<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I might have seen that tractor come off of the line at Charles City......before I went to John Deere.<br><br>Joe Alexander<div>645 1st Street</div><div>Jesup, IA 50648</div><div><a href="http://The-vintage-racer.com">The-vintage-racer.com</a></div><div><a href="http://Gasketinnovations.com">Gasketinnovations.com</a></div><div>Cell: 319.464.4711</div></div><div><br>On Feb 9, 2016, at 8:01 PM, Bill Tobin <<a href="mailto:william.tobin31@verizon.net">william.tobin31@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">A couple things: I don't have a wet sleeve engine
or head gaskets that leak. No mayonnaise.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">I run about 195 for water and about 230 for
oil.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">On a cool day, a sump heater or good warmup is
essential. Same for tires and brakes.</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">I just repaired a couple tractors with milkshakes
in the trans and diff; not good. And Joe, one was my Oliver 1650, great
tractor!</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Cheers, Bill</font></div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="william.tobin31@verizon.net" href="mailto:william.tobin31@verizon.net">Bill Tobin</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Cc:</b> <a title="fot@autox.team.net" href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a> </div>
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<div><br></div>That rule of thumb doesn’t make a great deal of sense. There
are two issues with oil that is changed frequently, as it usually is with
racing engines. Low temperature means any water contamination won’t
necessarily be driven off. If you exceed 212 degrees F with a vented wet sump
engine most of the water will evaporate and vent. We have wet sleeve motors
and iffy head gaskets—we get water in our oil. Mayonnaise doesn’t lube all
that well.
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<div>If oil temperature exceeds 290 it starts to oxidize faster. Wet sump
motors with moderate control over the crankcase oxidize oil pretty quickly.
Frequent changes manage that, so who cares. Also above 290 we start seeing
viscosity, and more importantly, film thickness decrease. Plain bearing motors
and cams with plain followers like a thicker film. </div>
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<div>So more than 212 and less than 290 seems wise, and probably less than 270
just to be conservative. But definitely more than 212</div>
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<div>On Feb 9, 2016, at 1:05 PM, Bill Tobin <<a href="mailto:william.tobin31@verizon.net">william.tobin31@verizon.net</a>>
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<div style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><font size="2" face="Arial">Hi Gang, there is a nice writeup about John Morton in
the March edition of Sportscar, the SCCA magazine. He was at the
Jefferson 500 last spring and seemed like a cool guy. I bought his
book, complete with autograph.</font></div>
<div style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> </div>
<div style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><font size="2" face="Arial">Also regarding oil coolers; a friend who's been racing
since '66 told me as a rule of thumb the oil temp should be about 30 degrees
above water temp.</font></div>
<div style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><font size="2" face="Arial">Also you can make up braided hoses rather easily yourself.
Pegasus has a good description on how to do it in their catalog, along with
a good selection of hoses and fittings.</font></div>
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