[AT] Cleaning out Tractor cooling system

[two4ac at earthlink.net]

I bet his system was flushed.  lol

David D. Gibson
1941 Allis Chalmers B
1942 Allis Chalmers C
1947 Allis Chalmers C
1948 Allis Chalmers C
1972 Allis Chalmers Homesteader
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Cleaning out Tractor cooling system


> Ralph,
>
> I was at a friends house years ago.  Another friend came in and looked in 
> the refridgerator for something cool to drink.  Someone had set a quart 
> jar of white vinegar in the fridge for some reason.
> The guy mistook it for a quart of water and chugged about half of it down 
> before he realized his mistake.  He made a heck of a face!
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
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> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 9:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Cleaning out Tractor cooling system
>
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: charlie hill <chill8 at cox.net>
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 2:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Cleaning out Tractor cooling system
>>
>>
>>> I don't know why it wouldn't work Fred.  Vinegar is good at breaking 
>>> down
>>> mineral deposits.  I run some through my coffee maker every now and 
>>> then.
>>> Seems to me like it would work fine at cleaning a cooling system. 
>>> Thanks
>>> for the idea
>> It makes terrible coffee though Charlie. :-) I actually heard of this
>> happening where somebody forgot to remove the vinegar before they made 
>> the
>> next pot of coffee.
>> Re: radiator cleaning, I think I've mentioned before how my Dad used to 
>> put
>> lye in the cooling systems to flush them out. I can't say just how safe 
>> this
>> would be on the innards of the system but don't recall him having any
>> problems with the engines . The old flathead Ford truck would still run 
>> hot
>> if you pushed it too hard with a load of grain on it.
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
>> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
>>
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