[AT] OT-seeking info/Thanks

[charlie hill]

Sounds like you were doing like some of the kids around here do when racing
stop light to stop light.  A 4x4 pickup is awesome in low range if you don't
try to go to far.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "CEE VILL" <cvee60 at hotmail.com>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT-seeking info/Thanks


> Thanks Charlie.  I was being a bad boy one night about 12 or 15 years ago.
> I sort of drag raced an older mustang from a signal light with my old "79
> 3/4 ton 4x4.  Guess I over revved it some, because one fan blade flew off
> and cut my nice new upper radiator hose almost in half.  I used electrical
> tape on it to get home, then put in a piece of galvanized pipe, double
> clamped both sides of the cut.  I had sort of forgotten that, but it is
> still that way now, so I guess it holds up o.k. The stainless sounds like
an
> excellent idea, which I hadn't thought of.  I did overcome the Mustang, by
> the way, but only by about a front fender length at the point where his
lane
> ended. Hope I have outgrown some of those bad habits.
>
> Have a good evening,
>
> Charlie V. in WNY
>
>
> >From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
> >Reply-To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> ><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >Subject: Re: [AT] OT-seeking info/Thanks
> >Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 07:55:24 -0500
> >
> >Charlie,
> >
> >I used a stainless steel nipple to do mine.  The only advantage to that
is
> >it won't rust and there might be some disadvantages for all I know.  If
you
> >go to a good hardware store you can probably find a thread to hose barb
> >nipple already made up.  If not just get something like a 3" nipple and
cut
> >one of the threaded ends off.
> >It really wouldn't hurt anything if you used a nipple with the threads
> >still
> >on it.
> >
> >Charlie Hill
>
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