Close Trevor, It was a diesel starting system pre glow plug. It squirted
a spray of diesel over an element in the manifold to start a bonfire
that was then sucked into the cylinders when cranking. Featured on the
Standard diesel used in the "Grey Fergie" tractor. It was succeded by
"Thermostart" which had a little reservoir of diesel and did the
squirting automatically when the element was hot.
I was told many years ago that Kigass was originally a fuel enrichment
system for starting aircraft engines.
Johnand Muddy
trevor_easton@dofasco.ca wrote:
>
> Sandy wrote
>
> My brother had a real nice late IIa 109 that had a KIGASS screen washer.
> The part that mounted on the dash was actually the push button pump, with
> small hoses for both suction and discharge. Always liked the name and it
> seemed to do a pretty good job. This relic is in the morass I call a
> garage...somewhere....
>
> Wasn't Kigas the starter pump for tractors running on paraffin. It pumped
> some petrol into the sytem for starting>
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