[AT] F-12 - Karl Ohmsted CD - other list stuff

[charlie hill]

When Neil died he was trying to finish a book on "Harley Davidson Electrics" 
No doubt if he'd been able to finish it it would have been a big hit.   I 
miss Neil.

It would be nice to see Karl and Hank around here again too.  This list has 
lost a LOT of great people over the years.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean Vinson" <dean at vinsonfarm.net>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] F-12 - Karl Ohmsted CD - other list stuff


> Farmer wrote:
>
>> I have changed computers too many times since I last
>> heard from him and have lost his email address.
>
> Karl's e-mail address might be olmstead at ridgenet.net.  That was right a 
> couple of years ago, I believe.
>
>> I miss his reports, he always did a good job with them
>> and was always doing something interesting.
>
> No doubt he's one of the best.  I recall a long series describing getting 
> some great big old crawler running again, through patient and simple 
> tinkering, after assorted "experts" had given up on it.  Always fun to 
> read about whatever he was working on.
>
>> We used to have another expert along such lines Neil
>> (I won't even try to spell his last name but I'll bet
>> George Willer knows how) who we lost permanently some
>> time ago.
>
> Farmer, that was Neil Yerigan, and he was indeed a gentleman and a source 
> of terrific information on magnetos and tractor electrics in general. 
> He'd written a little paperback book called How to Restore Tractor 
> Magnetos, a $20 book now listed by amazon.com used-book sellers for $175 
> to $200.  Back when I had that Super M in the late 90s he patiently walked 
> me through a bunch of diagnostics and troubleshooting on the generator and 
> regulator.  Probably just about re-wrote his basic-electrics chapter for 
> me, over the course of several e-mails.
>
> On the subject of list members who've left us, does anyone know what 
> became of Hank Wessell?  I recall he had some health problems several 
> years ago and have not heard from him in quite a long time, so I fear he 
> may have passed on.  Another gentleman, generous with what he knew.
>
> Other forums get a lot of traffic these days, and I'm on some of them too, 
> but this one remains the most gentlemanly.  I don't mind the off-topic 
> posts here.  On another forum I'm on, which has a separate "coffee shop" 
> forum for more or less any subject, a lot of the threads turn into 
> political rants and can become unfriendly.  I may not read all the 
> messages here but I mighty rarely regret it when I do.
>
> Dean Vinson
> Dayton, Ohio
> www.vinsonfarm.net
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