[AT] Pacer back online

[Paul L Waugh]

ROFLMAO


On 4/10/2017 7:35 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> Ouch!    I must admit I almost didn't recognize myself with dark hair :-)
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> For those who weren't there it was a pretty simple story:  we  hooked the belt pulley up to the dyno and the operator simply hollered out the results "1-7-3".  Everyone in the crowd looks stunned in amazement. Some people tried to insist the dyno operator meant to imply a decimal point, but i don't think so.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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> Spencer Yost
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> Spencer Yost
>> On Apr 10, 2017, at 7:04 PM, Paul L Waugh <paul at plwaugh.com> wrote:
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>> very true for me, Phil
>>
>> Paul
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>>> On 4/10/2017 4:16 PM, Phil Auten wrote:
>>> Not just the operator, Paul. I suspect it's holding it's age better than
>>> most of us. :o(
>>>
>>> Phil in TX
>>>
>>>>> On 4/10/2017 3:00 PM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
>>>>> I stole this picture off Dean Vinson's page...
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I must correct you.  That was 173HP that day on the dyno
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just between us friends I'll admit that kind of power why I took the
>>>>>> weights off the rear wheels.  The Pacer kept spinning the tires off the
>>>>>> rims. (-;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Spencer Yost
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Apr 10, 2017, at 12:18 PM, Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 143 HP back in action. Those of us that were there that day at Portland
>>>>>>> will always remember that cloud of smoke around the dyno as the mighty
>>>>>>> Pacer amazed the crowd and the guy signaled 1 - 4 - 3...  :-)
>>>>>>>> On Apr 10, 2017 9:41 AM, "Spencer Yost" <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks! That is the paint job from my restoration in the mid-1990s. It
>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> still actually in very good shape but is very dirty and moldy from
>>>>>> sitting
>>>>>>>> in the shed. So the paint doesn't look that great in this picture.  The
>>>>>>>> side shield is not installed either, as I was tapping on  the starter to
>>>>>>>> get it started :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Spencer Yost
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Spencer Yost
>>>>>>>>> On Apr 9, 2017, at 9:57 PM, Paul L Waugh <paul at plwaugh.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> look good. Is that the original paint??
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 4/9/2017 9:00 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> After languishing in a shed for 5 years(split rear tire I was too
>>>>>> cheap
>>>>>>>> to replace till now), the Massey Harris Pacer is back online doing work
>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>> the farm.  It needed a starter button(not sure how that went bad just
>>>>>>>> sitting), a tune-up and carb cleaning, but was otherwise fine even tho
>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> sat for a long time.  But after about an hour the high speed circuit
>>>>>>>> plugged up a bit and need a touch of choke at high throttle.  So I am
>>>>>> going
>>>>>>>> to have to go back into the carb.  I also had forgotten the starter had
>>>>>>>> developed a flat spot and you need a block of wood to use as a hammer
>>>>>>>> handy. (-;
>>>>>>>>>> Otherwise it took care of business today.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hope you enjoy the picture.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Spencer Yost
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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