On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:05:57 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:


I would have to agree with you actually. My tractors use standard brake
fluid and I've never had a water problem - well, the one time the Super
A ended up in the irrigation pond at the orchard, but that wasn't my
fault. :)

;-) Just a note of caution, I'm known more than one person who has had a
tractor roll over on them. One of them, is no longer with us because of
the event. Those things are more dangerous than it would appear.

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:10:09 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:05:57 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:



You're right Vic - I remember that story but I can't remember who
wrote it or what it was about.

Think it was this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Black_Bag

That's it - just looked at it - I have a compendium of '50s stories.

Must be getting old - I should have remembered that.

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:52:22 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:05:57 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:


I would have to agree with you actually. My tractors use standard brake
fluid and I've never had a water problem - well, the one time the Super
A ended up in the irrigation pond at the orchard, but that wasn't my
fault. :)

;-) Just a note of caution, I'm known more than one person who has had a
tractor roll over on them. One of them, is no longer with us because of
the event. Those things are more dangerous than it would appear.

Been there, done that - got the t-shirt.

My favorite was pulling a hay wagon with about 300 bales on it with
the MTA I restored.

Up a hill.

Doing a wheelie for the first couple of hundred feet. :)

On Jun 22, 3:21*pm, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:52:22 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:05:57 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:

I would have to agree with you actually. My tractors use standard brake
fluid and I've never had a water problem - well, the one time the Super
A ended up in the irrigation pond at the orchard, but that wasn't my
fault. *:)

;-) Just a note of caution, I'm known more than one person who has had a
tractor roll over on them. *One of them, is no longer with us because of
the event. *Those things are more dangerous than it would appear.

Been there, done that - got the t-shirt.

My favorite was pulling a hay wagon with about 300 bales on it with
the MTA I restored.

Up a hill.

Doing a wheelie for the first couple of hundred feet. *:)

Growing up around a farm, and all of us being gear heads, I've got
some stories! Just as a reference point, I'd taken a load of hay up to
another farmer with a Ford 8n. There's a place in the road where it's
downhill. Let the hay wagon at the farm, so I decided that'd be a
great place to kick that thing into neutral. A Ford 8n doesn't handle
worth a damned at 30 or so mph!!! Those rear tires were just freakin'
howling because it was swaying side to side so much that I used the
whole 2 lane county road!

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:52:22 -0500, thunder
wrote:

Just a note of caution, I'm known more than one person who has had a
tractor roll over on them. One of them, is no longer with us because of
the event. Those things are more dangerous than it would appear.

We have some forty odd acres, and my wife likes gardening, planting
trees and so on. We have a source for mixed horse**** and sawdust for
free and another source for wood chips. So we have big piles of both.
Not to mention crushed limestone for the driveway.
So I bought her a tractor, a small John Deere, with a loader. And a
roll bar. All those standard for decades air conditioned cabs will
withstand a rollover.

Casady

Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:36:53 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

Got me, but that International L-110 I restored master cylinder was
clean (cast iron), but all the lines from it were toast.

Maybe it's the lines and not the cyliinder.

Steel is highly susceptable to rust, while cast iron is very corrosion
resistant.

Casady

I have always had to make sure my cast iron skillets were well seasoned
or they would rust.

--
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq.

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On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:40:07 -0400, "Reginald P Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:36:53 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

Got me, but that International L-110 I restored master cylinder was
clean (cast iron), but all the lines from it were toast.

Maybe it's the lines and not the cyliinder.

Steel is highly susceptable to rust, while cast iron is very corrosion
resistant.

Casady

I have always had to make sure my cast iron skillets were well seasoned
or they would rust.

Isn't that how you're supposed to get the brown coating on steak and
chicken?
--

John H

On Jun 22, 9:50*am, Richard Casady
wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:36:53 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock

wrote:
Got me, but that International L-110 I restored master cylinder was
clean (cast iron), but all the lines from it were toast.

Maybe it's the lines and not the cyliinder.

Steel is highly susceptable to rust, while cast iron is very corrosion
resistant.

Casady

Actually, Cast Iron will rust faster than anything. Most cast iron
parts you buy new will have a light coat of fine oil on them for that
reason. Steel is usually a lot slower, but will rust out. But
Stainless is about the ultimate against rust. that is unless you use
yellow brass.

On Jun 22, 4:39*pm, John H wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:40:07 -0400, "Reginald P Smithers III, Esq."



wrote:
Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:36:53 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

Got me, but that International L-110 I restored master cylinder was
clean (cast iron), but all the lines from it were toast.

Maybe it's the lines and not the cyliinder.

Steel is highly susceptable to rust, while cast iron is very corrosion
resistant.

Casady

I have always had to make sure my cast iron skillets were well seasoned
or they would rust.

Isn't that how you're supposed to get the brown coating on steak and
chicken?
--

John H

Works for me! Good for "iron poor" blood too!

On Jun 22, 11:10*am, Vic Smith
wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:05:57 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock

wrote:

You're right Vic - I remember that story but I can't remember who
wrote it or what it was about.

Think it was thishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Black_Bag

--Vic

I don't know about little black bag, but the first song I really was
able to play on bass guitar when I was 15 was "Little Green Bag" by
the George Baker Select. it's kinda mild rockish with a Lawrence Welk
twist to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L1hD5OlPtw