mark1
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Hey that sounds like the ole soda can,tennis ball bazooka. anyone made one lately? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Flapper for Exhaust
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Brack
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My gosh, there's someone else who remembers steel tennis ball cans?!! I've tried explaining the pleasures of launching tennis balls with lighter fluid but sadly, I guess this has been replaced by "huffing" today :-(
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( the pleasures of launching tennis balls with lighter fluid but sadly, I guess this has been replaced )</font>
We put together one of those spud launchers out of schedule 40 pvc.
Was cool having target practice in the field seeing who could hit a fence line a couple hundred feet away.
We put together one of those spud launchers out of schedule 40 pvc.
Was cool having target practice in the field seeing who could hit a fence line a couple hundred feet away.
Varmintmist
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STEP AWAY FROM THE FLAPPPER
I hate those things. The father insisted on one on his tractor, now it rattles and pings so bad that you cant hear yourself think unless you are at PTO speeds so the exaust holds the ---- thing open and still.
Put a can on it or get a curved muffler extension, anything but the flapper.
I hate those things. The father insisted on one on his tractor, now it rattles and pings so bad that you cant hear yourself think unless you are at PTO speeds so the exaust holds the ---- thing open and still.
Put a can on it or get a curved muffler extension, anything but the flapper.
EddieWalker
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( STEP AWAY FROM THE FLAPPPER
I hate those things. The father insisted on one on his tractor, now it rattles and pings so bad that you cant hear yourself think unless you are at PTO speeds so the exaust holds the ---- thing open and still.
Put a can on it or get a curved muffler extension, anything but the flapper. )</font>
I agree with this. I put one on and wished I never did. Luckily it fell apart in about a week of steady use. It came from TSC, so I wouldn't reckomend them either.
What an aweful, never ending racket!!!!
I hate those things. The father insisted on one on his tractor, now it rattles and pings so bad that you cant hear yourself think unless you are at PTO speeds so the exaust holds the ---- thing open and still.
Put a can on it or get a curved muffler extension, anything but the flapper. )</font>
I agree with this. I put one on and wished I never did. Luckily it fell apart in about a week of steady use. It came from TSC, so I wouldn't reckomend them either.
What an aweful, never ending racket!!!!
Indydirtfarmer
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What an aweful, never ending racket!!!!
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That's not a nice thing to say about my wife.....
Oh wait, that wasn't what you were talking about, was it?
What an aweful, never ending racket!!!!
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That's not a nice thing to say about my wife.....
Oh wait, that wasn't what you were talking about, was it?
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I got mine at my local case dealer. Put it on with the hinge on backwards.
Syncro
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<font color="blue">"Hey that sounds like the ole soda can,tennis ball bazooka. anyone made one lately? " </font>
You gotta tell me about this one, tennis balls and lighter fluid? How does that work? We used to use firecrackers (thats before fun was made illegal) under a tin can and launch them into the next county, but tennis balls is a new one to me.
As for a good flapper, of all the things we used what worked best was a cast iron 2" (or smaller) threaded fuel cap, the kind used on fuel storage tanks. It would fly open on start up and stay put with no rattles. You had to manually flip it closed though because it was not spring loaded. My dad threaded the exhaust stack, but for the thinner stacks used these days a threaded coupling welded on would work.
You gotta tell me about this one, tennis balls and lighter fluid? How does that work? We used to use firecrackers (thats before fun was made illegal) under a tin can and launch them into the next county, but tennis balls is a new one to me.
As for a good flapper, of all the things we used what worked best was a cast iron 2" (or smaller) threaded fuel cap, the kind used on fuel storage tanks. It would fly open on start up and stay put with no rattles. You had to manually flip it closed though because it was not spring loaded. My dad threaded the exhaust stack, but for the thinner stacks used these days a threaded coupling welded on would work.
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Put a can on it or get a curved muffler extension, anything but the flapper. )
I agree with this. I put one on and wished I never did. Luckily it fell apart in about a week of steady use. It came from TSC, so I wouldn't reckomend them either.
What an aweful, never ending racket!!!! )</font>
I've had the exact opposite experience. I've had at least 3 or 4 flappers from TSC for my various tractors.
They have all worked great.. Seems they stay flipped full or near full open even at idle. Heck.. even my little 62ci Allis chalmers G can keep the flap cap open at idle.. no rattles
I've had to deal with rusted out stacks due to water entering those 'flaired pieces' In my opinion.. they don't block enough water to be usefull. My only trsctor with a stack that still has the flair is my 7610s.. and it's only because I havn't sawed it square and added one.. I keep a 1 litre soda bottle on it as it is right now.
Soundguy
I agree with this. I put one on and wished I never did. Luckily it fell apart in about a week of steady use. It came from TSC, so I wouldn't reckomend them either.
What an aweful, never ending racket!!!! )</font>
I've had the exact opposite experience. I've had at least 3 or 4 flappers from TSC for my various tractors.
They have all worked great.. Seems they stay flipped full or near full open even at idle. Heck.. even my little 62ci Allis chalmers G can keep the flap cap open at idle.. no rattles
I've had to deal with rusted out stacks due to water entering those 'flaired pieces' In my opinion.. they don't block enough water to be usefull. My only trsctor with a stack that still has the flair is my 7610s.. and it's only because I havn't sawed it square and added one.. I keep a 1 litre soda bottle on it as it is right now.
Soundguy
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Yep the ole tennis ball bazzuka used to be a have to have item..you took 5 or 6 of the old style pop cans (steel top and bottom),cut top and bottom out of all but the bottom one.(you need the bottom) Tape em together to form a tube.punched a small hole near the bottom,squirt a little lighter fluid in and add a tennis ball,aim, hold match by hole in bottom."WHAMMO" a good one would fire 2-300 ft.
I guess they are actually Illegal in some areas as they ain't the safest toy to have????
Now about that Flapper that this post was "supposed" to be about..yeh I took mine off too,,NOISEY ole thing /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
I guess they are actually Illegal in some areas as they ain't the safest toy to have????
Now about that Flapper that this post was "supposed" to be about..yeh I took mine off too,,NOISEY ole thing /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
