Back in the 1970s the University of Nebraska experimented with a hydrogen-powered tractor. They took an M Farmall fitted it with a solar array, a large oxygen bottle for storing hydrogen and the apparatus for splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen. They fill the fuel tank with water. The hydrogen was funneled into the tank and the oxygen was released back into the atmosphere. The exhaust was pure water vapor. I read this story in a farm show magazine in the late 70s. There was also a story about powering a diesel engine with vegatable oil. Again the test tractor was a Farmall M diesel. It ran on pure sunflower oil the exhaust smells like cookies baking in an oven. The tractor developed 70 some horsepower with no other modifications. The only drawback was there would be deposits formed in the combustion chamber from the sunflower oil. A tank of straight diesel fuel would clear it right up and you can go back to running sunflower oil again. Again,story in Farm Show magazine.
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Today's Featured Article - The Nuts and Bolts of Fasteners - Part 2 - by Curtis Von Fange. In our previous article we discussed capscrews, bolts, and nuts along with their relative hardness and thread sizes. In this segment we will finish up on our fasteners and then work with ways to keep them from loosening up in the field. Capscrews, bolts and nuts are not the only means of holding two parts together. When dealing with thinner metals like sheet tin, a long bolt and
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