KiWinUS
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Just a suggestion but a piece of PVC tubing dipped into the barrel all way to bottom like a straw block end and pull out to check for water in bottom of barrel as that would be a real mess.
Flathead conundrum.
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RalphM
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We shall see,
I mean, I wouldn’t mind having one or two of the pickled engines just to see what kind of shape they’re in. I just don’t know if I wanna take on the whole package.There is a lot.
Next time I go over there I’ll get some pictures.
Kiwinus,
I have some paste that you put on a stick, it changes color if there’s water in the oil. Kind of needed it all the time up here.
I mean, I wouldn’t mind having one or two of the pickled engines just to see what kind of shape they’re in. I just don’t know if I wanna take on the whole package.There is a lot.
Next time I go over there I’ll get some pictures.
Kiwinus,
I have some paste that you put on a stick, it changes color if there’s water in the oil. Kind of needed it all the time up here.
Kube
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I have tried to sell a lot of this stuff at very low prices with zero interest. Some I have given away to "good guys" and was happy that stuff found a use.Just thinkin'. In this case, "one man's trash is another man's treasures", might just be true.
Nah, at this point in the hobby as well as my life, well, some will get listed, some will get dumped.
RalphM
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“I have tried to sell a lot of this stuff at very low prices with zero interest. Some I have given away to "good guys" and was happy that stuff found a use.
Nah, at this point in the hobby as well as my life, well, some will get listed, some will get dumped.”
A few years ago I advertised all of my extra’s for sale. I have a shed full and more. Not much interest then, I had one guy looking for starter/gen for his project. I just gave them to him.
If any of you come to visit Alaska, and are driving an RV stop on by, I’ll fill you up for free.
Remember the Long, Long trailer!
Nah, at this point in the hobby as well as my life, well, some will get listed, some will get dumped.”
A few years ago I advertised all of my extra’s for sale. I have a shed full and more. Not much interest then, I had one guy looking for starter/gen for his project. I just gave them to him.
If any of you come to visit Alaska, and are driving an RV stop on by, I’ll fill you up for free.
Remember the Long, Long trailer!
solidaxle
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The question is should you or shouldn't you? If someone went through the trouble of pickling them in oil, they were probably worth saving.
I guess it comes down to how cheap you are buying them. If it's equal to scrap value or less you wouldn't lose money if you bought them. Now lets say you bought them for almost nothing, how are you going to transport 15 barrels? Do you have the means to lift them? Where you going to store them?
If it were me and I could get them for close to nothing, I'd do it. Only because I wouldn't want them destroyed just for scrape and loose the past that's not coming back. I have the room and ability to transport them. If I didn't that would be a different story.
I guess it comes down to how cheap you are buying them. If it's equal to scrap value or less you wouldn't lose money if you bought them. Now lets say you bought them for almost nothing, how are you going to transport 15 barrels? Do you have the means to lift them? Where you going to store them?
If it were me and I could get them for close to nothing, I'd do it. Only because I wouldn't want them destroyed just for scrape and loose the past that's not coming back. I have the room and ability to transport them. If I didn't that would be a different story.
GB SISSON
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Much like Kiwin, I am no longer interested in bringing home complete engines to dismantle. At least 1/2 of what I have dragged home in the last 30 years are not worth fixing. I got to where I buy bare blocks that are clean and very easy to examine. That's really the best way and also what SERIOUS buyers will want in the future. The heads and cranks we pull, never mind the manifolds, generators and starters, end up in piles here. I think I have 11 stripped blocks here now. Only found 1 crack on one block, because they came to me stripped. Oh, make that ten because I built that 276 stroker a couple years ago from one of the nicer 8ba blocks. There will soon come a day when the market will be full of our blocks we didn't get to. I try not to think about it because it has been without a doubt, the best hobby/pastime/obsession on the planet.
To me, dealing with the barrels of oil could be worked around if you can find a place to get rid of it somewhat easily. It's the taking of partial heavy trucks that would be an absolute deal breaker. As others have said, the price of parts isn't really high right now.
Just the time, expense, and hassle dealing with those pieces would be a no go.
I'm only 55, but I've started to think about, god forbid, if something would happen to me, I don't want my family to have to deal with the heavy junk laying around.
Just the time, expense, and hassle dealing with those pieces would be a no go.
I'm only 55, but I've started to think about, god forbid, if something would happen to me, I don't want my family to have to deal with the heavy junk laying around.
RalphM
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Yea, the 3 trucks are my biggest turn off as well. Not worth much, and nothing but extra trouble.
As long as I could reseal the drums, they would roll on and off a trailer without too much effort. They could stay out in the open for now.
I wouldn’t even mess with them until the spring time.
But there is also a couple pickup loads of wheels, tires, and parts.
I have no room for those now.
As long as I could reseal the drums, they would roll on and off a trailer without too much effort. They could stay out in the open for now.
I wouldn’t even mess with them until the spring time.
But there is also a couple pickup loads of wheels, tires, and parts.
I have no room for those now.