- 121. Re: Thanks (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:31:35 -0400
- Why not? That's how we all learn. Or get to show off our smarts. It makes the list more interesting... Tim Mullen /// /// shop-talk@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text me
- /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00145.html (6,705 bytes)
- 122. Exhaust Leak (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 13:05:35 -0400
- Question about sources of an exhaust leak. My son's '85 El Camino (305 V8, 4 bbl) appears to have an exhaust leak, but it's not coming from the exhaust pipes. It has a new exhaust, from the manifolds
- /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00167.html (7,360 bytes)
- 123. Re: Exhaust Leak (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 16:29:51 -0400
- Maybe I need to clarify - I smell "exhaust" and get a bit of a headache riding as a passenger in his car. Similar to being in a garage with an engine running a bit too long. But it's not major, he (m
- /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00170.html (8,005 bytes)
- 124. Re: Slot Car (was Plastic film removal) (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 10:15:45 -0400
- I once had a slot car "system" that allowed the cars to switch from track to track. As well as my teen age mind (at the time) could determine, each car had a diode that only allowed the "power" to tr
- /html/shop-talk/2001-06/msg00011.html (7,786 bytes)
- 125. Re: Air Bleed-off cooling system (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 09:43:19 -0400
- Coult there be some kind of "float" in the line (or even the carb) that shuts off the flow when it get liquid? Other than that, I have no idea... Tim Mullen Chantilly, VA /// /// shop-talk@autox.team
- /html/shop-talk/2001-06/msg00042.html (7,233 bytes)
- 126. Re: Carbs and rads (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 10:53:25 -0400
- (although it could have a water passage built in to the head/intake). Most cars that have coolant lines to the carbs use the coolant to regulate the choke. As for carb heat, a lot of cars also have i
- /html/shop-talk/2001-06/msg00044.html (8,405 bytes)
- 127. Re: Anybody know anything about exhaust analyzers? (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 12:03:12 -0400
- Or you could get it from one of the trusted Lotus vendors (R.D. Enterprises) for $145: http://www.rdent.com/pages/tools.html I have the earlier version that had a analog meter instead of the digital.
- /html/shop-talk/2001-06/msg00084.html (7,569 bytes)
- 128. Re: building a garage (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 09:37:46 -0400
- I don't know... That's almost 4 inches of inside diminsions... In my garage, I'd give a lot for 4 extra inches on the sides... 8-) 8-) Tim Mullen Chantilly, VA /// /// shop-talk@autox.team.net mailin
- /html/shop-talk/2001-06/msg00093.html (8,275 bytes)
- 129. Re: building a garagey (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 12:07:11 -0400
- That'd be 2 inches for each wall. I usually plan on having walls on each side... 8-) Hey, when we bought our first garage, my wife had a long list of things she wanted in a house. My only requirement
- /html/shop-talk/2001-06/msg00095.html (7,948 bytes)
- 130. Re: building a garage (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 17:48:26 -0400
- I had to drive thru Texas many years ago on a cross country trip. Started out on the East Cost and drove to my friend's house in Houston in one day. After a couple days visit, my goal was to get acro
- /html/shop-talk/2001-06/msg00105.html (9,337 bytes)
- 131. Re: building a garage (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:04:32 -0400
- That was my route from West to East - thru the pan handle of Texas and Oklahoma. That was scary on that particular trip though... Doing 85 in the Elan, and getting passed by a string of semi trucks i
- /html/shop-talk/2001-06/msg00111.html (8,773 bytes)
- 132. Re: cotton vrs paper towels (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 14:17:53 -0400
- I know that using a paper towel is a sure way to scratch the plastic "scratch resistant" finish on my glasses. I carry around a small piece of flannel "polishing cloth" to dry my glasses after cleani
- /html/shop-talk/2001-05/msg00016.html (7,354 bytes)
- 133. Fwd: Re: Jeep 4 by 4 (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 17:15:53 -0400
- No, no, no... wheels x driven "hubs" A motorcycle would be a 2x1 (although I've seen a 2x2 motorcycle), and the MG would be a 4x2. I guess a Morgan trike would be a 3x2 ??? And an old Piper Cub would
- /html/shop-talk/2001-05/msg00044.html (8,166 bytes)
- 134. Re: Finding a vacuum leak (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 10:21:14 -0400
- I'm not in favor of wholesale replacing of hoses. It might be a good idea on an engine with hard, brittle, stiff hoses, but ot all rubber hoses are made equal. I had my old Honda for 16 years, and on
- /html/shop-talk/2001-05/msg00073.html (9,307 bytes)
- 135. Re: Finding a vacuum leak (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 10:24:26 -0400
- Not necessarily... I think I'd leave the plastic tubes and replace the rubber ends if they are leaking. There's a reason that the manufacturer spent the money to make up those special plastic tubing
- /html/shop-talk/2001-05/msg00074.html (8,360 bytes)
- 136. Re: Differential rebuild rebuild (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 15:11:36 -0400
- LSD (no not that, Limited Slip Differential...) Tim Mullen /// /// shop-talk@autox.team.net mailing list ///
- /html/shop-talk/2001-04/msg00007.html (7,151 bytes)
- 137. Re: Laid up refrigerator. (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 10:27:47 -0400
- I'll second that advice. Make sure it's completely empty and totally clean! When we moved into our house, the previous owners left a refrigerator in the garage. All my garage stuff and extra house s
- /html/shop-talk/2001-04/msg00026.html (7,935 bytes)
- 138. Re: Mystery AC fuel pump for British car (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 14:49:57 -0400
- Don't know what it is (it's not for my Elan - the mounts different), but I'm betting that I could use the glass dome and seals under it to repair my Elan's original pump... Tim Mullen 72 Elan Sprint
- /html/shop-talk/2001-04/msg00119.html (7,707 bytes)
- 139. RE: Stromberg 175 CD-2 (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 14:59:16 -0500
- To which <ken.landaiche@nokia.com> replied: I don't remember if it's a "CD-2", but my Elan definitely has Stromberg 175's on it... 'Course I suspect that William might be looking for a cheap source o
- /html/shop-talk/2001-02/msg00090.html (7,538 bytes)
- 140. Re: Getting a car into the garage. (score: 1)
- Author: "Tim Mullen" <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 10:50:56 -0500
- One small suggestion when pushing a car if you are having trouble. Push on the top of the tires. Basically, by pushing (turning) on the top of the tire, you double the leverage - your "pushing" force
- /html/shop-talk/2001-01/msg00047.html (8,262 bytes)
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