[AT] rod bearings

[Gene's Wowway e-mail]

It is not absolute, but frequently you can get an idea of the age of a house 
by looking inside the toilet tanks; the date of manufacture is often cast 
in.

GeneW

-----Original Message----- 
From: Larry Goss
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 8:39 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] rod bearings

I was born and raised in a Sears Roebuck house.  When we did extensive 
remodeling in 1957 and removed all the plaster walls and ceilings, we 
removed the wallpaper, first.  (Don't ask me why, but we did it that way.) 
The workmen had written the date in grease pencil on the wall prior to 
installing the wallpaper (1914).  It's not a precise method for dating 
construction, but it gives a good indication of the time period.  When I 
pulled the old kitchen cabinets out to remodel the house I'm currently 
living in, the name and date for the original cabinet order was written on 
the back of the base cabinets.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 7:58:53 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] rod bearings

It works for a lot of products.   I've always suspected the house I live in
was built in the early 50's but had no way to confirm the date.  A few weeks
ago, while re-modeling the bathroom I removed the old cast iron tub.  Cast
into the bottom of the tub was a date from 1954.  That still doesn't tell me
when the house was built but I know one of two things.  It wasn't built
before 1954 OR the bathtub has been changed out since it was built (not
likely).

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Grant Brians
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 7:50 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] rod bearings

This practice has been standard in many if not most internal auto parts and
machinery parts manufacturing as a means of making sure that inventory and
quality control are easier to maintain. Check out many of your computer
semiconductor parts and the printed dates and/or lot codes on them. Today
the packages are likely to have a bar code on them and that is the modern
equivalent with the computerization of many of the stamping practices of
old. Having them stamped with the manufacturing date also does help the
person today though because then there is an indication as to the materials
used and the likely timeframe of whether the engine is original or had been
rebuilt between manufacture date and now.
         Grant Brians
         Hollister,California Vegetable, Nuts and Fruit farmer

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of john hall
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 6:57 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] rod bearings


I've noticed in quite a few engines I've torn down that the rod bearings
have what appears to be the manufacturing date stamped on them. Anybody else
noticed this and know why?

John Hall
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