[AT] Non-permanent Antifreeze???

[Thomas O. Mehrkam]

The big opening was good for cooking your lunch. Float a can of beans
or soup and when the time came you could have a warm meal.

Dean VP wrote:
> Larry:
> 
> I suspect the big opening went away when they had to go to a pressurized
> system. Prior to that they used a Thermo-syphon cooling system.  I believe
> the pressurized cooling systems got caused by the lack of copper during WWII
> and the Korean war when the radiator cores had to be made from steel rather
> than copper.
> 
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Larry D. Goss
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 2:22 PM
> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
> Subject: RE: [AT] Non-permanent Antifreeze???
> 
> Just out of curiosity, when did John Deere get away from the big wide
> filler opening on the top of the radiator?  Was that something that went
> by the wayside when Dreyfuss and company did the styled models?  That
> wide opening sure made it convenient to fill the cooling system with a
> mop bucket of water straight out of the irrigation ditch.
> 
> Larry
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Dudley Rupert
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 3:59 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: RE: [AT] Non-permanent Antifreeze???
> 
> Len,
> 
> Your' chickens - and their eggs if they were layers - probably weren't
> deficient in Iron and Copper -
> 
> Draining the radiator every time the engine is shut down - i.e., not
> letting
> cold water stand in the radiator/engine - would, I think, result in a
> cleaner cooling system -
> 
> Dudley
> Snohomish, Washington
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of Len Rugen
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 1:26 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Non-permanent Antifreeze???
> 
> 
> We used to start the tractor, add water, feed, then shut the tractor off
> and
> drain the water.  At least once a day, maybe twice.
> 
> Then watered the chickens with the hot water.....
> 
> That WAS non-permanent!
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