[SEL] Petter AV2-M Restore, progress report No. 3

Arnie Fero fero_ah at city-net.com
Thu Apr 30 16:43:41 PDT 2009


Well, duh...  Re-do!!  8-))

On Thu, April 30, 2009 6:47 pm, edurand at mchsi.com wrote:
> Arnie:
>
> This happened almost 50 years ago and I didn't have my camera handy.  At the time,
> we just thought it was interesting the way it turned out.  Had I known you'd want to
> see the Kodaks, I woulda took some.
>
> Take care - Elden
> -------------- Original message from "Arnie Fero" <fero_ah at city-net.com>:
> --------------
>
>
>> Hmmmm, sounds pretty fantastical. I don't imagine that there are any pictures?
>>
>> See ya, Arnie
>>
>> On Fri, April 24, 2009 9:52 am, Elden DuRand wrote:
>> >
>> > A long time ago I tried the gunpowder trick once with limited success.
>> > > The whole thing was an experiment. I had to get rid of about a quarter pound
>> of > black powder and the engine was a locked-up GMC 235 engine that was headed
>> for
>> the
>> > scrap heap.
>> > > Actually, what happened is that the piston was driven down hard enough to
>> compress > the rod, break the crankshaft and blow the oil pan partly off. I think,
>> had
>> the > engine been salvageable, it would have been better to use more conventional
>> methods.






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