OT - What are you doing right now?

nolaegghead

WeberWho said:

DoubleEgger said:

WeberWho said:

DoubleEgger said:

milesvdustin said:

Trying to start my tractor. Piece of junk 

I've been helping out over at the local community college with a small engine class. They shoot brake cleaner in the carbs to turn over the engines. Must be cheaper or have a ton of it. 

Yeah that’s an old shade tree mechanic trick. The problem is that brake cleaner is a solvent and will pull the oil off of the wall of the combustion chamber. This will give you a dry start. No bueno. They really shouldn’t be teaching folks the wrong way to do something. 

That's interesting. It's all donated engines or scraped motors from the community. Kids need to tear down the motor and put it back together. A shot of brake cleaner to prove it will turn over when completed. That's interesting about pulling oil off the wall. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7UrM1J1r0A

Acn

Seems about right...

milesvdustin

I tried starting fluid. It is getting fuel, has spark.... 

alaskanassasin

milesvdustin said:

I tried starting fluid. It is getting fuel, has spark.... 

You’re tractor is gas?

milesvdustin

It's a 1950 Ford 8N 

alaskanassasin

Ohh yeah. Points?

alaskanassasin

Stuck needle in carb too much gas maybe 

milesvdustin

Points look fine, gap is good. It's not flooding out, has good spark. It will sputter on starting fluid. I drove the damn thing yesterday. 

Lit

Just opened my new toy and tried it out. This thing rocks.

Legume

@Lit That speaker cloth on the outside is like a resort for germs.

Lit

Legume said:

@Lit That speaker cloth on the outside is like a resort for germs.

No dogs allowed near it

alaskanassasin

Fuel air spark compression. Wish I lived closer I would drink your beer and watch you bust knuckles ;-)

bgebrent

Bourbon-honey-spiced glazed sockeye.  Sea salt and bourbon smoked pepper.

Battleborn

Legume said:

@Lit That speaker cloth on the outside is like a resort for germs.

So don't lick it...

lousubcap

@bgebrent the groceries look great but you may want to go easy on the grape if pounding the brown water.  LEO for sure and escape velocity close-by.  Enjoy the banquet and follow-on flight plan 

ColtsFan

All set to knock out 150 burgers and dogs tomorrow for a local private school. The good news is it's a Catholic school so we'll have beer 

bgebrent

lousubcap said:

@bgebrent the groceries look great but you may want to go easy on the grape if pounding the brown water.  LEO for sure and escape velocity close-by.  Enjoy the banquet and follow-on flight plan 

Thanks Cap.  The Jordan is actually a finishing olive oil Jordan vineyards produces.  The KC on the other hand was in the glaze and the glass.  Cheers.

The_Stache

milesvdustin said:

It's a 1950 Ford 8N 

Points AND Condenser!!!

ColtsFan

The_Stache said:

milesvdustin said:

It's a 1950 Ford 8N 

Points AND Condenser!!!

If I remember correctly the 8N, 9N and NAA Jubilee has a front or side mount distributor option. Makes a difference on the points. 

No real relevance here other me trying to remember back to my parts store days 😂

HeavyG

Made one of those Spanish tortilla de patatas tonight. Was very tasty and will make again. Do need to buy a bigger plate tho as the largest plate I had is about an inch in diameter smaller than the skillet. Flipping onto plate went better than expected - only lost a couple potato slices.

GATraveller

Just got to the C's in a 700 member graduating class for my nephews high school. 

JohnInCarolina

GATraveller said:

Just got to the C's in a 700 member graduating class for my nephews high school. 

Don’t worry nobody with anything below a D average gets a degree.  D is for degree.

DoubleEgger

JohnInCarolina said:

GATraveller said:

Just got to the C's in a 700 member graduating class for my nephews high school. 

Don’t worry nobody with anything below a D average gets a degree.  D is for degree.

We called it D for Done 

frazzdaddy

WeberWho said:

DoubleEgger said:

WeberWho said:

DoubleEgger said:

milesvdustin said:

Trying to start my tractor. Piece of junk 

I've been helping out over at the local community college with a small engine class. They shoot brake cleaner in the carbs to turn over the engines. Must be cheaper or have a ton of it. 

Yeah that’s an old shade tree mechanic trick. The problem is that brake cleaner is a solvent and will pull the oil off of the wall of the combustion chamber. This will give you a dry start. No bueno. They really shouldn’t be teaching folks the wrong way to do something. 

It's all donated engines or scraped motors from the community. Kids need to tear down the motor and put it back together. A shot of brake cleaner to prove it will turn over when completed. That's interesting about pulling oil off the wall. 

Not mention most people over do it, burn a valve on just set the engine on fire. Much better plan is to see why there is no fuel in the charge air mixture.

frazzdaddy

milesvdustin said:

Points look fine, gap is good. It's not flooding out, has good spark. It will sputter on starting fluid. I drove the damn thing yesterday. 

Check that spark again, with points it can look good but still not be hot enough. The other ck is timing. Like Alaska said. You need the big three. One of them is missing.

ColtsFan

frazzdaddy said:

milesvdustin said:

Points look fine, gap is good. It's not flooding out, has good spark. It will sputter on starting fluid. I drove the damn thing yesterday. 

Check that spark again, with points it can look good but still not be hot enough. The other ck is timing. Like Alaska said. You need the big three. One of them is missing.

Fuel, fire and timing. 

I'd check the sediment bulb make sure you're getting fuel to carb. If so, tap side of carb with a screw driver handle, maybe needle and seat are stuck 

northGAcock

bgebrent said:

Bourbon-honey-spiced glazed sockeye.  Sea salt and bourbon smoked pepper.

Still working on that Knob Creek I see. 

bgebrent

northGAcock said:

bgebrent said:

Bourbon-honey-spiced glazed sockeye.  Sea salt and bourbon smoked pepper.

Still working on that Knob Creek I see. 

You were of no help I recall.  The level is somewhat lower.

ColtsFan

Some days a simple lunch meat sammich is the best thing ever.

WeberWho

Just left a town meeting about my neighbor kid who's getting out of prison. We get to welcome back a level 3 sex offender into the neighborhood. Hurray. I've been fortunate to have never met or seen the jacka*s in the 8 years of living here in the neighborhood. I think it helps there's a police officer on top of his a*s next door. Fun times for everyone.