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- Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:11 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: methanol burner
- Replies: 19
- Views: 486
Re: methanol burner
12 dollars a gallon for an industrial chemical...geesh! Things sure have changed from my racing days. :shock: In the 1980s, I could buy a 55 gallon drum of technically-pure methanol (what VP Racing Fuels claims to be selling) for about $1.70 per gallon. The commercial grade (typically 98.0 to 98....
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:06 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: methanol burner
- Replies: 19
- Views: 486
Re: methanol burner
One thing to be noted is methanol will corrode bare aluminum. Any aluminum parts that are to be in contact with methanol should be hard anodized.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:39 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: fuel topic
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1851
Re: fuel topic
The "green energy" scam of solar and wind power is going to fade away... Solar and wind are fine energy sources...as long as the sky is clear and there’s a breeze. :D In my area, depending on those two things is too much like playing the slots in Las Vegas to support one’s family. The b...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:40 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: fuel topic
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1851
Re: fuel topic
That’s because flaming dinosaurs all smell the same.
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:00 am
- Forum: The Photo Album
- Topic: tractor engine top end rebuild
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2054
Re: tractor engine top end rebuild
liveaboard wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:55 pmTailpipe emissions are still pretty bad; apparently these old things are just that way. there is some visible smoke when it's gunned.
The smoke comes out to let you know the thing is running.
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:28 pm
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: EMD F7 in SCALE
- Replies: 272
- Views: 271759
Re: EMD F7 in SCALE
jscarmozza wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:36 amSteggy, I have a question about the pivot link in your diagram labeled item #2. Does that link hang vertical when the brakes are off or is it at some angle to vertical?
See below for how I have it. The angle isn’t critical.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:36 pm
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: EMD F7 in SCALE
- Replies: 272
- Views: 271759
Re: EMD F7 in SCALE
jscarmozza wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:36 pmBeautiful work Steggy, I’m going to try and do what you did but in 1” scale.
Thanks! How do you plan to do the propulsion in your F-unit?
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:40 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Steam thing! New pictures!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 962
Re: Steam thing!
Bones, the easiest way I have found to put photos in here is to use Flickr to store the images, rather than onsite. This is an old forum...with its own series of foolishness. (that's not to say it's bad, it's wonderful that we have a forum like this) The problem is social media sites such as Flickr...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:13 am
- Forum: The Photo Album
- Topic: tractor engine top end rebuild
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2054
Re: tractor engine top end rebuild
And BMW used to specify that the flywheel bolts were "use once and throw away". Most of us did not...except maybe the racers... Any time I removed the clutch and flywheel from my race car’s engine, I replaced the fasteners. Take it from me: there’s nothing quite as exciting as have the c...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:07 am
- Forum: The Photo Album
- Topic: tractor engine top end rebuild
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2054
Re: tractor engine top end rebuild
At the bottom of each cylinder where it rests on the block, there is a thin steel shim or two as required to get the correct piston height. Well, cylinder height really. One is 0.5mm thick and I had to use another of 0.25mm on each. No sealant, no rubber, nada. How this keeps the oil inside is a my...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:17 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: USA Trip from San Francisco to Las Vegas
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1237
Re: USA Trip from San Francisco to Las Vegas
Greg_Lewis wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:46 amA detour over to Virginia City will take you to the Virginia and Truckee railroad.
Aside from the railroad aspect, Virginia City (Nevada) is historically interesting from a Wild West perspective.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:51 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Completed Locomotive Stand
- Replies: 6
- Views: 612
Re: Completed Locomotive Stand
Nice job. Looks as though it could almost support a full-sized Northern, or at least an EMD SW1000.