- 121. RE: Suburban Trailer Hitch Help (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 09:15:38 -0700
- I like the suggestion of taking it to a welding shop rather than a hitch place. But IMO, you are responsible for whether the repair is strong enough. The welder is responsible for making welds as st
- /html/shop-talk/2005-06/msg00062.html (8,007 bytes)
- 122. RE: home networking (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 20:58:05 -0700
- rEDC=196823&RecoType=upsell I'll agree with everything Mark said, except that I've grown to dislike LinkSys after buying a whole bunch of their equipment at my previous job as head of IT. We wound u
- /html/shop-talk/2005-06/msg00079.html (8,505 bytes)
- 123. RE: home networking (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 21:32:31 -0700
- Almost any place that carries computer stuff should have it. Around here, that's Best Buy, Circuit City, Fry's, etc. That's right, except there will also be Cat 5 between the cable modem and router.
- /html/shop-talk/2005-06/msg00080.html (8,432 bytes)
- 124. RE: Racer Community Garage Ideas (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 22:02:14 -0700
- Somehow, in a whole shop full of tools, I doubt that will do much good. Wrap a chain around it, pick it up with the engine hoist, set it down on some wheel dollies and out the door you go. And a $20
- /html/shop-talk/2005-06/msg00087.html (7,498 bytes)
- 125. RE: Lug nuts (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 19:06:16 -0700
- Sorry, don't recall the brand and I junked the van last year. The outside of the nut was completely smooth (and chromed), the end of it had a funny-shaped 3-lobe indentation that the "key" fit into.
- /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00010.html (8,687 bytes)
- 126. RE: Lug nuts (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 05:02:01 -0700
- Sure it would, if the socket wouldn't fit into the well or over the lug nut. At the very least, your method would have ruined the trim (on the wheel you were trying to steal) and made it a real hass
- /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00012.html (8,027 bytes)
- 127. RE: table saw (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 17:36:44 -0700
- Seems unlikely to me. If it's a capacitive-run motor, the run capacitor might be dried out, but I don't think a 1990's vintage saw would have such a thing. IMO it's more likely a mechanical or elect
- /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00016.html (7,843 bytes)
- 128. RE: Crimping tools (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 12:08:31 -0700
- To get a reliable crimp, look for a tool that ratchets and regulates the force applied to the die. ISTR the ones we used had the AMP name on them, but I've also seen them with Pomona and Amp names.
- /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00021.html (7,150 bytes)
- 129. RE: Auxiliary Trailer Battery (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 08:15:36 -0700
- I'd suggest rewiring with more poles, so you can run both a hot wire and a wired ground, and heavier gauge wire for the charging circuit. It will still charge pretty slow due to voltage drop in the
- /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00047.html (7,238 bytes)
- 130. RE: low compression (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 14:39:18 -0700
- Depends a great deal on where the compression is going, IMO. If it's going into the water jacket, you're going to have a hard time keeping the cooling system full and low coolant is a killer for alu
- /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00054.html (7,712 bytes)
- 131. RE: low compression (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 22:28:22 -0700
- None ... but he didn't say the sparkplugs were pipe thread, he just said you could force a plastic NPT fitting into them. It works. I took a slightly different route, found a $15 compression gauge w
- /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00061.html (7,340 bytes)
- 132. RE: Kohler engine question (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 19:42:17 -0700
- Worn out rings and/or cylinder bores would be my guess. The little hose is the crankcase vent. If the cylinders aren't too bad, you can probably just hone them a bit and install new rings. Or have t
- /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00007.html (7,868 bytes)
- 133. RE: quickie elect. question (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:44:10 -0700
- Only problem I see is that water pipes aren't always a reliable ground. If the house has been partially replumbed with copper (or will be in the future), it's routine to put insulators between iron
- /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00020.html (8,151 bytes)
- 134. RE: quickie elect. question (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:02:40 -0700
- Wow. I had no idea that was permitted ... but it appears you are right. Kinda bugs me ... a GFCI so connected will not detect a short from hot to housing until you touch it and complete the circuit
- /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00024.html (8,609 bytes)
- 135. RE: quickie elect. question (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 12:25:51 -0700
- Well, consider what happens if you have an appliance with a metal housing, connected to safety ground, and the neutral (power carrying) conductor has a break in it. With a separate safety ground, th
- /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00034.html (10,914 bytes)
- 136. RE: quickie elect. question (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:26:18 -0700
- Nope, can't detect reversed neutral & safety ground. Won't always detect open safety ground, either, since most outlets also connect safety ground to the box and the box may be grounded well enough
- /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00048.html (8,108 bytes)
- 137. RE: quickie elect. question (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:41:50 -0700
- It's called various things, you're probably thinking of power factor or maybe phase angle (which are different ways of looking at the same thing). But, it shouldn't trip a GFCI, since a GFCI is supp
- /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00049.html (8,145 bytes)
- 138. RE: Lug nuts (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 07:27:28 -0700
- Likely the first time you go to the car to commute to work in the morning, and discover it only has 3 wheels on the ground, you'll change your mind. Doesn't take a genius to figure out to keep the k
- /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00055.html (8,318 bytes)
- 139. RE: Lug nuts (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 19:28:38 -0700
- Seems most unlikely to me, given that the "key" to the lug nuts I chose is a quite hefty chunk of hardened steel. Weighs several pounds at least, and a file just skitters over the surface. Randall
- /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00059.html (7,968 bytes)
- 140. RE: Lug nuts (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 22:32:10 -0700
- But no serious thief would bother stealing a wheel that can be replaced for $15 at any junk yard ! The tire might have been worth more than that, but not much ... they were less than $60 new and I d
- /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00065.html (7,194 bytes)
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