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For that amount of water, and power available, you might consider an ultra high pressure pump, or dual use if you already have a pressure washer that would work. Add some foam/water wetter and you'll be very efficient.

Iodine is volatile, that's why table salt has an expiration date. Vit A is short lived also, some of the other vitamins might last longer. All the other minerals should be there as long as the block hasn't been submerged.

A septic will pump out with an electric sump pump if it's a one time thing, or a sewage pump if it has to be reliable. That koshin says "clear water" and has no max solids size, so no septics for that. Silty water isn't the problem, or even sewage, it's the long fibrous stuff that finds it's...

The biggest difference is 1,700 compared to 2,100 revs. Everything else is minor in comparison.

I'll take the blame for that, as TNV is one of the tests done on lime here in the US. It's just the total neutralizing capacity of the material, if it all eventually breaks down and reacts. Especially for a coarse lime, it will be higher than the Effective Neutralizing Power which estimates...

Has the coolant been tested annually? any water added? Not likely it had anything to do with the coolant, even so. A certain percentage of anything will fail in a very predictable rate.

Dry hay will make the biggest difference in how much water they drink. Mice are one of the mammals that can get all their water needs from the breakdown of carbohydrates. Goats on lush pasture will drink a small fraction of the water that they give in milk, even with cool clean water...

In this case, I'd flush it with distilled water or rainwater by draining as much old coolant as possible, filling it and working it an hour or so, then draining hot. If there's a lot of sediment that comes out, refill and run another half hour, then drain and repeat until there's no more...

You probably still want another pump on it's own thermostat. No problem as long as you have enough head to function, or can add a little. A floor temp sensor is something you might run a tube into the floor for, even if you're not going to use a wifi thermostat that uses the weather forecast...

The thermostat is barely opening, you can tell by the temp drop from the block to the top of radiator. The temp on thermostat is the temp that the thermostat starts opening, not fully open till much hotter.

Yes, it can run off an existing system. You might be able to make it circulate by gravity, but that would take a sharp pencil. Far easier to use a circulater pump. You can make the controls as simple or complicated as you want. What is the existing system?

Inspect the baffle in the rocker cover. The baffle has to separate the oil from the gases leaving the breather tube. Double check the oil level in the crankcase, is it possible the dipstick has been swapped? or the tube has come loose changing the level on the dipstick? or the clean oil is...

I'd guess there's too many stumps to go around painting each individually? If you can cut them off again, spray the regrowth. There are better chemicals to kill brush then glyphosate to kill by spraying, fall is usually the best time.

The anti cavitation additives may be less required for a Ford 4000 than a newer wet sleeve engine, but you have to have something to protect the engine from corrosion. 50/50 concentration isn't strictly needed if you will never see -40. One part concentrate three parts distilled or rain water...

Even without the buffer tank, the pek90 will be way more efficient than the big log boiler. You'll want something for hot water besides burning wood, but that could be electric also. A tempering tank, and then a heat pump water heater makes a lot of sense, but maybe not right now? Your...