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    heating my shop with used motor oil

    Update : 100h on my set-up, work great, lot of heat, no troubles at all, i dont replace filter to date, adjusted air pressure to 12-13 psi, no smoke. Thanks Yvan
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    My wife saw the light!!

    i understand... on my old focus 2001, one front wheel bearing just go bad, i tell to my daughter to go to a small shop backed by a good reputation outside my city. ok the fun here ... 275 $ to replace one front wheel bearing. they buy the bearing at a local parts store for 189$ !!!!! ford sell...
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    My “Class Act” Trailer's Structural Integrity Failure

    BRAVO !!!! good repair but too much bla bla... i buy a new roof in alluminium shingle ( 3X the price of a standard roof ) , A+ for the stuff but problems in the winter.... water fall on my bed !!!! my wife is ****** like devil. i juste repair isolation in the ceiling end rebuilt all the...
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    Questions about Slow Rise Foam?

    you need to isolate this. the best or the worst of insulating material is better than nothing. do it carefully :) yvan
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    install hot water coil in furnace

    thanks friartuck, but this is in the furnace my troubles... i see many u or w tubes but i need more heat and i search for sombody who can help me :) how to heat big quantity of water with a oil furnace ... this is the real question. thanks yvan
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    install hot water coil in furnace

    i plan to make a 100gallons tank, a pump for circulating water to the furnace,a separate pump taking water from the tank to my home 70 feet from my shop. i think i will buy variable speed heating pump to adjust the speed the water circulate in the 2 system. i am not sure how many loop i need to...
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    install hot water coil in furnace

    i am planning to install hot water coil in my waste oil furnace, does somebody already make this ??? i need more info, i am planning to heat my home with a hot water set-up, the furnace is in my shop. thanks yvan
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    heating my shop with used motor oil

    i put the temp to 145 to obtain a very clean burn ... no smoke at all, i try to drop it but without succes :( i preheat the oil in a tank and my upper level is less than 1 in of the center of the nozzle. i try many pressure with the .5 nozzle , from 10 to 25 psi but my furnace wont burn clean...
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    heating my shop with used motor oil

    before building my waste oil burner, i found on internet some manifacturer that put pressure on the vaccum nozzle , like 3-4 psi and vaposize the oil with air pressure. they use pretty small jet - .5 g - h for a 80 000 btu furnace. they heat oil in the nozzle block but i think it is too...
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    This may sound weird but what do you do?

    13 years as mecanic in a ford dealer... now mecanical shop manager in mining plant yvan
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    Compression - Show Off Your Compressor

    el cheapo .... porter cable, 3 hp , 60 gallons, V twin, 135 psi max pressure, 10.5 scfm at 90 psi. 624$ canadian tax included at rona 3 years ago. it do the job easily yvan
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    new to garage journal forum

    hi, i live in the nort of canada, past the 50 parallel. i have a 18X26 shop with about all the tools i want. just finished my waste oil furnace, thanks sewerzuk !!!! furnace run like a champ .... in the winter ( -18 cel tonight ) i am building some pretty hot set-up car. one of my old car is...
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    heating my shop with used motor oil

    hi, after reading your post, i built a waste oil furnace. Your post is EXCELLENT i put a siphon nozzle, heater, small heated tank .... all electricity, pump.... work great :) now i am now on the 10 h of running, -18 dec outside my garage 22 inside ( i am in t-shirt now ) no smell outside, no...
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