Recent content by Sparkyjack

I’ve been looking at condensers at vintage air and other vendors focused on classic car air conditioners parts, there are a lot of options. One of my challenges is finding a condenser for a ‘side mounted’ radiator that is 20” tall but only 16” wide, fortunately all of the condensers I’ve found...

While I’ve never touched one I’m under the impression that the manual crimper kind of needs to be clamped in a vice. There is one hose to metal pipe assembly mounted to the firewall that appears to be challenge to move in order to crimp a fitting on being able to crimp in place will make life...

Yes the car was originally R12 with an original condenser that is a single serpentine tube. It’s my understanding that automotive air conditioning systems engineered for R134 use condensers with multiple parallel tubes and sometimes multiple passes. As with most things discussed here at Garage...

Do your plans include modernizing the condenser? My first step on this road involved reading ‘Just needs a recharge’ by Rob Siegel, it’s his suggestion to modernize the condenser.

I’m preparing to revive the air conditioner on my ‘90 Audi coupe. As part of this project I need to replace all the hoses and modernize the condenser. Anybody have any experience with the hydraulic hose crimpers that come in around $100 on eBay as compared to the similar Mastercool product...

Re: Telecom Pros - What Is This Box? Trying to get Access to Fiber The underground box is likely a splice box where large unground (fiber or copper) cables are brought together. Not sure about the above ground box, it might be a point on the network where the service you want can be broken...

Two things. 1. Very nice cart, I wish I had all things I needed to do that level of work. (I’m lacking space for a woodshop) 2. Helping to make your daughter aware of what goes underneath the paint of a car is knowledge that will last her a life time. It also makes it easier for you to help when...

That is an impressive item, I’m sure any sentient being recognizes that when it comes out things are gonna happen.

I have a hand full of never used wood bits for use with a brace (see list below) and blades that I guess would also be used for boring wholes in wood provided you had the shaft. I kind of wonder in this day and age if anybody uses brace and bits. These (and some number drills that I’m keeping)...

Dayton Commercial 7" grinder with pedestal base. It's in very good shape having seen light home use. I don't have have the need for it or enough room justify keeping it around. If you are in the Baltimore area and can make use of it make a reasonable offer. It's too heavy to even think...

Is this a bandsaw?

My wife has found the appearance of the inside of the toilet tanks and thinks it’s a health risk, so she has decided that each toilet needs a bleach tablet to improve the appearance. The deterioration of flappers does not bother me much, I keep several on hand and can replace them easily (hmm...

I’m streamlining my cordless tools. Tool prices based on Chromdome35’s list in the C3 fans thread (make offers) Shipping is USPS large flat rate box. 1/2” drill $20 Inflator $70 (comes with a new hose as the old one lost it’s grip on Schrader valves) Handvac $50 The large lithium battery is...

Does anybody have any guidance on how to ship craftsman C3 lithium batteries? I’m selling off my collection of C3 tools and may need to ship batteries. I think (but am not certain)that there are some restrictions on how to ship lithium batteries. Please share your methods and any suggestions...

I have a stall matt on the floor in front my work bench, by luck it’s perfectly positioned to tell me when the car that normally parks there is in far enough close the door. Being only an inch or so thick is easy to pull on onto it when I need more room at the back end of the car in order to...