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81. [Shop-talk] Epoxy/JB Weld on auto a/c line? (score: 121): Author: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 13:26:22 -0700; But they don't necessarily fill it with Freon. When I went through this a few years ago, I believe it was nitrogen they used for leak checking. (Turned out to be the compressor leaking through a joi; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00385.html (9,662 bytes)
82. [Shop-talk] gps stuff (score: 121): Author: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 13:39:24 -0700; Why? The map is the most important part. Without it, the GPS receiver is nearly useless for most people. Most cell phones will give you latitude & longitude ... what good is that? -- Randall; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00387.html (8,347 bytes)
83. [Shop-talk] Epoxy/JB Weld on auto a/c line? (score: 121): Author: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 15:57:18 -0700; Having tried similar repairs with JB Weld, I don't believe that calculation is meaningful. I don't know all the reasons why, but one is that the tubing itself gets slightly larger under pressure. Th; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00396.html (9,933 bytes)
84. [Shop-talk] hanging bicycles (score: 121): Author: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 17:50:08 -0700; Or even just one hook. That's how mine are hanging, and it doesn't seem to have bothered them in 10 years or so. The bike weighs a lot less than half of what I do, so I'm not worried about the force; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00424.html (9,335 bytes)
85. [Shop-talk] What's the hot ticket for a new deck? (score: 121): Author: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 17:55:57 -0700; Are "deck" screws still OK? I'm also in the middle of partially rebuilding mine but already decided to go with wood again. The old one lasted over 40 years with likely no maintenance at all (certain; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00425.html (8,959 bytes)
86. [Shop-talk] under cabinet lighting (score: 121): Author: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 16:43:26 -0700; Possibly it falls under the category of "seriously overvolt", but there seem to be a lot of high-power LEDs on the market with much shorter average lifetimes. But I have not seen any LED fixtures th; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00439.html (9,099 bytes)
87. [Shop-talk] [TR] Junk Email to list (score: 121): Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 10:35:45 -0700; I got a bunch of them too, but they were addressed to me. The header shows they came directly through Yahoo! mail, and not through the Team.Net server. Didn't have the [TR} or [shop-talk] tags in the; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00443.html (8,049 bytes)
88. [Shop-talk] [TR] Junk Email to list (score: 121): Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:24:05 -0700; "Someone" probably won't, but I'll bet you can fix it yourself. Go to http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs Log in and set digest mode back to 'On'. Please remember, these lists are maintai; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00444.html (8,546 bytes)
89. [Shop-talk] Shop ideas for a mobility scooter. (score: 121): Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:31:54 -0700; I've occasionally thought that a robotic shopping cart would be cool. Set it up to follow a fob at a certain distance, say 2-3 feet and let it follow you around through the swap meet to carry your p; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00459.html (8,716 bytes)
90. [Shop-talk] Shop ideas for a mobility scooter. (score: 121): Author: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:44:23 -0700; I could see arguments both ways on that. After all, the Toyota that wiped out my 59 Triumph didn't have sensors or smarts when the driver "forgot" to stop. But ultrasonic sonar proximity detectors a; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00462.html (9,429 bytes)
91. [Shop-talk] stripped screw hole in carb (score: 121): Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 09:37:57 -0700; Although I've not tried that on a carb, I have in other places where the loading was light. The JB Weld is still too weak to take threads, IMO. Loctite makes a similar product specifically for repai; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00470.html (9,617 bytes)
92. [Shop-talk] stripped screw hole in carb (score: 121): Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 10:52:36 -0700; No argument from me. My point was just that the Helicoil approach results in slightly stronger threads (more resistance to pull-out) than original; while JB Weld isn't as strong as even the usual "p; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00474.html (10,264 bytes)
93. [Shop-talk] brake problems on a goose neck trailer (score: 121): Author: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:38:22 -0700; Sounds more like a mis-wiring problem to me. I'd hook it up and see what is happening directly at the passenger side brakes. Almost sounds like they are serving as a ground path for something else.; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00495.html (8,138 bytes)
94. [Shop-talk] Pulsing brakes (score: 121): Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:30:07 -0700; FWIW, my book recommends using a micrometer to measure the thickness variation. I don't recall the spec offhand, but it's much tighter than the runout allowance. Not sure why that is, but it might h; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00504.html (9,645 bytes)
95. [Shop-talk] Pulsing brakes (score: 121): Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:19:01 -0700; I dug the book out. Permissible runout is .003", but thickness variation is only .0005". That means you could see only .0003" runout on each side, and still be out of specification on thickness vari; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00525.html (9,827 bytes)
96. [Shop-talk] Generic Head Bolts/Studs (score: 121): Author: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:15:05 -0700; Seems very unlikely to me, unless they were damaged in some fashion (especially the threads were distorted just outside the block/nut). I drove to work this morning with 55-year-old studs, and the p; /html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00533.html (7,910 bytes)
97. [Shop-talk] faucets, mixing valves, and regular valves (score: 121): Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 08:09:04 -0700; I'm not sure exactly which kind Pat had in mind, but it shouldn't be hard to find almost any kind of mixing valve you want: http://tinyurl.com/3tx4b9p But a thermostatic mixing valve seems like seri; /html/shop-talk/2011-07/msg00172.html (10,587 bytes)
98. [Shop-talk] Mountable extension cord? (score: 121): Author: tr3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 16:39:29 -0700; No need for it to be big and bulky, if you don't want that. How about mounting this through the back panel of the drawer? http://www.arcade-electronics.com/detail.aspx?ID=20376 Sorry, I've never see; /html/shop-talk/2011-07/msg00192.html (10,755 bytes)
99. [Shop-talk] AC compressor is tripping 20A breaker (score: 121): Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 18:26:11 -0700; That suggests a defective breaker. They don't last forever. It's not a Federal Pacific, is it? If so, it's time for a whole new panel. If not, I would probably start by swapping the breaker that hol; /html/shop-talk/2011-07/msg00233.html (10,054 bytes)
100. [Shop-talk] battery tender (score: 121): Author: TR3driver at ca.rr.com (Randall); Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 18:29:32 -0700; FWIW, I've had a similar experience that was caused not by the alternator but by a shorted cell in the battery. I wasn't so lucky, though, the hydrogen/oxygen mixture got ignited and the first thing; /html/shop-talk/2011-07/msg00235.html (8,964 bytes)

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