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Hi Chili blind man,
I am trying to get Magic Jack going . I have this message on the screen.
This location has been submitted to the 911 service. This will turn to
green when the service acknowledges that they understand the information.
>> 3124 CENTER -- 91006-5858
The message also says tha
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Here is a direct quote from the beginning of every show, "building repairing or
maintaining, all designed with the blind in mind". That can be your house,
car, or swimming pool ETC. No matter if it
Yep, that is exactly what you'd do and I sure did. I did use a wrench,
but did not tighten it, but a quarter turn or a tad more. Only reason
is I really couldn't get a good grip to insure it wouldn't leak. I
could be wrong and maybe it would not leak, but I surely didn't want
to take any ch
With an oil filter you won't go wrong if you only tighten it by hand. It's
when you decide to use a wrench to tighten it back on that you can get into
trouble.
You should put a little oil on the O ring just before you install it and some
oil in the filter as well.
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Yeah, I gave them about a quarter turn, backed them out, ran them in
and one more quarter turn. Just to be sure it felt right. They would
just run in and hit the ring that crushes down, but damn all if I
could tell at first what to expect. So, I figure as long as it's not
to tight, all will
Ah, thanks, maybe I'll give that a try. I mean hey, can't possibly
hurt and I'll loose little in the end.
On Jun 1, 2008, at 9:00 AM, Larry Stansifer wrote:
> Please be advised the subject line has been changed to reflect general
> information contained in this message and to protect the circul
Yeah, these unfortunately aren't Craftsman so I can't return them, but
neither did I realize they would piss me off so much. I'm sure they
have their use, but for me I think I'd prefer something else.
Actually these were on sale at Ace if I recall and they were fairly
inexpensive and maybe
Ah, well send him over this way so I can pickup a few things. grin
On Jun 1, 2008, at 8:13 AM, Bob Kennedy wrote:
> They sell to anyone. They make their money with businesses because
> of the service they give, driving right to the shop. But I have one
> that stops by the house when I call hi
I wondered about that. I know NGK was the plug of choice for rice burners.
- Original Message -
From: Larry Stansifer
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 10:13 AM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] changing spark plugs
From the factory's perspective
>From the factory's perspective anything other than Bosche would get your
warrantee voided. Same was true of BMW and Mercedes.
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 7:51 AM
To: blindhandyman@yah
I did the same thing to an old long shank CP 1/2" impact wrench and
pinned the socket for changing wheels on the race car to it.
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 7:50 AM
To: blindha
So the problem is nationwide then.
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From: Larry Stansifer
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 9:00 AM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] changing spark plugs
Those Bozos who would install Champions, Autolights or Ac's in the Porsche
I had a 36 inch extension like that once. I took the little retaining ball and
spring out of the end and drilled through the rest of the end. Then I took a
spark plug socket with a swivel on it and drove a roll pin through the socket
part of the swivel and through the extension. I used a spee
Those Bozos who would install Champions, Autolights or Ac's in the Porsche
motors made my whole afternoon. I was all but guaranteed a $500 to $2000
repair and I didn't really have to work that hard. The rule was if you pull
a plug and there is aluminum in the threads the next thing you pull is the
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I had a couple of those no-name extensions given to me a long time ago and
because I had no idea where they came from and they were p
And just remember it doesn't take loads of torque to seat a plug. My wrists
over the years have gotten fairly strong and I hold the ratchet pretty close to
the near end when I run them back in. When they bottom out I don't like to
give a full quarter turn more. They will go but coming back ou
If you are wondering about the wobble feature, it's pretty easy to spot. On
the square end where the socket goes, it will taper pretty severely toward the
bottom. They are pretty pricey in some cases. If they are Craftsman take them
back to Sears and tell them they don't hold the socket right
They sell to anyone. They make their money with businesses because of the
service they give, driving right to the shop. But I have one that stops by the
house when I call him. He'd lose money coming every week especially since I'm
not here most days. But I tell him what I want on the phone a
I'm so proud of you for changing the subject line too!!! hahaha
You are exactly right about aluminum threads of any kind. I stopped buying
anti seize by the tube and had a tub in my tool box that looked like the tubs
wheel bearing grease comes in.
My motto when I worked on anything was "Fix
And although I did not mention this, I used that material for sure. I
should have pointed that out because you are absolutely correct and
being that I hope to have this beast for a few more years, I'm sure
I'll be changing the plugs and thus would be the sucker who doesn't
want to have to d
Well if that's the case, then they can wobble for someone else, I did
not like them at all. So, they'll go in the pile of junk that I'd loan
out and could care less if they ever came back. grin
On May 31, 2008, at 10:55 PM, robert Gilman wrote:
> Sounds like you may have been using a wobble e
THanks and yes, the coil packs are a great idea. I wish more engines
would use them. They are also fairly inexpensive at about $35 or $40
if I recall. Yes, I agree on the tools. I have what I would consider a
nice Craftsman set that I stupidly got some cheaper extensions that
weren't crafts
Lord no...
I don't like the house that well.
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Kevin Doucet
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 6:36 PM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Air Duct Cleaning
Is it feesable to
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Having spent my entire career working with aluminum I found that any time
you install spark-plugs or for that matter almost any threaded fastener into
an aluminum assembly y
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