[AT] If a manifold

[Ken Knierim]

I agree with Charlie... Stick around, Gene. The "delete" key is your friend. :)

Ken in AZ

On 1/30/07, charlie hill <chill8 at suddenlink.net> wrote:
> Don't do that Gene.  Just ignore it.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kgw" <gwaugh at wowway.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] If a manifold
>
>
> > Well, when Walt was being an ass, I posted a note that got me a personal
> > note from Spencer, so I'm not going to do that here----will just leave.
> > Bye to all the neat folks out there, it's always a shame to keep seeing
> > how one bad apple keeps rotting the whole bin.
> >
> > Gene Waugh
> >
> > Kevin wrote:
> >> we know he hasn't brazed a
> >> manifold.  Visible red shows up just a little over 900 F.  An engine with
> >> ------------------------------------
> >> Now i use a combine manifold off a (715/705 dont rember was a 301 engine
> >> that went on freinds pulling 460) on our Farmall M, and one of the end
> >> ears were broke but the peice was still there. So i got the big idea that
> >> i could save $$$ by brazing it.  I used lots of Borax mule powder a vice
> >> and propane scrappers cutting torch, bronze rod 3/16"
> >> Well before I could bolt it on it had to visit the machine shop to cut it
> >> true again ( wish i new abt that goop or glue)
> >> $80 dollars and i could bolt it on.
> >> I dont see why anyone thats ever done much of anything couldnt braze a
> >> manifold or any iron object.
> >> Now one that will really make you literaly make ya pull your hair is a
> >> skillet
> >> Once in awhile i get to an auction, and they was a Wagner Sydney, Ohio
> >> square skillet in a box of smuge pots that i won bid on.
> >> I throw the skillets in a hot fire to clean out whatever thr PO had used
> >> it for.
> >> after abt 15 minutes that thing poped like a gunshot. It was the skillet
> >> poped a crack across the middle 3/4 way and open crack 1/2 inch. If you
> >> think fixing a manifold is hard for whatever reason, you need to try a
> >> skillet. thinking about that skillet, im gonna get out a dozen eggs and
> >> scramble them up in a minute throw in about 1/2 # of cheese and fry up a
> >> couple pounds of jawmeat, pan of biscuits. and a quart of elderberry
> >> jelly some goat milk butter. Gettin low on cholestrol :-)
> >> A 3 1/2hp Briggs lawnmower engine will approach 1700f  if ya take off the
> >> muffler, unhitch the governor fillit with gas and start it up let it run
> >> wide open for 15 minutes if its still running. Theres a good chance it
> >> may even be hotter than 1700. and you should know  about aluminum  after
> >> pouring those toy flywheels, I can melt about 1/2 gallon of aluminum at a
> >> time in 10-15 minutes with a little coal an a vacume cleaner.
> >> So the Briggs has alumnium alloy piston aluminum block, head so why dont
> >> it melt the head ? If i had a theromometer that register 2000+ i would do
> >> it now just to see. IF  IF IF>> Is spencer let Walt back on the list ?
> >> I seen where someone was talking about him Walt was one that told me not
> >> to throw the combine manifold away, to fix it.
> >> He was right it worked, just no way around the machine shop.
> >> So I kinda bought it anyways in the long run.
> >> I am mighty proud you can braze cast by yourself.
> >> Dont let others implicate that you cant do nothing, just do it.
> >> a broken ear to fix is easy, a crystlized rusted through, casting is
> >> nothing left to braze to. Gotta glue and bake and hope an pray that it
> >> wont burn that glue up, i seen some type material that is supposed to
> >> take the heat and turn like toilet bowl material when baked. an may hold
> >> if it werent right in front of one of the ex ports. At 2000 rpm there is
> >> a lot of pressure mixed in the heat even on a 123
> >> I gotta get them egg and bacon frying
> >> Wish yall the best with the manifold !
> >>
> >> Ironman
> >> Kevin Mosier
> >> 270-388-4052
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