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1. Engine out of TR6 -- how to mount it on the stand? (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 15:37:28 -0700; I'm hoping everybody is entitled to one stupid question and one cross post. As we speak, I have the engine out of my TR6, dangling from the hoist and tentatively bolted into an engine stand. Here lie; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00071.html (8,492 bytes)
2. Re: Engine out of TR6 -- how to mount it on the stand? (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 08:55:21 -0700; Yes, the bolts are 5/16" diameter (1/2" heads) -- my fault in typing without proofing what I said in a hurry to get it mounted (rented the engine hoist). So I currently have it mounted using 4 5/16"; /html/shop-talk/2002-06/msg00074.html (9,233 bytes)
3. Auto-body group/source (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 10:56:26 -0700; Somewhat off topic, and I apologize, but since I will be working on it in my "shop," maybe it qualifies. ;) I have a '75 Ford E150 (300 CID inline six, manual trans) that I just love (had it since th; /html/shop-talk/2002-04/msg00028.html (7,938 bytes)
4. Re: Ordered a parts washer (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:09:23 -0700; I know, I know, I am the proverbial broken record on solvents, but the Super Agitene contains lanolin which puts an almost undetectable coating on the part so the part won't rust the minute you take; /html/shop-talk/2002-04/msg00265.html (8,889 bytes)
5. McMaster (wasRe: Grainger) (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 20:32:06 -0700; -snip Hi Randall, McMaster does not show the Gray-Mills Super-Agitene name in the catalogue, but their "Solvent Plus Lanolin" (part #32291 @$49.50 /5 gal) is Gray-Mills Super-Agitene. This is where I; /html/shop-talk/2002-04/msg00288.html (8,150 bytes)
6. Re: drilled rotors (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 21:46:30 -0800; It is interesting that all (?) motorcycle rotors are drilled, but not vented, and that most cars are vented but not drilled. Bikes clearly need to reduce unsprung weight (drastically lighter vehicle; /html/shop-talk/2002-03/msg00033.html (8,058 bytes)
7. RE: painted shop floors (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 15:36:20 -0800 (PST); I painted my floor with the best garage floor paint that Home Depot sold (now that says very, very little, I know), etched the floor with acid, was very careful about all the steps, and now the paint; /html/shop-talk/2002-03/msg00137.html (8,970 bytes)
8. Pressure washer pump peculiarities (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 12:39:28 -0800; I have a 3.5 hp Tecumseh pressure washer with an AR XB3400 pump. Occasionally while running, the pump will "load up" (start laboring as though it were under a heavy load) when the trigger on the gun; /html/shop-talk/2002-01/msg00208.html (7,263 bytes)
9. Re: PVC for air lines --radiator addition (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 09:22:01 -0700; Hi Ken, Gosh, it seems like a short time ago I posted that message about my efforts to create a radiator for the air inlet, but in looking back at the post, it was June of 1997. Man, time is flying b; /html/shop-talk/2001-09/msg00038.html (10,383 bytes)
10. Re: compressor fittings (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 15:51:12 -0700; - snip - - snip - Scott, I have never seen a fitting like what you have described, I am surprised that a rubber o-ring could survive the temperature. Is the female fitting on the head threaded into t; /html/shop-talk/2001-09/msg00128.html (8,958 bytes)
11. Re: Air lines in the shop (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 07:53:25 -0700; - snip - Hi Mike, Copper will be fine. I just used "L" grade 3/4" pipe (standard interior-grade copper tubing), but you could use "M" if you want the extra thickness. There was some concern expressed; /html/shop-talk/2001-09/msg00164.html (7,180 bytes)
12. thoughts on oil for pressure washer (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 12:31:33 -0700; I know all the B&S and Tecumseh manuals state to use SAE 30 weight oil, and that is what I always have used, until my last oil changes, on my 3.5 hp Tecumseh mower and 3.5 hp Tecumseh pressure washe; /html/shop-talk/2001-08/msg00074.html (8,593 bytes)
13. Re: thoughts on oil for pressure washer (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 16:22:47 -0700; - snip - Hi Jon, Yes, that was pretty much the thought I have held -- you do not want detergents in the oil as they suspend the particles, and without a filter, this is a bad idea. But I was looking; /html/shop-talk/2001-08/msg00076.html (8,773 bytes)
14. Re: thoughts on oil for pressure washer (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 19:49:02 -0700; - snip - Elton, I know just what you mean. I think the vertical shafts are the worst. For the mower, the plug is on the bottom in the middle, of course, but you cannot get at it unless you prop the m; /html/shop-talk/2001-08/msg00078.html (8,820 bytes)
15. Re: kohler engine work (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 16:20:12 -0700; - snip - the cylinder is smooth..no galling or gouges. Comp is at 95psi so I'm I'm not a Kohler expert, but you can have great compression and a sacked oil scraper ring, and it would run fine and smo; /html/shop-talk/2001-08/msg00112.html (7,620 bytes)
16. Re: Welding queries (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 09:02:51 -0700; Mark, Somehow I missed the original post, but I am very pleased I did not miss your response. I had the same questions -- I really like gas welding, but in patching the roof on a van I had heat disto; /html/shop-talk/2001-08/msg00160.html (7,759 bytes)
17. Re: PVC for air lines (was: Setting up air lines in the shop) (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 17:54:11 -0700; Hi, Sorry to get in on this late. Yes, that was me. I had made a 5 tube "radiator" out of 3/4" copper, and plumbed it between the head output and the tank input thinking that would be the hottest air; /html/shop-talk/2001-08/msg00231.html (10,011 bytes)
18. Re: compressor for sandblasting (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 12:01:15 -0700; Hi, Although some of the very $$$, are rated fro continuous operation, Truman (the sandblaster people) recommends that your compressor should have twice the CFM that you need so that the pump will no; /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00020.html (7,518 bytes)
19. Re: Pressured or not ? (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 15:57:23 -0700; Mike, I am certain that was added for the benefit of the legal department (potential litigation if opened and it blew dirt into their eyes or something). Although your new compressor should re-pressu; /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00089.html (8,085 bytes)
20. LA Trade Tech College enrolling for the fall (score: 1): Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>; Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 16:41:29 -0700; Hi listers, For those of us in the Los Angeles Area, LA Trade Tech is enrolling for the fall semester (9/4 - 12/20). Last fall I took a welding class, and then an auto body repair and painting class; /html/shop-talk/2001-07/msg00099.html (8,102 bytes)

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