Reminds me of the time I setup the oxyacetylene torch with
bothering with the regulators.. The lines kept blowing out
and setting the shop on fire. I installed a halon system in
the garage so that when the lines blew out or the torch flew
out of my hand from the pressure i could put the fire out
quickly.. i now will not weld without a 1000000 lb halon
system in the garage and my space suit. The new hot
setup......
How often do we fix things up to the point of them working
not nearly as well as stock???
All in good fun but i hope ya get my point..
Dick J wrote:
>
> "Bout three years ago I had a big block Mopar
> drag car. I wasn't paying attention when I put
> on pullys and ended up with a super high speed
> water pump that must have been putting out 1000
> PSI (ha ha), but it was a lot. It kept blowing
> freeze plugs right out of the block. I finally
> used the rubber expanding types smeared in JB
> Weld. Never blew another one out. I did correct
> the pully ratio a month later and got the
> pressure back within reason too. It was stupid
> mistake and a good lesson. I now swear by those
> rubber freeze plugs (and JB Weld).
>
>
> --- Jim Dincau <jdincau@qnet.com> wrote:
> > Hi all you iron stock blockers out there.
> > Do we still strap across the plugs to
> > keep them from failing
> > catastrophically or has a new idea come along?
> > Jim in Palmdale, where it didn't rain a drop
>
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