[DeTomaso] Ramblings

[gow2 at rc-tech.net]

I was for sure!

> I think the ear muffs (hmmmm) were used so you did not hear all the
> cursing
> you were doing.
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> Larry (try unsticking a dozer) - Cleveland
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gow2 at rc-tech.net [mailto:gow2 at rc-tech.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 10:13 AM
> To: Dave- IndyDave
> Cc: gow2 at rc-tech.net; larry at ohiotimecorp.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Ramblings
>
> I don't remember but the ear muffs have a radio in them.
>
> That particular incident, I busted the hydraulic hoses on the back hoe. I
> was done clearing around the lake for the day and was trying to get
> through the wet ditch/bog. The backhoe dropped in and the tractor was
> stuck. Since the backhoe was DOA, I couldn't use it to get out.
>
> I got the neighbors tractor but it would not budge it. We had a week of
> torrential rains coming in and I wanted it out. I spent the following day
> moving it out an inch at a time with the tie down bars. I was moving it
> like an 2 inches an hour.
>
> If you look at the oil can next to the bucket, it was a marker to measure
> progress.
>
> G
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>> Yeah that is it. But what is the story of the ear muffs hanging on the
>> tree?
>> IndyDave
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gow2 at rc-tech.net [mailto:gow2 at rc-tech.net]
>> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 6:37 PM
>> To: larry at ohiotimecorp.com
>> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Ramblings
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>> Yes but it was not a restore that time. I just swapped engines and I am
>> not sure about those who built the engine. It's not that I treat these
>> things that well either.
>>
>> Is this the creek your talking about?
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>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/tractor/Stuck%203.jpg
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>>> Gary,
>>>
>>> Is this not the 2nd time around tractor restore?  I remember that
>>> project a few years ago...
>>>
>>> Now you see you made it to nice to drive across the creek.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Larry (life long projects) - Cleveland
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
>>> [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of gow2 at rc-tech.net
>>> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 2:06 PM
>>> To: detomaso at realbig.com
>>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Ramblings
>>>
>>> As many of you know my Pantera project has been slow. I am progressing
>>> on the things which have been getting in the way and still making
>>> progress.
>>>
>>> Last Fall/winter I worked on rebuilding the MGB engine and re-working
>>> the engine bay after a broken oil line hose:
>>>
>>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/mg2/cleanup/cleanupf1.jpg
>>>
>>> This past spring/summer I have been rebuilding my mowing tractor. It
>>> started after much dirt work locked the oil rings. An engine re-build
>>> turned into a tractor restoration but it is almost finished:
>>>
>>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/tractor/teardown.jpg
>>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/tractor/pcparts1.jpg
>>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/tractor/pcparts2.jpg
>>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/tractor/8Ntog1.jpg
>>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/tractor/8ntog4.jpg
>>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/tractor/8ntog5.jpg
>>>
>>> Webers are done and will be time to fire up the engine again when the
>>> tractor is done:
>>>
>>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/panttransam/1905/web/Webassembled.jpg
>>>
>>> Next will be setting up the distributorless injection as used here:
>>>
>>> http://www.thunderv12.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/DSC02373_crop
>>> _left_
>>> lightening.141202939_large.jpg
>>>
>>> One project I kept putting off is the gas tank which is nearly done
>>> now:
>>>
>>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/panttransam/1905/gas/gastank1.jpg
>>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/panttransam/1905/gas/gastank2.jpg
>>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/panttransam/1905/gas/gastank3.jpg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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