[AT] Pacer back online

Tue Apr 11 12:09:22 PDT 2017

Interestingly (or not :-) ) we are driving through Portland IN at this very
minute...
On Apr 11, 2017 3:01 PM, "Bruce Fallon" <bfallon at whidbey.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Sewell, Steven
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2017 9:34 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Pacer back online
>
> 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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> <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> on behalf of Stephen Offiler
> <soffiler at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2017 8:40:42 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Pacer back online
>
> 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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