[AT] Pacer back online

Tue Apr 11 11:49:58 PDT 2017

Like most things with age the tales get taller and the boots need to be
higher.    Great to be on this list. 

Bruce Fallon
Langley, WA 98260

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My memory is that I could not see the dyno operator due to all of the smoke
coming from the belt and dyno.  [?]

Steve Sewell
Albany, Ohio USA
sewell at ohio.edu<mailto:sewell at ohio.edu>
sewell at atis.net<mailto:sewell at atis.net>

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Sent: Monday, April 10, 2017 8:40:42 PM
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Spencer - I was there, but my memory has never been my strong suit and
surely isn't improving with age ;-)  That said... did he holler, or, did he
hold up fingers?

SO

On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 7:35 PM, Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:

> Ouch!    I must admit I almost didn't recognize myself with dark hair :-)
>
> 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.
>
> Spencer Yost
>
>
>
> Spencer Yost
> > On Apr 10, 2017, at 7:04 PM, Paul L Waugh <paul at plwaugh.com> wrote:
> >
> > very true for me, Phil
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> >> 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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