[SEL] New FM at Vista Ca.

[rdhaskell at juno.com]

 Thanks for the report Jim.
Before you start making nuts and bolts, put out a request on the lists. I
have had over 400 hits on my pictures on Harry's page and several replies
from web friends.  There are some spare nuts out there somewhere.

Ron Haskell
rdhaskell at juno.com
Riverside, California USA
http://picasaweb.google.com/RonHaskell

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:23:14 -0700 "Jim Kirkes" <jd.kirkes at verizon.net>
writes:
> Hi Bruce,
> 
> I am part of the team that will be getting it running.  We 
> have a lot to do before it becomes functional.  some of the 
> things are;
> 
> Remove all of the grout from the leveling screw holes and 
> clean out the threads.
> Level the engine with respect to the generator, this will 
> take a while as both units total about 50 tons.
> Grout the engine and the generator mounts.
> Remake all of the nuts that go through the flange that 
> connect the engine to the generator.  These were torched off 
> by the riggers that moved the machine.  They also damaged 
> the bolts these nuts go onto.  Repairing these will be a big 
> job.
> Make a new cooling system from scratch as Edison threw away 
> the old one years ago.
> Plumb this up to air system. The existing air system nay 
> need additional reservoir capacity in addition to what is 
> already there.
> 
> Probably be some other things that have not surfaced yet.  I 
> think it will take at least year of weekends to get the 
> engine running and that may be optomistic.
> 
> Jim
> 
> Jim and Diane Kirkes
> jd.kirkes at verizon.net
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