My Fiat 500 isn't the Abarth version but I did test drive one when I was considering junking mine (a long story but it was due to my idiocy).@Dan in Pasadena had one he used to drag behind his motorhome...
In my vast experience, its NEVER the cheapest part, more likely the most expensive
PREACH! Some things are the same no matter where you go… swear ain’t none of these yours.Tested the new plinth joint. Unwrapped some cutters.
Unless that's the part you replace first... then you find it was the $0.15 Molex plug.
Sometimes the last thing I try is flinging the GD thing in the tip.You guys aren't seeing the pattern! Its always the last thing you try!
"Drag" being the operative word here....@Dan in Pasadena had one he used to drag behind his motorhome...
Back around 1976'ish, I wanted to reprofile the inner cylinder on the forks of my YZ-125 to alter the dampening. No lathe, so I used my drill press as a lathe just like that. Worked surprisingly well.I ordered a thumb for my backhoe for Christmas. When it arrived, the company said they had not received one of the pins that should have been plated. They shipped it with an unplated pin so I could use it until the proper one could be shipped. I received it today, but it had visible machine marks that I could feel on it. I didn't want to mess up the bearing surface of my bucket, so I made a makeshift polishing lathe out of my drill press. The pin was nearly 1" in diameter so I found the closest socket in diameter, then used a 1/2" ratchet bit on the socket which was attached to the drill's chuck. Hit it with 400 grit first, then polished it with 1500 grit. Turned out perfect and only took about 15 minutes.
Please keep us updated, I have been thinking of the same thing, would appreciate your opinion when you get yours set up.I mostly spent the day cutting grass but I did start working on organizing the 1/2" sockets. I'm going to try the toolbox widget line. It's supposed to arrive soon.
You're cutting grass. I'm wasting fuel while waiting for the sheath of ice to melt off my windows so I can go home.I mostly spent the day cutting grass but I did start working on organizing the 1/2" sockets. I'm going to try the toolbox widget line. It's supposed to arrive soon.
I will do that. I took all the Tool Box Widget (TBW) stuff out that I bought and installed on Monday. I asked for a return. It's decent enough stuff but it's a little flimsy, seems kinda bulky for smaller sockets, the small and large wrenches don't fit too well, and it's kinda pricey at about $1.67/socket or wrench. The build quality is good and the magnets are strong. The TBW drawer liner is very nice. I turned it upside down so it's an M.
Yeah I think so. The grass isn't actually growing though. It's tall native grasses that are dormant. I cut it once a year so that the wildflowers are visible in the spring. I'd prefer a prescribed burn but that takes too much coordination and the neighbors would probably come apart at the seams.
My wife had the turbo version. It wasn't the Abarth, but still had a surprising amount of power for its weight. I really enjoyed driving it.
Did you try the leaf blower to get the ice off? I hear it works for up to 1/4"
I've got one of those vinyl shields for my car. We all do. They're the nuts. Judy's unwilling to spend the 30 seconds to put hers on, but not to spend half an hour trying to clear her windshield.Timm, they make "frost guard" covers for windshields and they work great - I'm kicking myself for leaving mine up at hunting camp last fall...
Before we had a garage for the car in winter, I always saved a piece of cardboard to put over the windshield until one of the boys bought me an actual made-for-the-purpose windshield cover. The cardboard worked well and usually one piece lasted the season.
I have often seen on here threads about missing 10 mm sockets or a mention of the same in another thread. Lowes is listening!! I was in the local store the other day looking for a socket and discovered a 10 piece 10mm socket set - 1/4 drive, 3/8 drive, 1/2 drive, regular, deep, impact - their set has you covered. Just thought I should post this PSA.
You guys aren't seeing the pattern! Its always the last thing you try!
I think several tool suppliers have done this...
I've tried using a tarp on my old Vanagon windshield (apprx 1.5 acre). The windshield would frost over in the first few hundred yards of driving. The old Van took about five miles of driving to get any heat at all. The new Van seems to warm up much faster with the EJ 25 in it.Timm, they make "frost guard" covers for windshields and they work great - I'm kicking myself for leaving mine up at hunting camp last fall...
Snow, yes. Ice? No way.
They also sell 12V heater defrosters, many under $20. that should shorten up the "warm up" period?
I park close enough to the cabin I can run an xcord out for a 120V heater. I used to do that with the Van on really cold mornings.
Ugh I can't find the original post but it has been posted here so it must be true.
They might as well turn off the lights when you retire.I installed the new 3 bbl fermenter in the fermenter hall today. Some fiddle-fartin' around getting the little fellow transferred from the wood pallet it arrived on to a plastic pallet--which we'll be leaving it on, as it's missing the leveling pads and it'll be easier to level the pallet than the footless legs. Used a couple 3' pieces of 4X4 as the legs were just the perfect spacing to not allow a pallet jack or forklift forks to fit in between.
That did the job. Used a pallet jack to get it into the ferm hall and placed where we wanted it.
Now I need to plumb it in and make up a temp controller for it. I'm pretty sure there's a spare Johnson A419 out in the container....
Yep. But it was last used in the kitchen and the kitchen staff can be rough on things.
That will be difficult to render drip-proof. I also had a couple of 24V A419s, but no 24 V power supply and no 24V coils for the Asco Red Hat solenoid I wanted to use.
Brain transplant time!
The operation was a success.
The brains from the case donor:
Installed:
Ooh! Look at the cute bebe fermenter!
The Jim Beam looks to be a little low, hmmmm.Warmed up with a little Fire. Going from the 50'sF back to the 20'sF temps for a bit. Co-worker of Darlin's whose brakes I replaced last week ↑↑↑↑ sent these home last night with her as a thank you
No 5h1t. @Beerhippie is there anyone there you can mentor so they can keep going after you move on?
I've tried. All they need to learn is carpentry, construction, design, welding, simple machining, electrical, electronics, brewing theory, high work, rigging, jury rigging....
