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[Jim Thomson]

Bo,


 That is one impressive party! I haven't had decent crawfish since the last time I visited New Orleans back in 1986. Once you get the engine running again I would love to hear it run.



Jim Thomson

Rehoboth, MA 02769

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> 
>     On March 16, 2017 at 2:36 PM Bo Hinch <bohinch at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>     Just a short note to let the world know how stupid we as humans can be at
>     times .On saturday march 11th , I had a little gathering at my home / shop
>     to have a crawfish boil ( 500 lbs ) , 20 racks of pork ribs , 40 lbs.
>     catfish along with fries and all the trimmings . Photos enclosed if your
>     interested , just click on the link . As in the past years , all of the
>     children and grownups cant hardly wait till about 2pm to start and run the old ( 105 years old ) 20 hp Bessemer engine . As in the past , I have been trying to teach some of the younger folks to get it ready to start ( oil , heat hot tube & hook up propane bottle ) and when it is ready , I work the air valve to roll it over and control the fuel valve . To make a long story short , it did not want to run , it would try , BACKFIRE , run a few rounds on its on then quit . After about 10 minutes , it backfired back into the air starting tank and blew the air hose off giving me the worst whipping Iv had in a many years , BETWEEN my leggs . After the second time
>     doing this , it was getting to be serious business so we quit . Monday the
>     13th after doing a lot of thinking , I finally figured out WHY it wouldn't
>     run . They failed to REMOVE the 2" pipe plug on the air intake side so the
>     engine couldn't get any fresh air . Plug is there to keep out bees and
>     anything else when just sitting up . I think there is a short video of the
>     hose coming off and giving me my first whipping . I have since made up a
>     startup check list which I should of had in the beginning .
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