[AT] Kohler Question

Tue Oct 3 07:15:12 PDT 2006

Of course if the half and half is significantly colder than the coffee it 
might work.  LOL

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
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> ROTFLMAO!  The next time McDonalds offers free coffee on Monday's, I'm
> going to have to try hooking two cups together with a straw!  That ought
> to be worth a few laughs and at least 15 minutes conversation with my
> coffee-drinking buddy who is a retired chemist.
>
> Larry
>
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> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charlie hill
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 7:26 AM
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>
> Larry,
>
> Infusion works pretty well on a cup of coffee and half and half but it
> you
> hooked 2 cups of coffee together with a couple of hoses and poured the
> half
> and half into one cup I don't think it would "infuse" too far into the
> other.   Like you said, there's too much at stake to try it.
>
> How about mixing some anti-freeze/water solution and pumping it into the
>
> system through one hose until all of the clear water runs out the other
> and
> is replaced by the mixture.  If there is a thermostat it would have to
> be
> removed first.  Pump into the lower hose and out the upper hose.
>
> Charlie
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
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>
>> LOL!  Infusion is a real phenomenon.  We use it and control it
>> regularly.  Tea and bouillon work pretty well by the infusion process
>> all the time.  Black coffee and half & half will work almost all the
>> time. If you know what you are doing, coffee stirrers are an
> unnecessary
>> product.  They don't even necessarily speed up the process of mixing
>> compared to what infusion can do all by itself.  But the whole idea of
>> some of the fancy espresso coffees you can have made at Starbucks is
> to
>> keep infusion from working at all.  Some gourmet restaurants make a
>> point of serving bowls of soup that are split right down the middle
> with
>> two different soups on opposite sides of the bowl with zero infusion.
> I
>> can trust infusion to work when I pour a bottle of HEET or add Stabil
>> into a gas tank even after it's full, but the bottom line is that I
>> wouldn't want to trust infusion for anti-freeze distribution.  There's
>> too much at stake if it doesn't work.
>>
>> Larry
>>
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>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of George
> Willer
>> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 9:33 PM
>> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
>> Subject: RE: [AT] Kohler Question
>>
>> Alan,
>>
>> I know the theory... but it doesn't hold for thermosiphon systems.  I
>> expect
>> the Kohler has a thermosiphon system. (no water pump nor thermostat)
>>
>> There are a bazillion Farmall cubs with busted radiator tanks as
> proof.
>> We
>> presume people depended on the solution to blend itself but it
> doesn't.
>> The
>> water lays in the bottom and freezes at the first opportunity,
> breaking
>> an
>> expensive casting.
>>
>> It isn't even likely it will circulate when the engine runs because of
>> the
>> difference in density.  ALWAYS MIX THE WATER AND ANTIFREEZE BEFORE
>> ADDING IT
>> TO THE SYSTEM.
>>
>> George Willer
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-
>>> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Alan Nadeau
>>> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 5:25 PM
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>>>
>>> Ethylene Glycol and Water form a solution.  I don't remember exactly
>> the
>>> terminology but the components in a solution will combine to the same
>>> proportions throughout the solution.  On the theoretical level it
>> should
>>> be
>>> possible to drain half the water, refill with anti-freeze and the
>>> materials
>>> will go into solution by themselves, given some undetermined time
>> period.
>>>
>>> Would it be possible to pull the spark plugs, so it would turn
> easily,
>>> remove the thermostat so coolant could flow freely and crank it over
>> for
>>> several minute or two bursts with a booster battery?  An engine with
>> no
>>> compression won't load the starter to overheat it for quite a while.
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