- 181. Re: [Shop-talk] Sealing A/C registers (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:08:20 -0600
- If you are going to stick stuff on, crafts stores sell stick on strips of "refrigerator magnet" material. Stick that on, and the magnetic stick on covers will stick to that... Tim Mullen Chantilly, V
- /html/shop-talk/2007-12/msg00199.html (8,102 bytes)
- 182. Re: [Shop-talk] Torque wrench - repair or replace? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:42:30 -0600
- I'll second this, and add some more. Get an inexpensive "beam" type of torque wrench. Even cheap ones are very accurate, and they don't go out of calibration. Mount the clicker in a vise/etc. and use
- /html/shop-talk/2007-12/msg00248.html (8,701 bytes)
- 183. Re: [Shop-talk] Lug Bolts? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:14:02 -0600
- The well-enough designed car is rather rare. The studs I've needed to replace have been a royal pain - one rear axle required removing the pumpkin cover to pull the clip to allow the axle to be pulle
- /html/shop-talk/2007-12/msg00303.html (9,376 bytes)
- 184. Re: [Shop-talk] Lug Bolts? (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:26:39 -0600
- How easy/cheap is it to pull and replace the hub (with damaged It would be nice if there was easy access to the hub flange. But usually, there isn't. what be a It's a different kind of impact, and in
- /html/shop-talk/2007-12/msg00316.html (9,093 bytes)
- 185. Re: [Shop-talk] Oh Noes!... HF threatening to stop catalog mailings! (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 11:36:57 -0600
- Come to think of it, I haven't gotten a catalog from them in quite a while - monthly flyers from the retail store, but no catalog. Just go to their web site: http://www.harborfreight.com/ and sign up
- /html/shop-talk/2008-01/msg00025.html (8,399 bytes)
- 186. [Shop-talk] Hot/Cold drain (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 13:38:21 -0600
- Okay, shop talkers, here's a puzzle. One of the guys on another list has just completed a bathroom remodel. The problem he is having, however, is that hot water doesn't drain as fast from his sink as
- /html/shop-talk/2008-01/msg00042.html (7,615 bytes)
- 187. Re: [Shop-talk] Hot/Cold drain (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 15:10:21 -0600
- Randall is apparently correct. It was all a matter of perception. In a "controlled" experiment, the sink was filled with cold water and drained. Then filled with hot water and drained. It was repeate
- /html/shop-talk/2008-01/msg00046.html (7,487 bytes)
- 188. Re: [Shop-talk] Hot/Cold drain (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 10:47:19 -0600
- Yep. When he filled up the sink and turned the water off then pulled the plug, it took the same amount of time to drain - hot or cold. It was just that when he filled the sink with a "mix" it filled
- /html/shop-talk/2008-01/msg00049.html (10,492 bytes)
- 189. Re: [Shop-talk] Rivet Steel to Aluminum (or Epoxy?) (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:19:51 -0600
- Well nuts actually work very well. The roof rack on my old Jeep Cherokee was held on with well nuts. It was the way the factory installed the roof rack. It was rated for several hundred pounds, and I
- /html/shop-talk/2008-01/msg00078.html (7,402 bytes)
- 190. Re: [Shop-talk] Trickle Chargers (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:24:13 -0600
- I've also got a couple of Battery MINDers and they work very well. They are similar to the Battery Tender Jr., but the Battery MINDer does the desulphation thing. It sees to greatly extend the life o
- /html/shop-talk/2008-01/msg00089.html (8,683 bytes)
- 191. Re: [Shop-talk] Trickle Chargers (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:29:28 -0600
- Yes and no... Supposedly the Optima "wants" to be charged at a slightly higher voltage than regular batteries. The Battery MINDer (or Tender Jr.) will charge the battery, but not optimally. The speci
- /html/shop-talk/2008-01/msg00127.html (8,958 bytes)
- 192. Re: [Shop-talk] A problem I've never seen before...... (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:34:36 -0600
- Was this by any chance on a relatively new model of Ford truck? I remember reading about a problem with some new style plug that when left in for the long duration life (i.e. 100,000 miles) have a te
- /html/shop-talk/2008-02/msg00124.html (8,568 bytes)
- 193. Re: [Shop-talk] A problem I've never seen before...... (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:05:01 -0600
- Yep. That's the problem I was reading about. Here's a link to the special tool ($239): http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-Rotunda-OTC-303-1203-Spark-Plug-Removal-Tool_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742
- /html/shop-talk/2008-02/msg00127.html (8,130 bytes)
- 194. Re: [Shop-talk] hand tool recommendations that don't break the bank (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:21:17 -0600
- Besides the screw driver sets, if you watch the sale ads, you can get lots of tools for cheap. I've bought 1/4 socket set - complete with case and ratchet - for $10. Same for 3/8 sockets sets in thei
- /html/shop-talk/2008-03/msg00066.html (9,288 bytes)
- 195. Re: [Shop-talk] LCD Picture Frames (slightly shop related) (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:30:16 -0500
- I don't have such a tab either. But I just right click on a blank spot of the desktop, and select "Properties" on the menu that pops up. Then on the "Display Properties" window that pops up, select t
- /html/shop-talk/2008-03/msg00109.html (9,416 bytes)
- 196. Re: [Shop-talk] LCD Picture Frames (slightly shop related) (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:07:35 -0500
- Bummer. We get the screen saver, and when you touch a key/move the mouse, Then we get the Windows-L logon. Sounds like your people are even more anal than ours. Tim Mullen ___________________________
- /html/shop-talk/2008-03/msg00111.html (8,760 bytes)
- 197. Re: [Shop-talk] air operated grease guns. (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:44:22 -0500
- Bob beat me to it. I've been using one for at least 20 years. I don't have many grease fitting to use them on, but it works great. I have a hose on the gun, so I push the fitting on with one hand, an
- /html/shop-talk/2008-03/msg00152.html (7,492 bytes)
- 198. Re: [Shop-talk] Air Hose Reel (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:36:59 -0500
- I also have three reels. A harbor Freight cheap one mounted on the ceiling pretty much in the center of my two car garage. It reaches anyplace in the garage without any problems at all. It was one o
- /html/shop-talk/2008-04/msg00052.html (9,295 bytes)
- 199. Re: [Shop-talk] jack stands (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:41:36 -0500
- I have a set of jack stands that are much like those, except that the middle tube extends down to the ground and has a flat plate attached to it. Additionally, the legs can unlatch at the bottom and
- /html/shop-talk/2008-04/msg00066.html (8,963 bytes)
- 200. Re: [Shop-talk] jack stands (score: 1)
- Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:07:15 -0500
- They are much stronger than they first appear, and that base is just as wide as my regular jack stand with "legs". I have no worries about them cracking, tipping over, or failing in any way. They are
- /html/shop-talk/2008-04/msg00070.html (8,285 bytes)
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