Recent content by gerahead

I am looking for someone who may have solved a solution to my problem. I'm sure I'm not the first to have run into this and I am hoping someone here has devised a remedy. I have an older air compressor with an 80 gallon tank. The crankcase for the compressor simply has a spun filter element at...

Even though it looks like your water line is downhill, I would try to put your connection for clearing the line as close to the shut off valve as possible to make sure that you get all the water out. L8r Jim

thanks guys, there are some good ideas posted here. The toughest part for me was trying to figure out where I had space to put them. I found that spot last night by cleaning a bunch o' junk out of a space between a shelf unit and a wall. Looks like that spot will big big enough to do a variation...

Due to my inability to turn down a good deal on a vehicle I like, I now have several. Add to this, the fact that I live in the snow belt, I have accumulated a large collection of jack stands. Needed both for maintenance and off-tire storage. I have yet to come up with a clever way to store these...

. . . or bevel the edges to be dressed prior to welding. You'll get good penetration with plenty of flexibility to dress the welds to your liking. L8r

Can you weld the tube to the flange from the exhaust port side rather than trying to fight that space restriction? Just a thought.

The flaring tool that I have (Snap-On) has a set of dies included to make a bubble flare at the end of small hard line like this. I have personally never used it because I have only done double flare work with it. As I recall, the set wasn't all that expensive. Especially considering that I...

welding outside? Wind can blow your cover gas away and cause problems like this. L8r Jim

b-body, I'm in a similar situation. Replacing a rear quarter on a 71 ******* and find that the lower part of the trunk floor extension is rotted away. Now I need to finish getting the extension installed so that I can get back to the quarter. L8r Jim

'69 Road Runner with a Dana rear end, hummmmmm............thinkin' I 'd like to see more :rocker: L8r

Here is an idea that I wish I would have thought of and then had the resources to follow-thru with.................L8r http://bcove.me/a52ky1yi Jim

The problem is that after you have cleaned it, unless you protect the surface, it will rust again. I too placed a sheet of steel over the top of my work bench to keep heavy parts (like cylinder heads) from gouging the wooded top. Looked really good for awhile. The high humidity in the air in the...