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Powder coating of a mild steel deck would probably
be the most practical way to make the deck last longer.
But in any case, flipping up the front mount mower
and washing it off with a hose after each mowing is always a good
idea. Leave it flipped up and let the sun dry it out, or run the deck
motors for a short time to help dry things out.
If your deck motors might still have the original
shielded lower ball bearings, keeping them dry is very important. That's
not quite as much of a concern if the lower bearing has been replaced with
a double sealed version of a 6205 bearing.
Mike in KY
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: (ET) Bill Gunn's Elec-Trak
parts
Depending on the stainless used
the dies might not like it.The former Allegheny Ludlum used to do custom
stainless body stampings for FoMoCo.{Have you every seen a sixties vintage
stainless T-Bird ?} The biggest problem they encountered was each die set
would do enough panels for half a dozen cars. Then it was game over.
:(
RJ
harry landis wrote:
When making the decks, you might consider punching a few out of stainless.
It's not all that much more expensive. Or at least hot dip galvanizing
them.
Harry Landis
> Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:27:20
-0400
> From: jbc_lists_NO_REPLY coate org
>
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
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Subject: Re: (ET) Bill Gunn's Elec-Trak parts
>
> The Wisconsin
trip is complete. One week of packing and 20+ tons have
> headed
south in the tractor trailers. We were fortunately just outside
> the
area hard hit by flooding. Bill is a very personable guy and I and
>
my wife enjoyed chatting with him. His favorite ET is the ET12M upgraded
> with a 4-speed tranny :-)
>
> I plan to continue and
expand the on-line store format, complete with
> photos, credit card
processing, help files, etc. With over 3000 parts in
> the database,
I'll probably never get the more obscure bits listed, but
> I do want
all the useful parts on-line. I'll be adding a few smaller
> parts in
the coming days. Sorting everything will take a long time,
>
especially when complicated by my move and possibly switching to
>
different shopping cart software. With documentation now in hand, I am
> getting some parts back in production to restock the shelves - note
that
> a run of "Bill Gunn"-style mowing decks is already under
way!
>
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= = = = = =
> NOTE: Mail sent to the "NO_REPLY" address will *not*
reach me.
> To send me a private message, please use the "contact
us"
> form on the website at
> http://electrictractorstore.com/index.php?main_page=contact_us
>
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> --
> Jim Coate, Spencertown, New York
>
> The
Electric Tractor Store is now open!
> http://www.electrictractorstore.com
>
>
> David Roden wrote:
> >
> > A website
with photos, specifications, tips, and installation instructions;
>
> online ordering; credit card acceptance - all would be greatly
>
appreciated.
> >
> > I don't think you really need to do
the kind of one on one user support that
> > surely contributed to
Bill Gunn's eventual burnout. Just direct people who
> > need help
to this list. Over a period of months you'll also begin to hear
>
> of certain common issues, and can then launch a FAQ or help database on
your
> > website.
> >
>
>
>
>
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