- 121. [Shop-talk] A new OT problem..... (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:20:39 -0400
- OK since most of us agree that there is a great amount of talent in this group I have a new challenge for it. I hope there are a few experts in wireless remote control devices. Here's my problem. I h
- /html/shop-talk/2011-04/msg00118.html (9,826 bytes)
- 122. Re: [Shop-talk] AC compressor is tripping 20A breaker (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 21:41:54 -0400
- Try installing a new breaker.....I have had ones that were erratic. _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual d
- /html/shop-talk/2011-07/msg00070.html (7,118 bytes)
- 123. Re: [Shop-talk] Parts solvent (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:38:53 -0400
- John, my suggestion would be for Simple Green. Buy it in the concentrate form. Call janitorial supply houses, or check big box store about getting a 5 gal. pail. If you can afford it, use it in conce
- /html/shop-talk/2011-07/msg00107.html (7,620 bytes)
- 124. Re: [Shop-talk] Firing order problems. (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:14:16 -0400
- I made this mistake once.... Re-arrange the plug wires for 1-3-4-2 and see if it runs better...! Are you certain you are observing the distributor's rotor rotation correctly? If the wires are correct
- /html/shop-talk/2011-07/msg00150.html (9,946 bytes)
- 125. Re: [Shop-talk] Run air tools on a water hose? (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:03:53 -0400
- I suspect your piston rings are badly worn......Unless your humidity has been exceptionally high..... Don't try to paint anything in this condition.... _______________________________________________
- /html/shop-talk/2011-08/msg00077.html (7,326 bytes)
- 126. Re: [Shop-talk] Run air tools on a water hose? (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 09:53:22 -0400
- Why not try an old fashioned compression test? Disconnect the pipe going into the tank and hold a compression tester to it tightly. Have somebody turn on the compressor and try to hold on. In order t
- /html/shop-talk/2011-08/msg00082.html (8,001 bytes)
- 127. Re: [Shop-talk] the continuing water saga (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 20:17:05 -0400
- Also, drain holes get plugged up with dust, lint, etc..... _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $
- /html/shop-talk/2011-08/msg00090.html (7,022 bytes)
- 128. Re: [Shop-talk] installing a helicoil (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:48:02 -0500
- John, I'd take it to a professional machine shop. The real secret to getting an accurately fitted Helicoil is holding the work securely and having drill and tap exactly vertical. It is probably best
- /html/shop-talk/2011-11/msg00030.html (7,614 bytes)
- 129. Re: [Shop-talk] windshield repair DIY? (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:18:56 -0500
- Some auto insurance policies provide for free crack repair by professionals. It is cheaper for them than having a hammer accidentally fall on your windshield. Check with your insurer. _______________
- /html/shop-talk/2011-12/msg00064.html (6,892 bytes)
- 130. Re: [Shop-talk] making a slot in aluminum plate (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:27:25 -0500
- This is the excuse you need for buying a nice used Bridgeport......;-) _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annua
- /html/shop-talk/2011-12/msg00083.html (7,932 bytes)
- 131. Re: [Shop-talk] OT--car won't start (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:26:51 -0500
- I now avoid gas stabilizers like the plague! They have caused more gum up than just leaving gas in it. On my lawn equipment I put a cutoff in the fuel line and always run them dry. __________________
- /html/shop-talk/2011-12/msg00093.html (7,900 bytes)
- 132. Re: [Shop-talk] Painting inside a chassis (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 16:31:19 -0500
- Don't worry about frame rust. British cars throw so much oil everything is naturally rust proofed ;-) etc in >1960. As I am finishing up the repairs needed I would like to get something >inside to pr
- /html/shop-talk/2012-01/msg00037.html (10,343 bytes)
- 133. Re: [Shop-talk] Rebuilding car batteries (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 05:46:16 -0500
- Forgive me for sounding like a smartass, but why would anybody want to rebuild a Lucas battery? Isn't the purpose of a Lucas battery to suck the life out of lbcs? If your purpose is to get "originali
- /html/shop-talk/2012-01/msg00052.html (7,511 bytes)
- 134. Re: [Shop-talk] Tachometers (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:07:05 -0500
- Check e bay for a machinist's tachometer. It is a little device that looks like a large key. The "pointy" end has a little pyramid shaped tip that you push into the drill or lathe chuck. This turns a
- /html/shop-talk/2012-01/msg00091.html (7,343 bytes)
- 135. Re: [Shop-talk] Is this true?---Fw: eBay Motors Fee Class (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:54:56 -0500
- Hey, I got a check for 34 cents ! When I cashed it, the teller told me not to "blow it all in one place." The only people who came out on this were the lawyers. (So what else is new!) _______________
- /html/shop-talk/2012-01/msg00101.html (8,207 bytes)
- 136. Re: [Shop-talk] balky Honda EU2000i generator -- resolved (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:06:16 -0500
- I like stories with happy endings..... _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $12.96 Archive: http:
- /html/shop-talk/2012-02/msg00072.html (7,263 bytes)
- 137. Re: [Shop-talk] removing #2 Philips screws (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:19:53 -0500
- Try this.......get a piece of steel tubing (like brake line) that has an ID slightly larger than the head of the screw. Sharpen one end. Plug the other end with a piece of dowel rod so that it won't
- /html/shop-talk/2012-02/msg00097.html (8,425 bytes)
- 138. Re: [Shop-talk] Voltage regulators (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:27:53 -0400
- I don't know anything about those fancy Eyetalian voltage regulators but those British Lucas regulators operate on smoke......If you let the smoke leak out you are screwed. ;-) ______________________
- /html/shop-talk/2011-10/msg00002.html (8,928 bytes)
- 139. Re: [Shop-talk] OT hep with ants PLEASE (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 20:06:40 -0400
- What about a smoke bomb like you use for moles? _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $12.96 Archi
- /html/shop-talk/2012-05/msg00191.html (12,212 bytes)
- 140. Re: [Shop-talk] Exterior nighttime surveillance cameras? (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@cablespeed.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 07:03:38 -0400
- Any kid who will beat on your mailbox with a ball bat will attack your motion-sensor camera with equal vigor.... _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive: http
- /html/shop-talk/2012-08/msg00001.html (9,207 bytes)
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