They also sell a nickel based stuff (as does fel-pro/loctite (who probably
makes it)) which is rated for even higher temperatures.
I always used it for exhaust stuff and anything that went into an aluminum
head, especially if it was a small engine.
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Agreed. I was putting on a tub spout (the stub was capped from construction),
and had the fixture closed (but not the supply valves to the fitting).
About the time that I wondered WTF was going on, I heard a popping followed by
a wooshing as the 1/2 copper sweat cap flew off and whacked into
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Just bought a 24 Valve Cummins with 18Kmi.
Thought you'd have a little interest
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Craig wrote:
So, what's the easy way to test the amount of ethanol? Specific gravity?
Wouldn't condensed water in the gasoline affect that measurement?
Put 10cc of water and 10cc of gas in a graduated cylinder and cork it.
Shake, shake, shake.
Let it settle, and check the division between the
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 5:56 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
Nope - it wasn't one of mine! It was rather exciting though - my first one.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/last_event/states/states_oklahoma.php
And here I thought that one of the advantages of living in the
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Thanks Rusty - knew it wasn't you setting the price, but needed to vent
a little as usually all the stuff you put up for sale is a good deal.
-Max
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Sent: Friday,
Bingo! (see Craig's post below)
Shady gasoline wholesalers and retailers add ethanol and water. I
first encountered this in 1974 in the first energy crisis Put a
load of brand name premium in my BMW and as soon as the new fuel
got into the carbs it would barely run. One reason why I
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:24:57 -0400 Dillon, Meade M CIV
SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310 meade.m.dil...@navy.mil wrote:
I believe that you can purchase a small testing device for several
dollars, Google knows all...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsSQSuCiUjE
Thanks, Max, I didn't think of that.
Loren, if you can get your hands on a gallon of gasoline (I sure don't know how
to do it without going to Lake Michigan or an airport), put a gallon of gasoline
and a gallon of E10 in sealed cans. Wait six months, then open them up and take
a sniff. The E10 is more decomposed than the gasoline,
Problem is that 10% seems to be *generally* OK (except for boaters
where it is a HUGE problem, and for your home power equipment) but above
that it can get problematic for older fuel systems that can corrode or
dissolve. Approval to go to 15% will cause lots of problems, both with
vehicles
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:22:37 -0400 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Craig wrote:
So, what's the easy way to test the amount of ethanol? Specific
gravity? Wouldn't condensed water in the gasoline affect that
measurement?
Put 10cc of water and 10cc of gas in a graduated cylinder and
New Madrid?
Wilton
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Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OK Don
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 5:56 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
Nope - it
On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:50:29 -0600 Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:39:07 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com
wrote:
The part number for that terminal is A 000 159 14 38
Thanks. I ordered three of them from Rusty, along with a nut for the
front anti-sway
I've used fuel stabilizer with good success (emergency generator, lawn
mower, sail boat outboard motor). Locally West Marine sells one
specifically made for E10 gasoline, but I suspect more marketing than
science. The price was actually cheaper than regular fuel stabilizer.
Locally, our Exxon
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 7:05 AM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
New Madrid?
Well, well! Color me enlightened.
Alex
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I agree that no alcohol gas is better for storage. However, what is
sold as gasoline now is not like the gas of old. But even the gas of
old was stinky and not good after a year. Why not just drain the
tank and run the engine out of fuel? I always drain the tank and run
the fuel out on
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Why not just drain the tank and run the engine
out of fuel?
I heard somewhere---don't know if it's true---that this is OK for
four-cycles but a Bad Thing to do to two-cycles, since you're starving
the engine of lubrication
Reelfoot Lake, a Crack in the Earth, just appeared one day.
--R
On 10/15/2010 10:49 AM, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 7:05 AM, WILTONwilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
New Madrid?
Well, well! Color me enlightened.
Alex
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Cool! Way to go!
On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:50:29 -0600 Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:39:07 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com
wrote:
The part number for that terminal is A 000 159 14 38
Thanks. I ordered three of them from Rusty, along with a nut for the
I heard the same unsubstantiated stuff 30-35 years ago when gasohol
first came out. how many cars sold in Brazil are different that what
is sold here? not much. Toada doesn't make brazil only cars, nor
do US manufacturers.
The anti -ethanol lobby uses outdated information about outdated
Welcome back!
Just bought a 24 Valve Cummins with 18Kmi.
Thought you'd have a little interest
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31' Forest River, Cardinal Fiver
'08 RAM250 4x4, 6.7 Smoke Motor
Member of Escapees
National Camping Travelers, A Masonic Family Camping Club
My chainsaw seems very happy after years of being treated that way.
But the topic was a 190E 2.3-16v and that is a 4 cycle.
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote:
Why not just drain the tank and run the engine
out of fuel?
I heard somewhere---don't know if
That is a nice connection!
On Oct 14, 2010, at 11:24 PM, Craig wrote:
On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:50:29 -0600 Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:39:07 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com
wrote:
The part number for that terminal is A 000 159 14 38
Thanks. I
Dieselhead wrote:
Why not just drain the tank
and run the engine out of fuel? I always drain the tank and run the
fuel out on all the small engines that are used infrequently or
seasonally. My chainsaw is 20-30 years old and I took it into the shop
once a couple years ago because the
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:44:18 -0400 Peter T. Arnold pm7...@comcast.net
wrote:
Just bought a 24 Valve Cummins with 18Kmi.
Thought you'd have a little interest
Indeed! That's a nice engine. Did it come in a crate? What are you going
to put it in?
Craig
Dieselhead wrote:
My chainsaw seems very happy after years of being treated that way.
Letting a chain saw idle until it dies won't do any harm.
Running it out of fuel at full throttle (like cutting until it dies), not so
good.
Mitch.
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On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 7:05 AM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote:
New Madrid?
Well, well! Color me enlightened.
See http://www.geo.mtu.edu/UPSeis/area.html
Craig
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Cool! Way to go!
Thank you!
On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:50:29 -0600 Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:39:07 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski
jaime...@gmail.com wrote:
The part number for that
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:25:12 -0400 Mike Esh michael...@me.com wrote:
That is a nice connection!
Thank you!
On Oct 14, 2010, at 11:24 PM, Craig wrote:
On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:50:29 -0600 Craig diese...@pisquared.net
wrote:
On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:39:07 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski
Nope - it'`s just that we usually get a lot of small ones that we can't feel
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On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 5:56 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
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I was looking for a rust free 240D w/air...
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31' Forest River, Cardinal Fiver
'08 RAM250 4x4, 6.7 Smoke Motor
Member of Escapees
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On 10/15/2010 12:28 PM, Craig wrote:
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:44:18 -0400
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:01:58 -0400 Peter T. Arnold pm7...@comcast.net
wrote:
I was looking for a rust free 240D w/air...
I 'll keep my eyes open. :-)
31' Forest River, Cardinal Fiver
'08 RAM250 4x4, 6.7 Smoke Motor
So it actually came in a late-model Dodge pickup.
That's where the engine from my truck went!!! :d
What year is it? My'07 needs to go in yet again for a reprogram. They can't
figure out how to minimize soot buildup in the turbo. The 2010 and later
models have variable geometry turbos which supposedly solves the problem.
Kevin in
This is a 6.7L BlueTec {M/B Content?}, something like 650 lb/ft of
torque, very smooth not too loud but loud enough ;-)
6 Speed automatic, I'd have preferred a stick, much easier to drive as I
am used to big trucks. But it's very had to find a low mileage duramax
or Dodge, I have a strong
Now I understand the screw connector! I was thinking back to my VW days -
where the male screw was in the spark plug connector - and screwed into the
wire, making contact as it went in.
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 19:50:29 -0600 Craig
Just what he needs - tilt the bed, and wench those cars right up!
http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/2007750041.html
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2001 ML320
1992 300D 2.5T
1990 300D 2.5T
1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager
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It's the whole 'we need oxygenated fuels' idea that I'm against. I
want
hydrocarb0ons, not oxidizers, in my fuel tank, thank you. Any car with an
oxygen
sensor is going to richen up the fuel mixture to compensate for any oxygen
present in the fuel, and that means every car made since
Had a cracked trace on my '81 cluster fixed it the same way 13 years ago and
still fine.
Barry
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On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:59:12 -0500 OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
Just what he needs - tilt the bed, and wench those cars right up!
http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/2007750041.html
But what is the bungee cord around the steering wheel for?
Craig
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:45:33 -0500 OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
Now I understand the screw connector! I was thinking back to my VW days
- where the male screw was in the spark plug connector - and screwed
into the wire, making contact as it went in.
And while I was snooping around in the
We probably don't want to know ---
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:59:12 -0500 OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
Just what he needs - tilt the bed, and wench those cars right up!
As I mentioned to Don, I was snooping around the '124 CD this evening.
The reason for that is that I found a large coil resistor mounted
underneath the ABS unit next to the ignition coils. This Big Hairy
Resistor (TM) has the wire broken off its upper terminal.
I sent out another email with
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:56:21 -0500 OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
We probably don't want to know ---
Ah. I see.
Craig
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:59:12 -0500 OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
Just what he needs - tilt
The 6.7L Cummins is a torque monster, but seems to do it pretty quietly.
The 6 speed auto and built-in exhaust brake is nice and smooth. Other than
the emissions hang-ups, it's a good setup. I agree about the later Ford
PSD's, but I hope that this new in-house designed 6.7L V8 PSD turns out
Remember this topic? I had a interesting experience yesterday. I noticed
my Cruise Control had stopped working but the fuses were ok - I didn’t look
farther than that and was in a hurry.
We were driving home and as I accelerated hard to join/merge with the
traffic on I-95 I noticed the car
Yo Fool! E85 is for flex fuel vehicles, not for regular gassers. I
never said you should run e85 in anything that was not made for it.
In the civilized parts of the country, lots of gassers since
somewhere in the 90s are flex fuel. My 99 van was flex fuel and the
2000 van is flex fuel. My
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:33:56 -0400 Larry T l02tur...@comcast.net
wrote:
Remember this topic? I had a interesting experience yesterday.
Seems the connector piece between the cruise thingie and the
accelerator thingie had fallen off and when I opened the throttle it
fell into the
Where's the wench? I am sure Hendrick would like to see her!
Just what he needs - tilt the bed, and wench those cars right up!
http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/cto/2007750041.html
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2001 ML320
1992 300D 2.5T
1990 300D 2.5T
1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager
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Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Does anyone know what it's
for?
Ignition? Low speed on auxiliary fan?
-- Jim
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