Recent content by pierre

I've attached two files - one of what a dry ground area looks like, and one of wet concrete showing a spot. I bought the house (30+ years old) recently and have never parked in the garage. The previous owners did but of course that was all pre-grinding. I came upon a post mentioning using lye...

Stain help & rustbullet After spending many moons grinding with diamond cups, I got to the point where I'm ready to wash away the dust and finally paint one half of the garage. Everything is a uniform bright white after breaking through the top layer of glaze. Yay... thought I was home free...

Good point, I guess I just never noticed it on the car engines I've worked on. It's probably much more obvious when the crank case is that small. Still unsure how that crankcase vent system works. I got new belts on it - yay, no more slow down. Who would have guessed that was a failure mode for...

Valves I can handle.... The pulsing crankcase air has me worried about something more serious.

Thanks for the link. Can you feel any air / pulses on your pump from the oil fill hole with the cap off?

My latest craigslist find... mated with a true 5hp Dayton 1725rpm motor. Acting a bit weird. It will steadily pump to 100-120 psi, then bog down to the point where the centrifuge unloader pulses off and on. The belts are shot but still holding. I marked a line across them and the pulley. After...

Do you have an after cooler between your compressor and tank? Those go a long way to help moisture drop out in the tank before it even reaches your filters. Water separators are more effective like this too. With a well sized cooler and fan air entering your tank will be at ambient temps. Ever...

Sorry. Central CA. No plate of any kind on this puppy.

I bought a used compressor from CL. Kellogg 331tv with a non-original Dayton 5 hp motor. The tank is odd. Measures to be about 60 gallons horizontal, but it's narrower with larger diameter then a typical 60 gal tank.No certification plate welded to it anywhere. Only numbers stamped on it are...

We don't know what his long term goals are. If he was going to invest more in the truck, do that first, then attempt the exchange. If the goal is to just be thrifty and try a new ratchet, go a different route.

I wouldn't make that your first interaction with the snapon guy. Maybe after you put some money into the truck, or if you have a buddy that already has have him try the exchange. If all you want to do is try the 80 tooth ratchets there are easier ways to do it. Buy used. You can find them on...

Decisions Decisions.... I have no problems with my rubber hose now vs sparks, happy with how they held up. Only reason I'm considering flexzilla is for its weight and flexibility. Plus, I found a bulk 250ft roll of 3/8 flexzilla for a hair under $150. Per foot cost thats cheap, even compared to...

Of course, I wouldn't expect it to be perfect. I guess I should rephrase question - Would a hybrid hose be as resistant to sparks as a traditional rubber hose?

Well I take it a lack of response means our welders don't use this hose, I suppose that should be a good enough sign. No response from manufacturer either using that contact us link on site.

My hoses have been getting old and ratty. Dayco brand 3/8 hose, red outer liner and black inner. Also a cheap plastic poly coil hose that finally blew a hole in it, probably from welding spark. I was thinking about replacing them with Flexizilla. The rubber Dayco hose had no problem with...