- 261. Re: [Shop-talk] tv in the shop (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 13:33:44 -0700
- Oh, and d) Letting teen-to-twentysomething-aged relatives stay with you and engage in bareback bittorrent on your network can result in some interesting communication with your ISP. Corporate IT depa
- /html/shop-talk/2014-08/msg00019.html (9,671 bytes)
- 262. Re: [Shop-talk] Auto tool photoshop horror (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 19:00:21 -0700
- I saw 5 reviews, 4 positive, one disaster. No one's yet posted something snarky about that pic. John. _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.team
- /html/shop-talk/2014-08/msg00034.html (8,566 bytes)
- 263. Re: [Shop-talk] Blackening sockets/wrenches stamped markings. (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 09:03:12 -0700
- There's different standards on what size bolt head you get with a given size threaded shank. F'rinstance, a Japanese M8 bolt will be a 12mm head, but a Euro (or usually US) DIN M8 bolt will be a 13mm
- /html/shop-talk/2014-09/msg00086.html (12,292 bytes)
- 264. Re: [Shop-talk] Blackening sockets/wrenches stamped markings. (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 09:10:19 -0700
- 9/16 is usually too tight on a 14mm head but you will, at times, find 14mm fastener heads that were obviously sized to fit a 9/16 wrench, too. John. _______________________________________________ S
- /html/shop-talk/2014-09/msg00088.html (11,706 bytes)
- 265. Re: [Shop-talk] air hose quick disconnects that don't leak (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:13:06 -0700
- I use the 3/8in Tru-Flate type (probably overkill for most purposes) - they also have a letter code, F maybe? and I've got two or three different varieties of the push-connect fittings: http://www.m
- /html/shop-talk/2014-09/msg00103.html (10,398 bytes)
- 266. Re: [Shop-talk] aerosol cans (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 08:37:47 -0700
- If they've lost their pressure then I'd just drill or punch a hole near the top and pour it out. John. _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.tea
- /html/shop-talk/2014-09/msg00111.html (8,267 bytes)
- 267. Re: [Shop-talk] hard fuel line replacement (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 20:37:32 -0700
- There is hose and clamps intended specifically for high-pressure fuel injection applications, SAE 30R9 spec. It's quite pricey compared to the old low-pressure stuff. The hard line really needs to be
- /html/shop-talk/2014-11/msg00009.html (9,422 bytes)
- 268. Re: [Shop-talk] Performance Air Cleaners (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:25:49 -0800
- Well, substantially increased maintenance requirements and certain finicky incompatibilities with some engine controls, increased noise, potentially reduced engine life depending on the filter materi
- /html/shop-talk/2014-11/msg00035.html (11,517 bytes)
- 269. Re: [Shop-talk] Cable ties (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 15:38:30 -0800
- I second that recommendation. John. _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/shop-talk/2014-11/msg00061.html (8,368 bytes)
- 270. Re: [Shop-talk] wobble in brakes (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 14:37:14 -0800
- If it were an E39 BMW I'd say your lower control arm inner bushings were shot (forward arm in the 6cyl cars, rear arm in the 8cyl cars). Classic behavior in that vehicle. 2008 Suburbans I don't know,
- /html/shop-talk/2014-12/msg00046.html (9,152 bytes)
- 271. [Shop-talk] Drop lights (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 21:37:27 -0800
- Drop lights. You know, basic design hasn't changed in forty years, since the rubber-covered wire cages gave way to stampings (or plastic moldings on the cheap ones. Nasty arm-burning stampings. If yo
- /html/shop-talk/2014-12/msg00049.html (8,829 bytes)
- 272. Re: [Shop-talk] Drop lights (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 09:10:58 -0800
- Prices on the LED stuff have come down a lot, and the choice is better. I've started putting LEDs in some of the more heavily-used lights around our house. Our house has something like 85 low-voltage
- /html/shop-talk/2014-12/msg00051.html (9,571 bytes)
- 273. Re: [Shop-talk] Disc brake piston explosion (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 19:48:25 -0800
- Are they steel pistons? Ford tried phenolic-resin pistons in several applications a while back, and they were notorious for coming apart in heavy use. But it would surprise me a LOT if Ford went down
- /html/shop-talk/2015-01/msg00103.html (9,353 bytes)
- 274. Re: [Shop-talk] Disc brake piston explosion (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 08:01:02 -0800
- Yeah, those are the phenolic pistons. What year was this truck? Are those the original calipers? Automakers will claim they use them to reduce heat transfer from the pad to the fluid, and this may be
- /html/shop-talk/2015-01/msg00107.html (9,864 bytes)
- 275. Re: [Shop-talk] [Bulk] Re: Grinder pedestal (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2015 20:23:19 -0800
- This has *absolutely* nothing to do with bench grinder bases, though I think a disc or slab of steel or an old wheel with suitable weight on it should work fine. I grew up in a house in the Sunset e
- /html/shop-talk/2015-02/msg00017.html (9,399 bytes)
- 276. Re: [Shop-talk] Air Hose Reel Rec (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:58:55 -0800
- I have two of the Harbor Freight hose reels. So far so good, one's been in regular use for 8+ years, the other 6+. Considerations: the rubber hose is okay, not great. When the hose started to crack a
- /html/shop-talk/2015-02/msg00060.html (10,563 bytes)
- 277. Re: [Shop-talk] Air Hose Reel Rec (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:01:48 -0800
- Just FYI relative to that: I use whip hoses on the air tools, I buy the long (30in I think) hoses and cut them in half, then put a barbed fitting and a couple Oetikers in the cut halves, works out c
- /html/shop-talk/2015-02/msg00061.html (10,129 bytes)
- 278. Re: [Shop-talk] Air Hose Reel Rec (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 09:38:54 -0800
- Yeah, good rubber hose. Good luck getting a plastic hose to coil back onto a reel in anything less than 75deg F temps. John. _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net
- /html/shop-talk/2015-02/msg00082.html (9,735 bytes)
- 279. Re: [Shop-talk] Special tool for those plastic rivet clips? (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:16:30 -0800
- That's mostly how I do it. There's also the ones that have the push-stud with no head in the middle, and the only way to remove them is to push the stud through the fastener and hope you can find it
- /html/shop-talk/2015-02/msg00084.html (11,122 bytes)
- 280. Re: [Shop-talk] Axle ratio? (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 21:12:07 -0700
- It's gonna be 3.73-ish or 4.10-ish, I'm guessing. The chassis and powertrain are the same either way, but the GM tow rating is based on what the engine can pull. Know from personal experience that c
- /html/shop-talk/2015-04/msg00010.html (10,523 bytes)
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