Check the pressure tank. You can use a regular tire gauge. _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
You need to check the Schrader value with the tank empty of water and no pressure on the water side (drain open). With the tank empty of water there still should be some pressure on the air side of t
18 is low. Should be 38 PSI. This is the reason for the hammer. Pumps run at much higher pressure ( around 100 psi IIRC). Its quicking compressing the air. So you have less than half the air in there
After 160K miles the throttle body on Ford Five Hundred failed. This one is a fly by wire. There is not accelerator cable to the throttle body. Instead there is a computer controlled motor/gears that
Just replaced a part with a new part instead of a re manufactured part. Now have a core but no need to have it re manufactured. Does any company buy cores? Peter Thomas. _____________________________
It's a fly by wire throttle body. New OEM it's is about $600, refurbs vary but are around $400 with core charge is about $30-50 bucks. It also appears to be an indemand part with low supplies. I orde
Second the square/box tubing, much stronger since the force should be mostly downward. For the slider you could also use a section of the slightly larger square tubing with a hook/eye welded to it. I
I've had luck with Grizzly. Made in China but final milling are done in the US. Or at least some equipment is. Not as good as Delta or Jet but much better than Craftsman. ____________________________
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I have a lot of various sockets and wrenches that have stamped markings which are hard to read when your under the car with low lighting. I wondering if anyone has "blackened" their tools to make the
Then I'd assume Testor model paint would work well with the stamped sizes. I was leaning towards epoxy appliance paint, or auto touchup. I bottle of Testor's is easy to find and cheap. Appliance pain
I have polycarb shooting glasses for safety and I use them for heavy duty tasks I wont put my face close enough to need reading lens. However I'm pretty sure the readers are polycarb and thicker than
The ratio for halogens will be a little lower. Halogens are more efficient than non halogen incandescent. Probably closer to 5:1 but still a significant savings. Randall is correct, lumens are a bett
I have the newer plastic 60-watt equivalent Cree LED. Highly recommend. It durable plastic and lighter than glass LED bulbs. _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net A
Could make lots of money until a roof collapses. _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.team.net Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
I had one installed in 1994. I have a lot of iron and manganese. It did not last me 20 years. The problem with the major brands is they are proprietary and require you to go to the "authorized" deale
I did it. If you can sweat a pipe, which you can, that's it. Only other thing is the back wash drain. In my case since I already had a system it was trivial. If you're adding one for the first time y