Recent content by JimPghPA

OK, it looks like I was wrong. I do find it somewhat amazing that the bernoulli principal might possibly be used to cause water to flow into the main boiler(s) when it is being powered by pressure significantly less what is in the main boiler(s). That would require some very careful...

Thanks for the correct more in depth explanation of how water is put into the boilers. However, what section of the "boiler" are you referring to? The Fire-box ( combustiin section ) or the section where the large amount of water is boiled to make steam to power the main drive pistons. It...

Just yesterday I opened a couple Amazon packages ( four in total, I was away for a few days and had someone put them inside my house ). After opening one of them, I realized it was not for me but for the house 2 doors down the street. I gave it to them and apologized for opening it Last year...

There is a time delay between wheel slip and the excess steam out the smoke-stack. The excess steam starts when the wheel slip stopped. If the steam from the stack was only from drive pistons exhaust, I would not expect that steam from the stack to only start after the wheels regain traction and...

There is a time delay between wheel slip and the excess steam out the smoke-stack. The excess steam starts when the wheel slip stopped. If the steam from the stack was only from drive pistons exhaust, I would not expect that steam from the stack to only start after the wheels regain traction and...

Interesting how, after the wheels slip there is a brief output of steam from the smokestack, followed by a longer duration output of black smoke likely from colder burning of fuel in larger quantity. That gives some insight into how the input of the water intake is pumped and channeled into...

So far, I have been using Honda OEM engine and cabin air filters on my 2016 CR-V with 20 K miles per use and intend to continue 20 K mile service interval. Are any filters better at fit and filtering than Honda OEM? -------------- OP, with Fram gone the way of the Dodo bird, good luck finding...

Thanks for the link to the video. I think I would have enjoyed talking with her after the lecture.

After a PA required anual inspection I found all 5 lug-nuts of the back drivers side tire no where near tight enough. And when I called the owner he said that mechanic was called away on a personal matter when doing my vehicle, as if that was a legi.\nTimate excuse. That is the last time they...

Actually, Honda specks brake fluid change every 3 years, and it is a 2016 that was assembled in October of 2015, and it then was Feb. 2020, so that was past due. Honda also specks rear end first fluid change at 15,000 miles. The carfax showed the previous owner bought it from that same dealer...

Lets start a long lived thread: Post thing you found wrong when working on vehicles that scream that whoever worked on it before was not the sharpest pencil in the box, or just plain did not give a darn about doing a job correctly. Heres 2 examples: Around 36,000 miles, I flushed the brake...

Yup, I was with Dad when he bought that boat in the Sears store. I don't rember seeing Craframan on it though. WIth the 5.5 set so low it almost would stop running, and 3 lines in the water, almost a bite for every complete run from the CAUSWAY and back on the Linesville side. But if it was a...

One thing about those old wagons with those big sidewall tires, they went over rough roads and you still felt like you were sitting in your living room couch. No wonder so many liked them and miss them. A race car for curvy mountain roads, they were not. But what a nice smooth ride on straight...

55 was the speed limit, and 58 to 60 had a high probability of getting you a ticket. 63 or above was a guarantee ticket. Those old 70 Chevy wagons had small rims ( 15 inch and only 6 inches wide ), and huge sidewall tires with lots of rubber between the rim and the road, and were not radial...

This is a picture I took of my dad getting the trailer ready for the trip back home to Pittsburgh from Pymatuning lake after 2 weeks of family camping at the Linesville campground ( that campground was erased from the earth by a tornado about 15 years after that picture was taken. ) The...