- 121. Re: Ford van brake troubles (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 07:00:18 -0500
- The E-250 used hub centric wheels. The E-250 is considered moderately heavy duty, which is why it uses this wheel mounting system. You *can* get away with grinding the lip of the rotor off, or grindi
- /html/shop-talk/2002-03/msg00181.html (8,773 bytes)
- 122. Re: acid cleaning (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 06:11:43 -0500
- Vinegar does a fine job at this. hi: i would like to make an acid bath to remove the rust from small parts. the stuff you get with gas tank cleaning/sealing kits seems pretty impressive. what is it ?
- /html/shop-talk/2002-02/msg00053.html (8,175 bytes)
- 123. RE: acid cleaning (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 14:38:00 -0500
- Phosphoric acid is completely landfill disposable provided it's neutralized. You have ways of disposing of it legally, but it's not convenient or free. Again, vinegar does the job. Much less difficul
- /html/shop-talk/2002-02/msg00059.html (8,985 bytes)
- 124. Re: Sodium Chloride questions (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 14:50:05 -0500
- If it's just sodium chloride in water, dry it out and sprinkle it on french I have some sodium chloride inhalation solution that my daughter used for her bronchitis. It has expired, what else is it g
- /html/shop-talk/2002-02/msg00083.html (7,417 bytes)
- 125. Re: Brake Cleaner vs. Carb Cleaner (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 15:21:46 -0500
- Further supported by the differences in their MSDS chemical properties, and their advertised claims (carburetor cleaners tend to claim lubricating abilities). ...I know this thread has been going on
- /html/shop-talk/2002-02/msg00178.html (8,315 bytes)
- 126. Re: [slightly OT] vehicle mass, tread width, and hydroplaning (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 07:49:04 -0500
- More then the width, the tire design itself greatly affects your traction. Be that dry pavement, rain and hydroplaning, snow, ice or whatever else you chose. Fwiw, my pickup, running various Michlin'
- /html/shop-talk/2002-01/msg00107.html (11,572 bytes)
- 127. Re: No Start. (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 10:25:34 -0500
- Mmm, probably not. Corroded copper, while reducing voltage, will almost always allow a 12 volt car to start. More likely is a poor contact. Such as corrosion on the battery terminal between the faces
- /html/shop-talk/2002-01/msg00157.html (8,837 bytes)
- 128. Re: Pouring a small concrete slab (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 08:06:07 -0500
- This is *not* the reply of someone who knows what he is doing when pouring concrete. It's simply the reply of a fella who did about the same job in his basement, survived the experience, and hasn't h
- /html/shop-talk/2001-12/msg00115.html (10,323 bytes)
- 129. Re: CB Radios. (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 11:29:24 -0500
- There is a hybred that does work well though, that's the personal radio's. The walkie talkie of old did/does have lousy range. But the personal radio is a eunich CB, having a range of typically a few
- /html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00092.html (8,672 bytes)
- 130. Re: Big Problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 06:46:11 -0500
- Can't give you simple answer because I don't know what state you're in. But I can tell you this, your message about possible illegal activities with a leaking underground storage tank was received in
- /html/shop-talk/2001-11/msg00140.html (8,620 bytes)
- 131. Re: building a shop (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 10:59:05 -0400
- Where would this lumber be? Hopefully it's somewhere near Maryland. I *need* a new chicken coop for my chickens <g>, as well as other building projects. Tell me about it. My current place has a 30'x2
- /html/shop-talk/2001-10/msg00247.html (8,368 bytes)
- 132. Re: Paint Sprayers (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 14:43:40 -0400
- Have a Wagner, one of their higher end units. Anything is better then a Wagner. It spits paint like mad, especially if the tank is less than half full. To get the gun to even vaguely spray right, you
- /html/shop-talk/2001-09/msg00014.html (7,635 bytes)
- 133. Re: Welded Ships (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 10:07:41 -0400
- I was stationed on one while our ship was in drydock, and there is another liberty ship tied up just down the pier from me now. They certainly were cheaply built and rather flimsy. Their biggest defe
- /html/shop-talk/2001-09/msg00199.html (8,425 bytes)
- 134. Re: Grade 5 vs. 8 (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 10:39:41 -0400
- The times you absolutely want to use a weaker bolt are when you want the bolt to fail before the part its bolted to fails. An example of that would be on a plowshare used to till the earth. Plow bolt
- /html/shop-talk/2001-09/msg00202.html (8,665 bytes)
- 135. Re: Grade 8 vrs 5 confusion (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 06:43:46 -0400
- As I sit here typing early in the morning, I'm going to do what appears to be wimping out. I'm not going to suggest anything specific because I'm not confident of my answer, and the results of a mist
- /html/shop-talk/2001-09/msg00216.html (8,623 bytes)
- 136. Re: Septic Tank Problems (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 06:31:10 -0400
- You've got two different layers of gunk in a septic tank. The floating layer on top, and the settling layer on the bottom. Both can get into your leach field, plugging it. The top layer tends to be c
- /html/shop-talk/2001-08/msg00041.html (9,535 bytes)
- 137. Re: Peerless Transaxles (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 06:22:18 -0400
- Any of the friction drives are shift on the fly. MTD, Snapper, etc. I wouldn't build a truck as much as I'd buy a beater old riding mower/lawn tractor and convert the whole thing into a truck. That w
- /html/shop-talk/2001-08/msg00061.html (7,206 bytes)
- 138. Re: Pipe dope vs. Teflon(r) tape (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 07:07:14 -0400
- Interesting topic. Went searching around a bit, because I was curious myself. This is what I found from various trade sites and such. Bare threaded pipe fittings typically have about a 20% surface co
- /html/shop-talk/2001-08/msg00070.html (9,661 bytes)
- 139. Re: lawn tractors (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 06:26:03 -0400
- Depends a lot on ones needs. Nor all commercial machines very good. I see a heck of a lot of dead Gravely units around here. And about the 2nd time you pay to repair one, you start wondering if you'd
- /html/shop-talk/2001-08/msg00181.html (8,437 bytes)
- 140. Re: RE: PVC for air lines (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 06:29:09 -0400
- Thanks for that link! Reading it, and its attachments, has done more to convince me that PVC is not a good way run shop air. Especially the statements by PVC pipe manufacturers advising against it. h
- /html/shop-talk/2001-08/msg00202.html (8,025 bytes)
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