- 1. [Shop-talk] OT - California destinations (score: 150)
- Author: ericm at lne.com (Eric Murray)
- Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 12:55:25 -0700
- HIghway 1 is usually full of tourists on the weekend. Expect slow and erratic driving. It's not bad if you're checking out the scenery but if you want to enjoy a nice twisty road it can be frustratin
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00082.html (13,204 bytes)
- 2. [Shop-talk] Changing transmission fluid (score: 141)
- Author: ericm at lne.com (Eric Murray)
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:33:54 -0800
- Yea, it stirs up the crap that's settled in the bottom of the oil pan and sends it back through your tranny. I've heard of VW eurovan transmissions dying not long after a flush. I just change my flui
- /html/shop-talk/2011-02/msg00210.html (9,825 bytes)
- 3. [Shop-talk] Changing transmission fluid (score: 141)
- Author: ericm at lne.com (Eric Murray)
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:56:14 -0800
- Manuals don't need a flush to exchange the fluid in the torque converter. Eric
- /html/shop-talk/2011-02/msg00214.html (9,866 bytes)
- 4. [Shop-talk] Changing transmission fluid (score: 141)
- Author: ericm at lne.com (Eric Murray)
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:38:24 -0800
- [..] Couldn't you drain the trans and fill it at the same time? With the engine running so the trans pump is exchanging fluid. If you could keep the drain and rate low enough that the fill could keep
- /html/shop-talk/2011-02/msg00218.html (9,536 bytes)
- 5. [Shop-talk] gah. Moron press <-- Gutters (score: 141)
- Author: ericm at lne.com (Eric Murray)
- Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 16:25:04 -0800
- We have needles too (fir and redwood) in the Santa Cruz mountains. I go out on the 1st floor roof and scoop the needles out. I try not to fall off the roof, and won't go out when its wet. I'm fortuna
- /html/shop-talk/2011-03/msg00266.html (9,783 bytes)
- 6. [Shop-talk] Craftsman edger motor lost its suck (score: 141)
- Author: ericm at lne.com (Eric Murray)
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 15:41:28 -0700
- I'd take the carb off, disassemble it and clean it out. I'm guessing that it's got gunk from the hose stuck in it. Eric
- /html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00271.html (8,920 bytes)
- 7. [Shop-talk] hanging bicycles (score: 141)
- Author: ericm at lne.com (Eric Murray)
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 10:49:26 -0700
- I don't have any wall space in my garage, and my wife and I have a bunch of bicycles. I got a free standing stand from Performance (on sale). You can stack bikes two high and on both sides. So you ma
- /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00418.html (9,541 bytes)
- 8. Re: Bounce: Why isn't tjhis going through? (score: 45)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 11:18:32 -0800
- Heh. [stuff deleted] It looks like att's name servers could not resolve autox.team.net to find either an IP address or an 'MX' or mail exchange. (the MX is a DNS record that says "if you can't delive
- /html/shop-talk/2002-03/msg00015.html (8,770 bytes)
- 9. Re: waste-oil heaters? (score: 19)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 08:48:56 -0700
- Would ordinary oil recyclers take the stuff, since you've burned up the good parts and left them the bad parts? Of course you could just pour it into a gallon of regular used oil and take it to the r
- /html/shop-talk/2000-10/msg00099.html (9,219 bytes)
- 10. Re: Shed Floor Covering (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 12:14:14 -0700
- Hmm. I wonder wny not? Linoleum or vinyl tiles? You can probably scrounge some recycled stuff from someone's kitchen remodel project. Another option is rubber mats. They're nicer to stand on but more
- /html/shop-talk/2000-10/msg00045.html (8,348 bytes)
- 11. Re: Shed Floor Covering (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 14:29:37 -0700
- Gempler's. They're nice to use when you're standing around all day. I spent this weekend with the car and bikes out of the garage and apple crushing and pressing equipment set up (we make hard cider)
- /html/shop-talk/2000-10/msg00047.html (7,784 bytes)
- 12. Re: waste-oil heaters? (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 08:26:13 -0700
- I've been wondering- with these units, what happens to the nasties that're in the used oil? Metals, sludge and toxins. Where do they go when you use the oil for heat? Up the stack and into the atmosp
- /html/shop-talk/2000-10/msg00096.html (8,041 bytes)
- 13. Re: Fancy mechanic's gloves (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 21:16:22 -0700
- I like the Mechanix brand gloves for motorcycle riding, specifically observed trials. They're thinner than most regular dirt bike gloves so I get better feel with them. I don't use gloves when I work
- /html/shop-talk/2000-09/msg00039.html (9,350 bytes)
- 14. Re: Gravel driveway (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 07:29:19 -0700
- That's up to the individual- I happen to think that it looks fine. However, the leaves (or fir needles the case of the walkway to my front door) when they fall on the gravel, decompose into soil pret
- /html/shop-talk/2000-08/msg00033.html (7,826 bytes)
- 15. sawzall recommendations? (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 07:45:13 -0700
- My fiance wants a Sawzall for her birthday. She really likes the Makita cordless drill that I got her a few years ago. Looking through some catalogs, I see that there's a number of cordless Sawzall-t
- /html/shop-talk/2000-08/msg00034.html (7,306 bytes)
- 16. $^%&@% bandsaw piece of $#&^%@&@!! (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 16:09:14 -0700
- I've got one of those $179 Harbor Freight (or Jet or Enco) metal bandsaws. Since I've gotten it I've had a problem with the band jumping off the wheels. There's an adjustment for setting the angle of
- /html/shop-talk/2000-08/msg00108.html (8,034 bytes)
- 17. Re: $^%&@% bandsaw piece of $#&^%@&@!! (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 17:37:15 -0700
- Ok, here's more info: The bandsaw wheels both have rims on only one side. I assume that this is so you can easily install the blade. The bottom drive wheel is fixed. The upper wheel has both a tensio
- /html/shop-talk/2000-08/msg00109.html (9,583 bytes)
- 18. Re: $^%&@% bandsaw piece of $#&^%@&@!! (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:15:32 -0700
- The blade I have (which came with the saw) is as tall as the wheels are deep. Is it ok to have a blade that's taller than the wheels? It seems to me that a shorter blade would be more likely to stay
- /html/shop-talk/2000-08/msg00114.html (8,754 bytes)
- 19. Bandsaw problem solution (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 15:28:59 -0700
- It was the blade. I took it off and aligned the wheels. While the blade was off, I put it on the garage floor. It's sort of potato-chip shaped. Look at it from the side and you can see that the front
- /html/shop-talk/2000-08/msg00115.html (7,474 bytes)
- 20. Re: Bandsaw problem solution (score: 10)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 08:48:23 -0700
- I'll look at it, but I don't think that the bends are where the weld is. The weld on that blade wasn't noticeable like on the replacement, where I can hear it going over the wheels and the saw frame
- /html/shop-talk/2000-08/msg00117.html (7,863 bytes)
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