- 41. electric baseboard heater repair (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:25:36 -0500
- We've got an electric baseboard heater that doesn't work. It's got a unit mounted thermostat, which seems to work, as the resistance goes from infinite to zero at some point as you turn the knob. It'
- /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00260.html (7,435 bytes)
- 42. Re: electric baseboard heater repair (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:52:46 -0500
- No, it's a plain old fashinoned thing, labeled zero to 10, plus HI, or something like that, presumably with a bi-metalic strip in it. The resistance changes from 0 to infinity very quickly as you rea
- /html/shop-talk/2005-10/msg00262.html (7,874 bytes)
- 43. Re: Which brings me to my next question... (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 16:20:04 -0500
- If the data in the online version is the same as the stuff in the shop version, it's worth it. If it's less complete it's quite likely not. I dont' know whether it is, or not. -- David Scheidt dmsche
- /html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00015.html (7,182 bytes)
- 44. Re: Questions on Emissions (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:07:19 -0500
- Some ODB-II cars can display the code on the information console. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com
- /html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00034.html (7,803 bytes)
- 45. Re: Car ID question (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 23:35:24 -0500
- L3 normally means inline three cylinder. Whether Nissan made anything like this, or sold it in the US, I don't know. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com
- /html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00047.html (7,132 bytes)
- 46. Re: jumper cable connectors (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:07:51 -0500
- Not the same sort of connector, but probably more generally useful are things like http://www.awdirect.com/awdirect/catalog.cfm?dest=itempg&itemid=5186&secid=66&linkon=subsection&linkid=88 It's a plu
- /html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00066.html (8,058 bytes)
- 47. Re: Tube attaches to basement Laundry tub--What does it do? (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:13:20 -0500
- A little oil (salad, not motor!) in the trap greatly slows the rate of evaporation. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com
- /html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00074.html (8,599 bytes)
- 48. Re: the annual "compressor lines" question. (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:40:12 -0500
- The shop I work at has a rather complex black iron pipe system that's been in place for about 20 years. It's got two compressors, five lifts, a car wash, and a tire machine attached to it. It doesn't
- /html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00091.html (9,557 bytes)
- 49. Re: '95 Jeep "EGR" (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:49:53 -0500
- I'm pretty sure the reason he can't see an EGR is that one doesn't exist. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com
- /html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00120.html (8,094 bytes)
- 50. Re: gasket material? (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 01:13:08 -0500
- I make gaskets for lots of things out of either roll cork or gasket paper, depending on what the original was. I've even cut them out of a paper grocery bag. Here, the original was probably cork or l
- /html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00134.html (8,518 bytes)
- 51. Re: gasket material? (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 01:18:11 -0500
- The cork gasket material on rolls is some composite of cork and rubber. It's not terribly fragile. I'm not sure gasket paper will be thick enough to give him enough clearance. -- David Scheidt dmsche
- /html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00135.html (7,162 bytes)
- 52. Re: Splitting of pants (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 11:29:35 -0500
- http://www.utilikilts.com/ -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com
- /html/shop-talk/2005-08/msg00168.html (7,634 bytes)
- 53. Re: Splitting of pants (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:24:09 -0500
- Don't forget they're more or less handmade. In the USA, not by chinese slaves. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com
- /html/shop-talk/2005-08/msg00180.html (7,517 bytes)
- 54. Re: and now, computer questions... (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 01:10:49 -0500
- . Just go buy a new machine. Stick the old disk in the new one, copy it's contents onto the new machine, then make a full set of backups. (Make a couple of the family photos. Keep one, give one to a
- /html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00004.html (8,836 bytes)
- 55. Re: boiling gas tanks (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 03:24:27 -0500
- I had a fuel tank that was rinsed with several hundred gallons of water, washed thoroughly with soap and water, rinsed again, allowed to dry for a week, rinsed again, and then allowed to dry again. A
- /html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00110.html (7,325 bytes)
- 56. Re: cat 5e vs. cat 6? (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:08:03 -0500
- Well, the kid at CompUSA is likely to working at CompUSA for a reason other than he's a network guru. The big difference between Cat 6 and Cat 5E are that Cat 6 has reduced levels of interference, pa
- /html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00120.html (10,455 bytes)
- 57. Re: cat 5e vs. cat 6? (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:08:43 -0500
- Nope. The Cat6 (and all the others) have specs covering how the cables are to be terminated, and what you terminate them with. It's usually poor workmanship that lead to problems at blocks and jacks.
- /html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00128.html (7,761 bytes)
- 58. Re:Engineering 101 (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:57:20 -0500
- They're called bevel gears. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com
- /html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00140.html (8,028 bytes)
- 59. Re: Belt drive lawn tractor... needs belts? (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:38:13 -0500
- I just replaced the drive belt in my push mower. The one that came out was all of a 1/4 inch longer when stretched on a belt measurer. It looked quite good, The tensioner had just run out of adjustme
- /html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00155.html (7,889 bytes)
- 60. Re: Engineering 101 (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 13:54:09 -0500
- Depends on what the patent covers. It's quite likely the patent covers the basic idea, and an improved version infringes on it. On the other hand, if the patent covers an improvement to an existing i
- /html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00165.html (8,797 bytes)
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