- 61. Re: rim rusted on utility trailer (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 01:46:29 -0500
- My procedure is lift vehicle, support on stands. Remove lug nuts. Beat tire with BFH. It helps to hit both sides of the tire, and to rotate the tire occasionally. If you can put it on a lift, it's a
- /html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00182.html (7,819 bytes)
- 62. Re: Gravel/Dirt driveways (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 11:08:41 -0500
- Depending on what the subsoil is, it may be necessary to compact the subsoil so that the gravel doesn't sink into it. Worst case requires importing a suitable subsoil base before the gravel. I'd also
- /html/shop-talk/2005-06/msg00008.html (8,036 bytes)
- 63. Re: wood overhead (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 22:14:49 -0500
- I've pulled engines both with a crane and a chain fall. I'll never use a chain fall again. On just about everything I've ever seen, the engine has to come forward (or sideways, or back, or all three)
- /html/shop-talk/2005-06/msg00048.html (7,523 bytes)
- 64. Fwd: A/C Clutch (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 21:01:51 -0500
- Yes. It is, however, the sort of thing that auto parts places lend. (They're not expensive, but you'll never use it again.) -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com
- /html/shop-talk/2005-06/msg00053.html (7,338 bytes)
- 65. Re: Auxiliary Trailer Battery (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 13:08:05 -0500
- Permanently installing a trickle charger will make it much more convenient to do this. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com
- /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00050.html (7,332 bytes)
- 66. Re: Lug nuts (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 21:31:45 -0500
- Your favorite tool truck guy sells 12-fluted sockets specifically designed to do just this. I'd be utterly shocked if a tire shop doesn't have a set. Here's a link to a set by Snap-on. http://buy1.sn
- /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00043.html (8,587 bytes)
- 67. Re: Lug nuts (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 01:23:18 -0500
- The Snap-On catalog lists a special set of tools for late model VWs. Never seen a set, so I have no clue what's different about them. (I've never failed to get a lock nut off using the set I've got,
- /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00052.html (8,173 bytes)
- 68. Re: Lug nuts (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 01:28:47 -0500
- Oh, yeah. The tool has 12 tapered left-hand spirals. You tap it on with a hammer, put an impact wrench on it, and go crazy. Typically, you need to knock the lug out with a punch. It's pretty well che
- /html/shop-talk/2005-04/msg00054.html (8,525 bytes)
- 69. Re: question on C (neither L nor B) (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:59:47 -0500
- In addition to the things others have mentioned, Toyotas of this era had some problems with intake system carbon buildup. It typically caused problems with the engine hot -- the gunk expanded enough
- /html/shop-talk/2005-03/msg00021.html (7,938 bytes)
- 70. Re: Cable ties as hose clams (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 07:57:07 -0500
- Any reason you can't use a hose clamp? You can get the spring-loaded pre-tensioned type with a clip that holds them open until it's removed. That makes it pretty easy to install them in difficult loc
- /html/shop-talk/2005-03/msg00053.html (7,718 bytes)
- 71. Re: Rhino Ramps (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:49:48 -0500
- I put mine on a couple bits of scrap rubber roofing membrane. Helps a lot. It also helps to make sure the ramps are straight, and both wheels hit the ramps at the same time. -- David Scheidt dmscheid
- /html/shop-talk/2005-02/msg00008.html (7,993 bytes)
- 72. Re: Car Lifts (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 14:27:26 -0500
- A mid range lift is what you're looking for. They're not commonly sold to hobbyists, because they're not that much cheaper than a four post lift, and you can't use them as a parking space increaser.
- /html/shop-talk/2005-02/msg00033.html (8,304 bytes)
- 73. Re: 2005 toyota tacoma (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 01:17:54 -0500
- As others have said, there's some magic incantation. It may be in the owner's manual. The easiest thing to do may be to go bug the people who didn't turn it off in the first place. They're used to it
- /html/shop-talk/2005-02/msg00081.html (8,004 bytes)
- 74. Re: West Coast help needed - Certainteed Tiles (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:47:50 -0500
- http://locator.certainteed.com/alocator/lwp0001.html Is the locater for professionals. It does list roofing, along with "most of these people doen't sell directly to consumers". That, in my experienc
- /html/shop-talk/2005-02/msg00111.html (7,690 bytes)
- 75. Re: Tool cabinets ... (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:51:03 -0500
- The advantage of full width drawers is they hold more. There's no loss of volume to the middle column, and it's easier to fit long things in the big drawers. Of course, at home you probably don't nee
- /html/shop-talk/2005-02/msg00119.html (7,394 bytes)
- 76. Re: Bearing question (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:41:51 -0500
- Do you have a local bearing place? If you do, call them. They'll cost more, but they know what they're doing, and will get you what you need. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com
- /html/shop-talk/2005-02/msg00120.html (7,740 bytes)
- 77. Re: battery backup sump pumps (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 22:18:48 -0500
- My parents' house has had ground water flooding problems. The nominal water table level is only a couple feet below the basement floor. A wet spring after a wet winter brings the water table up; once
- /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00038.html (8,187 bytes)
- 78. Re: Lift question (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:44:13 -0500
- The rotation of the lift posts is towards the rear of the vehicle. There are probably vehicles that go on backwards. And depending on the lift and the vehcile being lifted, it might not matter, as lo
- /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00071.html (6,985 bytes)
- 79. garage door opener problem (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 01:42:31 -0500
- One of our garage door openers started mis-behaving yesterday. It goes up and down fine, if the door isn't attached to drive mechanism. With the door attached, it opens. When it tries to close the do
- /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00113.html (7,176 bytes)
- 80. Re: garage door opener problem (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:27:50 -0500
- The one for down was set at the minium setting. Increasing it to about 1/8 max makes the door close. I suppose I should check that it still reverses when it hits something. (Here, doggie, doggie!) Th
- /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00117.html (8,067 bytes)
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