Recent content by nonxcompos

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    Roof rats information

    Years ago we were prowling around an old tumble-down little house in a beach community in Cent Calif (had an old rustbucket Willys-Knight in 4-5' tall grass and brush)... Noticed a big fat glossy black rat on the roof; he/she followed us completely around the place, along the edge of the roof...
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    OT: Cue P: TMI

    Cue: sent an email thru the system re TMI source(s); post here if doesn"t come thru. Bud
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    John deere 55

    Pity the poor parts man....FWIW: 1976 Fel-Pro shows , under 55, 55R Combine, Herc QXD3 and 217 (gas), both 6's... 1994 Clevite shows, for 55 Combine, early and late gas versions, 217 gas, early and late diesel versions, 248 diesel, and the 6303 gas and diesel... (those may refer to early and...
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    Friday forklift

    You"ll want to search (Google and the archives here) for Jacob Love, Love tractors, and David/Dave Friday and Friday tractors. Dave was Jacob"s son-in-law (?); they worked together for awhile(?) until Dave set up himself(?) (reports differ; mislaid my notes). Both built variations of the...
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    oily rad fins

    Yes, the oil will negatively affect heat transfer; it may not be all of your problem but it"s certainly not helping cooling, especially if the oily surfaces are collecting dust etc.
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    OT ThreeMileIsland info for noncompos

    Cue:Sorry about bad email (I do spell better than I type)...([email protected]) (1)TMI/Chernobyl: Of course, you're absolutely correct; they're completely different designs. My meaning was that TMI could've resulted in sufficiently high radiation releases that evacuation and massive cleanup...
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    know of a auto machinist forum?

    foleyengines.com has an interactive tech tips and advice section that might be helpful... You might check on IATN.net: Int'l Automotive Technicians Network. It's a membership group, don't recall cost, and don't know how much benefit to machining end of business. Good luck.
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    OT scams and bad days

    Geez...I thought I was a conspiracy theorist, but I see I"m just a beginner...
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    IH 500D Loader

    external_link is supposed to be the "authorized" IH literature outlet; they're supposed to have original manuals etc (reprints, I assume) for everything IH ever built. I know nothing about them, personally. Good luck.
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