The Ford Barn

ericr · 04-21-2020, 01:42 PM

Do you old-timers remember the Model Garage series in Popular Science?

In one of the issues from the 1920s, Gus was removing carbon from the pistons by thrown a lit match into the cylinder, then putting in pure oxygen from his welding tank. The carbon would ignite and flare out of the spark plug hole, then die down after it was all burnt out.

Has anyone every heard of that process?

If not, I nominate my good friend and mentor Rotorwrench to try it out LOL

BTW, I saw all the issues from the '20s into the Model "A" era and there was little if any information specifically directed towards Model "A" Fords, for some reason.

The series did once reveal that Gus and Joe were real live guys operating a garage in upper New York state but I never found out where.

04-21-2020, 01:42 PM	#1
ericr Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 1,542	Burning Out Carbon in "The Model Garage" Do you old-timers remember the Model Garage series in Popular Science? In one of the issues from the 1920s, Gus was removing carbon from the pistons by thrown a lit match into the cylinder, then putting in pure oxygen from his welding tank. The carbon would ignite and flare out of the spark plug hole, then die down after it was all burnt out. Has anyone every heard of that process? If not, I nominate my good friend and mentor Rotorwrench to try it out LOL BTW, I saw all the issues from the '20s into the Model "A" era and there was little if any information specifically directed towards Model "A" Fords, for some reason. The series did once reveal that Gus and Joe were real live guys operating a garage in upper New York state but I never found out where.