- 1. RE: [FOT] broken head stud (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 10:54:26 -0800
- I'll second that, Kroil is good stuff. But PB Blaster works just as well for me, and is easier to find on a Saturday night. Unfortunately it appears that Wally-mart has quit carrying it, but AutoZon
- /html/spridgets/2006-03/msg00021.html (8,421 bytes)
- 2. RE: [FOT] off-on-on toggle switches (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:30:14 -0800
- Any marine supply should have a decent headlight (pull) switch that is off-on-on, reasonably well sealed and rated for a fair amount of current. I saw one in Torrance Electronics the other day that
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00025.html (9,399 bytes)
- 3. RE: [FOT] off-on-on toggle switches (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:18:35 -0800
- Randall babbled : As Andy has kindly pointed out, this statement is incomplete. What I meant to say is that I don't think you will find a snap-action toggle switch (the reliable kind) in off-on-on. T
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00033.html (9,064 bytes)
- 4. RE: [FOT] Fwd: Re: FW: Y I K E S ! (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:54:21 -0800
- Dave, does your b-i-l have any idea why the guy started spinning ? The only hazard I can recall is you might go airborne at the top of the hill at 120 ... Randall == Help keep Team.Net on the air ==
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00053.html (8,400 bytes)
- 5. RE: [FOT] SA2005 Helmets (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:10:26 -0800
- Not that it's strictly comparable, but I vividly remember picking up a set of nice woven 5000 lb tie down straps and being able to pull them apart with my hands. Since I'm not superman, I conclude t
- /html/spridgets/2006-02/msg00068.html (9,506 bytes)
- 6. RE: buying gasoline (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:45:01 -0800
- Yeah, we might even have to start burning American oil instead of exporting it ! SoCA is floating on oil, the place fairly bristles with wells. There's a sizeable area near where I am, where the lan
- /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00009.html (9,743 bytes)
- 7. RE: buying gasoline (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 18:35:46 -0700
- Nonsense ! "Americans" were never given the choice ! JD Rockefeller, founder of Amoco's ancestor, was famous for pursuing only maximum profit. And British Petroleum, who now own Amoco, are much the
- /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00042.html (10,051 bytes)
- 8. RE: buying gasoline (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 20:29:02 -0700
- I think it's a long way out ... there are a whole lot of oil reserves that aren't being used today. Many of them are considered "unproven" because the oil companies deliberately quit mapping them ..
- /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00049.html (9,628 bytes)
- 9. RE: buying gasoline (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 20:31:23 -0700
- Which some analysts have predicted by the end of the year. In fact it's already touched that in some areas, the LA Times ran a photo the other day of a sign with $2.999 on it (and I paid $2.599 this
- /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00050.html (9,295 bytes)
- 10. RE: buying gasoline (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 23:26:29 -0700
- Perhaps it's because I've been enjoying this nice Scotch ... but I don't see how that would make it easy for them to compete against the people who own wells, like Shell and BP/Amoco. Come to think
- /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00056.html (9,614 bytes)
- 11. RE: buying gasoline (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:04:22 -0700
- How expensive ? Oil Tech claims they can produce a "shale crude" for $10-$20/barrel... sounds pretty good compared to $50/barrel for Arabian oil that then has to be shipped here. http://www.oil-tech
- /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00061.html (9,718 bytes)
- 12. RE: Lifters (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 10:56:44 -0700
- Will Gasket Works be offering these for sale ? (A different R. Young)
- /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00086.html (8,136 bytes)
- 13. RE: RE: 1950 GMC Service Station pick-up truck (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 17:53:39 -0700
- The trick is the $6200 check being used to pay for a $2500 item, with the rest of the money being sent somewhere else. My guess is that the "shipper" is nothing of the sort, just another alias for t
- /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00093.html (9,096 bytes)
- 14. RE: re-torque cyl heads (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 18:09:18 -0700
- It's been done on at least some post-war cars ... the owner's manual for my 59 TR3A has it listed as a maintenance item. ISTR my 71 Stag does too. I usually do, although I've not built a race engine
- /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00094.html (9,567 bytes)
- 15. RE: re-torque cyl heads (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 06:00:32 -0700
- I checked, the 71 Stag's owner's manual has it listed as part of the "free" 1000 mile service. Randall
- /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00101.html (8,474 bytes)
- 16. RE: 1950 GMC Service Station pick-up truck (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 07:03:29 -0700
- You left out my favorite : Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. Randall
- /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00103.html (8,237 bytes)
- 17. RE: re-torque cyl heads (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 00:24:10 -0700
- Hmm, I was taught to always loosen first when doing a re-torque. Otherwise, stiction (static friction) screws up your torque reading. Likewise, when approaching the final torque value, you have to k
- /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00109.html (8,609 bytes)
- 18. RE: re-torque cyl heads (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 16:00:42 -0700
- No argument there. Quite true, which is why good torque specs also specify the condition. Most (not all) OEMs specify clean, dry, original quality hardware ... somewhere, if not where the torque spe
- /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00112.html (9,488 bytes)
- 19. RE: re-torque cyl heads (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 16:28:52 -0700
- Interesting ... I guess I'm glad nobody told me that before. Only Rabbit I ever wrenched on was given to me with what turned out to be a blown head gasket. Had nothing to lose so I pulled the head,
- /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00114.html (8,920 bytes)
- 20. RE: one wire alternator (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 08:35:07 -0700
- There are different ways to proceed, depending on what you want. For all of them, you'll need to convert to negative ground (if your car isn't already negative ground). This involves switching the c
- /html/spridgets/2005-04/msg00126.html (11,144 bytes)
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