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    D342 PC Crate Engine

    I though those engines was supposed be scraped because of emissions
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    landmark shovel

    More Old Iron July 5 2014 Outville, Ohio, I couldn't any information on the Wabco Scrapers
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    landmark shovel

    Old Iron Here is a beauty that the scrappers won't get
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    cng fuel

    Along time ago I worked at mine in Southern Arizona that was going produce their own power. They ordered 5 Fairbanks Pielle Stick Dual fuel engines rated 12,000 HP on diesel and 8500 HP on natural gas they were large. They had 2 of the 5 running when I left. Don't know how they worked out mine...
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    welding/burning fatality

    Fixou812 For sure liquid O2 and yes it lasts a lot longer than the compressed gas. My storage tank lasts about 2 weeks then my supplier will exchange it for a full tank, My portable last about 6 to 8 hours and then I have to refill it. When I started it would last 16 hours but over time my...
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    welding/burning fatality

    I have stored a 90 lb tank of liquid oxygen in my home for about 10 years I need it for breathing, I have a 7 lb portable tank that I fill as needed so I may travel around the locale shopping, dinner, etc etc I stay away from open flames. I feel safe and the great thing it keeps me alive...
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    Cat 951-C in my sights

    Nitelite you sure don't see many of those M151-A1 Jeeps around I would have though that would all be locked up for being man killers
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    anybody know much about these hidden gems??

    td25c years ago while still in the US Navy we had some landing craft that had 2 6packs of 6-71's for power we also had what we called 6121t's (6-71 with a turbo) and talk about exhaust smell always thought the Perkins smelled like it was burning fish oil. Scrub ran some 16 cylinder Alco 251C's...
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    anybody know much about these hidden gems??

    Looks like a older 2 valve engine. I worked for a Detroit shop on weekend to pick-up extra money. We would go to a local mine and pull Unit Rig Electro Haul in the shop on a Sat. morning and do a in frame overhaul on 16V71's have it back to work on Monday morning just 2 of us. My full time job...
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    Tier 4 and beyond?

    Worked for Waukesha engines lots of years ago and we had natural gas engines the ran for years without shut down in the SoCal oil fields we had anywhere from .5 to 1.7 mw gen sets running 24/7 with no problems, Cat and Cummins tried to compete and couldn't. Valve and valve seats and burned...
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    Bad turbo equals blow-by

    Look in Mc Master Car or Grainger catalogs
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    Large worthington engines, info needed

    The old propane or natural gas engines like shown had 2 18mm spark plugs per cylinder with a coil for each and a magneto spiking the coils. They were generator sets the Woodward governor is the type used to parallel 2 or generator sets. That is all I can remember and that may way off. But the...
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    dead powerstroke

    :cool2
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    dead powerstroke

    Scrub it not the vapours its the heat. Many moons ago when I was a very young sailor my ship would be at anchor in San Diego bay (its get cold there and foggy) about 0400 would be up to start the liberty boats to bring crew to the ship we had some old LCM's with 2 valve 6-71's and we would light...
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    How much pulling force do I have?

    sorry
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    How much pulling force do I have?

    Sampson Braid is a whole different animal you don't splice like wire rope or stranded rope you back braid it It's somewhat like the old Chinese finger cuffs Find a old Navy Boatsmate they love Sampson Braid
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    Swench

    Tuney Great deal on your swench. But it could cost you a lot of lawyer fees the not so smart doggy and may be you have committed a felony All excess property must go to a deposal area listed and offered to other military groups if no takers it is sold at auction. I'm not beating up on you but...
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    Good Grief

    I've had insurance inspectors check all pressure vessels for test stamp in some large plants I worked in and of course they are always in the darkest and dirtiest area of the plant.
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    How to destroy a scraper engine...or two

    68/69 we were running Cat 660 belly dumps building a tailings pond running 3 shifts on midnight shift we would loose at least one tractor a week with the cam followers broken out in the heads. What would happen the down shift light would flash when the transmission was down shifting from 9 to 8...
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    Covering Exhaust During transtit

    Had large turbocharged marine engines and if they set for a very long time we could have some bearing problems not often but there was other machinery running ie, fire pumps that over time would or could cause bearing failure. We would spin the propeller shaft so they wouldn't set in the same...
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