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Alternatively, stick to your hardboard plan and just stack layers / cut openings to recreate the depressions. Hardboard IS dirt cheap after all.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Is it actually metric? I thought most seatbelt bolts in the US were actually standard, even on import cars, for stupid legal reasons. I think it's this. 7/16-20, a super common seatbelt bolt size, used to be regulated in at some point! 20 TPI happens to be a pitch of 1.270 in MM. Good luck finding that .02mm with your thread pitch gauge! Edit: Also, 11mmx1.25 may actually exist. Throw a caliper on the bolt you have and make doubly sure it is actually 11.5-12mm and not something 11mm or a tad smaller. Commodore_64 fucked around with this message at 03:03 on Mar 22, 2018 |
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Darchangel posted:Most of that, somewhere, or available. I know I have acetone, and the really nasty carb dip, if it hasn't all evaporated (or eaten through the can again.) I also have some carbon dissolver stuff recommended in a rotary thread somewhere. Spyder's I think. Well, are you going to let me know how it works??? Hah. I don't think Spyder had tooo much luck there with pickling engines, despite the glowing reviews. I have, however, torn down a Subaru motor where I ran that stuff, and most of the carbon was now a honey like goo. Would recommend.
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Darchangel posted:SNIP I have some expensive knipex crimpers (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005EXP5S0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1), and they are definitely great / a joy to use. If you want to just try them out I'd recommend that you try one of the budget / knockoff crimpers like this: https://www.amazon.com/Ferrules-Cri...62VVGTY1JCYXAWX The ferrules they come with are pretty flimsy, and will often fatigue/break. I've had good luck with them on fairly stationary things like LED lighting in the shop. If, however, you intend to use quite a few of them them for wiring terminal blocks on control panels or something, check out https://www.automationdirect.com/ad...rule%22&start=0 Also going to chime in that they carry my favorite auto wire strippers: https://www.automationdirect.com/ad...ing_tools/dn-ws
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I can suggest you DON'T use this. I thought it would be the coolest thing, but it turns purple and is just not all that great to work with. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EH6IZ6Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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I had no idea there even was an exterior version! I had trouble enough finding that version 5 years ago when I bought it. I'll withdraw my criticisms.
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Jul 29, 2021 18:42
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Just jumping in to say I love the plating content. It's so satisfying, like watching some silent French dude on Youtube fixing old farm / wine equipment.
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Aug 25, 2021 23:49
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Your repair looks like it will stand up just fine, but next time try unpinning the connector. You can slip heatshrink over the wires and then put the pins right back in. I think on JST connectors you just pull up a little plastic tab on each pin.
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Yeah same. I don't get much time in the shop with two toddlers, so I love these sort of shop diary posts.
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May 5, 2022 04:08
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If you are going to use a lot of a certain gauge ferrule, the automation direct ones are very nicely made and priced. For 500 ish of a single gauge lol. Some of those assortment ones are waaaay too thin and crimp up weird even in nice knipex crimpers.
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Wayyyyyyyyy back in my college fluids lab, we'd run tightly coiled loops (4 or 5 ish? More when it was easy?) in the copper tubing wherever gauges hooked up to vibrating or expanding/contracting things. I've seen it done similarly where mechanical oil pressure sender lines hook up to car engines.
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Jul 15, 2022 18:49
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More than I’d want to spend, but cunifer / copper nickel tubing comes in that size (it was 1/2”, right??) https://www.amazon.com/4LIFETIMELIN...ps%2C241&sr=8-2
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Don't have a buddy with an oscope to ride shotgun? Battery powered or one that runs off USB. Could also run an inverter to power it.
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Darchangel posted:Remember that '77 F-150 my buddy was given by his dad I posted about a while back? Quick question, did you make sure there is no garter spring on your accelerator pump cup? It's probably been 20 years since I touched one, but I remember the replaceable cups could come with one and make it not work.
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Mar 15, 2023 16:00
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You might also try cleaning your bed with some dawn dish soap. Any sort of oils from fingers or other sources make stuff really pop off easily. And I've found that covering the bed in glue stick can sometimes help as well.
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May 16, 2023 16:35
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Hell yeah 50's Chevies. Were they 12V by 55?
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There are some flat automotive clears, I wonder if they look any better than the boiled linseed or tung oil people use.
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It's kinda pricey, but Apitong oil is a good treatment for trailer decks. It's tung oil with harsh driers, uv protectors, and some anti fungal additions.
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