He is going to restore it some day.... That is what they always tell me. ----- Original Message ----- From: Denis Dodson To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 11:13 PM Subject: [tcb] Re: '56 bus Ok, tomorrow I will go back and try to get more info. Why would an 80 year old guy want to keep a '56 anyway? ----- Original Message ----- From: sammie smith To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:08 PM Subject: [tcb] Re: '56 bus Hey Denis: I know how to convert a tractor to 8 volts. I grew up on a farm. For an address I'll deliver the info to them in person. Or you can just do it. You remove the 6V battery and you insert the 8V battery. The extra 2V aren't enough to hurt anything, the 6V generator will keep it charged, the 6V starter will run a little faster and make the tractor start easier, and if it has lights, doubtful on an old 6V farm tractor, they will just burn a little brighter and probably burn out after about 5 years of infrequent use. That's what we used to do on the farm. Cept most of our tractors didn't even have batteries. Magnetos and arm cranking. These guys don't even sound up to speed for Arkansas hillbillies are they would have known that. Or maybe they were just really pulling your leg. Conrad Klahn <conradk@xxxxxxx> wrote: If I were you, I'd find as much info on the 6 to 8 volt conversion you can and drop it by with your name and number on it. On Mar 27, 2008, at 8:44 PM, Denis Dodson wrote: So, I took Murray and went to Sam's Club to get huge bags of grass seed for the Psycobilly parking/camping area. As I am coming out, one of the two super old guys who check your receipt to make sure that you don't have a 60" plasma under the tomatoes says, "Are you a mechanic?" I'm thinking, what about me would provoke such a question, and I say, "Why?" He says, "We are trying to figure out how to convert a 1950 tractor from 6 volt to 8". Putting aside the fact that I have never heard of 8 volt anything, I suggested that there were probably about a million antique tractor guys on the internet. They both looked at me as if I had spoken Navajo. I said go to a library and they would do the search for him. I loaded up Murray and as I was leaving the parking lot I drove by the door and one of the guys waves at me to stop. I do. He says, "I have one of these". I say really? "Yeah, It's older though, and not as nice." He tells me that it is a '56. I asked him if it has an overhang over the windshield. "No, and it also has a bigger door in the back, over the engine door. It has a little bitty engine". Of course, my next question was, "Wanna sell it?" "No." I know his name and I know where he works. If I can find out where he lives and where his bus is. I might have to kill him. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.1/1346 - Release Date: 3/27/2008 10:03 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.1/1345 - Release Date: 3/26/2008 6:50 PM