OK God is trying to tell me to improve the dry tank design. I know I need to make a larger tank, but I also realize I should have a backflow preventer on the...
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lotus3390@...
lsum8121
Jun 2, 2011 3:41 am
Sorry folks, the 220 should have been 2200.... (11 gm/liter) (200 liters) = 2200 gm. I do 200 liter batches and use the 80/20 procedure...get wvo to 140 F,...
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bruce fletcher
brucefletche...
Jun 2, 2011 4:08 am
ic, Er How long do you let it settle out? How are you drying a batch that size? I might start trying that 80/20 method. I am not satisfied with my 3/27 ...
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lotus3390@...
lsum8121
Jun 2, 2011 6:05 am
Bruce, Settling time ranges from 2 hrs to overnight, More time allowed gives more complete settling. I've been doing 100 liter batches for 3 years and just...
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Shane Lowrance
mjrchode
Jun 3, 2011 10:59 pm
Hello Eric, I use vacuum to dewater my WVO/blended fuel. You will need a lot deeper vacuum than a shop vac can pull. If you are serious about the vacuum...
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Richard
harveyking2002
Jun 4, 2011 3:24 am
JB weld may not stick to plastic. Dick...
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Richard
harveyking2002
Jun 4, 2011 3:24 am
My experience is that if you are not getting complete reactions you are short on KOH. Up the KOH 10% over your test numbers and make sure you run for at least...
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lotus3390@...
lsum8121
Jun 5, 2011 4:36 am
Thanks, Shane, for the info. Although I have a big shop vac, I know that it's just an approximation of a real vac setup. I need to put a gauge on my tank to...
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Wilfred Acree
curshe2000
Jun 5, 2011 11:27 am
Not sure with the drum full but with it empty and just an old refrigerator compressor hooked to one you can collapse one with a good 3 to 5 inch's of vacuum...
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Jason J
shithookthecat
Jun 8, 2011 10:29 pm
I expect that 3" Hg is not enough to collapse a 55 gallon drum since it is only about 1.5 psi, Any refrigeration compressor will pull 28' or 29" if given time....
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Jason J
shithookthecat
Jul 25, 2011 4:08 pm
Will a standard Horror Fright or Northern Tools clear water pump work for pumping methoxide? I would like to circulate the methanol in a 16 gallon cone bottom...
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hamed
hamed_falli
Jul 25, 2011 4:09 pm
Hello i am trying to use biodiesel in a normal engine (like small size engines for radio control cars) for my chem-e-car.but there is a big difference between...
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Wilfred Acree
curshe2000
Jul 25, 2011 7:33 pm
Hamed The diesel at pumps is not the same kind in the small RC engines I have a few and like their cousins of nitro methane/bean oil...
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hamed
hamed_falli
Jul 25, 2011 10:41 pm
Curt thanks for replying my message.so you offer me useing bean oil? and mix it with nitro methane! i have mixed RC fuel (which has nitro methane) with my...
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Richard
harveyking2002
Jul 26, 2011 6:52 am
The bean oil (Castor oil) is for lubrication. Dick...
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Wilfred Acree
curshe2000
Jul 26, 2011 11:39 am
Med. Castor Oil Paraffin Ether Iso Propyl Nitrate or similar ignition improver Running in 30% 35% 33% 2% Fully run in 25% 40% 33% 2% Fully run in - BR...
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dmloenker
Jul 28, 2011 2:20 pm
... I would be concerned about the caustic nature of the two chemicals eating through parts of the pump and leaking. That is the last thing that you want. The...
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brucefletcher2001
brucefletche...
Jul 31, 2011 5:56 am
Ok now I am looking at a 98 gmc school bus. Man my neighbors are gonna love me, There is 2 for sale at $2k. low miles anybody using this motor. Let me have the...
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Benjamin L. Naber
ied812
Jul 31, 2011 10:44 pm
Got any pictures? ~Benjamin...
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jimzalefty
Aug 1, 2011 9:03 pm
I'm looking for a co-op in the suburbs of Phila. PA. I've been using WVO in an 87 Mercedes for the past couple of years and just recently bought a Dodge 2500...
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Richard
harveyking2002
Aug 2, 2011 7:08 am
Which motor? Dick...
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o1bigtenor
Aug 2, 2011 7:09 am
On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 12:56 AM, brucefletcher2001 ... What motor is in the bus? (Lots of options I would think!) D...
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mapsense2000
Aug 2, 2011 7:09 am
Is that the "short bus" with the Detroit Diesel 6.5 Turbo? Or the full size bus with a "real truck" engine? Michael...
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bruce fletcher
brucefletche...
Aug 4, 2011 5:15 am
I missed out or actually never heard back from these people on CL. I am now looking at a 93 Vandura diesel with a 6.2. I think this is a so so motor, wasn't...
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Jason J
shithookthecat
Aug 5, 2011 2:44 pm
No, the 6.2 is a Detroit diesel truck motor that shares no parts beyond maybe glow plugs with a 5.7. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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mapsense2000
Aug 5, 2011 2:44 pm
The 6.2L was made by Detroit Diesel. The "converted gas engine" is a myth. The "mythical"; engine was the "5.7L Olds Diesel" The only think it shared with the...
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o1bigtenor
Aug 5, 2011 2:44 pm
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:15 AM, bruce fletcher ... I was told by a guy running one that if you had one of the last years of those that they weren't too bad. I...
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Richard
harveyking2002
Aug 5, 2011 2:44 pm
The first version of the 6.5L. Not a great motor. Why GM with as much success with diesels could not make a reduced "8.2L" is beyond me. Stay with a IDI 7.3...
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MG
trainpain2000
Aug 5, 2011 2:44 pm
No the 6.2 was not a modified gas motor. It was purpose designed to be a diesel engine. That said it is not a powerhouse but it does get about 18-20mpg in a...
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Rick Bouvier
Rbouvier
Aug 5, 2011 2:57 pm
Who is making "Weasel Pee."......Well I guess we all have done that at some point...LOL ... From: Richard <harveyking2002@...> Subject: [biodieselbasics]...
