That's Ford engineering for 38" frames................
I had to plumb a test system at work that had over 600 threaded stainless joints (fittings made in China) from 1/2" to 3". Our engineer said to use some soft-set garbage and no tape. I argued, but he was adamant, so half of the joints leaked. I told him to go away and let me fix it. I spent four weeks replumbing it with lots of cheap Teflon tape and Rectorseal Tru Blu. The pressure in the system alternates every 3 minutes from zero to 5 bar for 8 weeks per test. No leaks in the seven years we've had it.The fermenter I installed a couple of weeks ago was leaking coolant. Not a lot, but every little bit matters.
After careful examination, I was able to narrow the leak down to which fitting it was: All of them! Our local plumbing/electrical place carries some Made in Vietnam SS threaded plumbing fittings. They're a biatch to get to seal. I think part of the problem is that the very hard SS threads aren't conformable--they don't deform on tightening--and they're being threaded to equally hard SS ports on the ferm.
I spent far too long getting the glycol coolant drained and getting the thickest pipe dope I have worked deep into the threads. I seem to have gotten it--but it wasn't leaking immediately after I put it together the first time, either. Fingers crossed.
I also realized that I appeared to have been drinking heavily (I wasn't) when I installed the ferm the first time around. For reasons unknown, I had the solenoid valve in entirely the wrong place--in between two of the three cooling jackets. The problem with that is that the solenoid opens and closes FAST, causing a hydraulic shock upstream of it. With a flex line to absorb the shock, it's not a problem. When the valve is mounted directly to the fermenter, it would eventually cause the welds of a jacket to fail.
This is the proper way to plumb it:
Coolant enters through the solenoid valve at the top of the jackets and exits the bottom.
Now to check and make sure I didn't install the valve backwards again.
^^^^^^ this is a pain I know only too well
Well, either way it’s going back together the way it is. I need the shop space and have other projects to do. Have to make some $$$ so my wife can get her audiobook made.That's Ford engineering for 38" frames................
No it changes by the year some are 37.5 other years are 38 but everyone calls them 38", sometimes when you look up fuel pumps it asks if it's a 38" or 34" frame, different size tanks take different pumps.
I know I'm a bit late on this one, but...Darlin' has been picking up a co-worker the last couple nights because her 2007 Cobalt rear brakes are making a terrible grinding noise. Young, single mom can't be without a ride, and dreading the bill. I rode along last night to her place and drove it back here. I ordered new shoes and drums the other day for $110. Pure metal on metal. Nothing left of the shoes. Mileage is 175K, so guessing original.
Newer style with the one big horseshoe spring. Have owned a Cavalier, Monte Carlo and a Cobalt with the same setup. Much better than the old style with ten springs jumping out at ya and puncturing a finger or catching a flyaway spring in the face. Front discs looked fairly new. All fluids checked OK. Raised the front and rotated the tires. She drove it home this morning. She asked how much she owed me. I said to just fill up Darlin's tank and we're good. And to save for some rear shocks. I want no part of those
I've had recent experience with this. Back when I bought a 08 Taurus for the kids to learn to drive in I replaced the factory radio with an aftermarket JVC unit to add hands free phone along with a backup camera. It included a USB in jack so I replaced one of the power ports with a USB jack. They all had a USB thumb drive with their music on it and all was well.
That's why a GOOD dad would make his kids not only figure it out, but FIX IT FOR HIM.
I’ve had a dispenser like that on the wall for about 10 years. The same one. At the rate I am going through it, I may have it another 10. The utility knives all hold blades, which I refill from another source, better quality and a box that doesn’t stop you from taking three at once. I actually don’t mind it, if I wanted one blade at a time working in a fixed position, or I only used a utility knife twice a year. There’s a little trick to get the blades out , but I can’t ever remember what it is.That's why a GOOD dad would make his kids not only figure it out, but FIX IT FOR HIM.
I restocked on utility knife blades.
Unfortunately, they came in this:
The only brand the first store I went to had. I have a hate/despise relationship with that style of dispenser--I just struggle to get them to dispense properly.
But I'd just emptied this:
With the DeWalt, you open the pivoting drawer and there's a blade just waiting for you there.
Wouldn't you think S&B would go with it's better design for both brands?That's why a GOOD dad would make his kids not only figure it out, but FIX IT FOR HIM.
I restocked on utility knife blades.
Unfortunately, they came in this:
The only brand the first store I went to had. I have a hate/despise relationship with that style of dispenser--I just struggle to get them to dispense properly.
But I'd just emptied this:
Which is the best functioning dispenser I've ever used. Amazingly, there were no extreme efforts made to the packaging to make it impossible--or even really difficult--to refill the De Walt dispenser.
Is it safe to store Stanley blades in a De Walt dispenser? Could it result in spontaneous combustion--or worse? Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion this time next week!
I have similar in the back of the truck In a Kuny Bag to boot. But a few multibit screwdrivers in their respective forms, screw drivers, and Torq bits as never know what ya gonna run into. Wrenches are all in rolls and Sockets are in a blow molded case. Need to get pliers and vice grips into rolls too. I am sure I can go to a smaller bag to boot As this bag usually gets plans to thrown in the back of the bronco for its dirt therapy time.Started to layout the tools from the tool roll that is kept in the daily driver. Had pulled it to bring to the shop when I worked on Ranger Ric. It was a mess and need to re-organize and assess what I'm missing....
You just open the drawer
I like that drawer dispenser system. Have not seen that. I have the other style which I rate 5/10 or maybe 6/10.You just open the drawer
and there's one blade, nicely presented and safe--every time.
That high? You must also have come from The Tub of Terror, which I went back to because the stupid black plastic dispenser sucked so bad.
The blade dispenser with the slide out single blade drawer is clever.
I know some of you guys have been waiting to see results.
My brother in law had given me this 05 Ski Doo SDI about 3 years ago. When I first got it I put new pistons and rings in it, new used stator, new used magneto flywheel, rebuilt the rave valves, had the injectors cleaned and I had it running good. But the recoil on it would only catch about half the time so I bought one from market place and put it on, it didn’t work at all lol, so I set th snowmobile aside and didn’t look at for 3 years lol.
Is that the one to change the courtesy lamp?Currently doing routine maintenance.
GM has some weird repair procedures…..
