On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 6:32 AM, Ivan Menchero [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Ivan
PS: I am surprise the have not privatize the fire department in the USA! so
you pay a monthly insurance' and if you do not pay and there is a fire in
your house you are out of luck!
Unfortunately there are at
Anyway, not long to wait - according to the article it'll be launched
eight years ago, in 2001. LOL! (Take that sub out and have him shot.)
What's wrong with the sub? I honestly don't get what you meant there.
That someone had put in a bad date?
The article claims it was written in 1999, so
According to wikipedia, it looks like a lot of hocus pocus and hand
waving, but it's not entirely certain. At the very least they have not
been very diligent or forthcoming about their stuff before trying to
make a bunch of money off of it. Already have gotten upwards of 60
million dollars of
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Keith
Addison[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
FYI - of any interest? (Not that I'm about to add it to my, uh, product line.)
This was sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - did you actually request
it? Sounds like snake oil to me, so I'm curious if they sent it
unsolicited...
That sounds to me like it's starving for fuel. Whether the injection
pump, or if it has a separate lift pump at fault or whether it would
be a fuel filter, I don't know. There's also usually a small
filter/sock in the fuel tank that often gets forgotten/neglected that
can cause problems. I would
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Zeke Yewdall[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Maybe this is a non-US thing, but here, we didn't get the TDI till '96 in
the passat, and '98 in the jetta, so I can't imagine that they were making
the TDI a full 10 years earlier in other countries, while still sending the
Not that I think they are a scam, or anything like that. I've
read some of the science, lotta available power there.
However, everything I read concerning tide/wave power assumes that
the available power is going to waste if not 'harvested'.
And I mean everything.
I don't have any reason
It's kind of funny to me that they talk about the disadvantages of
other approaches to creating power from waves and the corrosiveness of
salt water when their system uses so many mechanical parts exposed to
the ocean. Steel cables, pulleys, pipes for the cables to run in -
doesn't sound like
This is at JtF:
Only about 10% of the waste vegetable oil (WVO) produced in the
industrialised countries is collected, billions of gallons a year
aren't collected. Apart from the waste oil produced by restaurants
and food outlets and food processors, an estimated 1.5 million US
gallons of
On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Keith Addison
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Erik
I don't understand what you're saying.
That's probably because I misunderstood what you were saying in the first place.
I think you're starting at the
wrong end. Did you read my whole message? The bit you've
Hi Keith, and everyone else,
Sorry Chandan, I'm baffled by the EROEI arithmetic.
I just wanted to point out one thing about the arithmetic. No, I don't
really understand it either, but I didn't really try. One thing that
doesn't seem to have been said is that it might not matter as much,
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Neil Goatman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Doug
In the tank there is a filter that gets blocked easily
Take it out and fuel problems will be where you can get to them
The other is undo the bolt on top of the fuel filter pump the lift pump
And see if you can
Sorry about the delay. Life kinda got busy and got away from me for a bit.
I like the idea of a bike with a little booster IC engine. (fractional
hp) Just enough to help so that it's easier to go up hills, and make
long rides a little easier.
An electric motor / battery can do that,
Even it when's snowing, hmph. It snowed for a month and stopped
yesterday. I never saw snow until I was 25, and then I thought it was
beautiful. These days it's a bit of a struggle to see the beauty in
it, mostly it's just a PITA, everything takes longer. Not only that,
it's COLD! Yuk.
Diesels have a really bad reputation in North America, though most
of our goods would never make it around the country without them.
Cummins, Caterpillar and Detroit make fabulous engines for class 8
trucks that burn a LOT cleaner than their older counterparts, but that
expertise
My sister is traveling by rail across Spain right now. She spent
the day in Cadiz and promised to visit Granada and take photos of the
Alhambra Palace for me. I'll forward your delightful and amusing story
to her!
I spent a week in Grenada a few years back while my cousin was
It looks like my original note was not clear enough. I'm sorry, and
I'll try to clear it up a bit with this one.
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 7:58 AM, robert and benita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Erik Lane wrote:
(Stopping Consumerism)
Absolutely!! I've got a little 81 VW diesel and I get
I think a lot of us have that problem. Always too much to do, never
enough time for keyboards!
Yes, especially when the sun is shining!
I probably have an unfair advantage, in the form of a whole bunch of
professional skills acquired over 40 years working as an information
pro (among
I reckoned we'd been there often enough already not to take
pie-in-the-sky over fuel cells and hydrogen seriously, of course I
don't agree with it.
Sorry. I don't always get the time to follow every thread on here. And
following through on all the links and reading it all is just beyond
me.
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Keith Addison
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.prwatch.org/node/7007
Are Hybrids Putting the Brakes on Greener Options?
Source: Wired, February 11, 2008
French researchers are concerned that consumer demand for hybrid
cars, fueled by advertising and
Here's a text link to an article about the report:
http://business.smh.com.au/price-of-oil-is-famine-as-food-plugs-demand/20080208-1r43.html
As far as the video - I haven't watched more than about the first 10
minutes, but some of the claims seem a bit far-fetched, as you said. I hope
that it's
Did you delete the extra copies before they got sent out?
Because I only got one copy of each. Or maybe gmail filters them out? They
weren't in my spam folder, either. Strange.
Erik
On Feb 18, 2008 5:32 PM, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello all
Re addresses, this isn't necessary:
I would agree that it's a fuel supply issue as well. I had the same problem,
but not with biodiesel. (I don't yet have a setup to make any.) I'm not sure
if you have a sock-type filter in the fuel tank, (I think all cars should
have them!!) but you should check that and all the lines up to the
I don't believe that with the high compressions required of a diesel
engine it is possible to have a non-interference design. To get the
high compression there is VERY little space at TDC. I don't think
there is any way to design around that. If the valves were recessed
into the head then there
Hi Scott,
I am also here in the Portland area, but unfortunately haven't had
time to actually do anything with biodiesel yet. I just have too many
projects that are ahead of it in the queue. But I have researched it a
bit and chatted with some people here who ARE doing it. I've run into
them at
Just one question - have you ever tried out a Peugeot 505? That is
hands down the best car I've ever driven. I've driven a 300SD (tho not
very far) and while it was nice, I still prefer my 505. It just sucks
that it's so expensive to repair!
I know of at least a few other car freaks who have
snip
It won't be arriving until the end of Feb because
the factory can't keep
up to the demand. Mine will be a pulse model,
turbo diesel, hardtop, green
on black inside and out. The dealership told us (in
October) that people
are getting almost 90 mpg on the highway, almost 60
Well, kinda correct. Different engines have different
configurations, but for a standard inline four stroke
engine here's how it is: The block has the cylinders
in it with the pistons running up and down inside
them. To close them off to get compression there's a
big chunk of metal (the head)
Is this shock coupler the same thing as the governor?
When I had to have a pump rebuilt that's what they
seemed to call it, and from memory their description
of it was very similiar to what you're calling the
shock coupler. I opened up the top of it before taking
it in and found black bits all
The head gasket is a definite possibility, and I would
think with many engines the most likely one. It's also
possible for a cracked head or block to do that, or a
warped head. But those are luckily much less common.
And I know that on our Vanagon diesel there's an oil
cooler that uses engine
They say that the 'distributor' type injection pump
does not do well with SVO. Roosa Master/Stanadyne
pumps are used on all the 6.2 engines that I know of,
and the 6.5 has an updated electronic version of the
pump in its current incarnation. For a while they had
a pure mechanical pump on the
--- Mel Riser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had another problem with the B100 again a few days
later. The secondary fuel filter keeps clogging and
I THINK if may be paraffin but not sure.
Have some RACOR filters and heaters on order and
that should fix the issues.
Also planning on
about 56 pounds. I think
corn (maize) and
soybeans are about the same. A bushel of oats
weighs considerably less.
Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
On Fri, 26 Nov 2004, Erik Lane wrote:
--- Geyser, Johan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
How much does a bushel weight
--- Mel Riser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK well I changed all the filters and also put a new
fuel pump on it.
Good for you! I'm glad you got it running!
I suspect the diaphragm in the pump went bad from
the B100 as it has had that in it sitting idle for
the last two weeks and it
If it has the dual filters then yes, they should both
be replaced. On the later engines they put in a single
squarish one that took over for both of them.
So first I would replace that other filter in the V of
the engine. Also follow the fuel lines and down on the
front part of the block on the
--- Legal Eagle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Unlike Biodiesel, ethanol wouldn't produce any
distinctive smell, so why
even worry about it ? Isn't the producion of alcohol
for personal use
untaxed, like when you make your own wine or beer ?
So, you make your own vodka :)
And as for the BD,
--- DHAJOGLO [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, I think the narrowest win was in 2000
when the supreme court chose the president! What
was it, 5-4 for bush? Just 1 vote (and not by, of,
and for the people I might add).
it was the narrowest win for a sitting president
since Woodrow
--- Darryl McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
Thanks again to all. For starters though, I'm going
to get a new handle for the
old double-edged axe. Always had a nice heft, and
although originally made for
felling, has always done a nice job of splitting
hardwood.
If you have
--- Darryl McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
Pardon my physics, but wouldn't the centripetal
force be greatest at the equator?
I had to look it up. Which was a good thing cause it's
one of those things I always questioned - what the
difference between centripetal and centrifugal was.
have you checked your glow plugs? it sounds to me like
they're going out.
those systems are usually only kept on for about 9-12
seconds or so. if it's really cold then maybe longer,
but i don't have any hard numbers. i only keep ours on
for 9 to play it safe. in the winter i'll hold it in
just a
2002
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Subject: RE: [Biofuel] fuel additives
--- Johnston, Don
i really didn't know if the us mile was the same or
different from any other form of measurement, but i
didn't want to make assumptions. that way everyone
could see right away exactly what i was talking about.
if true that's kinda funny that the inch is actually
referenced off of the
--- Johnston, Don [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
124k miles on original exhaust seems exceptional to
me,
really?? is this also the experience of other people?
i have quite a few cars here that have 100-200k on
gasoline engines with the original exhaust and it's in
good condition. and there's one
nope, some of them, especially the smaller ones like
that do not need glow plugs. they fire off from the
heat of compression only. in fact some tractors have
no glow plugs either. i have no idea of percentage of
them having or not having glow plugs, but the ones
that we use on the farm do NOT
--- Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greetings,
I have just discovered that there is a group
dedicated to solar ac
and refrigeration on yahell. It is called solar ac
and has about
2000 messages in its archives. I have only read
the first 25, but
it is definitely a hands on
1)The alcohol and water would for the most part
evaporate, cooling and
densifying the air. Depending on the conditions,
it would do so more
effectively than a intercooler.
2)What alcohol does not evaporate, would enter
the cylinders (
combustion chamber ), and the alcohol
--- tommy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here is a good reading piece if your wondering about
why it's pretty much a waste to try to get those
Cheap running junkers working and focus on new
tech
engines.
Thank you for posting that link. I enjoyed reading it.
But I disagree with your
i've never heard of this 'italian tune up' but i guess
if an injector gets clogged then pushing more volume
thru it could affect it. i don't know much of the
theory at all.
tho if i have an issue like this with a diesel that
isn't being pushed you can bet i'll try it! it's too
easy and cheap to
oh please - that just doesn't make any sense...
so what if they prefer one or the other? i think it
makes very good sense for the rest of the world to
want a president who is (hopefully) less bent on
walking on anyone who's in the way when headed towards
their goals. it saddens me how much bush
--- Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Donald
I have a question about the currently available
hybrid vehicles which I
have been wondering about for a while.
It seems that all the hybrid vehicles currently
available have an
electric motor connected in varying configurations
For example, if
you have 1.0 ohm on the glow plug and 13V on a
battery, then the glow
plug wants 13 amps. In this case, a 10A fuse would
simply blow
immediately. The power requirement would be 13A *
13V = 169Watts.
but be careful - i don't think it's quite that simple.
as the glow
i would be worried about that glow plug getting too
hot for sure! i think that they draw about 9-12 amps
per plug, and that's a lot of current to go thru a
dimmer switch. if it's a dimmer from a house circuit i
suspect that it wouldn't hold up. that kind of current
is equivalent to something like
Sorry I am joining this conversation a little bit
late. There are some
options that might increase your milages. First, the
GM diesels are OK but
are not known for unbelievable efficiency, for
example a 6.5T in a
Suburban barely gets 15 mpg, usually closer to 12.
They are typically
well, i snipped all of the previous post - all about
old time weights and measures.
keith - you forgot my favorite - the acre. originally
the amount of land you could plow with a pair of oxen
in a day. though this website says it was actually by
midday cause you had to let them eat in the
i live in the portland, oregon area. so that's about 3
hours south of seattle.
why?
erik
--- Ross Cannon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Geografically, how many members on this list live in
or
near Chicago and how many from the NW near Seattle?
be well, Ross
To announce that there
roosa master is made by stanadyne. and yes, that is
the pump used on at least the 6.2 and the 6.5 - i have
no experience with the 5.7 engine. i have also heard
that the distributor type pump is not good for running
on either SVO or WVO. i don't know why and have no
first-hand experience either
wow, you have my favorite car ever! i would love to be
able to take a look at it when you've done the
conversion. i also live here in oregon and like the
idea of converting one of them to svo or wvo.
unfortunately i don't have a wagon and the cars that i
do have i haven't had the chance to
check this one out - a hybrid dodge ram with a cummins
diesel.
http://www.evworld.com/view.cfm?section=communiquenewsid=4581
kind of limited, but at least they're moving in the
right direction. don't know of any cars, but i
wouldn't be surprised if there were some in europe
where diesel is much
now i don't understand a statement made on that page,
and i suspect it's cause they make assumptions based
on large scale, central power rather than small, local
systems.
This method, called gasification, would be efficient
only in large power plants that could each produce
enough electricity
wow, didn't know that so much oil could be sucked up
that little hose!
the valve seals do NOT seal compression in the
cylinders. the valves themselves should do that. the
more correct name is valve stem seal, and they seal
all the oil that's up on top of the head under the
valve cover from
as you probably already worked out, the only ways for
oil to get into the cylinders is past the rings
(highly unlikely in those amounts) past the valve stem
seals - which is the most likely in my opinion,
especially with the speed it happened at, and thru the
air intake. there is usually a hose
no - if the jimmy is stock then it should have the
later gmc enigne - the 6.2 diesel, which had a few
problems here and there but for the most part was very
dependable and i personally have quite a bit of
positive personal experience with it.
but no, it's not direct injection. the fuel gets
starting in '82 gm used the 6.2 diesel exclusively as
far as i know. where do you get your info from that
the 5.7 engine is NOT basically a converted gasoline
design? i don't have numbers, but i had been convinced
for years that it was their normal 350 parts with only
token redesign for diesel
unfiltered oil getting past, but without fuel it
will just starve and have low power or maybe even
quit. not a big deal, comparitively. basically both of
them fail-safe, which is good engineering, in my
opinion.
--- robert luis rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Erik Lane wrote:
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