[Spridgets] BRAKE PIPE FLARE TECH SESSION

Lester oldsaabguy at comcast.net
Wed Jun 11 09:45:48 MDT 2008


if I remember (I have CRS) I will bring the really neat one for you  
to put hands on.  It's not perfect but damn it's good.  I too have  
gone through 3 or 4 sets of the cheapie $ 25 ones from Autozone etc.

Lester

On Jun 11, 2008, at 10:00 AM, Brashear, Jack, N wrote:

> Actually the flare kit is a PLEWS brand that I bought from NAPA  
> about 15
> years ago.  It cost about $50 then.  It works well for me but a couple
> of cheapies that I tried (from Horrible Freight and Sears) weren't  
> worth
> a *#&%.
> Jack
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lester [mailto:oldsaabguy at comcast.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 9:47 AM
> Cc: Frank Clarici; Spridgets; Brashear, Jack, N
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] BRAKE PIPE FLARE TECH SESSION
>
> .. and are you bringing one of the good flare tools, the ones made in
> Merry 'ol??
>
> Lester
>
> On Jun 11, 2008, at 12:11 AM, Jim Johnson wrote:
>
>> I don't got one that I can easily bring....   Gerard Chateauvieux
>> has also
>> volunteered to do a tech session on disk brake conversions.
>> Schedule wise,
>> Jack's and Gerard's sessions would be best on Sunday morning June
>> 29th while
>> the God fearing are in church  ;-)
>> Either that or we double them up on Saturday...   ??   Frank's
>> call...  He's
>> in charge of the tech.....
>>
>> Cheers!!
>> Jim
>>
>> On 6/10/08, Frank Clarici <spritenut at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Brashear, Jack, N wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Frank, a couple of months back I offered to do a tech session
>>>> at LOTO
>>>> on flaring brake pipes.  I mentioned that I would need a stable
>>>> vise for
>>>> the demo
>>>>
>>>
>>> I had a vise, a spare, I have to go dig in the garage to see if it's
>>> anywhere around.
>>> Or maybe Jim has one.
>>> Heck, I'll ask the whole list, maybe someone has an enclosed
>>> trailer with a
>>> mounted vise that will be ther.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Frank Clarici
>>> Toms River, NJ
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Cheers!!
>> Jim - 68 "Spridget" in Dodge City
>> Don't miss "50 Years of Spridgets" at Lake of the Ozarks, June 26-29,
>> 2008!!
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