Sunday, September 06, 2026
ever heard of the used car lot engine trick to fix compression and oil pressure? Bon Ami down the carb and an oil change
there are the before (in white) and after (in red)
the instagram guy on camera says it's a trick that WW2 aircraft mechanics did to to airplane engines to keep them going a little longer
wood refrigerator railcars and other cargo railcars were used as sacrificial breakwaters when launching ships from the Manitouc shipyards to prevent the buildings on the next pier from being destroyed by the wave
the ships were built for the C and O railroad who probably donated old, damaged, obsolete, or in need of repair railcars, knowing they'd be scrapped afterward
How to avoid the Chicago railyards... put the trains on ferrys and take them across the lake, and the SS Badger is the last of the coal fired steam engine powered ships that were built to do that, which makes it part of US Highway 10, and M-90, and a National Historic Landmark (thank you Brad!)
The trains hauled cargo, like Wisconsin dairy, beer, and meat, (Remember, Green Bay Packers were named for the meat packers!) lumber, paper, tractors and Nash cars across the lake, and in the other direction, Michigan produce, chemicals, salt, car parts, and vehicles
a street car elevator for getting cars to and from the 2nd floor paint shop, from a 1902 book/magazine "Railway Master Mechainic"
https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search?q=pratt+and+whitney
a compressed air powered fan, for a shop or garage... very cool!
measuring wear on train wheels
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Railway_Master_Mechanic/U0EOAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=RA5-PA263&printsec=frontcover&fbclid=IwY2xjawUJ1JVwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMXVubnpTWncwd05BRDFjZ3FzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEei0h3xj1HH4Mb9OPFeTCSbZaL3l6WS0ZYEY6I0bw0VGnRtDTqScp1xlEdvoI_aem_MwzLff3STifYaM9tD603TQ
Happy MUTTSversary! On this day in 1994, Patrick McDonnell published the first-ever MUTTS comic strip. It features Ozzie and Earl (a character inspired by Patrick's own beloved dog Earl), coming "home."
I collected the first 20 years of annual collections, they are wonderful
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