- 61. jumper cable connectors (score: 1)
- Author: Eric@megageek.com
- Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:16:05 -0400
- On military vehicles (and other heavy duty vehicles) they have a cable with a connector that goes directly to the battery. They are used to connect together for jumping vehicles. Does anyone know of
- /html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00060.html (7,152 bytes)
- 62. Jaguar Stuff (score: 1)
- Author: Eric@megageek.com
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:24:24 -0400
- Quick car question. Maybe one of you Jag owners knows the answer or can post it to a Jag list. My buddy has a 1979 XJ6L. Now it needs work and I was figuring I would purchase the alldatadiy.com manua
- /html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00080.html (7,956 bytes)
- 63. the annual "compressor lines" question. (score: 1)
- Author: Eric@megageek.com
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:30:20 -0400
- OK, I know we've beat this horse to death, but I was looking at past threads and I was not able to find the consensus. I'm getting ready to plumb the new shop with air lines. I was thinking of runnin
- /html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00081.html (8,538 bytes)
- 64. need direction on restoration project. (score: 1)
- Author: Eric@megageek.com
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:52:13 -0400
- OK, I was thinking of taking on a pretty major project this winter. Check out these pics (link on one line) http://www.megageek.com/photo/photoa~1.nsf/a7ffeab012bbfb5b85256eb1007ca7f6/c99e83e6348942c
- /html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00090.html (8,074 bytes)
- 65. RE: need direction on restoration project. (score: 1)
- Author: Eric@megageek.com
- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 15:53:47 -0400
- A pole cat is a crane/auger that is meant to handle and install telephone It also has a nice "pincher" at the top to grab poles and place them. It's nice have an 24" auger mounted to a crane arm so y
- /html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00092.html (8,238 bytes)
- 66. Re: need direction on restoration project. (score: 1)
- Author: Eric@megageek.com
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:10:59 -0400
- The Poloecat is still made, but they never produce the one that fits a 406 Unimog (the unit I have) I looked at the website and I'm not sure if you are saying that you see the unimog model there or n
- /html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00108.html (7,832 bytes)
- 67. Re: home standby generator (score: 1)
- Author: Eric@megageek.com
- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:21:09 -0400
- Me and my buddy (whos names is also "Paul") have talked about this option as well. We both live in rural areas and he sses power outages a little of requently than I. Since we often share equipment,
- /html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00109.html (8,776 bytes)
- 68. Re: gasket material? (score: 1)
- Author: Eric@megageek.com
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 08:45:44 -0400
- Steve, while not a professional fix, I once helped a buddy replace a Harley head gasket on the side of the road with a few layers of pizza box! 8>) Inch http://megageek.com "Did you exchange, a walk-
- /html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00136.html (8,128 bytes)
- 69. Snow Plows (score: 1)
- Author: Eric@megageek.com
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:07:35 -0400
- Ok, here is a question I don't think I've ever seen here. What is the story with Plows? I have a 2001 Ford Explorer that I would like to put a plow on for my personal use (I have a long driveway and
- /html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00137.html (6,330 bytes)
- 70. Re: anybody have any experience with leaky water lines to (score: 1)
- Author: Eric@megageek.com
- Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:36:36 -0400
- Isn't there a "Main" valve that you can turn off to prevent any water from coming into your house? If so, close it and watch the meter. Then I would call and talk to the water co. They may own to the
- /html/shop-talk/2005-08/msg00078.html (8,597 bytes)
- 71. capacitor (score: 1)
- Author: Eric@megageek.com
- Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:11:00 -0400
- Does anyone have a source for electronic capacitors? The one I need to replace only had these markings on it... 125vac 645-774uf bmi baldor ec1645a06 It was off an industrial blower for a dust collec
- /html/shop-talk/2005-08/msg00083.html (6,708 bytes)
- 72. Re: laser levels, part 2 (score: 1)
- Author: Eric@megageek.com
- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:03:50 -0400
- This brings me to a question. I have a very nice opitical transit and a bunch of laser levels. All mount on tripods and have the common "3 dial base" and bubble level in it. What is the correct way t
- /html/shop-talk/2005-08/msg00099.html (7,826 bytes)
- 73. welding question (score: 1)
- Author: Eric@megageek.com
- Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:44:20 -0400
- OK, I'm not a professional welder. When I'm using the O/A torch I can cut steel pretty good. Problem is that the metal behind where I'm cutting "globs" up and rejoins. This means that I have to go ba
- /html/shop-talk/2005-08/msg00124.html (6,679 bytes)
- 74. Re: portable metal-cutting shears (score: 1)
- Author: Eric@megageek.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 13:36:08 -0400
- You ask about anyone with one of these band saws... http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=37151 I bought this one (it looks identical to this one) for $69 about 3 years ago
- /html/shop-talk/2005-08/msg00142.html (8,729 bytes)
- 75. Splitting of pants (score: 1)
- Author: Eric@megageek.com
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 09:17:45 -0400
- Ok, this is only somewhat shop related. But it's a problem I have often and I was wondering if anyone had an wisdom on it. When working on cars and such, I'm sweat pretty good. Most of the time, I fi
- /html/shop-talk/2005-08/msg00163.html (7,724 bytes)
- 76. Re: Splitting of pants (score: 1)
- Author: Eric@megageek.com
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:13:24 -0400
- I would buy one fo the "survilal kilts" but the price is outrageous. Check out the website, I did the "Capacity" pictures. BTW, Thanks for the replies. This is a great list and I got a good answer. L
- /html/shop-talk/2005-08/msg00170.html (8,249 bytes)
- 77. Re: Splitting of pants (score: 1)
- Author: Eric@megageek.com
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:16:50 -0400
- Seriously, what the problem is that my thighs are very large (muscular) and pants with my waist size and height don't fit the tights well. I love working in shorts (an answer many of you gave), but w
- /html/shop-talk/2005-08/msg00171.html (8,208 bytes)
- 78. Car Scanner Follow up (score: 1)
- Author: Eric@megageek.com
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:57:38 -0400
- Ok, Last week I bought the Auto Enginuity scan tool. http://www.autoenginuity.com/products-scantoolpc.html It was the day they released the USB version with built in CAN support. I paid $260 for it.
- /html/shop-talk/2005-08/msg00182.html (6,975 bytes)
- 79. Re: Oil on brake linings (score: 1)
- Author: eric@megageek.com
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 09:19:20 -0400
- I had a set of old brake linings on a fork lift that would have been mucho $$$ to replace. The guy at the rebuild store told me an old timers trick. Soak the pads in Diesel fluid, then put them on th
- /html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00023.html (8,000 bytes)
- 80. Re: and now, computer questions... (score: 1)
- Author: eric@megageek.com
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 09:22:10 -0400
- As a guy in the computer biz... Stay away from Dell. They no longer support machine like they used to. If you have a problem, good luck getting it fixed. I (an all my clients) will never use Dell's a
- /html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00024.html (9,520 bytes)
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