--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00004 Date: 12/20/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 01:58pm \/To: JAY EMRIE (Read 0 times) Subj: battery sizes 19 Dec 97 21:07, JAY EMRIE said this about battery sizes to ROY WITT. RW>> I tryed in vain to find a Metric Pipe Tap or Die the other day. RW>> There is no h thing as Metric pipe threads, unless they take NPS and RW>> NPT pipe specs and ert them to metric specs... JE> JE> Seriously I have a few metric pipe taps here. Joking, Why didn't you JE> come by? Seriously, I'll bet you don't. Joking, because San Antonio isn't on my regular route. ... Hey, did you take your pill this morning? --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00005 Date: 12/20/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 02:00pm \/To: JAY EMRIE (Read 0 times) Subj: Battery sizes 19 Dec 97 21:18, JAY EMRIE said this about Battery sizes to ROY WITT. RW>> Unless you say it right. Apply the + end of a 12vdc source to the RW>> anode and - end of the same 12vdc source and it'll flow, forward RW>> current, reverse vol . To make it simple, looking through the RW>> diode from the plus end of the vo e supply the diode's arrow RW>> indicates the direction in which you will measure lowest resistance RW>> and the highest current. JE> JE> OK, we are going to have to talk specifics. If you connect the JE> positive terminal of a battery to the anode of a diode and the JE> negative terminal of that battery to the cathode of the same diode JE> the diode will be forward biased and MAXIMUM electrons will flow and JE> blow the diode IF there is no current limiting resistance in the JE> circuit AND the battery is capable of putting out that much current. Right... ... ...Every morning is the dawn of a new error... --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00006 Date: 12/20/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 02:00pm \/To: JAY EMRIE (Read 0 times) Subj: Battery sizes 19 Dec 97 21:20, JAY EMRIE said this about Battery sizes to ROY WITT. RW> JE>> Guess I can see a mite better than you! I always filed that tit RW> JE>> off - even used a fingernail file a few times. JE> RW>> Ever try that in -20F weather, stalled on a country gravel road, RW>> going on d JE> JE> No, but I have done it in 100+ weather on the side of a gravel JE> country road and darn it with NO traffic for possible help. That JE> darned old Model A picked the darndest times to play out. I guess it doesn't matter if you're shivering or sweat is running in your eyes, it's still a tough row to hoe.. Mine was a 47 Jeep 4wd station wagon.... ... OK, you've reached the bottom of the message. Wake up!!! --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00007 Date: 12/20/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 02:03pm \/To: JAY EMRIE (Read 0 times) Subj: Engine Wanted 19 Dec 97 22:17, JAY EMRIE said this about Engine Wanted to ROY WITT. RW>> Basically, your engine lost compression and some cam lobe. Put it RW>> back with ermarket stuff and it'll make horsepower again. JE> JE> The biggest (worst) things the manufacturers did back in the 70s was JE> reduce the compression ratio AND retard the cam timing about 5-7 JE> degrees. Same cam grind, just differect timing. I am speaking JE> strictly of Ford 460 V8s here. I would suspect others were similar. And in California, the DMV made it retroactive to everything made since 1966. My 1970 Firebird had a vacuum advance kit installed that wouldn't allow it to advance and the timing reset to 0. That lasted about as long as it took to pass the smog check and get it back to the garage.. ... Runtime Error 6D at 417A:32CF: Incompetent User.... --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00008 Date: 12/20/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 02:08pm \/To: JAY EMRIE (Read 0 times) Subj: Radiator Leak 19 Dec 97 22:18, JAY EMRIE said this about Radiator Leak to ROY WITT. JE> On the bottles they DONT. What Prestone MAY POSSIBLE say on the JE> internet doesn't mean a thing UNLESS it is backed up with like info JE> on the product itself so that ALL of the general public has an JE> opportunity to get it. - not just those that get on the net. No, but they do give you a 1-800 number to call so you can get that information. That is, if you have a telephone...:) ... David Letterman, batteries not included... --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00009 Date: 12/20/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 02:09pm \/To: JAY EMRIE (Read 0 times) Subj: Silicone 19 Dec 97 22:20, JAY EMRIE said this about Silicone to ROY WITT. RW>> Bullshit!!! I used that shit on my 86 Olds to try and protect an RW>> antenna mo from leaking water into the hole for the coax on the RW>> roof. I packed it full ilicone grease... 4 months later, it was RW>> gone, kaput, not there anymore. t it? JE> JE> Silicone grease is NOT and was NOT meant to seal holes. That was a JE> rather silly thing to do. You should have used one part urethane. JE> Then you would not have had a water leak. I didn't try to seal a hole with it. Since the antenna mount had an o'ring for a gasket, I thought including a little silicone grease on the inside would keep any moisture that got past the o'ring out of the connector hole. RW> JE> So >> NO< IT DOES NOT GO AWAY IN THE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT. JE> RW>> I say again, listen real close...B U L L S H I T ! JE> JE> All I can say is that you have positively proven that you do not know JE> what you are talking about. Either that or you positively don't know what you're talking about... ... Forbidden fruit is responsible for many a bad jam. --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00010 Date: 12/20/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 02:14pm \/To: TOM WALKER (Read 0 times) Subj: battery sizes 20 Dec 97 06:55, TOM WALKER said this about battery sizes to ROY WITT. ->> I tryed in vain to find a Metric Pipe Tap or Die the other day. ->> There is no such thing as Metric pipe threads, unless they take NPS ->> and NPT pipe specs and convert them to metric specs... TW> TW> The only thing I have been able to come up with so far other then TW> the comment in the McMaster Carr Catalog is that the Oil Pressure TW> switches on Japanese cars is the same as the 1/8 NP in outer diameter TW> but has 28 Threads per inch instead of 27. While you can FORCE a 27 TW> thread into that 28 thread hole it is NOT recommended. Because they're using the BPS pipes...:) (British Standard Pipe) ... Take life in big bites...Moderation is for Monks.. --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00011 Date: 12/20/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 02:24pm \/To: TOM WALKER (Read 0 times) Subj: Silicone 20 Dec 97 06:49, TOM WALKER said this about Silicone to CURIOUS GEORGE HNER. -> JE>> (when possible) quite often prevents them from becoming scratchy. ->> ->> Isn't it cheaper to just buy a spray can of silicone lube? TW> TW> The Silicone itself is not thin enough to enter the very small TW> space around the control shaft. It needs the alcohol to thin it out. That's why they put it in a spray can...It's plenty thin enough for that. ... If sex is a pain in the ass then you need more lubrication. --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00012 Date: 12/20/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 02:25pm \/To: CHRIS ZYCHSKI (Read 0 times) Subj: RADIATOR LEAK 19 Dec 97 02:21, Chris Zychski said this about RADIATOR LEAK to Roy Witt. RW> CZ>> I believe that permanent antifreeze was an RW> CZ>> early by-product of Double-U Double-U Two. CZ> RW>> Did we import some of the German chemists too? CZ> CZ> Huh?! Did you sleep through the the late Forties"? Yes, mom always insisted that we chillon take a nap... CZ> Are we out to blow up the Russians? CZ> Are the Russians out to blow us up? CZ> HECK, NO! CZ> It's German Scientists on both sides CZ> playin' ROCKET SHIP! CZ> CZ> - Brother Dave Garner and jet engine. ... I'm Han Solo, Captain of the Millinium Falcon. --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 246 AUTOMOTIVE Ref: EGR00013 Date: 12/20/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 02:27pm \/To: CHRIS ZYCHSKI (Read 0 times) Subj: Monte Carlo probs. 19 Dec 97 02:21, Chris Zychski said this about Monte Carlo probs. to Roy tt. RW>> Two consecutive days and nites with Heather Locklears' dog... CZ> CZ> The dog's the one with the collar... That's right. Without the collar you couldn't tell which one used the Loreal hair color... RW>> Starkle Starkle Little Twink What the hell you are I think? CZ> CZ> I dunno... ... Tinkle tinkle little guy, come on son, don't be shy... --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13)