- 1. Re: FW: axle flange removal (score: 1)
- Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 97 06:56:32 EDT
- I've seen several posts advocating similar methods now. What I wonder about is whether this heating causes any annealing and subsequent loss of strength in the hub and/or axle due to this treatment.
- /html/shop-talk/1997-08/msg00024.html (7,384 bytes)
- 2. Re: Air Compressor (score: 1)
- Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>
- Date: Tue, 4 Mar 97 07:09:28 EST
- Yup, of course it'll work to do those things, but you'll have to periodically wait for it to catch up. For various reasons, we're running the big bead blasting cabinet off a little contractors air co
- /html/shop-talk/1997-03/msg00023.html (8,248 bytes)
- 3. Re: Magnaflux (score: 1)
- Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>
- Date: Wed, 5 Mar 97 07:27:13 EST
- I'm by no means an expert, but my understanding is that magnafluxing will only detect surface cracks. X-raying will detect internal flaws (if they're big enough and the operator is good enough at the
- /html/shop-talk/1997-03/msg00034.html (8,410 bytes)
- 4. Re: compressor line (score: 1)
- Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 97 15:49:08 EST
- Just an interesting (I hope) data point. The university is renovating a new lab for us, and they seem to have plumbed the air lines with copper pipe... John Lye rjl6n@virginia.EDU http://avery.med.vi
- /html/shop-talk/1997-03/msg00142.html (6,988 bytes)
- 5. Re: BOUNCE shop-talk@Autox.Team.Net: Non-member submission from [crussell@San-Jose.ate.slb.com (Christopher Russell)] (score: 1)
- Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>
- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 97 10:09:23 EST
- Are you sure its really only 7-12 inch pounds? We've got three 1/4" drive beam-type torque wrenches in the lab (one's a Sears Craftsman, BTW) and I can generate 25 or more inch pounds just by grabbin
- /html/shop-talk/1997-02/msg00023.html (8,839 bytes)
- 6. Re: fiberglass panel bonding adhesive (score: 1)
- Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jan 97 15:57:32 EST
- I dunno about fender flares, but I hear that its good for bonding spoilers made out of plywood <very big grin> Sorry, I couldn't resist... John Lye rjl6n@virginia.EDU http://avery.med.virginia.edu/~r
- /html/shop-talk/1997-01/msg00118.html (6,771 bytes)
- 7. Re: Where to start with a seized engine (score: 1)
- Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>
- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 96 15:42:12 EDT
- Hmmm, the engine in my TR-3 was seized when I bought it. Is there a pattern here? I poured several tablespoonfuls of a mixture of penetrating oil and motor oil down each spark plug hole and rocked as
- /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00022.html (8,754 bytes)
- 8. Re: floor paint (score: 1)
- Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>
- Date: Tue, 9 Jan 96 17:31:19 EST
- I've also heard that's a problem. That sounds relatively cheap. Griot's has some garage floor paint that, as I recall, was a bit more expensive than this - big surprise, eh? They did an article on th
- /html/shop-talk/1996-01/msg00017.html (8,226 bytes)
- 9. Re: Tappet adjustment tool (score: 1)
- Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 96 07:22:27 EST
- Yes, I've got one and like it a lot. Once its calibrated (and they've got calibrations for many cars already listed), its even easier to use than a feeler gauge. One nice thing is that you'll be abl
- /html/shop-talk/1996-01/msg00219.html (7,392 bytes)
- 10. Re: Tappet adjustment tool (score: 1)
- Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 96 09:34:18 EST
- Its made by Gunson, I believe, the same folks who make the ColourTune and a bunch of other nifty tune up aids. I think that I got this from one of the big Britcar vendors like TRF or Moss, but I real
- /html/shop-talk/1996-01/msg00222.html (6,975 bytes)
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