Re: Flanger & Jordan Spreader snow plowing photo freight!
| November 27, 2018 08:21PM |
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Mark Valerius Wrote:
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> Also, at last report (September 2018), efforts to
> make the air reservoir usable have not been
> successful due to severe corrosion around the
> inspection port that defies efforts to seal it.
> This would mean that an independent compressed air
> source would most likely be required to operate
> the Jordan. Engine air alone is/or hasn't been
> sufficient, the air pumps just can't provide
> enough wind to move eveything. That information
> was from Terry Rider who worked on the Jordan
> during this year's work sessions.
In 2016/17, after 7 futile attempts to seal the inspection hatch by various means and materials, I cut a 1/4 inch thick gasket from pattern, out of NAPA truck mud flap that seemed to work just fine, and, was tested pretty extensively. Roger Hogan filmed the testing. It -was- tested with an industrial compressor.
Note- now that I think about it, it was tested last with a large 4 cylinder military surplus compressor provided by John Cole. That compressor, on skids, would only take up half of the space on the back deck.
I also created some truck flap gaskets for the sand house pressure tank, which passed hydro. It's a nice trick to remember.
If that failed this year (and it may have, due to corrosion), I hadn't heard about it.
What came out of the hatch originally was a kind of a woven asbestos rope gasket, like you would find in a wood stove door. But, like, 1" in diameter.
Because the tank is vertical, which I was told was not prototype, the hatch traps a significant amount of water.
I guess you could put a large compressor right on the back deck-
The hatch- With fresh babbit poured (that didn't work).
The corrosion you see on the hatch is not the problem, but, is representative of the corrosion on the tank lip, which is.
We also priced a new hatch, that may or may not have fit, at $1300. But the corrosion is on the tank lip. The hatch goes -inside- the port, and is held up by the studs and some cross bars.
~
Doug Frederick, Chama, New Mexico.
"Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?"
Slimrail Fan is 6.5 time zones, Pacific to Atlantic.
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Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/27/2018 10:32PM by Popeye8762.
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> Also, at last report (September 2018), efforts to
> make the air reservoir usable have not been
> successful due to severe corrosion around the
> inspection port that defies efforts to seal it.
> This would mean that an independent compressed air
> source would most likely be required to operate
> the Jordan. Engine air alone is/or hasn't been
> sufficient, the air pumps just can't provide
> enough wind to move eveything. That information
> was from Terry Rider who worked on the Jordan
> during this year's work sessions.
In 2016/17, after 7 futile attempts to seal the inspection hatch by various means and materials, I cut a 1/4 inch thick gasket from pattern, out of NAPA truck mud flap that seemed to work just fine, and, was tested pretty extensively. Roger Hogan filmed the testing. It -was- tested with an industrial compressor.
Note- now that I think about it, it was tested last with a large 4 cylinder military surplus compressor provided by John Cole. That compressor, on skids, would only take up half of the space on the back deck.
I also created some truck flap gaskets for the sand house pressure tank, which passed hydro. It's a nice trick to remember.
If that failed this year (and it may have, due to corrosion), I hadn't heard about it.
What came out of the hatch originally was a kind of a woven asbestos rope gasket, like you would find in a wood stove door. But, like, 1" in diameter.
Because the tank is vertical, which I was told was not prototype, the hatch traps a significant amount of water.
I guess you could put a large compressor right on the back deck-
The hatch- With fresh babbit poured (that didn't work).
The corrosion you see on the hatch is not the problem, but, is representative of the corrosion on the tank lip, which is.
We also priced a new hatch, that may or may not have fit, at $1300. But the corrosion is on the tank lip. The hatch goes -inside- the port, and is held up by the studs and some cross bars.
~
Doug Frederick, Chama, New Mexico.
"Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?"
Slimrail Fan is 6.5 time zones, Pacific to Atlantic.
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Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/27/2018 10:32PM by Popeye8762.
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