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Time is getting near , batteries charged , fuel good, was 41 F today, had 13 inches of snow last two days , melting fast, Can feel the Detroit shakin now !
POst some pics, of the tug, front , back, side and of the data plate, What is the weight on your tug AF had LOTS of variations from 2 ton to million pound versions . On the surface it sounds like a warehouse tug
Post the photos please! really nice goats can demand high prices. The only advantage is that they are few in number and getting fewer. Only made 15 thousand or so, I would guess there are less than 2000 in private/ municipal hands world wide . NOT a high speed long distance king, But most MIL...
Yes it was ! . worked the JEIM at WIlliams AFB in the late 70s early 80s ., nearly indestructable . Cant tell you how many I condemned and threw in the scrap metal barrel after they TACed out. I know they are still out there
BAE , British Aerospace, Hawker, list of names goes on and one , their naval division HQ is just 80 miles away , Worked some of their CRAP , may be a little bias, love my British WIFE, don't like British Jet Engines , GE all the WAY !
Having a big spring ( really doesn't come here till JUNE) snow storm , will post some picks after the SNAFU . Mark M 38 in Maine, think you going to get more then me brother, Be safe
Having said that, most jet engines have positive displacement oil pumps and seldom run prelube any more, and most use very little oil capacity compared to the 28 gallons in a J 57 PW . , In hind sight I believe the previous assertions are correct and prelube is not needed with CORRECT viscosity...
there is an easy solution that will save a lot of work, The J 69 centrifugal flow jet engine used in the T 37 tweety bird had a spring / vacuum self contained prelube in a bolt on cylinder that was about 5 inches in dia and 18 inches long, plumbs in with a discharge and return AN fitting on...
unless your adamant that it has to be Uncle stuff , I have been running twin DR 3624. 3600 watt, 24 volt dc to 110 /220 inverters for 23 years 24/7 365. I run TRACE inverters which was bought by Zantrex, which was just bought again, Trace made the best in the world for years . With inverters...
I live remotely and work for UNC SAm , drive a lot of narrow DIRT roads to work site each day , Noticed I was scareing the crud out of people who were passing me in the dark winter months , They would tell me the narrow light pattern made them think I was a small truck ,then WOW that's a big...
fabbed and installed a tow bar bracket for the front bumper, Used 4 inch u channel as the base material. oversized the holes in the two brackets to allow the tow bar halfs to slide in. Clamp half on the passengers side holds it all secure, allows for quick deployment and handy location , next I...
its called lots of extra paint left and needed to paint it before the rust set in after I removed the mill scale lol, it is ALL scratched up on the top now , and needin new paint when it gets warm enough, I probably have 40 hours of welding and fab in it works great , tows great , use it to...
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