- 81. Re: Tire rotation (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 18:44:36 -0700
- Wandering yet a little further off topic, many years ago three friends and I piled into a VW Bug owned by one of them for a trip to SoCal. Now, the guy who owned the Bug was not the most car-savvy t
- /html/shop-talk/2006-05/msg00040.html (8,903 bytes)
- 82. Re: concrete pad or? (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:43:20 -0700
- We used a similar product called grasspave: http://www.invisiblestructures.com/GP2/grasspave.htm for the lawn area adjacent to our driveway, it's worked out quite well for occasional traffic but you
- /html/shop-talk/2006-07/msg00009.html (7,704 bytes)
- 83. Re: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:19:08 -0700
- Not true. There's definite limits on how many candelas headlights can throw down the road. If I had a few more minutes I'd go look it up. The problem is that the DOT has always been obsessed with th
- /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00033.html (8,783 bytes)
- 84. Re: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:29:40 -0700
- I know my Euro cars have each lamp fused separately. US cars typically burn out the headlight switch instead. John. (whose '91 Taurus SHO has a relay harness, made out of an old Peugeot 405 relay bo
- /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00044.html (7,414 bytes)
- 85. Re: 4 light hi-beams (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:57:00 -0700
- I don't think it's likely to be a problem. BUT... If I owned a GM vehicle that was sold in any markets outside the US (notably the Corvette, and usually the trucks/SUVs) before I tried to do anythin
- /html/shop-talk/2006-09/msg00045.html (8,747 bytes)
- 86. Re: Frozen Lug nuts (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:52:27 -0700
- Stoutest 1/2in-drive-or-larger socket you can get on the nut. Something with a lifetime warranty. Breaker bar. 3-4ft piece of pipe that'll fit over the bar handle. Use a deep socket if you have to b
- /html/shop-talk/2006-10/msg00030.html (8,012 bytes)
- 87. Re: Side-mount Garage Door Opener? (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:09:01 -0800
- Yeah, just a little busy lately. Opener is still working quite nicely. John.
- /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00017.html (6,465 bytes)
- 88. Re: waste oil (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:15:23 -0800
- I've been told around here (San Mateo Co, CA) that the county limits them to taking - what? - 2 gallons per person per dropoff. That's basically one BMW V8 oil change. The recycling center in Belmon
- /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00077.html (7,829 bytes)
- 89. Re: Air line piping (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:49:21 -0800
- I might use Sch40 PVC for a line I'd set up for temporary use, but not for anything I was going to leave in place for months or years. Sch80 PVC is a whole lot stronger, but more expensive than any
- /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00115.html (8,816 bytes)
- 90. Re: Air line piping (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:57:03 -0800
- Yeah, it's very highly dependent on who's working that day, and how much else they've got going on. I ended up getting most of the gas pipe for our house at OSH. It was easier to have the guy inside
- /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00118.html (8,912 bytes)
- 91. Re: Air line piping (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:21:19 -0800
- There's lots of stuff you can't find at either, alas. HD in particular seems to be cutting back on a lot of the useful stuff in favor of things like appliances which I can't imagine ever buying at H
- /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00120.html (9,702 bytes)
- 92. Re: Air line piping (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:51:54 -0800
- Yeah, I can see that... OSH - Orchard Supply Hardware. Chain hardware store, started in SoCal, subsequently purchased by Sears, can't recall if they've subsequently been sold off post Sears-KMart de
- /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00125.html (8,615 bytes)
- 93. Re: Air line piping (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:48:49 -0800
- The city here does not permit *any* metal in contact with the ground. John.
- /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00142.html (8,153 bytes)
- 94. Re: Air line piping (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:51:04 -0800
- Or because the soil chemistry is not friendly to metals. John.
- /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00149.html (7,256 bytes)
- 95. Re: Air line piping (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:28:11 -0800
- Yeah, the pipe will bend a little, you only need a little slope. If you can't get enough bend out of the pipe, you use an elbow pointing down and a street-ell threaded into that to make the coupling
- /html/shop-talk/2006-12/msg00243.html (8,226 bytes)
- 96. Re: Tire storage (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:28:05 -0800
- Well...uh... As part of the ongoing cleanup of the yard and some fence replacement, I'm going to have the fence guys sink a couple more PT 4x4s and then I'll make myself two levels of rack about 12-1
- /html/shop-talk/2007-01/msg00170.html (6,596 bytes)
- 97. Re: Tire storage (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 13:18:22 -0800
- They work well for me, though the 285/40-18s on 18x10 wheels that are supposed to go on the rear of the '64 wagon were a very tight fit, had to leave the bags out in the sun for half an hour first.
- /html/shop-talk/2007-01/msg00192.html (7,460 bytes)
- 98. Re: 2 vs 4 post lifts (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:46:35 -0800
- Oh, it certainly has been, not sure how much so on this list...the following is my take, and I'm currently shopping for a 4-post for the garage (and maybe I might put a used 2-post on the concrete pa
- /html/shop-talk/2007-01/msg00279.html (8,200 bytes)
- 99. Re: 2 vs 4 post lifts (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:34:16 -0800
- Most exhaust shops I've seen have 4-post lifts, they'll have a couple 2-post lifts too, but you don't dare route exhaust pipes with the suspension at full droop lest you find they've just become the
- /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00006.html (8,153 bytes)
- 100. Re: 2 vs 4 post lifts (score: 1)
- Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>
- Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:58:54 -0800
- Me was thinking that what's really needed is to hang a scissor lift on a 4-post... John.
- /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00014.html (8,352 bytes)
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