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161. Re: [Shop-talk] GFCI tripping (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 14:25:00 -0500
OK - nobody jumped on this one yet... Why do you have GFCI's in your hose ?? _______________________________________________ Shop-talk mailing list http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shop-talk
/html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00157.html (8,172 bytes)

162. Re: [Shop-talk] GFCI tripping (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 20:27:30 -0500
Still sounds painful ... _______________________________________________ Shop-talk mailing list http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shop-talk
/html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00167.html (7,944 bytes)

163. Re: [Shop-talk] Anode for compressor (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:38:08 -0500
Sounds possible that it'd help. Why not ensure the connection by drilling a brass contact bolt through an end cap and wire it to the anode with a long braided wire as Kai suggested ? Maybe some sili
/html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00006.html (7,664 bytes)

164. Re: [Shop-talk] FW: Anode for compressor (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 12:04:16 -0500
Why not slip maybe 3-4 thin o-rings or similar around the rod to support is just above the bottom of the tank, and cover the ends of the rod so they can't contact the end-bells ? A galvanized-interi
/html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00009.html (8,288 bytes)

165. Re: [Shop-talk] Brass fittings (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:23:14 -0500
Imperial Eastman has a "Hi Duty" line of female compression fittings. I didn't see exactly what you're describing (because all the compression fittings in that product line are female), but if all yo
/html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00077.html (8,400 bytes)

166. Re: [Shop-talk] Brass fittings (hopefully solved) (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:43:33 -0500
OK - but that IS a flare fitting, and you said you needed compression. That fitting required you to flare the tube -- a compression fitting uses a compression ring that crimps onto the tube when the
/html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00081.html (6,759 bytes)

167. Re: [Shop-talk] Brass fittings (hopefully solved) (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:28:50 -0500
I bet you can find this at the nearest NAPA or plumbing supply right now. Home Dipstick or Lowe's, etc. too. It's a common fitting. Karl _______________________________________________ Shop-talk mail
/html/shop-talk/2007-08/msg00083.html (7,226 bytes)

168. Re: [Shop-talk] Parts Washers (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:39:52 -0500
Amazingly, that's also the solution to removing pinstriping and lettering from modern automotive finishes. When we bought our '93 Suburban, the original owners had had their names lettered onto the d
/html/shop-talk/2007-09/msg00175.html (9,658 bytes)

169. Re: [Shop-talk] Parts Washers (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:47:06 -0500
Must not have had any original Ford paint on there, or maybe they changed formulations by the Model A. My 1916 Model T had some original paint on the fenders and the drivetrain components (the ones
/html/shop-talk/2007-09/msg00176.html (9,366 bytes)

170. Re: [Shop-talk] Parts Washers (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:35:25 -0500
The early Ford bodies were brush-painted, so colors weren't a problem. Even the chassis were colored on the '09's and '10's. As production ramped up, by 1913 Henry preferred to use black for producti
/html/shop-talk/2007-09/msg00184.html (9,993 bytes)

171. Re: [Shop-talk] Source (or alternative) for Phosphoric Acid (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:18:48 -0500
Sunnyside and Kleen-Strip (Savogran?) - companies that market various solvents like mineral spirits, naphtha, MEK, acetone, toluol, etc. etc. in paint and hardware stores - still have phosphoric acid
/html/shop-talk/2007-09/msg00193.html (8,453 bytes)

172. [Shop-talk] Spiders and gas grills (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:17:21 -0500
A few times every year we get spider nests in the orifice area of the burners of our gas grill. It's happened for decades, to both natural gas and LP grills. It's not destructive, but it's a pain to
/html/shop-talk/2007-09/msg00196.html (7,182 bytes)

173. Re: [Shop-talk] Source (or alternative) for Phosphoric Acid (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:42:04 -0500
There's another product that's readily available and seems similar to that Hirsh product in that it leaves a vinyl-based phosphate coating on the steel. Rust Oleum Rust Reformer. Just paint it on aft
/html/shop-talk/2007-09/msg00200.html (8,385 bytes)

174. Re: [Shop-talk] cupped floor boards (was: Dishwasher - leaky pump) (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:09:55 -0500
A good dishwasher will outlast a cheapo plastic interior probably a couple of times over, and besides, plastic interiors crack, stain, look dingy, and tend to hold odors. Older top-of-the-line dishwa
/html/shop-talk/2007-09/msg00250.html (8,402 bytes)

175. Re: [Shop-talk] Generators (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:01:54 -0500
Solution -- this is the ideal excuse to buy a TIG welder ;-) _______________________________________________ Shop-talk mailing list http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shop-talk
/html/shop-talk/2007-09/msg00277.html (9,447 bytes)

176. Re: [Shop-talk] Generators (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:22:56 -0500
And the truck needs a portable generator to let you take the TIG welder over to the neighbor's to fix his generator... _______________________________________________ Shop-talk mailing list http://au
/html/shop-talk/2007-09/msg00279.html (10,930 bytes)

177. Re: [Shop-talk] Generators (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:31:14 -0500
Seriously, there actually is a cheap solution. There's a torch-welding product that's been around for decades - when I saw and bought it in 1970 or so it was called "Lumiweld". It's not too hard to w
/html/shop-talk/2007-09/msg00280.html (8,525 bytes)

178. Re: [Shop-talk] Fw: Generators (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:06:16 -0500
I don't think you have to worry about the temperature - at least not the stuff I had. First, it's not soft solder, and it takes a pretty fair amount of heat - I doubt that the head gets anywhere near
/html/shop-talk/2007-09/msg00284.html (7,684 bytes)

179. Re: [Shop-talk] Fw: Harbor Freight & spare parts(was: MIG Welders (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:18:39 -0500
No citation, but in 1976 I had a friend who had a contract with AMC to make the chromed die cast R-A-M-B-L-E-R letters for some model where the dies had already been destroyed, but the stock had run
/html/shop-talk/2007-09/msg00291.html (8,199 bytes)

180. Re: [Shop-talk] fresh oil stain on concrete floor (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 11:51:42 -0500
The old standbys have usually worked OK for me too. However... If there's still some stain left, the expensive but easy and extremely effective solution is "Pour N Restore". In fact, it was on "Two G
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00003.html (8,794 bytes)

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