Re: keychains, Tom's smoking habit, CBs the other story...

[Tom Mandera <tsm1@domain.elided>]

>         Now that I think of it,my bud's '64 80 with a 345 and double hump pan 
> smoked very bright white with 9.5 quarts of oil in it from the previous owner.  
> Are you sure this isn't you problem.  Don't believe the dipstick, and check it 
> warm and cold, then drain, and see how much is in the bucket by pouring into 
> empty oil containers, which every IH owner has more than enough of!
> 
> Hope that's it, and you can never get hurt by changing the oil too often!

Hmm.. I changed the oil when I got it home.. it received a new filter and 
5 quarts of Quaker 10w30 (what the truck used before, and I had a case 
still in the back of the Scout!).  That's usually the right amount, 
though I don't think I've checked the dip stick yet... ;)

I guess I'll do that tomorrow.. Thanks, Joel.

> attach the 'pole' you are going to use, to ground, and leave the antenna 
> isolated from that, but, by all means get the SWR meter!  I can run a 1.05 on 

When I bought my '72, it had an antenna mounted in the hardtop, centered 
above the windshield frame, but the old farmer that had it before me only 
put a 1/4" hole, not a 3/8" (or is it 1/2"?) in the top, and the antenna 
was grounding itself to the top... SWR was through the roof!

I thought it was a bad antenna (we'd hit it a few times on various 
objects) so I yanked it for a Radio Shack 102" whip.. I didn't have a 
drill that would make the proper size hole, so I ended up using a file to 
enlarge the hole, then used some electrical tape to help the ground (Yes, 
I have the proper tools *now* and know more what I'm doing).. It was 
better, but not great.. but with a 102" whip in the center of a steel 
Scout II, that old 23ch CB that came with the Scout could *talk*.  Of 
course, the antenna hit on darn near everything... ;)

I can't wait to get the '72 back on the street with the antenna mounted 
properly, and then test out my 100w linear.. 


>         Best of luck with this, and if you or anyone else has comments of 
> complaints about what I've said, I'd love to discuss them, I'm always open to 
> more power/range/etc.!

Don't forget to hit http://www.offroadlist.com and look under the FAQ.. 
some good CB information there (no, I don't say this just because I wrote 
some of it years ago...)

-Tom