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From: Frank McCoy <mccoyf@millcomm.com>
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Subject: Re: Windmills
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 20:28:51 -0600
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In alt.fan.frank.mccoy ararghmail511NOSPAM@NOW.AT.arargh.com wrote:
>On 7 Nov 2005 04:58:40 -0800, "younthing" <bettebates@optonline.net>
>wrote:
>
>>ararghmail511NOSPAM@NOW.AT.arargh.com wrote:
>>> On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 10:06:53 -0600, Frank McCoy <mccoyf@millcomm.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> <snip<
>>> >>And faster. :-)
>>
>>You sound just like my hubby, a real brain. Well, Frank is too.
>>Actually Frank is a lot like my hubby.
>>Anywho, it is fun to read your posts and sit their wondering what the
>>hell does this mean.
>>That's ok, I was not trained to configure or understand computors. I
>>use to train dogs at the S.P.C.A. Now that was a blast.
>>It is so much fun to read Franks' reply and your answer back to him.
>>Hell, he can take a car apart and put it back together in a 4-5 days.
>BTDT. But only the engine and tranny. The rest was welded together.
>Too much trouble. :-) But, I took a few weeks. I wasn't in any
>hurry.
>
This was only the engine.
And it took about two weeks.
But that was only because *I* wasn't in any hurry.
OTOH, I've overhauled and rebuilt a *small* engine (about 8hp) in a hair under
four hours. I'm not really a mechanic ... I just have mechanical skills. A
*real* mechanic would do a complete rebuild of both engine and tranny in under 8
hours. Me, I have to do too many things *slowly*, just so I can place the parts
so I know in which order to reassemble them; stopping to label parts, if the
thing is complicated enough, so I will know when it comes time to reassemble,
which bolt goes in which hole (and that's counting the bolts that *must* be
replaced, as well). It surprised me to know that when putting an engine back
together, unlike so many other things, it's *mandatory* that you replace certain
bolts *every time*. It seems that when you torque head-bolts and such, the bolt
is *designed* to stretch a certain amount, to give the right ... uh ... spring
and keep it tight. But when taken out, it's already *been* stretched; and if
you try to use it again, it'll be too long and thus won't properly tighten. In
fact, you're liable to break the thing off inside the head, if you try.
One of so many *little* things you're supposed to know *before* you start taking
an engine apart. Things like: Don't re-use gaskets. In most cases, you buy a
complete *set* of gaskets for the whole engine ... or make new ones out of
gasket-material, if they don't have it for that particular part. The reason
being similar to the reason for not reusing head-bolts.
>>What a mechanic. Actually, Frank can do just about anythings. ;-}
>>
>>Yet, it is his delghtful stories that turn me on. YUM.
>>youngthing
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