[AT] AT ---I got lucky

H. L. Staples hlstaples at mcloudteleco.com
Sat Jan 22 18:47:34 PST 2005


Hope you also topped off the Anti Freeze, after getting the plugs back in
place.   I didn't know what kind of story we were gonna hear by looking at
the subject line. 
 
H. L. Staples
McLoud, Oklahoma
USA
-------Original Message-------
 
From: Bruce Fallon
Date: 01/22/05 20:08:58
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] I got lucky
 
We have a spot in our community road which is soft and with the freezing
weather we had 2 weeks ago the ground froze trapping the water below. When
it thawed the first of this week it made a real mess and difficult for some
to go through as it is an uphill grade also.  Today I fired up the Huber and
graded out the soft oozy stuff and had a guy bring in 3 yds of crushed rock
spread and graded it into it.
I went to fire up the Moline as it was attached to the 1 ton roller to roll
the rock down, and when it fired I had water spraying everywhere by the fan.
Seems I didn't have as much antifreeze in it as I thought. It pushed out 2
freeze plugs.
  I have been very lucky with this thing.  This is the one I bought on the
Charity auction in 1998.  It had a freeze plug out then between the cylinder
heads which I was able to reseat with a wonder bar by wedging it in between
heads.
This time it was block plugs one in the front set of jugs behind the fan and
the other between the jugs.  I was able to reseat the one between the jugs
with the wonder bar just like before and the one behind the fan I was able
to reseat  with a bar also. I filled it with water and ran it for about 45
minutes with no leaks. No water in the oil and no leaks.  Sometimes you get
lucky.
 
Bruce Fallon
Freeland WA. 98249
bfallon at whidbey.com
 
 
 
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