[BlindHandyMan] Bio Degradable Diesel Vs. # 1 Diesel
Hey all, Does anyone know the pros & cons of switching from # 1 diesel to biodegradable diesel? Biodegradable diesel is half the price of # 1 right now. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Bio Degradable Diesel Vs. # 1 Diesel
get over it and stop crying all the time life is to short - Original Message - From: Lenny McHugh To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:29 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Bio Degradable Diesel Vs. # 1 Diesel Ok, The original post was questionable however this post is offensive. Moderator - Original Message - From: "Bob Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 10:04 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Bio Degradable Diesel Vs. # 1 Diesel The cons are you'll have a bunch of fat people following you around because the exhaust smells like McDonalds fries. - Original Message ----- From: Rhonda & Steve To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 8:18 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Bio Degradable Diesel Vs. # 1 Diesel Hey all, Does anyone know the pros & cons of switching from # 1 diesel to biodegradable diesel? Biodegradable diesel is half the price of # 1 right now. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links __ NOD32 3162 (20080605) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] box wrenches
don't plan on using them a lot - Original Message - From: David Ferrin To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:23 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] box wrenches I just got a nice little set of box wrenches from Harbor Freight yesterday for a $10 bill. Not a bad deal because there are 5 wrenches with a total of 10 different sizes to choose from. The cool thing is in my opinion they are ratchet wrenches. They range from 1/4 to 13/16 inclusive and they sure feel like they are made from some pretty tough steel. So every once in a while it is still possible to find a nice deal. I'm David Ferrin, and I approve this message. www.jaws-users.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] washing machine trouble
replace the springs and be dun with it - Original Message - From: john schwery To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] washing machine trouble I've seen them have springs attached to springs that one can adjust. You can try taking the front off and some of those pry off, held by spring clamps. earlier, JoVina Harris, wrote: >Ok, this is the first time I've posted to this list but I like to see >what all problems you guys fix and then steal your ideas. That's just >the way I roll! Anyway, My washing machine is off balance. Not the >outside legs or anything but the inside tub. I've wrestled with it but >it won't go back like it should. It still works so I'm still using it >but I would like to balance the tub again. Do I need to take the back >off and if I do, what do I look for? Are there washers or weights or >something like that to be replaced as a part of regular maintenance? >Thanks for any suggestions, > >JoV > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.9/1583 - Release Date: >7/31/2008 6:17 AM John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Toilet Seat Recommendations?
i think we have the bowl covered now huh - Original Message - From: allen dunbar To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Toilet Seat Recommendations? hi Claudia I too would recommend the hard plastic ones we installed the easy down kind that don't slam when you lower the lid or seat thus preventing them slamming down and waking the entire house they came from lows and have the metal brackets to install they seem to clean up pretty easily good luck Allen Dunbar - Original Message - From: RJ To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:42 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Toilet Seat Recommendations? I have to go for the hard seats. - Original Message - From: Claudia To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 7:23 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Toilet Seat Recommendations? Hi, I think it's time we purchase a new toilet seat, so which kinds are good and are the most sanitary? Would it bee the hard wood ones, as opposed to the cushioned seat models? Thanks. Claudia Join either of my groups; the first is for visually-impaired women, while the other is for people wishing to discuss homemaking issues. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys
the rotors are so cheaply made these days i will not even tern them at my shop if the customer don't want new one's i will not even do the job its not worth it to me if the shop tries to make you pay again simply tern them in to the state also tell them you want your old parts - Original Message - From: "Lenny McHugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys >I will also ask about that. > - Original Message - > From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:26 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys > > > No one has mentioned the anti-lock breaks? Why they should become a > problem > under those circumstances I don't know but I do know that they do shimmy > when applied if not working correctly and in some models even when working > apparently correctly. > > > > - Original Message - > From: "Bob Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:48 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys > > >>A long shot but I bought new tires once and had a bad vibration right >> afterwards. When I got home I popped the cap off and found the problem >> right off. The idiot put the lugs on backwards so the tapered end faced >> away from the wheel... >> >> Diagnosing by email is much harder. By vibration we need to get a bit >> more >> specific. A warped rotor doesn't vibrate at 25 to 40, it feels more like >> jerking. A smooth run, a jerk or bump and a smooth run again. The >> bumping >> or jerking gets slower obviously as you slow down. >> >> I could happen, especially if the rotors got turned too thin the last >> time. >> I've known some um well idiots is really too nice a word. But I've known >> of >> people that read the specs on the brake lathe and think that is what the >> first cut should be. If the lathe says it can cut 90 thousandths in one >> pass then by god that's what you have to do. 90 thousandths off any >> rotor >> will put it under the minimum. If it is thin and slammed home with a >> tire >> gun they can warp fairly quickly. Not a couple weeks I wouldn't think >> though. >> >> I have known the outer pad to be put on without either putting the anti >> vibration glue on, or not bending the tabs to keep the pad tightly in >> place. >> Those situations cause a vibration that is often loud as well. When the >> brakes are applied you hear sometimes a squealing or a humming type >> sound. >> That isn't nearly as dangerous as it is annoying. But since it started >> after brake work, I'd take it back and see what they offer. One thing >> you >> can do on your own is to take a wrench to the lugs and make sure they >> tightened them all. 1 left loose won't cause a serious problem, I have >> had >> to run a race car on 3 lugs on 1 wheel before. But that isn't the >> brightest >> way to go. >> >> Take a torque wrench if you have one and 75 to 80 footpounds will keep >> the >> wheels on. If you don't have a torque wrench, take a socket or something >> and make sure everything is tight. >> >> >> - Original Message - >> From: "Lenny McHugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "handyman-blind" >> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 6:43 PM >> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] question for the car guys >> >> >>> We have a 2003 grand caravan sport all wheel drive. Two weeks ago for >>> inspection it needed breaks at the same time I upgraded the break fluid >>> to >>> dot 5.1 and also had the tires rotated. >>> Now about 45 mph when Karen applies the break she can feel a chatter or >>> vibration. When she first said it was shaking at that speed I thought >>> she >>> lost a balancing weight. I now suspect rotors. Is there anything that >>> can >>> cause a rotor go bad after about two weeks after installing new breaks? >>> The >>> vehicle has about 40,000 miles and the rotors were cut around 25,000 >>> miles. >>> Got to get this thing fixed quickly, next week we are taking my grandson >>> to >>> Canada to see the falls. >>> Lenny >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Send any questions regarding list management to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> To listen to the show archives go to link >>> http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 >>> Or >>> ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ >>> >>> The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >>> http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday >>> >>> Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From >>> Various >>> List Members At The Following address: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ >>> >>> Visit the archives page at the following address >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ >>> >>> If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following >>> address for more information: >>> http://
Re: [BlindHandyMan] ebay
o boy should we lynch him - Original Message - From: David Ferrin To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] ebay Alex my friend, please tell me you didn't send this on purpose. David Ferrin Life is what happens after you've already made other plans. - Original Message - From: "Alex Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 1:24 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] ebay > ebayDear friends. We are EBAY a large wholesaler.Our products include > digital cameras,RUF-Cinema,phone,Laptops, Digital Video, Mp4, GPS,and so > on. The quality of our products is excellent, and our prices are very > good. You can make very good profits to resell them or you can save much > money. In these years,We have gained a good reputation and welcomed by > many customers worldwide.Please feel free to contact us if any questions. > We will try our best to give you a satisfactory answer. We hope we can > establish a long term cooperation. Our website: > http://www.good58588.com MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-MAIL: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Car repair.
hey there i really enjoyed the show thank you for having me on i would be happy to do it again any time Steven - Original Message - From: Don To: blind handy man Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 5:15 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Car repair. For the car rebuilding/racing/repair folks on list, and any one else. We found out about a guy, that will be our show guest this week, and all so will be joining this list in the next day are so, named Steve Scott. this guy builds dragsters, and does allot of auto rebuilding, and repair. Should be a great guest. and should bring some more repair knolege to the list. Regards Don [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Intro
I work on everything from street rods to all out drag cars and rales to late model foreign and domestic cars and trucks. I do trouble shooting, diagnostics and more. - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Intro Sorry, I'll listen to the show. What was your specialty? Domestic or imports? - Original Message - From: Rhonda & Steve To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Intro know he is a friend of mine I'm from mi - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Intro Steve, Are the one from Mass? - Original Message - From: Rhonda & Steve To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:27 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Intro Hi all, I'm Steve Scott & want to thank the guys for having me as a guest on the show today. I'm an auto tech, in the process of opening up shop again. If anyone has questions or topics they would like to talk about, I would welcome the discussion. Also, thanks for the list info. I'm enjoying the list. Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Intro
know he is a friend of mine I'm from mi - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Intro Steve, Are the one from Mass? - Original Message - From: Rhonda & Steve To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 8:27 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Intro Hi all, I'm Steve Scott & want to thank the guys for having me as a guest on the show today. I'm an auto tech, in the process of opening up shop again. If anyone has questions or topics they would like to talk about, I would welcome the discussion. Also, thanks for the list info. I'm enjoying the list. Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] Intro
Hi all, I'm Steve Scott & want to thank the guys for having me as a guest on the show today. I'm an auto tech, in the process of opening up shop again. If anyone has questions or topics they would like to talk about, I would welcome the discussion. Also, thanks for the list info. I'm enjoying the list. Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Horsepower How It Started, What it Means Today
now that's good stuff keep it coming - Original Message - From: Ray Boyce To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 2:07 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Horsepower How It Started, What it Means Today But what is horsepower, and what does the horsepower rating mean in terms of performance? In this article, you'll learn exactly what horsepower is and how you can apply it to your everyday life. The term horsepower was invented by the engineer James Watt. Watt lived from 1736 to 1819 and is most famous for his work on improving the performance of steam engines. We are also reminded of him every day when we talk about 60-watt light bulbs. The story goes that Watt was working with ponies lifting coal at a coal mine, and he wanted a way to talk about the power available from one of these animals. He found that, on average, a mine pony could do 22,000 foot-pounds of work in a minute. He then increased that number by 50 percent and pegged the measurement of horsepower at 33,000 foot-pounds of work in one minute. It is that arbitrary unit of measure that has made its way down through the centuries and now appears on your car, your lawn mower, your chain saw and even in some cases your vacuum cleaner. horsepower What horsepower means is this: In Watt's judgement, one horse can do 33,000 foot-pounds of work every minute. So, imagine a horse raising coal out of a coal mine as shown above. A horse exerting 1 horsepower can raise 330 pounds of coal 100 feet in a minute, or 33 pounds of coal 1,000 feet in one minute, or 1,000 pounds 33 feet in one minute. You can make up whatever combination of feet and pounds you like. As long as the product is 33,000 foot-pounds in one minute, you have a horsepower. You can probably imagine that you would not want to load 33,000 pounds of coal in the bucket and ask the horse to move it 1 foot in a minute because the horse couldn't budge that big a load. You can probably also imagine that you would not want to put 1 pound of coal in the bucket and ask the horse to run 33,000 feet in one minute, since that translates into 375 miles per hour and horses can't run that fast. However, if you have read How a Block and Tackle Works, you know that with a block and tackle you can easily trade perceived weight for distance using an arrangement of pulleys. So you could create a block and tackle system that puts a comfortable amount of weight on the horse at a comfortable speed no matter how much weight is actually in the bucket. Horsepower can be converted into other units as well. For example: List of 3 items . 1 horsepower is equivalent to 746 watts. So if you took a 1-horsepower horse and put it on a treadmill, it could operate a generator producing a continuous 746 watts. . 1 horsepower (over the course of an hour) is equivalent to 2,545 BTU (British thermal units). If you took that 746 watts and ran it through an electric heater for an hour, it would produce 2,545 BTU (where a BTU is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water 1 degree F). . One BTU is equal to 1,055 joules, or 252 gram-calories or 0.252 food Calories. Presumably, a horse producing 1 horsepower would burn 641 Calories in one hour if it were 100-percent efficient. Measuring Horsepower If you want to know the horsepower of an engine, you hook the engine up to a dynamometer. A dynamometer places a load on the engine and measures the amount of power that the engine can produce against the load. You can get an idea of how a dynamometer works in the following way: Imagine that you turn on a car engine, put it in neutral and floor it. The engine would run so fast it would explode. That's no good, so on a dynamometer you apply a load to the floored engine and measure the load the engine can handle at different engine speeds. You might hook an engine to a dynamometer, floor it and use the dynamometer to apply enough of a load to the engine to keep it at, say, 7,000 rpm. You record how much load the engine can handle. Then you apply additional load to knock the engine speed down to 6,500 rpm and record the load there. Then you apply additional load to get it down to 6,000 rpm, and so on. You can do the same thing starting down at 500 or 1,000 rpm and working your way up. What dynamometers actually measure is torque (in pound-feet), and to convert torque to horsepower you simply multiply torque by rpm/5,252. Torque Imagine that you have a big socket wrench with a 2-foot-long handle on it, and you apply 50 pounds of force to that 2-foot handle. What you are doing is applying a torque, or turning force, of 100 pound-feet (50 pounds to a 2-foot-long handle) to the bolt. You could get the same 100 pound-feet of torque by applying 1 pound of force
Re: [BlindHandyMan] OBDC-2 Scanner
i would be happy to talk to you about this e-mail me off the list and i will give you my number thank you - Original Message - From: Gil Laster To: Post to Blind Handyman Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:39 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] OBDC-2 Scanner Steve, Welcome to the Blindhandyman. I am curious about what useful information is in my family vehicle computer. USB and even wireless devices along with software are now available to connect a car computer to a PC. Might such a scanner be worth it to me for do-it-yourself maintenance? - Gil Laster Charlotte, NC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair.
lol that's funny - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:11 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. GILL, You are showing your age... We used to do that to air filters back in the day when gasoline was .030 per gallon, labor rates were $12.00 per hour and you couldn't get that COPO Malibu under 12.04 no matter how hard you tried. Your secret is safe with the list. *smile* -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Laster Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:28 PM To: Post to Blind Handyman Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. There have been recent posts about the $40 price of replacement automobile interior air filters. I have a 2004 Toyota with an interior air filter that is accessed through the glove compartment. The filter feels like durable synthetic material folded like an accordion. I periodically remove it, vacuum it off, and if my wife says that it still looks dirty I gently wash it. So far I have not bought a new one. - Gil Laster Charlotte, NC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS -- Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 156970110) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=156970110&m=2e3bd1435ce1&c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=156970110&m=2e3bd1435ce1&c=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=156970110&m=2e3bd1435ce1&c=f -- END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair.
nice now we are getting some where I have a 1967 Shelby GT500, tubbed tube chassis. I have a 540 alcohol-blown Chevy motor. *grin* I've been into the building & racing thing for quite some time now. I currently work as an auto tech. It's nice to see other totally blind folks doing the same thing, no offense intended. Steve - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:20 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. Steve, Just a quick profile. I have 25+ years as a factory service tech for Porsche, currently retired. My girl friend drag races a 1956 Corvette clone running a 604CID big-block. We are about to launch our third season both with the bette and with each other. I am a died-in-the-wool hot rodder with a number of build ups resto-mods and build-ups to my credit. Currently my personal favorite is my 1980 El Camino running a 383 small block stroker, GM aluminum fast burn heads, Holley digital fuel injection and as of my last commission check an Airflow Research supercharger. There is a whole bunch more inside the block but I don't want to bore the wood guys on the list. This is strictly a show-and-shine car with hopes of going on the hot-rod power tour when it grows up. Welcome to the list Larry -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rhonda & Steve Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 6:42 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. lol that's funny - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:11 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. GILL, You are showing your age... We used to do that to air filters back in the day when gasoline was .030 per gallon, labor rates were $12.00 per hour and you couldn't get that COPO Malibu under 12.04 no matter how hard you tried. Your secret is safe with the list. *smile* -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Laster Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:28 PM To: Post to Blind Handyman Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. There have been recent posts about the $40 price of replacement automobile interior air filters. I have a 2004 Toyota with an interior air filter that is accessed through the glove compartment. The filter feels like durable synthetic material folded like an accordion. I periodically remove it, vacuum it off, and if my wife says that it still looks dirty I gently wash it. So far I have not bought a new one. - Gil Laster Charlotte, NC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS -- Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 157038151) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=157038151&m=46359a66b54f&c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=157038151&m=46359a66b54f&c=n Forget vote: https:
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair.
nice car they don't make them like they use to huh that's about how fast my vet runs the way i look at it if some one don't like what i'm saying well don't listen have a good day off to work - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 6:31 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. One thing you don't have to worry about is being offensive. I've been around a long time and I don't take much personally any longer. But there are people on the list that will jump on something just to have something to say. I used to have a drag car about 30 years back. Never got into the alcohol side though. I had a 68 Camaro with a 427 30 over with lots and lots of time and money it it. That's going way back and it would run a high 9 to 10 second quarter. Seems like a turtle compared to today. But top fuel was only running 6 to 6.2 then too... Getting ready for work right now but we'll talk more... ----- Original Message - From: Rhonda & Steve To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 10:03 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. nice now we are getting some where I have a 1967 Shelby GT500, tubbed tube chassis. I have a 540 alcohol-blown Chevy motor. *grin* I've been into the building & racing thing for quite some time now. I currently work as an auto tech. It's nice to see other totally blind folks doing the same thing, no offense intended. Steve - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:20 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. Steve, Just a quick profile. I have 25+ years as a factory service tech for Porsche, currently retired. My girl friend drag races a 1956 Corvette clone running a 604CID big-block. We are about to launch our third season both with the bette and with each other. I am a died-in-the-wool hot rodder with a number of build ups resto-mods and build-ups to my credit. Currently my personal favorite is my 1980 El Camino running a 383 small block stroker, GM aluminum fast burn heads, Holley digital fuel injection and as of my last commission check an Airflow Research supercharger. There is a whole bunch more inside the block but I don't want to bore the wood guys on the list. This is strictly a show-and-shine car with hopes of going on the hot-rod power tour when it grows up. Welcome to the list Larry -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rhonda & Steve Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 6:42 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. lol that's funny - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:11 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. GILL, You are showing your age... We used to do that to air filters back in the day when gasoline was .030 per gallon, labor rates were $12.00 per hour and you couldn't get that COPO Malibu under 12.04 no matter how hard you tried. Your secret is safe with the list. *smile* -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Laster Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:28 PM To: Post to Blind Handyman Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. There have been recent posts about the $40 price of replacement automobile interior air filters. I have a 2004 Toyota with an interior air filter that is accessed through the glove compartment. The filter feels like durable synthetic material folded like an accordion. I periodically remove it, vacuum it off, and if my wife says that it still looks dirty I gently wash it. So far I have not bought a new one. - Gil Laster Charlotte, NC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair.
now that sounds like something my help would say lol - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 8:18 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. Well my day job is a paid day off. My computer blew up and I'm off until they find me a new one... Not a bad way to make a living if you can find it. Lucky for me today is the day for the Snap-On man to be in the neighborhood and I am replacing my air ratchet today. Talk to ya later - Original Message - From: Rhonda & Steve To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 7:41 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. nice car they don't make them like they use to huh that's about how fast my vet runs the way i look at it if some one don't like what i'm saying well don't listen have a good day off to work - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 6:31 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. One thing you don't have to worry about is being offensive. I've been around a long time and I don't take much personally any longer. But there are people on the list that will jump on something just to have something to say. I used to have a drag car about 30 years back. Never got into the alcohol side though. I had a 68 Camaro with a 427 30 over with lots and lots of time and money it it. That's going way back and it would run a high 9 to 10 second quarter. Seems like a turtle compared to today. But top fuel was only running 6 to 6.2 then too... Getting ready for work right now but we'll talk more... - Original Message - From: Rhonda & Steve To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 10:03 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. nice now we are getting some where I have a 1967 Shelby GT500, tubbed tube chassis. I have a 540 alcohol-blown Chevy motor. *grin* I've been into the building & racing thing for quite some time now. I currently work as an auto tech. It's nice to see other totally blind folks doing the same thing, no offense intended. Steve - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:20 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. Steve, Just a quick profile. I have 25+ years as a factory service tech for Porsche, currently retired. My girl friend drag races a 1956 Corvette clone running a 604CID big-block. We are about to launch our third season both with the bette and with each other. I am a died-in-the-wool hot rodder with a number of build ups resto-mods and build-ups to my credit. Currently my personal favorite is my 1980 El Camino running a 383 small block stroker, GM aluminum fast burn heads, Holley digital fuel injection and as of my last commission check an Airflow Research supercharger. There is a whole bunch more inside the block but I don't want to bore the wood guys on the list. This is strictly a show-and-shine car with hopes of going on the hot-rod power tour when it grows up. Welcome to the list Larry -Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rhonda & Steve Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 6:42 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. lol that's funny - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:11 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. GILL, You are showing your age... We used to do that to air filters back in the day when gasoline was .030 per gallon, labor rates were $12.00 per hour and you couldn't get that COPO Malibu under 12.04 no matter how hard you tried. Your secret is safe with the list. *smile* -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Laster Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:28 PM To: Post to Blind Handyman Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. There have been recent posts about the $40 price of replacement automobile interior air filters. I have a 2004 Toyota with an interior air filter that is accessed through the glove compartment. The filter feels like durable synthetic material folded like an accordion. I periodically remove it, vacuum it off, and if my wife says that it still looks dirty I gently wash it. So far I have not bought a new one. - Gil Laster Charlotte, NC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ft
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair.
yes i do mine talks cool huh - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 5:57 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. Do either one of you have any experience with Snap-on's digital torque wrench? My old click type is just about ready for social security and I'm thinking one of those new digital ones would be handy. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rhonda & Steve Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 3:46 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. now that sounds like something my help would say lol - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 8:18 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. Well my day job is a paid day off. My computer blew up and I'm off until they find me a new one... Not a bad way to make a living if you can find it. Lucky for me today is the day for the Snap-On man to be in the neighborhood and I am replacing my air ratchet today. Talk to ya later - Original Message ----- From: Rhonda & Steve To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 7:41 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. nice car they don't make them like they use to huh that's about how fast my vet runs the way i look at it if some one don't like what i'm saying well don't listen have a good day off to work - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 6:31 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. One thing you don't have to worry about is being offensive. I've been around a long time and I don't take much personally any longer. But there are people on the list that will jump on something just to have something to say. I used to have a drag car about 30 years back. Never got into the alcohol side though. I had a 68 Camaro with a 427 30 over with lots and lots of time and money it it. That's going way back and it would run a high 9 to 10 second quarter. Seems like a turtle compared to today. But top fuel was only running 6 to 6.2 then too... Getting ready for work right now but we'll talk more... - Original Message - From: Rhonda & Steve To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 10:03 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. nice now we are getting some where I have a 1967 Shelby GT500, tubbed tube chassis. I have a 540 alcohol-blown Chevy motor. *grin* I've been into the building & racing thing for quite some time now. I currently work as an auto tech. It's nice to see other totally blind folks doing the same thing, no offense intended. Steve - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:20 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. Steve, Just a quick profile. I have 25+ years as a factory service tech for Porsche, currently retired. My girl friend drag races a 1956 Corvette clone running a 604CID big-block. We are about to launch our third season both with the bette and with each other. I am a died-in-the-wool hot rodder with a number of build ups resto-mods and build-ups to my credit. Currently my personal favorite is my 1980 El Camino running a 383 small block stroker, GM aluminum fast burn heads, Holley digital fuel injection and as of my last commission check an Airflow Research supercharger. There is a whole bunch more inside the block but I don't want to bore the wood guys on the list. This is strictly a show-and-shine car with hopes of going on the hot-rod power tour when it grows up. Welcome to the list Larry -Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rhonda & Steve Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 6:42 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. lol that's funny - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:11 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. GILL, You are showing your age... We used to do that to air filters back in the day when gasoline was .030 per gallon, labor rates were $12.00 per hour and you couldn't get that COPO Malibu under 12.04 no matter how hard you tried. Your secret is safe with the list. *smile* -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Laster Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:28 PM T
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair.
i use head phones when its to loud - Original Message - From: Michael Baldwin To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 9:12 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. Yeah, I am sure you can't hear much in the pits, but for my own shop, rebuilding engines, torquing my tires after rotating etc, a talking torque wrench would be great. Michael _ From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Stansifer Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 7:28 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. Many times especially when working in the pit area I would much rather have something I can feel rather than depend on a quiet minute to torque wheels or reset four-links. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Baldwin Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 6:24 PM To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. Seriously? What's the brand and model? Michael _ From: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rhonda & Steve Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 5:18 PM To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. yes i do mine talks cool huh - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 5:57 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. Do either one of you have any experience with Snap-on's digital torque wrench? My old click type is just about ready for social security and I'm thinking one of those new digital ones would be handy. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rhonda & Steve Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 3:46 PM To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. now that sounds like something my help would say lol - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 8:18 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. Well my day job is a paid day off. My computer blew up and I'm off until they find me a new one... Not a bad way to make a living if you can find it. Lucky for me today is the day for the Snap-On man to be in the neighborhood and I am replacing my air ratchet today. Talk to ya later - Original Message - From: Rhonda & Steve To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 7:41 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. nice car they don't make them like they use to huh that's about how fast my vet runs the way i look at it if some one don't like what i'm saying well don't listen have a good day off to work - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 6:31 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. One thing you don't have to worry about is being offensive. I've been around a long time and I don't take much personally any longer. But there are people on the list that will jump on something just to have something to say. I used to have a drag car about 30 years back. Never got into the alcohol side though. I had a 68 Camaro with a 427 30 over with lots and lots of time and money it it. That's going way back and it would run a high 9 to 10 second quarter. Seems like a turtle compared to today. But top fuel was only running 6 to 6.2 then too... Getting ready for work right now but we'll talk more... - Original Message - From: Rhonda & Steve To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 10:03 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Re: Car repair. nice now we are getting some where I have a 1967 Shelby GT500, tubbed tube chassis. I have a 540 alcohol-blown Chevy motor. *grin* I've been into the building & racing thing for quite some time now. I currently
Re: [BlindHandyMan] 30 Greatest Movie Cars
yes to days cars suck if you ask me i shirr do miss those days when you could go in to a dealer and have a car set up the way you wanted i say bring them back if you can't afford to drive them well its simple stay home - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 6:10 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] 30 Greatest Movie Cars You're right some of their choices are hard to explain. I've worked on some of the same cars so my choices would be different. I built a few Dodge Challengers with 340 engines, worked on the Charger with that 426 hemi, and the first Back to the Future car I ever worked on was embarrassing. For those that can't see, the doors don't open like normal doors. When I opened the driver door I didn't know what to think. Touched the handle and the door pops and starts rotating. I jumped so far backwards because I didn't know where it was going I fell over the lift arm. The whole shop had a laugh on me for that display of grace and balance... BTW the original had a V6 Buick engine in them and the body was made of stainless steel instead of aluminum. And if you ever get a chance to ride the hill where Bullet was filmed in San Francisco it's a rush. - Original Message - From: Victor Gouveia To: Blind Handyman Listserv Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 11:49 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] 30 Greatest Movie Cars Hi All, I just watched a 2 hour special with audio description from England which detailed the 30 greatest movie cars of all time, as voted online by people in the U. K. I have written out the choices below, along with their rank in the show. In some cases, I simply listed the movie title, as there were too many cars in the movie to note, although I did mention one or two of the cars that were in the movie in a few instances. In any case, check out the rank and choices below, and it would be interesting to see what some of you think. Having had sight just under 6 years ago, I know each and everyone of these cars, as I have watched each and everyone of these movies they speak of with sight, so I had a chance to watch the cars they are talking about in action. I do have to say, I question some of the choices they made, especially the Mini-coops in the Italian Job, but hey, the Brits always had a quirky sense of humour, right? Anyway, without further ado, here are the 30 top movie cars of all time. 30. Vanishing Point - 1970 - Dodge Challenger 29. Grease 1978 - Grease Lightning 28. Ronin Peugeot 406 27. Pretty Woman Lotus Esprit 26. The Car - 1969 Mark 3 Lincoln 25. The Rock - Ferrari versus Hummer on the Streets of San Francisco 24. Ghostbusters 1959 Cadillac Ambulance 23. Triple X Starring Vin Diesel 22. American Graffiti 1956 White Ford Thunderbird and the 1932 Ford 21. The Fast and The Furious 20. The Living Daylights - Timothy Dalton - Aston Martin V8 with Skis and Rocket Booster 19. Stephen King's Christine - 1958 Dodge Fury 18. Ferris Beuller's Day Off - Ferrari 250 GT California Spider 17. Chitti Chitti Bang Bang 16. Thelma and Louise - Ford Thunderbird 15. Blues Brothers -Bluesmobile - 'Nuff Said!!! 14. Austen Powers: International Man of Mystery - The Shaguar 13. The Spy Who Loved Me - Lotus Esprit Submarine Car Driven by Roger Moore 12. Starsky and Hutch - Grand Torino 11. Mad Max - 1973 Ford Falcon XBGT Coupe Also Known As The Interceptor 10. Walt Disney's Herbie - Volkswagen Beetle 9. Cannonball Run - Lamborghini Countach Driven by Adrienne Barbeau in a leather jump suit...Can't say enough about it 8. Batman - 1989 Batmobile, as envisioned by Tim Burton 7. Smokey and the Bandit - Pontiac Firebird Trans-am 6. Too Fast Too Furious 1970 Dodge Charger with 426 Hemi and Honda S 2000 with Nitrous Oxide 5. The Italian Job - Mini-cooper S Driven by a then Michael Caine without a license at the time 4. Gone in 60 Seconds - "Eleanor" 1967 Ford Shelby Mustang GT 500 with 7 Litre Engine, 390 horsepower, 420 cubic Inch Engine and gun metal paint job 3. Goldfinger - 1965 Aston Martin DB5 with Ejector Seat...Bond: Ejector Seat?...You're Joking... Q: I never joke about my work double-O seven 2. Back to the Future - The Delorean Time Machine...Need I say More? And the number one Movie car to be voted on by people in the United Kingdom? 1. Bullit - Steve McQueen in a 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback, 390 GT Victor Gouveia [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar?
you sound stress are you having problems good luck tomorrow let me know i will keep my i on e bay lol - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 9:38 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar? Taking the Vette to Los Vegas Raceways tomorrow for some tuning and testing on my new motor. If it doesn't run 9.50 you will see it on EBay. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rhonda & Steve Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 7:23 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar? hey Larry what's up not much here - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 9:07 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar? Maybe you guys can help me out. I have sitting in the closet a 1964 Fender Sunburst Strat. I bought it in 1966 along with a Fender Duel Showman Amp for $700.00. The guitar has been fitted with "Hum bucker pickups, Shailer tuning pegs and a Bicsby Bad-ass bridge. All of this work was done in the early 70's and I still have all of the original parts. 1. What is this ax worth? 2. Is it worth me refitting it with the original parts? 3. Is this something that an old burned out hot-rodder can do? I was offered $10,000.00 for the guitar and amp, is this close? BTW. The other night I took it down to the shop and put my straight edge on the neck and it is still within .005 of absolutely flat. The guitar hasn't seen strings since Elvis died. I look foreword to your comments. Larry -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 6:47 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar? Nice, I played one of the nobody Steinberger and it was pretty neat. I also have a Fender American Jazz and a U.S Masters which is made in Wisconsin. I figured if I could get what I wanted, then I'd be happy. The only other bass I'd love to have is a good fretless. I tried a couple, but just haven't found the one I want. I wanted to take a bass and convert it to fretless, but I decided I wasn't going to do the job well enough. Of course I'm not quite good enough yet in my opinion to really play a fretless and sound good at it. grin I do love playing and maybe one day I'll even consider making a bass. That would be fun, but of course I haven't the equipment to do that task and you'd need some good tools to pull that off. Well pull it off and end up with a playable instrument. On Feb 16, 2008, at 9:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > sweet, and in a league beyond me. > My bass is a full bodied blue Steinberger, up from a Rick. > > On Sat, 16 Feb 2008, Scott Howell wrote: > > > Isn't it amazing the stuff they've come up with? I just picked up a > > Brubaker that this gent paid somewhere between $5,000 and $7,000 > since > > I don't know if he got it from the Brubaker shop directly which > means > > he probably paid MSRP or what. In any event, I paid much less than > > either price and this bass uses the Bartolini pickups and preamp > with > > a bypass ability for incredible range of sounds. You can even take a > > fairly inexpensive instrument and provided the neck, bridge, are in > > good shape and just change the pickups, you can get a nice > instrument > > out of the deal. > > Of course quality of wood etc. does play a role in producing a nice > > instrument and even whatever they seal the wood with can have some > > effect as well. > > > > On Feb 15, 2008, at 9:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> if the frets are good, the neck is right, the bridge and the nut > are > >> right; you can buy better pickups than come standard. > >> Ask at your local guitar shop, maybe not guitar Center, about new > >> pickups by > >> Demarzio, Duncan (my favorites) and so on. > >> I put a ?59B? in front, a humbucker classic strat in middle, and > a hot > >> Duncan with a tapped pole to reduce the output in the tail > position. > >> But, they had to do routingfor depth and put these nice frames > >> around the so it was way beyond me. > >> That guitar is gone. > >> But I've had new nickle alloy pickups put on my Yamaha Les Paul
Re: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar?
hey Larry what's up not much here - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 9:07 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar? Maybe you guys can help me out. I have sitting in the closet a 1964 Fender Sunburst Strat. I bought it in 1966 along with a Fender Duel Showman Amp for $700.00. The guitar has been fitted with "Hum bucker pickups, Shailer tuning pegs and a Bicsby Bad-ass bridge. All of this work was done in the early 70's and I still have all of the original parts. 1. What is this ax worth? 2. Is it worth me refitting it with the original parts? 3. Is this something that an old burned out hot-rodder can do? I was offered $10,000.00 for the guitar and amp, is this close? BTW. The other night I took it down to the shop and put my straight edge on the neck and it is still within .005 of absolutely flat. The guitar hasn't seen strings since Elvis died. I look foreword to your comments. Larry -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 6:47 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar? Nice, I played one of the nobody Steinberger and it was pretty neat. I also have a Fender American Jazz and a U.S Masters which is made in Wisconsin. I figured if I could get what I wanted, then I'd be happy. The only other bass I'd love to have is a good fretless. I tried a couple, but just haven't found the one I want. I wanted to take a bass and convert it to fretless, but I decided I wasn't going to do the job well enough. Of course I'm not quite good enough yet in my opinion to really play a fretless and sound good at it. grin I do love playing and maybe one day I'll even consider making a bass. That would be fun, but of course I haven't the equipment to do that task and you'd need some good tools to pull that off. Well pull it off and end up with a playable instrument. On Feb 16, 2008, at 9:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > sweet, and in a league beyond me. > My bass is a full bodied blue Steinberger, up from a Rick. > > On Sat, 16 Feb 2008, Scott Howell wrote: > > > Isn't it amazing the stuff they've come up with? I just picked up a > > Brubaker that this gent paid somewhere between $5,000 and $7,000 > since > > I don't know if he got it from the Brubaker shop directly which > means > > he probably paid MSRP or what. In any event, I paid much less than > > either price and this bass uses the Bartolini pickups and preamp > with > > a bypass ability for incredible range of sounds. You can even take a > > fairly inexpensive instrument and provided the neck, bridge, are in > > good shape and just change the pickups, you can get a nice > instrument > > out of the deal. > > Of course quality of wood etc. does play a role in producing a nice > > instrument and even whatever they seal the wood with can have some > > effect as well. > > > > On Feb 15, 2008, at 9:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> if the frets are good, the neck is right, the bridge and the nut > are > >> right; you can buy better pickups than come standard. > >> Ask at your local guitar shop, maybe not guitar Center, about new > >> pickups by > >> Demarzio, Duncan (my favorites) and so on. > >> I put a ?59B? in front, a humbucker classic strat in middle, and > a hot > >> Duncan with a tapped pole to reduce the output in the tail > position. > >> But, they had to do routingfor depth and put these nice frames > >> around the so it was way beyond me. > >> That guitar is gone. > >> But I've had new nickle alloy pickups put on my Yamaha Les Paul > copy > >> and > >> they also sound better than the original. > >> My above guitar was an alder wood Fender Strat. > >> This is a yamaha copy, as I said. But there are some primo > pickups out > >> there. > >> Ask you guys at the shop what they think is required for the > sound you > >> want. > >> > >> On Fri, 15 Feb 2008, Matt wrote: > >> > >>> Mine is not an old guitar in my opinion. > >>> It's a Japanese knock off of the fender stradacaster which I > >> bought when I was 16 or so and I am now 37, so it's old, but not > pre > >> plastic or anything ya know? > >>> hahaha, > >>> My question is, could I possibley rework it myself? Replace wiring > >>> and such if necessary, or should I just finally > >> invest in a new guitar? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> Matt > >>> > >>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > Scott Howell > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >
Re: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar?
sounds good keep the shiny side up - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 9:52 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar? Not me Bro... I fired that motor and it is one of those that you feel as much as hear. When it disrupts your heart-beat you know it will be a good one. She is trailered, the fuel is fresh, the batteries are hot and I have run every system check I can run without burning some rubber. Will hit you guys with some times late tomorrow evening. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rhonda & Steve Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 7:43 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar? you sound stress are you having problems good luck tomorrow let me know i will keep my i on e bay lol - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 9:38 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar? Taking the Vette to Los Vegas Raceways tomorrow for some tuning and testing on my new motor. If it doesn't run 9.50 you will see it on EBay. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rhonda & Steve Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 7:23 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar? hey Larry what's up not much here - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 9:07 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar? Maybe you guys can help me out. I have sitting in the closet a 1964 Fender Sunburst Strat. I bought it in 1966 along with a Fender Duel Showman Amp for $700.00. The guitar has been fitted with "Hum bucker pickups, Shailer tuning pegs and a Bicsby Bad-ass bridge. All of this work was done in the early 70's and I still have all of the original parts. 1. What is this ax worth? 2. Is it worth me refitting it with the original parts? 3. Is this something that an old burned out hot-rodder can do? I was offered $10,000.00 for the guitar and amp, is this close? BTW. The other night I took it down to the shop and put my straight edge on the neck and it is still within .005 of absolutely flat. The guitar hasn't seen strings since Elvis died. I look foreword to your comments. Larry -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 6:47 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar? Nice, I played one of the nobody Steinberger and it was pretty neat. I also have a Fender American Jazz and a U.S Masters which is made in Wisconsin. I figured if I could get what I wanted, then I'd be happy. The only other bass I'd love to have is a good fretless. I tried a couple, but just haven't found the one I want. I wanted to take a bass and convert it to fretless, but I decided I wasn't going to do the job well enough. Of course I'm not quite good enough yet in my opinion to really play a fretless and sound good at it. grin I do love playing and maybe one day I'll even consider making a bass. That would be fun, but of course I haven't the equipment to do that task and you'd need some good tools to pull that off. Well pull it off and end up with a playable instrument. On Feb 16, 2008, at 9:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > sweet, and in a league beyond me. > My bass is a full bodied blue Steinberger, up from a Rick. > > On Sat, 16 Feb 2008, Scott Howell wrote: > > > Isn't it amazing the stuff they've come up with? I just picked up a > > Brubaker that this gent paid somewhere between $5,000 and $7,000 > since > > I don't know if he got it from the Brubaker shop directly which > means > > he probably paid MSRP or what. In any event, I paid much less than > > either price and this bass uses the Bartolini pickups and preamp > with > > a bypass ability for incredible range of sounds. You can even take a > > fairly inexpensive instrument and provided the neck, bridge, are in > > good shape and just change the pickups, you can get a nice > instrument > > out of the deal. > > Of course quality of wood etc. does play a role in producing a nice > > instrument and even whatever they seal the wood with can have some > > effect
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] Oldsmobile thermostat
keep in mind you will need to bleed the system after refilling the coolant this is very important if you have air trap in the cooling system you will have problems like know heat and over heating it could get ugly in a hurry - Original Message - From: Ron Yearns To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 9:22 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Oldsmobile thermostat Well gentle handypersons, it appears I have around the thermostat housing and it also acts as if the stat is stuck open. This is on a 2002 Olds van with a 3.4 engine mounted cross wise with frontwheel drive. The book calls for removal of the crossover pipe before removing the thermostat housing. Has anyone had similar experience? Is the crossover pipe removal absolutely needed? I am fearful of breaking exhaust bolts, studs. Comments and experiences requested. Ron [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Oldsmobile thermostat
i don't do it like that any more that's a thing of the past lol i use a evac for filling and draining its the cats ass if you want more info let me know - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 8:43 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Oldsmobile thermostat Hi guys, In a hale Mary attempt to bleed the system, can you use your stant radiator pressure tester and crack the top heater hose until you get a good coolant flow? That is how we had to do it on the pre 1991 Mercedes cars. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 6:20 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Oldsmobile thermostat They have the bleeder valve built into one of the heater hose lines in that area I believe. Glad you mentioned this because I've had air blocks in the 3.0 Grandams before. They didn't have a way to bleed the system short of 4000 RPMs to burst most bubbles. But it wrecked a nice new set of heads in the shop that were just put on. So keep that in mind if you let out any coolant. - Original Message ----- From: Rhonda & Steve To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Oldsmobile thermostat keep in mind you will need to bleed the system after refilling the coolant this is very important if you have air trap in the cooling system you will have problems like know heat and over heating it could get ugly in a hurry - Original Message - From: Ron Yearns To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 9:22 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Oldsmobile thermostat Well gentle handypersons, it appears I have around the thermostat housing and it also acts as if the stat is stuck open. This is on a 2002 Olds van with a 3.4 engine mounted cross wise with frontwheel drive. The book calls for removal of the crossover pipe before removing the thermostat housing. Has anyone had similar experience? Is the crossover pipe removal absolutely needed? I am fearful of breaking exhaust bolts, studs. Comments and experiences requested. Ron [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS -- Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 158187093) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=158187093&m=7e15746cb6d2&c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=158187093&m=7e15746cb6d2&c=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=158187093&m=7e15746cb6d2&c=f -- END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Oldsmobile thermostat
morning just thought i would give a shout out and say hi - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:32 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Oldsmobile thermostat Yeah let me in on that one. I have to run out so let's plan on talking tomorrow evening. - Original Message - From: Rhonda & Steve To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Oldsmobile thermostat i don't do it like that any more that's a thing of the past lol i use a evac for filling and draining its the cats ass if you want more info let me know - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 8:43 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Oldsmobile thermostat Hi guys, In a hale Mary attempt to bleed the system, can you use your stant radiator pressure tester and crack the top heater hose until you get a good coolant flow? That is how we had to do it on the pre 1991 Mercedes cars. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 6:20 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Oldsmobile thermostat They have the bleeder valve built into one of the heater hose lines in that area I believe. Glad you mentioned this because I've had air blocks in the 3.0 Grandams before. They didn't have a way to bleed the system short of 4000 RPMs to burst most bubbles. But it wrecked a nice new set of heads in the shop that were just put on. So keep that in mind if you let out any coolant. - Original Message - From: Rhonda & Steve To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Oldsmobile thermostat keep in mind you will need to bleed the system after refilling the coolant this is very important if you have air trap in the cooling system you will have problems like know heat and over heating it could get ugly in a hurry - Original Message - From: Ron Yearns To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 9:22 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Oldsmobile thermostat Well gentle handypersons, it appears I have around the thermostat housing and it also acts as if the stat is stuck open. This is on a 2002 Olds van with a 3.4 engine mounted cross wise with frontwheel drive. The book calls for removal of the crossover pipe before removing the thermostat housing. Has anyone had similar experience? Is the crossover pipe removal absolutely needed? I am fearful of breaking exhaust bolts, studs. Comments and experiences requested. Ron [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS -- Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 158187093) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=158187093&m=7e15746cb6d2&c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=158187093&m=7e15746cb6d2&c=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=158187093&m=7e15746cb6d2&c=f -- END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] How does the thermostat in a car's cooling system work?
you are correct lair good stuff - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:36 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] How does the thermostat in a car's cooling system work? Bob, It seems like I read somewhere that the thermal sensitive wax was replaced with a bi-metal spring. The same article went on to say that now when a thermostat sticks they are set up in such a way that they will default to the open position. Your car will not run for crap; but it will get you home. The other thing is never ever-ever-ever and I mean never run a motor with out the correct thermostat installed. That will create everything from drivability problems to excessive fuel consumption, cooling system cavitation, an overheat condition, no heat or in some cases AC inside the vehicle and more. Hopefully all of the old guys out their who always told you that an overheat issue could be solved have either died or taken up house painting. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 3:34 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How does the thermostat in a car's cooling system work? This is one of the few people that actually gives the correct explanation. My father was a supervisor for GM for about 35 years. They made everything related to heating and cooling the car there in the complex where he worked including thermostats. For those of us that have spent time in the repair field, I know we all have stories about other mechanics explaining how the silly thing works. When I was starting out, I was told it was the spring on the stat that opened it. I had one of those "teen moments" where I argued with my father about how they work. This landed me a tour of the plant where dad made sure I got to meet some engineers in the R and D area. I got more info on a thermostat than anyone should ever have to learn. So why does one fail? Now that you know how one works, there are basically 2 reasons. The shaft that opens can get stuck either from corrosion or garbage in the cooling system. Or if you read this article from Ray, you know the other reason. The wax melts and finds a way out of the thermostat. It only takes a small hole and not even a hole to escape. If the metal is rusted or porous under pressure the wax can be pushed into the coolant and no one will ever know. And as a very famous man says, "And now you know the rest of the story." - Original Message - From: Ray Boyce To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 2:36 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] How does the thermostat in a car's cooling system work? Any liquid-cooled car engine has a small device called the thermostat that sits between the engine and the radiator. The thermostat in most cars is about 2 inches (5 cm) in diameter. Its job is to block the flow of coolant to the radiator until the engine has warmed up. When the engine is cold, no coolant flows through the engine. Once the engine reaches its operating temperature (generally about 200 degrees F, 95 degrees C), the thermostat opens. By letting the engine warm up as quickly as possible, the thermostat reduces engine wear, deposits and emissions. If you ever have the chance to test one, a thermostat is an amazing thing to watch because what they do seems impossible. You can put one in a pot of boiling water on the stove. As it heats up, its valve opens about an inch, apparently by magic! If you'd like to try this yourself, go to a car parts store and buy one for a couple of bucks. The secret of the thermostat lies in the small cylinder located on the engine-side of the device. This cylinder is filled with a wax that begins to melt at perhaps 180 degrees F (different thermostats open at different temperatures, but 180 F/82 C is a common temperature). A rod connected to the valve presses into this wax. When the wax melts, it expands significantly and pushes the rod out of the cylinder, opening the valve. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/
Re: [BlindHandyMan] What does a radiator cap do?
good job bob keep it up - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:46 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] What does a radiator cap do? Vapor lock is in the fuel system more so than the cooling system. But the idea is the same. Vapor lock was more from the fuel getting so hot that it turned into steam instead of a solid and then it couldn't get past the filter into the carburetor. Don't see it so much now with electric pumps and better cooling. You probably wouldn't believe better cooling when you raise a hood today but they have the tolerances very tight and keep it fairly warm for a reason. - Original Message - From: tunecollector To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:11 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] What does a radiator cap do? So are the bubbles the cause of vapor lock? -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 2:46 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] What does a radiator cap do? Since we had our lesson on thermostats, here is a companion lesson. A radiator cap has a pressure setting on it that allows the system to bleed off pressure above that point. They have different levels beginning around 8 pounds and going on up. I'm not sure of the highest pressure on newer cars but the average for a long time was around 15 pounds. The purpose for a cap isn't to close the filler neck. For each pound of pressure on the cap, it raises the boiling point of the coolant 4 degrees. Sorry, I grew up in the US, and I can't convert temps for you... Raising the boiling point is necessary because once liquid boils it forms bubbles and they don't transfer heat to help cool the engine once it gets to the radiator. In fact enough bubbles can form a block and not let enough coolant get through the radiator, or in the case of filling, not let you get the entire amount of coolant into the system. Engines run so hot today, they average right close to the boiling point. So without the extra pressure we'd have a melt down. So there is your very basic lesson in cooling systems. Feel free to add to it and we'll all pick something else up that you may not even care about. Laughing here! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] real about cars
know a fence butt i think we can find something better to do with are money then wasting it on this nonsense - Original Message - From: tunecollector To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:03 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] real about cars Let's get real here. Congress can't even mandate a decent increase in fuel efficiency. So some governmental body is going to dictate that cars have to be noisier for a benefit of a small number of disabled folk? I couldn't even get this city to put in an audible signal until I got a written petition signed by block after block of my neighbors. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quiet cars.
how about a well trained dog all though a hot rod or a bike would be better - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:41 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Quiet cars. Copy that... If I need to read perpendicular traffic or an uncontrolled intersection give me a full-boat hot-rod or a 100" Harley with drag pipes any day. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 5:18 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Quiet cars. Never did care for a quiet car myself. When I owned a 68 Chevelle it had a 396 with 4 bolt mains. I had to rebuild it soon after I bought it and I threw in the big Vette cam from that time. the 427 435 HP cam. I put on a set of Hookers and had the cherry bomb "mufflers." The first time my now X wife heard it she said there was something wrong because it wouldn't idle right. It idled just fine it was just breathing hard. Guaranty no one from any organization would complain about not hearing it. Maybe not hearing anything else but it would definitely not sneak up on anyone. I used to tell people it could pass anything but a gas station. - Original Message - From: Larry Stansifer To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:57 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Quiet cars. WataContry... De police dey give you a ticket when you ride to loud and now dey give you a ticket cause de blind guy can't hear you. Splain me dat one -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:40 AM To: BlindHandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Quiet cars. Since the issue has come up on this list I will mention the following. apparently, the NFB is proposing legislation to create a standard for minimum noise for automobiles. If you have had an experience with a near miss and a quiet car, they are asking you to send your story to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is merely informative, I am not a member of either the NFB nor ACB. and, I have personally never had any kind of incident with a quiet car. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS -- Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 158643974) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=158643974&m=d181bbc90c79&c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=158643974&m=d181bbc90c79&c=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=158643974&m=d181bbc90c79&c=f -- END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[BlindHandyMan] Talking Thermostats
Hey, my lady & I would like to get a thermostat we can use. Neither of us has any sight at all. She doesn't want something that is primarily voice activated though, would like 1 we can program ourselves, know the temp its set at, etc. Would like to hear experiences of others, what's out there, what's good & what's not. She has done some reading on the Kelvin talking thermostat, but there are more available than just that one. Thanks for any input. Steve & Rhonda [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Horse Manure - Does It Have Any Uses
well we know what your full of lol - Original Message - From: Ray Boyce To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 3:52 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Horse Manure - Does It Have Any Uses If you grew up on a dairy farm and learned early in life that cow manure is useful. That usefulness may have been born out of necessity, though. After all, the manure from a herd of 50 cows has to go somewhere right? That's how I learned that cow manure makes a great fertilizer. But we never had horses on our farm so I started wondering if horse manure is useful as a fertilizer too. Although there is a wide range of weights among horses depending on the breed, an average adult riding horse weighs approximately 900 - 1,100 pounds. A horse that size produces around 8 to 9 tons; or between 16,000 and 18,000 pounds of manure every year. That's a lot of horse manure. What is done with that manure? One option for disposal is to haul it to a landfill site, but that is not an eco-friendly option and some landfills will not accept horse manure. What?? Putting valuable fertiliser into landfill is just madness! The best option is to spread the horse manure on land so it decomposes quickly, or to compost it and then use it to improve soil quality. One problem with using horse manure to fertilize ground is that many people use sawdust or wood chips as bedding in horse stalls. When the stalls are cleaned, the dirty sawdust or wood chips as well as the manure are removed. While the horse manure itself is a good fertilizer, the sawdust and wood chips are not crop friendly. That's because when wood breaks down in the soil a nitrogen deficiency occurs, which stunts the growth of crops. To combat this problem, a nitrogen fertilizer can be added to the soil after horse manure is spread on it; or a nitrogen fertilizer can be added to the horse manure and sawdust or wood shavings mixture before being added to the soil. A great way to use horse manure is to add it to a compost pile. When adding the manure to a compost pile, any sawdust and wood chips present in the manure are okay. They are a good "brown" component to compost. It takes about six months for the manure, sawdust or wood chips, and any other materials added to the compost pile to completely break down and become what many people call "black gold." To make a compost pile with horse manure as one of the components, layer it with green compost items. Many experts suggest alternating layers of brown and green compost items because you need sources of both carbon (brown items) and nitrogen (green items) in your compost pile. Brown items such as horse manure, wood chips, and sawdust are great sources of carbon. A few good sources of nitrogen (the green items) for a compost pile include: green leaves, fresh grass clippings, the scraps from raw fruits and vegetables, and coffee grounds. Yes, coffee grounds are brown, but for the purposes of compost they are considered a green item because they provide the compost pile with nitrogen. Because the compost pile is a living thing, it needs water and air to thrive. Your compost pile should be turned each week, adding water as needed to keep the compost pile damp. You'll know the process of breaking down has completed when the compost material is dark and crumbly and fresh smelling. Once the horse manure and other materials have turned into the "black gold" I mentioned a little earlier in this article, it's finally time to put the black gold to good use. While compost isn't officially considered a fertilizer, it contains nutrients that are great for plants and soil. Some good ways to use your horse manure compost are: as mulch for garden plants and around landscaping; as a soil improvement component for sandy soil; as a soil improvement for clay soil; and as a material to help control erosion. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rock Salt
hmmm good point huh - Original Message - From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rock Salt I don't see fertilizer as a very welcome alternative. It's bad enough tracking in what the dog leaves behind, but spreading it out where you have to walk is going to cause a good number of problems inside the house. Starting with smell and clean up and it's probably better to try another source... - Original Message - From: William Stephan To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 5:17 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Rock Salt I've not tried this, but I've been told you can sometimes get good results by spreading fertilizer the same way you can rock salt. I have a product that I've never used (because of not wanting to track the stuff inside), that apparently causes some pretty serious grass growth along walkways etc. where it's used because of the ingredients. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glenn Lemacher Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 14:56 To: handyman Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Rock Salt Be careful using rock salt, it's very hard on concrete and also grass and other plants. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
