistem? Probably wery hard…
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If I lived next door, you wold get sick of me coming over to watch you work. You make it look easy.
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Tone, I wish there was a Nobel price woodgas category. I would nominate you.
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I feel priviliged right now 
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Hello Kristijan
I also noticed some difference in motor sound
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When Tone gets all the bugs out, we shuld ask him to do a video of the whole transition. Sound wise. Diesel, then woodgas plus pilot ignition and then the glowplug woodgas ignition. We have an unique machine here that can show us 3 types of combustion at once.
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It sounds very strong and normal. I think you got a different camera that doesn’t sound like the engine is a semi-submerged bubble machine. 
I wonder how hard and what materials would be required to make those glow plugs in case they burned out, and could not be purchased.
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