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For those who may not be familiar with the components under discussion.
A picture of the manifold for the sensor and switch on Calderone's '87  .
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Although more customarily known for their strength and greater weight
(compared to an I-beam), does anyone know of any discussion about the ability of H-beam rods to lower piston temperatures? .
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I urge you to look at the ingredients on the container of paint cleaner, get
an MSDS sheet from the vendor and perhaps do a cursory search on-line. If safety precautions such as ventilation and protective gear are recommended, it is in your best interests (and those of your loved ones) to follow the recommendations. .
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I believe your year has a separate sensor and switch and that these were
originally mounted in a 'log' or manifold-style adapter that is no longer available. Would using a hose and a tee to relocate the switch/sensor address your issue? My '89 has a single unit that combines both sensor & switch functions. However, for convenience in adding a second sensor for the purpose of datalogging oil pressure to my G2X, I relocated the OEM sensor/switch from the back of the block to the firewall above the booster. This gave me lots of room to use a female Tee to install the OEM and G2X sensors. The tee is attached to braided hose that runs to the port on the block. The hose run is short enough that the OEM sensor wires do not need to be modified to reach the terminals in their new location. I have not 'shaved' other OEM stuff from the firewall so the repositioning does not change the visual clutter of the OEM look much, if at all. .
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Seems there were a lot of factors, mostly though the fact that the major It is just a wild guess, but my money is on smiling Jack Valenti and the the legacy he left behind.  From DarkNet.com Interview: Jack Valenti .
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Sorry, DaleD. I didn't realize you had posted a response already as I
was writing earlier. I've had a chance to read the post and the links. Is the first link saying that the ice has fully recovered to traditional levels or is it saying that the amount of ice that froze in a period of ten days in October is a record for a ten day period? It looks like the latter to me. Here is the NASA report cited in the second link identifying winds resulting from unusual atmospheric conditions as the primary factor in a 23% reduction in year-round sea ice cover during the past two winters. NASA Examines Arctic Sea Ice Changes Leading to Record Low In 2007 (NASA - 10.01.07) NASA makes no mention of greenhouse gas emissions as a contributing factor. (But note that they distinguish between seasonal and perennial ice, seasonal ice melts in the summer, perennial ice doesn't.) While looking at the NASA site, I came across a recent report about the effect of rising air temperature on ice loss in Greenland. Greenland's Rising Air Temperatures Drive Ice Loss at Surface and Beyond (NASA - 02.20.08) Also, I found a link to information about the Carbon Tax the city of Boulder, CO instituted back in 2006. Clearly the reports about BC being the 'first' jurisdiction in NA are inaccurate. Nov. 8, 2006 - Boulder voters pass first energy tax in the nation The point of the thread wasn't to fan anti-environmentalist sentiment. Rather it was to draw notice to legislation that is likely to spread to more jurisdictions. Whether we believe that Climate Change is real and something that there is a hope of moderating or whether we believe it is a fraud perpetrated on a willing &/or gulible constituency, the movement has legs and it is leading to decisions that impact us now and in the foreseeable future. The subject has my attention and I am educating myself. Sifting reality and figuring out the agendas is part of the process. While I doubt that I can be in the driver's seat, I'd rather be on the bus than under it. View points like DaleD's and CentralCoaster's add perspective to the view points of other sources. .
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JrRifleCoach, protestors don't need to go to China or India.
Alberta is closer. As of 2004, neither China nor India were said to rank within the top fourty CO2 emitters on a per capita basis. On the other hand, we in Canada ranked third by the same measure. As of 2006 my province (Alberta) was the principal CDN contributor, generating 41% more tonnes of CO2 equivalent than #2 (Ontario.) As tar sands production really begins to ramp up in coming years, Alberta's greenhouse gas output is going to rise significantly. The process requires large amounts of energy and water, electricity in AB is largely produced by coal-fired generators. The recently announced plan here in Alberta is to invest heavily in carbon sequestration, collecting CO2 and pumping it back underground. It is not really a proven technology over the long term. Apparently as of 2007 there were three projects operating world-wide on a scale that could be considered larger than pilot (ie: test) operations. As for news from the media. I feel their contribution is useful for bringing topics to my attention but I watch for any sources that are cited and then look there to verify the information presented by the media. CentralCoaster. If the ice cap has shrunk significantly in the last 5 yrs after being stable for long periods before, this seems to support the claims that something unusual is happening. Back to the earlier question to DaleD - do you have links supporting the claim that the Arctic ice has recovered? .
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So I was walking my dog when I saw ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRDUfOdpNOI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkNnHjhJQHw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDNZzseSeJ8 .
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I agree with BillH about conventional thin-wall tubing not likely being
satisfactory for compression loads. With as little as a hand drill, hacksaw, file and emery cloth, a spacer can be fabricated from solid material. Alternatively, look under the hoods of other vehicles for OEM accessory bracket spacers that have the correct ID/OD and which are at least as long or longer than you require. If necessary, cut/grind/file to length. Earlier cars with V-belt systems typically have one or more spacers. .
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Engine had broken piston top, bent rod and some serious damage Errr, maybe look for cracks in the vicinity of the cylinder associated with the broken piston, bent rod and seriously damaged chamber? Pressure testing is one method. I am unsure whether there is any reason why it is not possible to Magnaflux the block - if not, this would be on my list, too. Examine the webs of the main bearing saddles and cam journals, as well as around the cylinder(s). .
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Interesting remarks you make about the Arctic (& Antarctic) ice recovery.
Can you provide links to substantiate? The following report from the NYT seems to contradict you The New York Times Scientists Report Severe Retreat of Arctic Ice By ANDREW C. REVKIN September 21, 2007 FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 20 — The cap of floating sea ice on the Arctic Ocean, which retreats under summer’s warmth, this year shrank more than one million square miles — or six Californias — below the average minimum area reached in recent decades, scientists reported Thursday. While satellite tracking of polar sea ice has been done only since 1979, several ice experts who have studied Russian and Alaskan records going back many decades said the ice retreat this year was probably unmatched in the 20th century, including during a warm period in the 1930s. “I do not think that there was anything like we observe today†in the 1930s or 1940s, said Igor Polyakov, an ice expert at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. The ice retreat has been particularly striking this year. The Alaskan side of the Arctic Ocean has stretches of thousands of square miles of open water; the fabled Northwest Passage through the islands of northern Canada was free of ice for weeks; and the sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans north of Russia was nearly clear a week ago, with one small clot of ice around a group of Siberian islands. Quote: A group of Russian scientists are predicting and preparing for global cooling. Remember the 2004 movie with Dennis Quaid, "The Day After Tomorrow"? What the Russians are probably doing is readying contingency plans in case the Great Ocean Conveyer Belt slows further or shuts down completely. From: National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, The Atlantic heat conveyor "The Atlantic is the only ocean where heat is transported north across the equator. Here warm surface water from the tropics reaches further north than in anywhere else. The relatively warm, salty water of the Gulf Stream system remains at the ocean surface west of Svalbard to a latitude of about 80 degrees before it dips underneath the much fresher and less dense polar water. The heat released by this warm water makes the climate in regions bordering the eastern North Atlantic warmer than at similar latitudes elsewhere. The results of this warm flow can also be seen in the extent of Arctic Sea ice, which differs markedly from that in the Pacific region of the Arctic. The effect of this Atlantic heat conveyor is most noticeable in winter. ... Should the surface water freshen for some reasons, it would have to cool further before it can sink. Sufficient freshwater input might reduce salinity to the extent that the surface water could not possibly sink, even at sub- zero temperatures. Paradoxically global warming could create precisely this effect. Increased rainfall, melting of sea ice, glaciers and the Greenland ice sheet are all possible consequences of higher temperatures, and could reduce North Atlantic surface salinity sufficiently to slow down or even stop the formation of deep water. If this happens, the THC may shut down. Once stopped, the heat conveyor may take time to recover, and the consequences would be a cooling of northwest Europe." Here is one of several YouTube polar ice cap animations. 2007 Polar Ice Cap Retreat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onWoah881JQ This one is said to be: "created from daily sea ice concentration data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center, illustrating the shrinkage of the polar ice cap to a record extent in September 2007." .
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The Moroso #62200 will prime the pump and distribute oil through most
of the system. It is just that, without a collar shaped like a stub or dist housing to seal the opening and thus complete the pass side gallery, there is less pressure buildup possible and the pass bank of lifters is not fully charged with oil. With lifters lubricated during assembly, the absence of a collar may not be a big deal - the pass side will purge in moments upon startup. But, if time is not a factor, exchanging for another model with the collar will ensure all points are pressurized by prelubing.  .
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biggrizzly, the shaft you provided a link to is the shaft that transmits
motion from the stub shaft or distributor to the pump. It has a collar at one end and a female tang at the other - it is not what you want. Quote: They make a tool for priming Gen 1 SBCs. I am unaware of anyone Actually, if the LTx intake is removed, along with the stub shaft that is used to drive the pump from the dist gear on the rear of the cam, then a large flat blade screwdriver can be turned by hand to prime an SBC oil pump. With enough wrist action, oil will flow to the galleries and bearing faces. The catch about using a screwdriver or one of the aftermarket shafts that do not include collars is that no oil will be pressurized through the passenger side lifter gallery - normally the lower portion of the LT1 stub shaft or the bottom end of a Gen 1 conventional dist housing seals the hole in the valley that receives the dist housing. This vertical hole intersects with the pass side lifter gallery. The collars on the better pump priming tools act to seal the leak at this point. A cord or cordless drill with some power will spin the pump and you should expect to see good pressure displayed on the dash gauge. ARP #130-8802  Proform #66896  .
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Suck it up. This is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
Many signs point to increasing rates of change in areas that affect motorsports enthusiasts. .
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B.C. budget creates a carbon tax
DIRK MEISSNER Canadian Press February 19, 2008 Story Link "The carbon tax , effective July 1, will be phased in over five years to give consumers and businesses time to adjust to the new tax and understand there is a cost associated with generating harmful greenhouse gases, she said. The carbon tax will start at a rate based on $10 per tonne of carbon emissions and rise $5 a year to $30 per tonne by 2012, Ms. Taylor said. The tax works out to an extra 2.4 cents on a litre of gasoline, rising to 7.24 cents per litre of gasoline by 2012." .
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That's probably 200 liters per day, which is probably not enough for a family of four, for folks in many other regions. Quote: I can't believe they're drinking the water coming out of there, won't it have In theory, there aren't impurities because only H and O join together. As long as long as the chamber and outflow plumbing is sterile, H2O alone is what results from the Fuel Cell process. .
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just need some advise please. My vote is to stay with the OEM 3.45:1 until the rest of the drivetrain is built and has some time on it. .
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Slalom, can you post a source for the info that I can try and interpret? This is the best I can find now "The 200 liters of hot water and 700W power output are ideal for a family of four. We have noticed the cost savings in the eight months since installation. We look forward to having a low-cost, reliable fuel cell." From "Fuel Cells: Compact Home Power Plant" FWIW, here is some data about the Honda FCX Clairity, a fuel cell powered sedan discussed in the Mar, '08 issue of C&D. FC output: 100 kW e-Motor: 134 hp 189 lb/ft Curb wgt: 3,600 lbs Fuel cap: 5.3 kg (in 45 gal tank) Range: 270 mi EPA City/Hghwy: 49/46 m/kg .
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Thanks for the correction.
I do not know how to interpret the 700 W and 52.8 gal (200 L) outputs cited for the Toshiba fuel cell in a way that is meaningful in so far as determining how much water would be expelled from an FC-powered vehicle. .
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Ok, - 700 Watts - per - 52.8 gal. - Or 75.43 gal H2O - per - kW. According to my dictionary, an SI Watt is a unit of electrical power, not a rate. Watts = Amps x Volts. The non-SI unit known as a Watt-hour is a unit of energy. A thousand Watt-hours (kW) is the amount of energy equivalent to a power of 1000 Watts running for 1 hour. Going back to the Toshiba Fuel Cell. It seems to be that the rate is 52.8 US gal (200 L) per 700 W. Regardless of whether 700 W is produced in a minute, an hour, a day or whatever - for 700 W, 52.8 gal is expelled by the process. Consider the chemical reaction (reverse electrolysis of water). In this reaction, H combines with O, releasing H ions, creating H2O and heat. I interpret from this that a given input of H results in a fixed output of H2O. The output of Watts is dependent on the efficiency of the reaction and efficiency determines the ratio of water per Watts produced but my vote is that time is not a factor in the relationship. Regarding efficiency of the Toshiba Fuel Cell. Your approximation of 30% is in the zone. The Toshiba FC is cited as having improved to 38% in 2004 from 28% in 2000. 38% is quite a distance from the optimum efficiency of 83% claimed for fuel cell technology in ideal conditions, but progress is being made. A claim is made that real fuel cells "are still much more efficient than any electric power plant that burns a fuel." The foundation for this is that unlike a heat engine, the FC is not constrained by the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Thanks for the link to the Q&A about water produced by burning gasoline. Darrin Wagner's response advises to consider the effect of incomplete combustion and the lessening of H2O as a result of the by-products, CO in particular. 94z07 - While the fuel cell's only by-products are water and heat, auto exhaust has the following in various ratios. From Wagner's comments, these all contribute to reducing the amount of water generated by an internal combustion engine. - Carbon monoxide CO - Nitrogen dioxide NO2 - Nitrogen monoxide NO - Sulfur dioxide SO2 - Suspended particles - Benzene C6H6 - Formaldehyde COH2 - Polycyclic hydrocarbons Thanks to everyone who is contributing toward helping me understand whether there really is any issue regarding substantially more water being output from a hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle in winter driving conditions, compared to a conventional IC engine. .
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At this time, I do not have a sense of the volume of water that would be (Slalom4me produces a paper napkin) One thousand Watts (1 kW) is roughly equivalent to 1.34 horsepower. Arbitrarily suppose that a 2,400 lb vehicle requires 20 road horse power to travel at 30 MPH. Arbitrarily suppose 15% drivetrain losses, thus 20 RHP becomes 23.5 motor HP. 23.5 MHP / 1.34 HP per kW = 17.54 kW So, is 17.54 kW or 17,540 Watts at a 30 MPH cruise reasonable for a small efficient car? In the earlier post I wrote that it seems the Toshiba stationary FC expels 53 gal while producing 700 W. There has to be something wrong with the information or the reasoning. I can't imagine that an FC-equipped vehicle is going to be expelling 1,330 gals of water while producing 23.5 HP/hr. .
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Gasoline powered cars also produce water and in the right weather conditions I believe it is a matter of the proportion of water given off by the different processes. In a fuel cell, electricity is generated by passing hydrogen through the anodic side of a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM). Oxygen is passed through the cathodic side. H ions are stripped off through an electrolyte between the anode/cathode. By-products of this chemical reaction are heat and water. How much water? "Combining a mole of hydrogen gas and a half-mole of oxygen gas from their normal diatomic forms produces a mole of water." From the above, it seems to me that a vehicle powered by a fuel cell will expel a quantity of water that is equal to the quantity of hydrogen consumed. At this time, I do not have a sense of the volume of water that would be produced to move a 2,400 lb fuel cell vehicle at 30 MPH. However, my vote is that it would be greater than the volume of water produced by a gasoline-powered internal combustion engine under the same conditions. FWIW. If I understand correctly, a stationary fuel cell manufactured by Toshiba for residential use expels 52.8 US gal (200 L) of water in the process of generating 700 W of electricity. .
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Actually, it is the water vapor by-product of combustion and fuel cell
operation that I had in mind. BMW's H-powered 7-Series deposits a noticable puddle at the rear while idling. I just picture such vehicles behaving like Zambonis during the winter months, paving the roads with fresh ice as each car passes by. Is there any solution to this besides containment - capturing the water and draining at intervals? .
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The primary problem is that to refill the tanks takes forever. You can fill This portends a return to full-service filling stations with 'pump jockeys' hired to facilitate tank switchovers. .
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Joy appears to be a trim, well rounded member of her generation.
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characteristic that will present a sizable obstacle to their adoption for full-time use in most of Canada, a good portion of the US and a good portion of Europe. Care to guess? .
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NUCLEAR POWER Well, the quoted passage in the initial post ends with "People with tunnel vision prepared to take action, with no thought about the consequences of their actions, an example:" and a link to sixteen examples including "16. The chemical manufacturer that blends chlorine with his cleaning chemical or coating so that it will act as an antiseptic in the event the customer has an open cut on his hands. He does not realize that the chlorine he added will cause problems with the stainless steel that the worker is cleaning or coating. Chloride stress corrosion problems are very common in the process industry." .
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Interesting to see the direction this thread has taken.
Although the example happens to involve an anecdote about nuclear power, nuclear power is not central to the point that is made. "How wide is your vision?" is about how much of the big picture do we see. I posted it after searching out supporting material for some comments here. Turns out the comments were insupportable - something I haven't been called on yet but which I still need to address. Til then, the post at the top is my hair shirt. .
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I can't find engine video of GM's DOHC 3.6L V6 with Direct Injection and
Variable Valve Timing (VVT) that is in the '08 Cadillac STS/CTS now and slated for deployment in the '09 Chevy Transverse. Nor any video of their Denali XT Hybrid with the Direct Injected, VVT, E85-capable, dual-mode Hybrid. There are a few YouTube animations of FORD's EcoBoost technology, their variation on DOHC Direct Injection. If interested, search them out on your own. .
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Compare the flame propagation shown in the spark-ignited gasoline-fueled example above with that of the direct-injected, diesel-fueled example below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IFCubco95w Direct injection is being used increasingly for new spark/gas engine designs. Here's a view of BMW's N54 TT 3.0 DI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHqrP18GCL4 Here's an animated look at three different shapes for chambers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3D_duexMPY .
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Pomona: John Force Racing final report 2008.02.10 (Click for link)
by Motorsports.com "JOHN FORCE, 58, Castrol High Mileage Ford Mustang Qualifying position and performance: 5th at 4.823 seconds, 321.58 mph. Race results: Beat Tony Pedregon, Gary Scelzi. Lost to Robert Hight Notable: Reached semi-finals in first race back in competition after devastating crash last September...by reaching semi-finals Force became the first driver to win 100 rounds at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona...now only six wins away from 1,000 competitive round wins in NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series...defeated two former POWERade Funny Car champions en-route to semi-finals (Tony Pedregon and Gary Scelzi)" ESPN Video: John Force Returns at Pomona .
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An exerpt from an anecdote at McNallyInstitute.com. While it is not
directly about C4s, it does speak to matters that C4 owners and forum participants here might relate to. How wide is your vision? "When you fly as often as I do you sometimes find yourself sitting next to a celebrity. Some years ago back, I had an occasion to fly with the playwright Arthur Miller, and because of my Navy background the conversation came around to submarines and nuclear power, when Mr. Miller told me the following story. He once had an occasion to fly cross country seated beside a nuclear physicist. As they flew over the western part of the United States, Miller noted that much of the scenery below was desert, unable to support a very large population because of the lack of drinking water. The physicist pointed out that some of the largest fresh water reserves on the earth were located close by in the Rocky Mountains, but they were deep below the ground and hard to get at. He said there was enough water below the Rockies to sustain a population of two hundred million people with no problem at all. He further stated that three atomic explosions carefully placed could release this water. Miller was impressed, but asked the nuclear physicist if the explosions would not in fact contaminate the very water they were releasing? The physicist thought about it for a couple of seconds and then pointed out that contaminated water was not his field. This is the same problem that we see through out our industry. People with tunnel vision prepared to take action, with no thought about the consequences of their actions, an example: ..." For full text, click here .
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Honorable Casey.
It has come to my attention that National, a territory adjacent to International and until a recent exploratory maneuver by Southern Region, a vacant holding, is ripe for annexation by International. As Minister for Life of Beaches, Beer and Bikinis, I urge you to undertake studies to determine whether this action towards National would in anyway serve to benefit your ministry in particular and the section of International overall. Southern Region is four sections away and clearly has no rightful claim. .
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We in International are considering annexing National for its arable land,
clean air, sub-surface minerals and air traffic routes. It is only due to urgent matters of state (procrastination) that we did not already stake our claim recently while National was still vacant. .
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The tool to install them costs over $100. How do you remove them without Knipex makes a very nice Oetiker Clamp tool, it sells for $35 to $70. Or you can shop and find it for under $15. Lane_Pilot has been selling them for $12-$15 on eBay.  But the Oetiker tool is not mandatory if there is some room to work. While they aren't as common now as they were in the past, end cutters work fine for installing Oetiker Clamps. $5-$8 at a hardware near you.  .
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Did anyone mention THK, yet?
Here is info about THK's Rod Ends. Here is their Link Ball catalog Quote=BrianCunningham "I just wonder what temps the resin and seals can take." From Link Ball Technical Description Page A-939: Temperature Range "The temperature range of the Link Ball series is basically between -20ºC and 80ºC (-4ºF to 176ºF). If the service temperature exceeds this range, contact THK [(see examples of testing outside this range on pages A-930 to A-933)]" On pages A-932 and A-933 they report on results from 280 hrs at -30ºC and 100ºC (-22ºF and 212ºF) "The boot did not show a crack or the like at low temperature. The holder did not show abnormal wear and the boot did not show thermal deterioration at high temperature." Carroll Smith's books have a great deal of information regarding design, fabrication and attachment of racecar bits. .
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I'm almost positive that Oetiker says specifically not to reuse them. Well, I'd say that, too, if I was in the hose clamp business. In practice, I have found the Oetiker-style clamps I have worked with to be sufficiently ductile to withstand several applications. They appear to be made of mild steel and when sized correctly for the hose & barb, there is relatively little deformation required to clamp or release them. I do not recall one breaking on me as a result of fracture due to work -hardening from reuse. I've not had a hose detach. For a critical connection such as fuel lines, prudence may dictate single-use. Otherwise, if you have the patience and care to remove these clamps successfully, my vote is that you can reuse them several times with confidence that they will continue to perform as expected. Plastic water pipes? Law suits? Sheesh, who could have predicted that. Corroding stainless clamps? What kind of electro-chemical reaction is occuring that is causing 300 or 400 series "stainless" material to corrode? .
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I have a Time Share that's available now. It is our off season so rates
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Ya think? That is a lot of hardware to get a "single-rib 'barb'" The reasons to prefer a hose barb over a single or double flare are two-fold. Firstly. The direction of the lip is reversed - a barb is directed such that it makes installation easy and removal difficult, the shape of a flare has the opposite result when used with hose. Secondly. On a flare, the intended sealing surface is the end of the tube where it becomes captured between the two opposing fittings. It doesn't matter that the outer surface upstream from the end is marred & deformed by longitudinal marks left by the anvil portion of the tool used to grip the tube while the die portion forms the flare. However, hose seals along this portion of the outside of tube - imperfections become points for seepage. But enough. CentralCoaster has his solution. If we are going to differ, let it be over something more substantial than this. Incidently, the little single and double 'ear' crimp-style hose clamps seen on euro and asian cars are known as Oetiker Clamps. With proper care, they can be reused multiple times.  .
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Identity papers, please.
Passport or Visa with photo id is now required. Those who intend to drive must produce an International License. OH, it's you Ambassador Bogus. Welcome to International. .
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See how his benevolence flows. Pay tribute to him whoso overseeth the taps that he may succour the parched among you. .
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I also suspect Casey will have a fight for territory!!!!!!! As my first official act, I create the super ministry of BBB - Beaches, Beer and Bikinis. To oversee this most important office, I nominate the Honorable Casey to the position of Minister for Life. All bow before him and tremble in hope of receiving his favour. .
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That ought to work great, if your tubing is threaded to take such a fitting. Or if the flaring tool is used for the purpose for which it was created - to secure a fitting on the end of a metal tube. Then the hose could be secured onto the hose barb and the hose barb could be fastened to the fitting on the metal tube. Beats using the flaring tool to jury rig a make-shift single-rib 'barb' directly on the metal tube 1pc - Hose barb to male SAE inverted double-flare.  1pc - Union, female inverted flare  1pc - Tube nut, male inverted double-flare  With a hose barb to female inverted flare, the union could be eliminated. I just didn't happen to find an example in Parker or Weatherhead's catalogs .
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Since jsup is going to be removing the fuel lines from the fuel rail anyway,
is there some reason why he can't blow back through the lines toward the tank? Push the residual fuel in the lines back into the tank. Once there is nothing forward of the filler neck, the siphon/vacuum action can not occcur. Gentle pressure. Don't over do it and wind up disconnecting the attenuator and/or pump from the fuel line. The fuel should flow backwards through the pump - unless someone knows otherwise. If you elect to proceed with disconnecting the lines at the filler neck, be aware that the lines between the tank and the filter will still contain whatever fuel was there before - be prepared to catch several ounces when the filter fittings are loosened. .
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Draining the tank isn't so bad with a siphon through the fuel neck feeding
into jerry cans. But if you don't find the earlier three suggestions palatable, then a fourth may be to open the lines where they meet the fuel rail. Then with the gas cap removed, apply gentle air pressure to the lines to encourage any fuel to flow to the tank. Once the lines are clear, my vote is that it will not be possible for fuel to siphon back into the lines without assistance from the pump to lift fuel up the initial length of in-tank line. Use suitable precautions when fuel leaks may occur - have known good fire extinguishers on hand and have a competent buddy standing watch. Be sure there is a clear path outside in case it becomes necessary to remove the vehicle from the building. Good luck. .
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I thought that without pressure in the system, gas would not pour out. It is both. Consider how a siphon works - after you swallow two or three mouthfuls to get it started, a siphon requires no further assistance to maintain the flow up out of a tank as long as the outlet is lower than the fuel level in the tank. Some possible solutions: - Drain the tank with a siphon - Elevate the front of the vehicle relative to the rear - Open the line at the top of the tank so that a partial vacuum can not be created. .
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