(Richard Casady) wrote in
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On 25 Oct 2008 03:12:44 GMT, Larry wrote:

I like to change oil quite often the first few hundred
hours to make sure the manufacturing and initial wear metal filings are
cleaned out of them.

You ever hear of oil filters?

Casady

Have you ever seen what you can pass THRU an oil filter?

Try it some time.

On 25 Oct 2008 20:11:46 GMT, Larry wrote:

(Richard Casady) wrote in
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On 25 Oct 2008 03:12:44 GMT, Larry wrote:

I like to change oil quite often the first few hundred
hours to make sure the manufacturing and initial wear metal filings are
cleaned out of them.

You ever hear of oil filters?

Casady

Have you ever seen what you can pass THRU an oil filter?

Not much. Mostly soot.
I used to change the oil on my sprint car once a week, and cut open
the filters to check for "Glitter". There is a purpose built cutter
for that. Changed the sparkplugs weekly as well.

I do own a microscope, the kind every doctor used to own.

Depends on the filter just what will pass through. They sell five
micron filters for fuel, but I don't know about oil. Below a certain
size particles are harmless. I am sure the filter makers know what is
needed.

Casady

"Larry" wrote in message
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(Richard Casady) wrote in
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On 25 Oct 2008 03:12:44 GMT, Larry wrote:

I like to change oil quite often the first few hundred
hours to make sure the manufacturing and initial wear metal filings are
cleaned out of them.

You ever hear of oil filters?

Casady

Have you ever seen what you can pass THRU an oil filter?

Try it some time.


Ya, I shot one with a .308 bullet once. :-D

"KLC Lewis" wrote in
et:

Ya, I shot one with a .308 bullet once. :-D



Did it make it any easier to get off?

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:11:07 -0400, "Roger Long"
wrote:

The weather report is for heavy, steady rain and possible snow for the next
few days.

Yee hah !

That's the upstate NY that I remember. :-)

Watch out for gusty cross winds in the locks.

Here's some pictures from the Bahamas to warm you up:

http://share.shutterfly.com/share/re...29593c9bd5a555

or

http://tinyurl.com/6mqsqy

Roger Long wrote:

The weather report is for heavy, steady rain and possible snow for the next
few days. It isn't going to be much fun standing out in this stuff tending
lines as we go through the locks.

Looks like you're stuck just before Lock 19,,

There's been a lot of rain in the last 36 hours, I wonder if the lock is
out of operation until the water lever goes down. Or maybe they don't
operate on weekends at the end of season?

Cheers
Martin

On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:18:26 -0400, Marty wrote:

Looks like you're stuck just before Lock 19,,

There's been a lot of rain in the last 36 hours, I wonder if the lock is
out of operation until the water lever goes down. Or maybe they don't
operate on weekends at the end of season?

They operate on weekends but if something goes wrong with the old and
creaky electrical gear there is probably no one around on a Sunday to
fix it.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:18:26 -0400, Marty wrote:

Looks like you're stuck just before Lock 19,,

There's been a lot of rain in the last 36 hours, I wonder if the lock is
out of operation until the water lever goes down. Or maybe they don't
operate on weekends at the end of season?

They operate on weekends but if something goes wrong with the old and
creaky electrical gear there is probably no one around on a Sunday to
fix it.


Dang Gov'mint,, you know that there's more than enough expertise on that
boat to fix pretty much anything. To bad they wouldn't be allowed to do
just that.

Cheers
Martin

On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:34:01 -0400, Marty wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:18:26 -0400, Marty wrote:

Looks like you're stuck just before Lock 19,,

There's been a lot of rain in the last 36 hours, I wonder if the lock is
out of operation until the water lever goes down. Or maybe they don't
operate on weekends at the end of season?

They operate on weekends but if something goes wrong with the old and
creaky electrical gear there is probably no one around on a Sunday to
fix it.


Dang Gov'mint,, you know that there's more than enough expertise on that
boat to fix pretty much anything. To bad they wouldn't be allowed to do
just that.


Some of that old gear they use on the canal looks like it belongs in a
museum. It was old when I was a kid. We did the reverse trip from
what Roger is doing in the summer of 2000 and were delayed several
times for lock repairs. We also get the same issue with lift bridges
here in Florida from time to time.

They know how to deal with lock equipment problems on the small
Canadian canals. Everything is hand cranked by college kids. :-)

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:34:01 -0400, Marty wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:18:26 -0400, Marty wrote:

Looks like you're stuck just before Lock 19,,

There's been a lot of rain in the last 36 hours, I wonder if the lock is
out of operation until the water lever goes down. Or maybe they don't
operate on weekends at the end of season?
They operate on weekends but if something goes wrong with the old and
creaky electrical gear there is probably no one around on a Sunday to
fix it.

Dang Gov'mint,, you know that there's more than enough expertise on that
boat to fix pretty much anything. To bad they wouldn't be allowed to do
just that.


Some of that old gear they use on the canal looks like it belongs in a
museum. It was old when I was a kid. We did the reverse trip from
what Roger is doing in the summer of 2000 and were delayed several
times for lock repairs. We also get the same issue with lift bridges
here in Florida from time to time.

They know how to deal with lock equipment problems on the small
Canadian canals. Everything is hand cranked by college kids. :-)



Yup, I grew up around the Rideau, lived for a while on the canal withins
sight of the Kingston Mills Locks, and live on a Island just outside of
that canal. Hard to beat good old gears, chains, rods and hand power.

Cheers
Martin