- 121. Re: [Shop-talk] An off shoot of the Toyota debacle..... (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:21:44 -0600
- Just curious, if it is only on the output side how do you ever get it to do The pump would not be turning if the car is not moving and I can only assume that if the pump is not turning there is no pr
- /html/shop-talk/2010-02/msg00127.html (8,559 bytes)
- 122. Re: [Shop-talk] An off shoot of the Toyota debacle..... (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 17:14:37 -0600
- Thanks. We agree on how it works with just an input pump and various scenarios of the engine running, not running, in a gear, not in a gear, etc. But the original statement from John ... implies tha
- /html/shop-talk/2010-02/msg00130.html (11,202 bytes)
- 123. Re: [Shop-talk] Socket organizers? (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 14:18:59 -0600
- I happen to have 6 of the magnetic ones - one pair for 1/4, one pair for 3/8, one pair for 1/2. The to add to the anal retentive nature of it all, the green one is "standard" and the red one is "metr
- /html/shop-talk/2010-02/msg00153.html (8,232 bytes)
- 124. Re: [Shop-talk] Snow blower repair (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 14:51:25 -0600
- I would think that the motor should run at least 3000 rpm without any load on it. Does it appear to do that? And then with a reasonable load on it I would not expect it to slow down a great deal if t
- /html/shop-talk/2010-02/msg00169.html (9,254 bytes)
- 125. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman garage door openers (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:23:32 -0500
- On the Craftsman openers that I have had for the past 25 years all I ever did was cycle the opener so the motor driven part would "run over" the door attached part and they would hook back up. The on
- /html/shop-talk/2010-03/msg00141.html (8,188 bytes)
- 126. Re: [Shop-talk] Brake system bleeders (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:51:39 -0500
- As a data point, I flush the '93 MR2's every couple of years with the "helper method". I've yet to find a cap that will fit on the master cylinder that will allow me to use my pressure bleeder so Bev
- /html/shop-talk/2010-03/msg00182.html (8,035 bytes)
- 127. Re: [Shop-talk] Brake system bleeders (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:42:42 -0500
- I have both the round and rectangular adapters and neither of them fit. Obviously the "flat" part of the adapter fits on the top of the master cylinder but the "chains" that clamp it down do not fit
- /html/shop-talk/2010-03/msg00187.html (10,646 bytes)
- 128. [Shop-talk] Wanted - dead Hitachi EB12B battery pack (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 08:52:31 -0500
- I have a Hitachi drill that I have not used for several years. I thought I would rebuild the battery packs so I ordered the batteries. The Workshop Clutter Monster seems to have eaten one of the batt
- /html/shop-talk/2010-07/msg00052.html (6,869 bytes)
- 129. Re: [Shop-talk] Electrical question (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:18:46 -0500
- Buy two cheap used 12v motors and put them in series. That will take 24v and you'd have the fastest canoe on the lake!! On the more serious side, I would be more concerned about how long the speed co
- /html/shop-talk/2010-07/msg00120.html (10,017 bytes)
- 130. Re: [Shop-talk] charging batterys in series (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:45:25 -0500
- If it really is in series then I think you essentially have a 24v battery with the advantage of the 12v tap center tap being exposed. I would either get a 24v battery charger ... not much chance of t
- /html/shop-talk/2010-07/msg00154.html (9,684 bytes)
- 131. [Shop-talk] Kia brake system issues ... (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:23:57 -0500
- Ok, here is the story ... I was out of town and my nephew called. He was driving his girlfriend's 2000 Kia Sephia Spectra. When he stepped on the brake pedal it went to the floor. On the second pump
- /html/shop-talk/2010-08/msg00117.html (9,932 bytes)
- 132. Re: [Shop-talk] Kia brake system issues ... (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:03:43 -0500
- I love this list!! Eric Russel suggested ... A easy test to perform is to slowly & gently press on the brake pedal. If it sinks then the seals are likely failing. A quick, firm press on the pedal app
- /html/shop-talk/2010-08/msg00122.html (9,181 bytes)
- 133. Re: [Shop-talk] Solar car battery chargers (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:32:31 -0500
- I have also used the BatteryMinder products with great success on the MR2's and the GSXR. Having said that, I have a truck that I use every three to six months and it could use a batter maintainer bu
- /html/shop-talk/2010-10/msg00032.html (8,110 bytes)
- 134. Re: [Shop-talk] Solar car battery chargers (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:41:25 -0500
- It looks like the 15 watt panel for $80 ... http://www.harborfreight.com/15-watt-12-volt-solar-panel-96418.html has connectors that will plug right into the charger controller for $30 ... http://www.
- /html/shop-talk/2010-10/msg00047.html (11,149 bytes)
- 135. Re: [Shop-talk] PTO Pumps (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 10:16:24 -0500
- Not knowing what kind of tractor you have you may want to check to see what 'the other PTO's' on the machine might have to offer. I have a 540 pto on the back but the PTO that run the mower and the s
- /html/shop-talk/2010-11/msg00004.html (7,241 bytes)
- 136. Re: [Shop-talk] cutting exhaust pipe (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:52:49 -0600
- IMHO ... it depends on where you want to cut it and what's around it. My first thought would be the sawz-all but that would only be if it was reasonably attached to something. My experience with them
- /html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00078.html (10,391 bytes)
- 137. Re: [Shop-talk] cutting exhaust pipe (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:38:36 -0600
- Not "Not so". I think I stated "cut from just one side" which implied 'like a cutoff saw' or that "extra cuts" or working your way around the pipe or hacking the pipe out in several pieces was not a
- /html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00083.html (9,842 bytes)
- 138. [Shop-talk] Need some thoughts an a snow blower that will not run (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:20:28 -0600
- The week before last the neighbor brought home a snow blower that had been at his mom's house for several years. It has a rather ubiquitous single cylinder carbureted four cycle engine on it. On Frid
- /html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00091.html (9,674 bytes)
- 139. Re: [Shop-talk] Need some thoughts an a snow blower that will not (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:26:20 -0600
- Based on all of the excellent feedback we have taken the carb off and I'm soaking it in some real carb cleaner ... the kind that comes in a gallon can, has the little basket in it, requires rubber gl
- /html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00107.html (9,360 bytes)
- 140. Re: [Shop-talk] dewalt battery charger testing (score: 1)
- Author: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj@visi.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:11:30 -0600
- I also think there is a temperature sensing terminal on the battery that the charger needs to see before it will apply a charge. At least there is on my Hitachi charger. So unless you can simulate a
- /html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00132.html (9,486 bytes)
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