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RE: [BlindHandyMan] find air flapper
Loren Unless they have changed the controls from about 1990 or 1991 your controls should slide up and down and the fan speed control runs left and right at the top of the control panel if this is the case then you should find 2 screws at the bottom of the control pamel they screw in vertically from the bottom. Remove the 2 screws and you can pull out the bottom and remove the pamel. Be carefull because behind it you will find 2 or 3 electrical connecters, 2 linkages and a searies of vacuum hoses. See if there is any thing binding or if there is any broken plastic or if any of the vacuum hoses are not connected. That is likely where the problem is. If every thing checks out OK there then you will want to check out the flappers them selves. You might have to get under the dash and remove the plastic covers take note of where every thing goes because they tend to put a lot of screws in those covers. I would start with the middle cover and see what you can find. I cant help you much beyond that since I dont have that model and am not sure exactly how it is set up . Good luck Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Loren buntemeyer Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 10:51 PM To: Blind Handyman Subject: [BlindHandyMan] find air flapper Hello, I have a 1995 GMC Yukon. The flapper is not opening up when I turn the controller to defrost. The air flow is changing direction but will not come out. I can tell the flapper is sticking, and wondering where to look to locate it. Can I get to it from the duct coming from the fan under dash area? The less I have to remove, the better I will feel. Loren [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] find air flapper
Robert, There are three knobs and three buttons on the panel. Left knob is fan speed, middle temp and right is selection of defrost, etc. When I switch the right knob, you can hear the air switching from front or floor vents to windshield vents, but the flapper is not moving. In the past, I have heard a delay in the flapper moving and have said I have to check on that. As you know I waited too long and the flapper cannot be heard now at all. Loren - Original Message - From: robert moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 10:28 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] find air flapper Loren Unless they have changed the controls from about 1990 or 1991 your controls should slide up and down and the fan speed control runs left and right at the top of the control panel if this is the case then you should find 2 screws at the bottom of the control pamel they screw in vertically from the bottom. Remove the 2 screws and you can pull out the bottom and remove the pamel. Be carefull because behind it you will find 2 or 3 electrical connecters, 2 linkages and a searies of vacuum hoses. See if there is any thing binding or if there is any broken plastic or if any of the vacuum hoses are not connected. That is likely where the problem is. If every thing checks out OK there then you will want to check out the flappers them selves. You might have to get under the dash and remove the plastic covers take note of where every thing goes because they tend to put a lot of screws in those covers. I would start with the middle cover and see what you can find. I can't help you much beyond that since I don't have that model and am not sure exactly how it is set up . Good luck Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Loren buntemeyer Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 10:51 PM To: Blind Handyman Subject: [BlindHandyMan] find air flapper Hello, I have a 1995 GMC Yukon. The flapper is not opening up when I turn the controller to defrost. The air flow is changing direction but will not come out. I can tell the flapper is sticking, and wondering where to look to locate it. Can I get to it from the duct coming from the fan under dash area? The less I have to remove, the better I will feel. Loren [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] find air flapper
Loren That is a whole different animal. I can only assume that this system is controlled by some type of selinoid that switches the direction of the vacuum. If you can remove the inspection pammels under the dash and get at the vacuum hoses I would look to see if you have a vacuum leak some where -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Loren buntemeyer Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 12:14 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] find air flapper Robert, There are three knobs and three buttons on the panel. Left knob is fan speed, middle temp and right is selection of defrost, etc. When I switch the right knob, you can hear the air switching from front or floor vents to windshield vents, but the flapper is not moving. In the past, I have heard a delay in the flapper moving and have said I have to check on that. As you know I waited too long and the flapper cannot be heard now at all. Loren - Original Message - From: robert moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:robertjmoore%40embarqmail.com To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 10:28 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] find air flapper Loren Unless they have changed the controls from about 1990 or 1991 your controls should slide up and down and the fan speed control runs left and right at the top of the control panel if this is the case then you should find 2 screws at the bottom of the control pamel they screw in vertically from the bottom. Remove the 2 screws and you can pull out the bottom and remove the pamel. Be carefull because behind it you will find 2 or 3 electrical connecters, 2 linkages and a searies of vacuum hoses. See if there is any thing binding or if there is any broken plastic or if any of the vacuum hoses are not connected. That is likely where the problem is. If every thing checks out OK there then you will want to check out the flappers them selves. You might have to get under the dash and remove the plastic covers take note of where every thing goes because they tend to put a lot of screws in those covers. I would start with the middle cover and see what you can find. I can't help you much beyond that since I don't have that model and am not sure exactly how it is set up . Good luck Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com [mailto: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com ]On Behalf Of Loren buntemeyer Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 10:51 PM To: Blind Handyman Subject: [BlindHandyMan] find air flapper Hello, I have a 1995 GMC Yukon. The flapper is not opening up when I turn the controller to defrost. The air flow is changing direction but will not come out. I can tell the flapper is sticking, and wondering where to look to locate it. Can I get to it from the duct coming from the fan under dash area? The less I have to remove, the better I will feel. Loren [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] find air flapper
The other thing you might want to do is check your destination vacuum. There is a lot of very flimsy hose between the dash and the motor. At 10:28 AM 10/15/2007 -0500, Robert moore wrote: Loren Unless they have changed the controls from about 1990 or 1991 your controls should slide up and down and the fan speed control runs left and right at the top of the control panel if this is the case then you should find 2 screws at the bottom of the control pamel they screw in vertically from the bottom. Remove the 2 screws and you can pull out the bottom and remove the pamel. Be carefull because behind it you will find 2 or 3 electrical connecters, 2 linkages and a searies of vacuum hoses. See if there is any thing binding or if there is any broken plastic or if any of the vacuum hoses are not connected. That is likely where the problem is. If every thing checks out OK there then you will want to check out the flappers them selves. You might have to get under the dash and remove the plastic covers take note of where every thing goes because they tend to put a lot of screws in those covers. I would start with the middle cover and see what you can find. I can't help you much beyond that since I don't have that model and am not sure exactly how it is set up . Good luck Robert -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Loren buntemeyer Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 10:51 PM To: Blind Handyman Subject: [BlindHandyMan] find air flapper Hello, I have a 1995 GMC Yukon. The flapper is not opening up when I turn the controller to defrost. The air flow is changing direction but will not come out. I can tell the flapper is sticking, and wondering where to look to locate it. Can I get to it from the duct coming from the fan under dash area? The less I have to remove, the better I will feel. Loren [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/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the following address for more information: http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_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 130360949) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=130360949m=b65be56f072ac=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=130360949m=b65be56f072ac=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=130360949m=b65be56f072ac=f -- END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS
[BlindHandyMan] Why is there a small hole on the top of spray-can lids?
These little holes are a good example of a feature built into a product so that it can handle unusual or unexpected situations. We don't think about or see these situations in the normal use of the product. For example, if you look at the sheet metal under the hood of your car, you will see little bends in it. Those bends are placed there so that in an accident the front of the car will fold like an accordion and absorb the impact. The bends don't do anything unless a crash occurs, and then they are very important. With a can of Pam, the lid fits very tightly so that oil won't ooze from the nozzle down the side of the can and onto your shelf. If the manufacturer puts the caps on the cans in New Jersey and then ships the cans to Denver (the Mile-High City), a funny thing happens -- the air pressure inside the lid pops the lid right off. So the poor stock boy at the grocery store has to put the lids back on 30 cans before he can put them on the shelf. What a pain! When the lid was put on the can in New Jersey, the air inside the lid had a certain pressure (the same pressure as the air outside the lid). The outside air pressure in Denver is lower than the air pressure in New Jersey (pressure decreases as elevation increases), so when the can arrives in Denver, the pressure outside the lid is lower than the pressure inside the lid. With this imbalance, the air inside the lid tries to expand and ends up popping the lid off. By putting a small hole in the lid, the air can exit through the hole, and the lids stay on during shipping!
[BlindHandyMan] temperature controlled box
I want to build a temperature controlled box for controlling the temperature at which my bread dough rises. I'm thinking a box with a heat lamp and some sort of thermostat. Any ideas for the heat and more importantly the thermostat to control it? David [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] temperature controlled box
One of the things you can do is use a stiafoam cooler, like they ship meat with. Add a heating pad and a towel over the pad, place the bread in the cooler and put the lid on it. This has worked well for me, both for making homemade yoga, and bread. RJ - Original Message - From: David Sexton To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 5:38 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] temperature controlled box I want to build a temperature controlled box for controlling the temperature at which my bread dough rises. I'm thinking a box with a heat lamp and some sort of thermostat. Any ideas for the heat and more importantly the thermostat to control it? David [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [BlindHandyMan] Why is there a small hole on the top of spray-can lids?
THE ANSWER TO THIS IS QUITE SIMPLE IT STOPS A PRESURE BUILD UP WHEN YOU PUSH THE TOP ON WHICH COULD PRESS DOWN THE SPRAY HEAD AND IT STOPS THE TOP POPPING OFF IF THE TOP WAS PUT ON COLD LIKE IN THE MORNING OUTSIDE THEN BROUGHT INTO ROOM TEMPRATURE HOPE THIS HELPS aNDREW - Original Message - From: Ray Boyce To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 8:55 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Why is there a small hole on the top of spray-can lids? These little holes are a good example of a feature built into a product so that it can handle unusual or unexpected situations. We don't think about or see these situations in the normal use of the product. For example, if you look at the sheet metal under the hood of your car, you will see little bends in it. Those bends are placed there so that in an accident the front of the car will fold like an accordion and absorb the impact. The bends don't do anything unless a crash occurs, and then they are very important. With a can of Pam, the lid fits very tightly so that oil won't ooze from the nozzle down the side of the can and onto your shelf. If the manufacturer puts the caps on the cans in New Jersey and then ships the cans to Denver (the Mile-High City), a funny thing happens -- the air pressure inside the lid pops the lid right off. So the poor stock boy at the grocery store has to put the lids back on 30 cans before he can put them on the shelf. What a pain! When the lid was put on the can in New Jersey, the air inside the lid had a certain pressure (the same pressure as the air outside the lid). The outside air pressure in Denver is lower than the air pressure in New Jersey (pressure decreases as elevation increases), so when the can arrives in Denver, the pressure outside the lid is lower than the pressure inside the lid. With this imbalance, the air inside the lid tries to expand and ends up popping the lid off. By putting a small hole in the lid, the air can exit through the hole, and the lids stay on during shipping! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [BlindHandyMan] temperature controlled box
How about getting an incubater Or if you know any farmer types that might have one you could ask to see how they are designed. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of RJ Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 4:49 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] temperature controlled box One of the things you can do is use a stiafoam cooler, like they ship meat with. Add a heating pad and a towel over the pad, place the bread in the cooler and put the lid on it. This has worked well for me, both for making homemade yoga, and bread. RJ - Original Message - From: David Sexton To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 5:38 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] temperature controlled box I want to build a temperature controlled box for controlling the temperature at which my bread dough rises. I'm thinking a box with a heat lamp and some sort of thermostat. Any ideas for the heat and more importantly the thermostat to control it? David [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] temperature controlled box
David, It won't take very much heat if you insulate the box at all well. I'd bet a couple 15 or 25 watt light bulbs around the bottom corners with a false bottom of maybe peg board above that to help distribute the heat would do just fine. You might tear apart an old small electric heater and scrounge the thermostat so it could go just in series with the light bulbs. Since you want a temp of between 85 and 90 degrees that should be in the probable range of such a simple thermostat. I just raise my dough in the gas oven with pilot light and the oven's light on, works fine, but if you have an electric oven it's a pain. BTW, the official name for such a box I think would be a proofing box should you want to google that and see if anything usefull comes up. Remember you want the lights not directly shining on the dough or bowls, and there should be room around everything to get some air movement so as to try to keep as even a temp as you can manage. Also, I just tried some King Arthur white-wheat flour this weekend, its a different wheat and ground quite fine, so the bread comes out with a texture half way between 100% whole wheat and white. Firm and moist but not so heavy. very good flavor and never gets gooie like white. Hope that helps, maybe others have more comments. Have fun and good breading tom Fowle
Re: [BlindHandyMan] temperature controlled box
I suppose it depends on how much you want to spend and how capable you want it to be. Proofing bread requires dark, warmth and humidity. Any sort of cardboard box then can do, a foam insulated cooler will be more energy efficient and you might construct one using something like extruded Styrofoam board and even lined with stainless steel to be extreme. One of those VIP talking thermostats designed to operate electric heaters could be used inside the box to allow you to set and monitor the environment but a much cheaper method would be the sort of dial thermostat for electric heat with a pointer marked so you can tell where to set it. There are low power heat pads used under planting trays for seed germination or you could plug in a kettle the heat and steam from which would give heat and humidity controlled by the thermostat. When I was a kid and teenager living on the island in Temagami my mom used to wrap her pans of dough in blankets and set them on the couch next to the oil fired space heater in the living room. Seemed to work for her. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. - Original Message - From: robert moore To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 6:16 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] temperature controlled box How about getting an incubater Or if you know any farmer types that might have one you could ask to see how they are designed. -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of RJ Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 4:49 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] temperature controlled box One of the things you can do is use a stiafoam cooler, like they ship meat with. Add a heating pad and a towel over the pad, place the bread in the cooler and put the lid on it. This has worked well for me, both for making homemade yoga, and bread. RJ - Original Message - From: David Sexton To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 5:38 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] temperature controlled box I want to build a temperature controlled box for controlling the temperature at which my bread dough rises. I'm thinking a box with a heat lamp and some sort of thermostat. Any ideas for the heat and more importantly the thermostat to control it? David [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] temperature controlled box
I had a friend who used to live up in the siera where power cost her for gas or propane and she had lots of wood. She had a cupboard built above the kitchen range just for proofing. As the range almost never was allowed to cool off, the cupboard was always just right. And bread baked in a wood overn is really better. Then another friend had a cupboard that was next to heating ducts in idaho falls, in the winter the heat was almost never off so that was perfect too. What I'd like to do is build both a solar proofing box and a solar oven. Maybe when I retire and have time and energy. Tom
[BlindHandyMan] G. T. O is back
Dear Lee: A good friend, is a salesman for a Pontiac dealer, and he was recently telling me about the current version of the G. T. O, which sports a 400 hp engine. Apparently, the price is less than one might expect. Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
