It's getting hot!

Here in the Chicago area, we've been geting some hot and humid weather. I know for some of you mid 90's is just a cool summer breeze but we're feeling it! Needing to work on my YH rebuilds in my garage and with the heat finally getting into it, I turned on the AC in it. Actually it's a box fan in the doorway from the house. It works and doesn't seem to over tax the AC on the first floor of the house.

It was brutal in the plant yesterday and I couldn't even spend much time in the AC of my office. We're putting the repaired 48,000lb ram back into our 1000 ton press and I'm out there with the machinery movers. The press is 60's era and the steel is work hardened so there were cracks all over it. Broken main screws (12" diameter) and barrels too. The cracks were repaired by "metal stitching" to avoid and heat related stress from welding. Stitching is a real interesting process. Dog bone shaped holes are drilled and milled across the crack at about every 1" and almost the depth of the steel being repaired. (there's some 6" thick plate in the ram) Then, 1/4" thick layers of dog bone shaped 4140 pieces are peened into the hole a layer at a time.

Maybe someone on here thinks that mid 90s is a cake walk but I'll take our 100s with low humidity any day. You folks must have gills to be able to breath that air. I'm heading to Iowa on Friday to visit family so I guess I will have to learn to adapt.

This can was Pete either the ground settled or was never put in right. Boss was not concerned possome wasn't leaving so I did.

Pete, I think I'll trade places with you. Iron foundry in Iowa...

Ok, I'm sure glad my wife and kids are up north for the summer. The 5 gal. pail of carb cleaner that I just opened up does create quite an odor and with my "cheap ass A/C (box fan in the doorway from the house into the garage), the odor of the carb cleaner has gotten into at least the first floor of my house. Now, I have never been bothered by solvents. In fact, in most cases, I will not even spray with a mask!! But, if any of the rest of the family was home, I'd hear about it BIG time. My daughter for example will complain (as well as other "bitchy comments") when I take my shoes off and can't handle some foot odor!!!!!! Man, I have got to get her out of the house!! The wedding is next summer!!

BTW,
That carb cleaner went right to work on the paint. I'm leaving the first carb soak until the weekend and start on it. Per Billy's call today, I want to do one carb at one time - One old part out and one new rebuild part in!! I need the old carb as a reference!!

The outside of the can has all the "Cas" numbers listed and the %. Some of them I recognize from all the Haz Mat I do at work but some I don't. The weird one is a "tail oil fatty acid"!! The smell really isn't a solvent smell but more of a "oily" smell which I would say comes from this "Tail" oil!!

Eric is absolutely correct - the good old stuff which was actual;y caustic was the greatest. In fact, you really needed to monitor how long you kept the zinc die cast part of the carb body in the stuff. If too long, you'd end up with a piece of junk!!

Yes I thought that too Pete. I miss the old stuff.

Well, I just added about 3/4's of a gallon of acetone to the "carb cleaner" to see if it will boost the strength!! Damn EPA!!! I don't care if I have non painted carbs but I'd like to see all the old paint off!!

I will need to do some painting. The throttle body (butterfly) section of the YH is cast iron rather than a zinc die casting.

Well, I'm in the middle of the first YH rebuild!! I'll tell you one thing, is the old Zenith up drafts I'm used to doing are sure simpler!! This thing has got to have around a hundred itty bitty parts that you need to pay attention to plus all the adjustments. The instructions always lack and you are always left out in the cold with "gray areas"!! Thankfully I have two carbs and had the foresight to do one at one time so I could always look at the other one for reference! The other big plus is Billy! I also took pictures from all angles so I did have a down the road reference.

Billy has become our on site YH expert!!! I've already been on the phone with him two times! Beside the bad instructions, with any carb rebuild kit, they always include parts that aren't needed but the big question is are they needed for my application or not!! Gaskets are another story - why do I need 3 identical gaskets out of the same kit for a rebuild? Damn, I'm leaning towards a lazy guy out in the shop putting these things together and not really counting properly or even worse, can't count at all!! BTW, the gasket in question is the one between the main die cast body of the carb itself and the cast iron section where the throttle butterfly is located. 3 identical gaskets!!!