RE: [BlindHandyMan] Maybe ergent help request

2006-10-29 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
I just need to ask if you are sure it is in the vent? I had a mouse in the wall in my kitchen and thought it was in the stove vent pipe that goes to the roof. It was just lookin' for a home. Had nothing to do with the roof. A little snadk of peanot butter on a lovely wooden slab solved it.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] removing air from heating system

2006-10-29 Thread Geoff Eden
Good morning, quite a number of years ago I had automatic bleeders installed on the heating system in the building I was managing. They used a kind of felt to let air out, which would swell when it was wet and reseal the system when air was purged. You should note that when introducing new

Re: [BlindHandyMan] building up an engine

2006-10-29 Thread Geoff Eden
If you are replacing the cam, you must replace the lifters. Your existing lifters will have mated with your current cam and have irregularities in their surface. If you use them your new cam will wear you regularly running the risk of breaching the case hardening and destroying the cam.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Keeping track of plug wires

2006-10-29 Thread Geoff Eden
Another way to do this is to use some cheap iron wire to make up a holder for your wires in their current positions. Then you can extract them from the, pull your distributor, do your maintenance, drop your distributor back in, install your new, and plug the wires in the way they came out.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] On sale at Crappy Tire

2006-10-29 Thread Geoff Eden
Dale, I'm sure my wife could hate you for this. She dreads it when I get my hands on the weekly flyer. Now, you know darn well where I'm going to be tomorrow. I just cannot seem to walk out of that store without something in the basket. Geoff - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-29 Thread Trouble
Most of the time when they did cloth wrapped wire it ran in single strand and had the house as ground by way of plumbing pipes on cold water side. Going threw the walls won't be easy or in some places pretty. When I did my dads house. I went with the base board. It was easy to get at and same to

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Blown out valve covers

2006-10-29 Thread Trouble
That black smoke you refer to on a diesel is raw fuel not burned and means the person that worked on that engine can't tune worth a crap! All the big rigs I have worked on ran at 2100 rpm and the torque was given up by there many gear ranges. The most easiest engines I found to work on where

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-29 Thread R S Enterprises
Well Dale I am not sure what you mean by a bayonet fetting. The one that comes to my mind is the two screws that clamp a semi flat piece of steel against the back and the two screws are only accessible from outside the box. The fitting then fits into a 1/2 inch knock out and is held in with a

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Maybe ergent help request

2006-10-29 Thread Jim Ruby
I am almost sure it was in the vent because they move around and I only heard it scratch behind the wall when the toilet flushed or ran the water in the sink. And it sounded like actually large scratching not like a rat or mouse unless it was very large. shivering, at that thought.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rewiring a House

2006-10-29 Thread Dale Leavens
I'll look for one of those, thanks. it is really hard to cut the lath without loosening it at least or cracking the plaster. I did get one on this level and eventually I'll get the second one up stairs, for now though we meet the new fire code requirements. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Keeping track of plug wires

2006-10-29 Thread Guillermo ZÁRATE M.
Do not forget to be sure about the distributor rotation direction, and, also, cylender count direction. At 09:50 a.m. 29/10/2006, you wrote: The very best way to do this is to take note of the firing order of your engine, for example, the General Motors V-8 18654372. Take special note of

[BlindHandyMan] bonding idea needed

2006-10-29 Thread tunecollector
I am trying to affix a plastic sliding shower door guide onto an aluminum rail. I have tried a plethora of glues but none of them work. Drilling in screws will not work because they will impede the sliding of the doors. Net, I need something that will glue a flat plastic piece onto a flat

RE: [BlindHandyMan] identifying black and white wires etc.

2006-10-29 Thread Tony Thurman
Found this on www.ccrane.com. Sounds like it might be useful. Tony NON-CONTACT AC DETECTOR $0.95 Was $14.95 Item # ACD This plastic pen-type AC detector locates live outlets and AC voltage without touching or connecting to the wire circuit. Has a red blinking light and audible alarm.

Re: [BlindHandyMan] bonding idea needed

2006-10-29 Thread R S Enterprises
I am guessing you have tried a epoxy mix. I know it doesn't work on all plastics. Is there room perhaps with counter boring to install a pop or normal rivet? Ron - Original Message - From: tunecollector [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Blown out valve covers

2006-10-29 Thread Robert J. Moore
When I talk about the noisy deasle engines The cummins that they put in the full sized Dodge pickups are I think the worst for nois. Now I do like the sound of the deetroit 2 cycle when they get really cranked up like at a truck pull. To listen to the show archives go to link