jimmorrison
Riding on the storm
4 speed with a granny gear? Damn hard to kill, even with a blown head gasket from detonation. If you can add water fast enough, it will keep running.
Cold Weather Cutting
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StandInTheFire
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Yup. It's a 4 speed. Still holds coolant just fine. No holes in any pistons. Gear driven cam, so timing components seldom fail either. It does make a nice portable firewood storage unit.
Got me feeling all warm and fuzzy about my junk truck. You can see the tail end 89 ford straight 6 with a 4 speed.
TJ the Chainsaw Mechanic
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Least it wasn't a non-decomp 044. Them suckers no matter How I tune them rip the pull cord outta my hand no matter What temp!
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Although it doesn't get that cold in northern Ohio any more when it did those saws would really run .That cold dense air you could back out the high speed a tad and off to the races.It takes fuel to make power but it takes oxygen to support the fuel .
When it did get to 15 below I never had a problem starting the saws although that cold I preferred to play adult games inside the house under the sheets rather than cutting wood .I often used auto tranny fluid instead of bar oil then .
After over twenty years of working construction I'd just as soon leave that cold weather to Eskimos and polar bears .Snow mobiles might be fun to some but I'd prefer a nice chase lounge with a cold one on a beach in Florida in Jan.
When it did get to 15 below I never had a problem starting the saws although that cold I preferred to play adult games inside the house under the sheets rather than cutting wood .I often used auto tranny fluid instead of bar oil then .
After over twenty years of working construction I'd just as soon leave that cold weather to Eskimos and polar bears .Snow mobiles might be fun to some but I'd prefer a nice chase lounge with a cold one on a beach in Florida in Jan.
