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41. Re: [Shop-talk] Brake system bleeders (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:30:58 -0700
Motive has a universal adapters, both for round and rectangular reservoirs. I've used the round adapter on a couple of other cars, it works fine. They also can take an old cap of yours and modify it
/html/shop-talk/2010-03/msg00184.html (8,661 bytes)

42. Re: [Shop-talk] Tyre changer (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:38:13 -0700
It's a TSI model CH-22, see: www.tsissg.com . Never used one, so I can't offer any help in that area. I do like the tire tool (CH-4 Mongoose) it comes with, it looks like a big improvement over regul
/html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00120.html (7,443 bytes)

43. Re: [Shop-talk] Funny wrench request (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 17:33:03 -0700
C'mon, any excuse to buy a new tool is a good excuse! Gearwrench has some flex-style ratcheting wrenches that allow the handle to be at an angle to the head. Here is the whole Gearwrench collection:
/html/shop-talk/2010-05/msg00064.html (8,850 bytes)

44. Re: [Shop-talk] Electrical tape (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:26:09 -0700
I use Indumar's Fusion Tape: http://www.indumar.com/fusion-tape/fusion-tape-intro.html It's a silicone tape that has no adhesive. It sticks only to itself. You wrap it around an electrical connection
/html/shop-talk/2010-07/msg00008.html (7,764 bytes)

45. Re: [Shop-talk] What is it? (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:44:26 -0700
It's a 1962 Ghia L6.4. Made by the same company (Dual) that made the Dual-Ghia of 1956-58. Dual-Ghia is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-Ghia This is a Ghia L6.4: http://www.conceptcarz.com/ve
/html/shop-talk/2010-10/msg00101.html (8,728 bytes)

46. Re: [Shop-talk] The biggest challenge yet (shop related) (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:12:27 -0800
There are 12v-powered bill validators that you could power with a car battery and a solar charger. Probably too expensive for this application, though... <http://www.meigroup.com/usa/amusement/amusem
/html/shop-talk/2010-11/msg00047.html (9,056 bytes)

47. Re: [Shop-talk] Hot Water Heater 'Heat Trap' (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:32:35 -0800
Here is a page on the Alzheimer's Society webpage about the connection (or lack thereof) between the disease and aluminum: <http://alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=99> Tod
/html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00063.html (8,866 bytes)

48. Re: [Shop-talk] CSP 3 (ICRI) (moderately not OT) (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:26:48 -0700
ICRI is Int'l Concrete Repair Institute (www.icri.org). I found this page with photos, that calls CSP 3 a "light shotblast" http://www.shotblastinc.com/shotblasting_guidelines.shtml Todd Seattle,WA '
/html/shop-talk/2011-04/msg00139.html (8,001 bytes)

49. Re: [Shop-talk] DannMar MaxJax ? (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:38:12 -0700
Do not dismiss the roll-away hydraulic lift concept as wimpy. Here is the Manly Man version! Possibly a bit of overkill for our sort of shops, though. <http://i761.photobucket.com/albums/xx253/oldcrl
/html/shop-talk/2011-04/msg00204.html (8,308 bytes)

50. Re: [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 20:50:30 -0700
Jet engines have shrouds that are designed to catch blades that fail and fly off. Here is some video of "blade-off" tests, including some super-duper-ultra-slow-motion footage of a blade coming off t
/html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00179.html (8,920 bytes)

51. Re: [Shop-talk] air compressor (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 21:05:06 -0700
Steam locomotives ran at around 200-250 psi during the later part of the steam era (early 1900s-1940s). Earlier engines ran at lower pressures, mostly due to the metallurgy of the day. Don't know abo
/html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00180.html (8,958 bytes)

52. Re: [Shop-talk] Repair for polycarbonate suitcase (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 21:25:16 -0700
Urethane Supply (www.urethanesupply.com) has info on how to identify and repair plastics and, of course, they sell all the tools and supplies needed to do so. Todd Seattle,WA '86 GTI, Red of course.
/html/shop-talk/2011-05/msg00212.html (7,706 bytes)

53. Re: [Shop-talk] quiet compressor (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:11:00 -0700
Google "quiet air compressor" and you'll get several manufacturers. Here's one: www.silentaire.com . They have units down to 40decibels. Todd Seattle,WA '86 GTI, Red of course. (exciting racey car) 2
/html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00224.html (8,302 bytes)

54. Re: [Shop-talk] Pulsing brakes (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:01:26 -0700
On the last two sets of brakes I've done I used Zimmerman coated rotors. They come with a light gray coating on the whole rotor. The pads clean off the friction surface and the coating prevents the r
/html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00234.html (8,176 bytes)

55. Re: [Shop-talk] Oil analysis - Blackstone (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:15:58 -0700
I've used Blackstone for 12 reports over 120,000 miles in the TDI. Blackstone is very well respected in the TDI world. VW specs out 10,000 miles oil changes for my TDI. Synthetic oils required. I was
/html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00238.html (9,158 bytes)

56. Re: [Shop-talk] Oil analysis - Blackstone (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:10:46 -0700
True. Every manufacturer sets out oil specifications for their engines. Some oils will state on the bottle, "meets Ford spec 1234, Chevy spec 556", etc. In my 2001 TDI, I use Shell Rotella-T 5W-40 wh
/html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00241.html (8,464 bytes)

57. Re: [Shop-talk] Oil analysis - Blackstone (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:32:37 -0700
Perhaps the wear occurred in the prior oil change cycle and thus didn't get picked up in that UOA? On my TDI, I had a lifter fail and snap the timing belt last fall and had to recondition the head. O
/html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00242.html (10,319 bytes)

58. Re: [Shop-talk] Oil analysis - Blackstone (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:08:34 -0700
As I said in my last post, a UOA is a tool to help evaluate oil performance. You can't tell much of anything about oil visually so you need a tool to interpret the invisible. You can't see or feel sp
/html/shop-talk/2011-06/msg00243.html (10,426 bytes)

59. Re: [Shop-talk] battery tender (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:56:20 -0700
I have personal experience with this. 15 years ago I bought a used Chevy van for work. The previous owner must be a hunter or fisherman who camped in the vehicle regularly. He had installed a 2nd bat
/html/shop-talk/2011-07/msg00061.html (9,393 bytes)

60. Re: [Shop-talk] Firing order problems. (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:38:00 -0700
Check the camshaft. That'll tell you the firing order. Rotate it in the normal direction until you're at TDC on cylinder 1. Both lobes on up. That's the next cylinder to fire. Repeat two more times a
/html/shop-talk/2011-07/msg00153.html (8,240 bytes)


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