- 21. Re: and now, computer questions... (score: 1)
- Author: pethier@isd.net
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 13:52:38 -0500
- Mine likes to "wake to ring". I figured out that if I shut it down as "hibernate", it does not do it.
- /html/shop-talk/2005-07/msg00026.html (8,261 bytes)
- 22. Re: Stainless Steel bolts (score: 1)
- Author: pethier@isd.net
- Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 13:04:54 -0500
- I am also convinced. I talked with a wheel designer at Dayton about wire wheels. He says that the Dayton painted wheels for Britcars are stronger and stiffer than the Dayton chrome wheels. The spoke
- /html/shop-talk/2005-06/msg00011.html (7,477 bytes)
- 23. Re: Lug nuts (score: 1)
- Author: "phil ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 23:14:24 -0500
- of An old cheap socket and a five-pound hammer was enough to remove the antitheft lugs on all four wheels of Pontiac I was faced with. The owner had bought the car months earlier and had no idea wha
- /html/shop-talk/2005-05/msg00011.html (7,937 bytes)
- 24. Re: Trailer and rollers for sale and Phil's usual location rant (score: 1)
- Author: pethier@isd.net
- Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 11:55:06 -0600
- LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. Please, folks. This is an international list. Nobody wants you to post your address, but a prominent disclosure of what city you are in or near can help people decide w
- /html/shop-talk/2005-03/msg00001.html (6,974 bytes)
- 25. test (score: 1)
- Author: pethier@isd.net
- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:22:22 -0600
- Just checking. Arvid was unsure we were still here. Phil Ethier
- /html/shop-talk/2005-03/msg00038.html (6,164 bytes)
- 26. Chev truck radiator (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 21:42:35 -0600
- Have a leak in the radiator on my 1993 Chevrolet Suburban 4x4. This is a composite aluminum-core/plastic-tanks radiator. The leak appears to be in the seal between the left tank and the aluminum core
- /html/shop-talk/2005-02/msg00015.html (8,033 bytes)
- 27. Re: Chev truck radiator (score: 1)
- Author: pethier@isd.net
- Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 12:54:29 -0600
- Dunno either, but that's what's there. Seven 10 mm hex head screws into stamped clips. No Phillips. right) Seen all that stuff so far. Exactly as you discribe. Came right out. The ventilation fan is
- /html/shop-talk/2005-02/msg00031.html (8,405 bytes)
- 28. RE: Chev truck radiator (score: 1)
- Author: pethier@isd.net
- Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:40:03 -0600
- leak I respect JB Weld. I repaired one of the fuel tanks on the Lotus over a decade ago, and it is still OK. However, a leak like this at the juncture of plastic and aluminum core. I think I will ta
- /html/shop-talk/2005-02/msg00034.html (7,442 bytes)
- 29. Chev truck radiator (score: 1)
- Author: pethier@isd.net
- Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:08:36 -0600
- Thanks for all the advice. I went with a Modine radiator procured locally for 248 USD. This unit looks much better than the original. Installation was a walk in the park. Needed to take out a splash
- /html/shop-talk/2005-02/msg00098.html (7,407 bytes)
- 30. Re: Bearing question (score: 1)
- Author: pethier@isd.net
- Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:44:17 -0600
- I'd say FAG, NTN and Timken, but I am no expert. Phil Ethier
- /html/shop-talk/2005-02/msg00118.html (6,823 bytes)
- 31. Re: Air Hammer (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 17:24:33 -0600
- It's defective. I bought a similar ten-buck unit from Menards some time back, and I have cut concrete slabs with it. Not what it's designed for, but it works. Silly question, but are you sure you ar
- /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00005.html (7,537 bytes)
- 32. RE: Lift install question (score: 1)
- Author: pethier@isd.net
- Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:19:30 -0600
- Don't they put skyscrapers on plastic to let them slide sideways a bit during earthquakes? Phil Ethier
- /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00018.html (7,166 bytes)
- 33. Re: Tool cabinets ... (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:19:55 -0600
- My John-Goodman-sized brother-in-law likes to open the bottom drawer of his Snap-On chest and jump on it to show it off. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 199
- /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00140.html (8,058 bytes)
- 34. Re: workshop floor (score: 1)
- Author: pethier@isd.net
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:02:29 -0600
- Among all the other disadvantages of a wood floor in a shop is the fact that many (most?) states specifically prohibit parking cars on wood floors. I don't know if Florida is one of them. If I was tr
- /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00157.html (8,310 bytes)
- 35. car batteries. who do you trust? (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 11:10:41 -0600
- It used to be that a Sears DieHard was as dependable as gravity. In the last couple of years I have had several cases of failures in these. I no longer trust them. What is the reliable battery now th
- /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00181.html (7,663 bytes)
- 36. Re: car batteries. who do you trust? (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:09:02 -0600
- was After I posted my question, my mother-in-law opened a US-mail ad from Consumer Reports. It quotes their test of size-65 car batteries. Top-rated: ProStart (Pep Boys) Premium 65-750 for $60. The t
- /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00190.html (8,897 bytes)
- 37. Re: car batteries. who do you trust? (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 18:28:57 -0600
- You seem to be making this as a statement of fact. Can you cite any evidence to support it? Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban,
- /html/shop-talk/2005-01/msg00209.html (8,349 bytes)
- 38. Re: 1/2 ton; 3/4 ton; 1 ton (score: 1)
- Author: pethier@isd.net
- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 13:33:53 -0600
- No. It's a crock perpetuated by people who use it as an expample of corporate foolishness, but it did not happen. The average Spanish-speaking car-buyer is smart enough to recognize that "nova" is L
- /html/shop-talk/2004-12/msg00020.html (8,025 bytes)
- 39. RE: re: Crazy idea that will work! (score: 1)
- Author: pethier@isd.net
- Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 12:39:24 -0600
- are stink into a soon. Any drain attached to the sanitary sewer system has a trap. Your floor drain in your basement has a trap. Your sink has a trap. Your toilet IS a trap. The only thing that does
- /html/shop-talk/2004-12/msg00056.html (9,075 bytes)
- 40. Re: Ratcheting Box end wrenches and drill bits (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:43:49 -0600
- you You don't need replacements very often if you resharpen them. The Drill Doctor does a darn good job. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 19
- /html/shop-talk/2004-12/msg00063.html (7,730 bytes)
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