2 products I have tried and like

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mack Jeffrey Cole on Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 02:08 am:

I wanted to mention this to youall.

When I worked on the wire wheels for my T I fiqured they would be out of balance some.And I had done some fiqureing on how to deal with it.
well I finally bit the bullet and bought 4 6oz bags of these things and installed them in my tires and I must say,I dont have any tire vibration while driveing the T.It is smooth.
http://www.innovativebalancing.com

I also noticed when i ran it 1 time when it was about 65 degrees ,when I cut it off the radiator gurgled a time or 2.No bigge,but I remembered before I installed the new heavy duty radiator in my wagon I had bought this can of stuff.I put it in the T,and the thing hasnt gurgled since.Seems to run cool.
http://www.crcindustries.com/auto/content/prod_detail.aspx?PN=05348&S=N

I thought I would share some positive experiance with stuff I have tried.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ray Elkins on Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 07:05 am:

Mack, that coolant additive will eat up a T block in about 3 weeks max!

Just playin, buddy! That stuff is cool, it breaks the surface tension of the coolant and lets the heat transfer more readily. When I was a part of the Nailheaders, we had a long discussion about similar products. Amazing how much more heat will transfer using a water-wetter than with just plain water.

Never heard of the balancing stuff, but sounds pretty slick.
Ray


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 08:31 am:

Farmers use gypsum as a water wetter. Anybody here using it?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mack Jeffrey Cole on Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 11:27 am:

Ray,You skeered me for a second!:>)
We used to have a water wetter on the fire trucks to that must have worked similar to put out hay fires.Dawn worked purty good in a pinch.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ray Elkins on Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 12:36 pm:

I thought that'd get you going for a minute!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Nelson Jones on Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 11:08 pm:

Mack. Did you take the vavle core out & pour the balancing beads in the tube? Nelson


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Michael F. Thomas on Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 11:49 pm:

I used the balancing beads in my 25 coupe. I have never driven another Model T, so have nothing to compare, but at 42 mph on a smooth black top road, it drove just like my modern cars, (although a lot more fun!) You do remove the valve cores. I got a plastic bottle with a spout to pour the beads in, and replaced the standard valve core with one the manufacturer sent. Took a little while to get all those little buggers in there!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Nelson Jones on Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 12:08 am:

Sounds interesting. I have 28a wheels I am planning on using on my 25T. I believe I will have a balance problem due to rust in the beads. Nelson


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Seth Harbuck on Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 07:30 am:

My speedster has a vintage radiator so cooling is not the best. Since I'm no parader, replacing the radiator has low priority.

I added Prestone's Anti-Rust to my cooling system in the interest of corrosion prevention. Since its addition to the 50% antifreeze mix, I have noticed that the engine can idle far longer before the Moto-Meter reaches the top circle. The soluble oil in the Anti-Rust formula might be the reason. I noticed that the CRC product contains castor oil.

If I drove more than 35 mph, I'd probably entertain the use of the beads.

Thanks Mack for the info and the links.

Seth


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mack Jeffrey Cole on Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 09:58 am:

Yea,I got the filtered valve cores to.But I must say,I couldnt work at the nitro glycerian factory! can you say kaboom?
It takes time to get them buggers in there and it will clog at less than a blink of a eye.
Seth,I also put the prestone in there as part of the first stuff to go in the radiator on the advice of my dad.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Davis on Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 09:09 pm:

Had me going for a second too. Ha! I've never seen that brand, but I do use "Water Wetter" brand in my A. The TT leaks so bad, I hate to put anything expensive in there. I say that. You guys priced antifreeze lately? I paid $10 for a $3 jug of antifreeze last week!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Harold Schwendeman on Monday, January 07, 2008 - 05:32 am:

Hal - I run 50/50 Prestone in my two '23's and I had the same thought when I bought 2 gallons of the stuff. What really "gets me" tho' is that the pre-mixed 50/50 stuff costs just as much as a gallon of straight anti-freeze! Think about it; is that dumb or what! (???) Does anybody actually pay good, hard earned money for that diluted stuff? If so, the guy who came up with that idea was a genius! .....harold


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Davis on Monday, January 07, 2008 - 01:28 pm:

You gotta wonder....Yeah, that stuff was 8.99 and the full strength was 9.99. Blows my mind who would pay for pre-mixed coolant.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Hager on Monday, January 07, 2008 - 02:27 pm:

The same people who pay $5.00 a bottle for tap water at a sporting event!

Mike Hager
Illinois


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ricks - Surf City on Monday, January 07, 2008 - 02:54 pm:

Inconvenience. You need to add a quart to the overflow bottle in your modern car. With "full strength" antifreeze, you have to measure a pint, get a pint of clean water, mix them into a third container, then pour them into the rad.

Then you have to store the rest, and rinse the containers. That's a real bother if you have no garage.

To some people, time is money.

Why does "full strength" anti-freeze already contain a lot of water?

rdr


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Seth Harbuck on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 04:10 pm:

Brought up for Mr. Larsen


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Seth Harbuck on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 04:21 pm:

Ralph,

I'll wager a guess on your unanswered question.

The water is added to make the solution safe enough to bottle and ship. Ethylene glycol is quite flammable, I believe. Years ago (maybe 20!) I remember the price of antifreeze almost doubling overnight. I was told that the reason was that a plant which produced much of the ethylene glycol for antifreeze had a huge explosion or fire. Whether that was true or not, it sounded like a great excuse for doubling the price!

Close?

Seth


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