The Coffee Pot Breakroom 03.28.10-04.03.10
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From: Home: Kaplan, LA - Pipelining In: Pecos, Tx
Yeah Everyone at home is lonesome.... The wifey, Aiden, Mom, Lil Bro
Heck I bet even Worm misses me...
Im goin to bed, see yall in the Morning
Heck I bet even Worm misses me...
Im goin to bed, see yall in the Morning
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From: 14mi North of North Pole
Evenin' all!
Been playing outside all day. Very nice weather.
Claude- the external VR is an easy mod to do. Been there done that. External VR and wires are still in place just in case....... I would un hook bothe the internal VR wires at the alt before hooking up the external..... Never know what's going on with the PCM and the charging circuit. Wouldn't want any wierd feed back toast the new external VR. BTW, the CEL will probably stay lit if you switch to external regulation. The PCM lights the light and when it doesn't have control if the voltage it trips the light.
Been playing outside all day. Very nice weather.
Claude- the external VR is an easy mod to do. Been there done that. External VR and wires are still in place just in case....... I would un hook bothe the internal VR wires at the alt before hooking up the external..... Never know what's going on with the PCM and the charging circuit. Wouldn't want any wierd feed back toast the new external VR. BTW, the CEL will probably stay lit if you switch to external regulation. The PCM lights the light and when it doesn't have control if the voltage it trips the light.
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Look like Claude is graduating from trannys and moving on to voltage regulators. How many of you want to put money on the possibility that this will be the first of at least 4 vr's?
It's Tuesday, March 30th.
On this date in 1822 - Florida became a U.S. territory.
1842 - Dr. Crawford W. Long performed the first operation while his patient was anesthetized by ether. The operation was a success, but the patient displayed some cylinder knock when he started to wake up.
1855 - About 5,000 "Border Ruffians" from western Missouri invaded the territory of Kansas and forced the election of a pro-slavery legislature. It was the first election in Kansas.
1858 - Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia patented the pencil.
1867 - The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million dollars.
1870 - The 15th amendment, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race, was passed by the U.S. Congress.
1870 - Texas was readmitted to the Union.
1941 - The German Afrika Korps under General Erwin Rommel began its first offensive against British forces in Libya.
1944 - The U.S. fleet attacked Palau, near the Philippines.
1945 - The U.S.S.R. invaded Austria during World War II.
1946 - The Allies seized 1,000 ***** attempting to revive the **** party in Frankfurt.
1972 - The Eastertide Offensive began when North Vietnamese troops crossed into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the northern portion of South Vietnam.
1975 - As the North Vietnamese forces moved toward Saigon South Vietnamese soldiers mob rescue jets in desperation.
1981 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded in Washington, DC, by John W. Hinckley Jr. Two police officers and Press Secretary James Brady were also wounded.
1993 - In the Peanuts comic strip, Charlie Brown hit his first home run.
1998 - Rolls-Royce was purchased by BMW in a $570 million deal.
It's Tuesday, March 30th.
On this date in 1822 - Florida became a U.S. territory.
1842 - Dr. Crawford W. Long performed the first operation while his patient was anesthetized by ether. The operation was a success, but the patient displayed some cylinder knock when he started to wake up.
1855 - About 5,000 "Border Ruffians" from western Missouri invaded the territory of Kansas and forced the election of a pro-slavery legislature. It was the first election in Kansas.
1858 - Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia patented the pencil.
1867 - The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million dollars.
1870 - The 15th amendment, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race, was passed by the U.S. Congress.
1870 - Texas was readmitted to the Union.
1941 - The German Afrika Korps under General Erwin Rommel began its first offensive against British forces in Libya.
1944 - The U.S. fleet attacked Palau, near the Philippines.
1945 - The U.S.S.R. invaded Austria during World War II.
1946 - The Allies seized 1,000 ***** attempting to revive the **** party in Frankfurt.
1972 - The Eastertide Offensive began when North Vietnamese troops crossed into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the northern portion of South Vietnam.
1975 - As the North Vietnamese forces moved toward Saigon South Vietnamese soldiers mob rescue jets in desperation.
1981 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded in Washington, DC, by John W. Hinckley Jr. Two police officers and Press Secretary James Brady were also wounded.
1993 - In the Peanuts comic strip, Charlie Brown hit his first home run.
1998 - Rolls-Royce was purchased by BMW in a $570 million deal.
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From: Home: Kaplan, LA - Pipelining In: Pecos, Tx
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From: Down the road from Blake.
morning guys. its been a crazy week out here. been working a bunch of 18's not to mention the MMS is out here doing inspections. fun
i wish i could have caught that conversation last night it sounds like some of the charging systems we have out here. they calling them smart chargers. it tries to prevent the battery from boiling the water out. so it does not charge all of the time. not to mention the pcm can alter the current coming out of it just by changing the signal going into it,unlike traditional systems that just charge when the engine is running. just my $.02. advances in technology or just another way to justify the high prices of the new trucks.
i wish i could have caught that conversation last night it sounds like some of the charging systems we have out here. they calling them smart chargers. it tries to prevent the battery from boiling the water out. so it does not charge all of the time. not to mention the pcm can alter the current coming out of it just by changing the signal going into it,unlike traditional systems that just charge when the engine is running. just my $.02. advances in technology or just another way to justify the high prices of the new trucks.
Muted one day, Banned the next....... Ah the life of a DTR 1%'er
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From: Ohio: Home of the disappointing sports teams
I grad-u-ated frum Claudes skool of tpying....
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From: white trash junction
morning all raining here
dang ....Matt i don't know if Toot is 1/4 scale from what i understand and don't qoute me on this ,is that toot is Crown's prototype loco that it is the granddaddy to all the crown loco's and if i remeber right it runs on rail spaced at 18" witch brings me back to scale .....i dont know
I do know after having the valves reworked on it a while back ...you can pick the front truck off the track NOT high enough for the flanges to clear the rail but high enough to see air between the wheels an rail while givin the throtttle to'er...........dont ask how i know
dang ....Matt i don't know if Toot is 1/4 scale from what i understand and don't qoute me on this ,is that toot is Crown's prototype loco that it is the granddaddy to all the crown loco's and if i remeber right it runs on rail spaced at 18" witch brings me back to scale .....i dont know I do know after having the valves reworked on it a while back ...you can pick the front truck off the track NOT high enough for the flanges to clear the rail but high enough to see air between the wheels an rail while givin the throtttle to'er...........dont ask how i know