Recent content by oilcandave

I keep a small tube of loctite 518 anaerobic sealant just for those must not leak areas where ya cant go back and tighten or redo..

Yep..would be nice to have a packing gland instead of an oring. When I started using the quarter turn ball type years ago clockwise was on. I found that on when I had turned the service valve back on and heard water runnin from somewhere..had not installed supplies yet and the water was...

..better get it done before zoning changes if the wrong person sees it..

Look for a globe valve installed backwards on the hot side...the washer screw will loosen and release the washer or close to it up against the seat restricting flow on the hot side. In 50 years of home service i have found this at least 15 times...

Just remember the older ya get the closer to a good hospital ya need to be..no matter the weather..

Yea..I didn't have any generational wealth to follow me either. The last of the inlaws passed recently..both my very poor parents passed 25 years ago. The inlaws house sold for crazy money but the money for us will only mess things up right now. I took care of my parents to the end. Luckly...

It is better to help now than after ya pass..a lot less arguing over the will..and ya at least can control how the money is spent somewhat..

lookin for metal cable ties where ya just bend over the tag end after pushing it through the slot at the other end. All i can find are the ones that must be cut off to remove. Just about every motorcycle used them for years. Usually rubber coated. Maybe wrong search term..dunno.. Found...

Okay..didnt know rings would cause cooked oil on the back of intakes on a GDI motor.. Once just a little oil starts to make its way down the stem past the seal, wear slows to a crawl. When that starts to happen the oil will cook on the backside of the intakes to various degrees.

...a lot of this oil buildup is from oil gettin sucked down intake guides..remember the guides and stems run dry until the guide seals start to weep oil..until then the guides and stems wear fast..this is very old school knowledge..anyone remember all this talk when lead was takin away many...

The demand regulator on mine was maladjusted all the way in causing NG to flow out of motor when not in use. After install i turned on the NG and it came out from air filter box. The adjustment slug was glued in so i had to dig out glue and set it correctly..all good now. It is a good idea to...

I remember so many years ago at the dinner table my father telling me all about those storms and how he never understood why folx were moving there...around 1965..

Pretty far north for electric heat..imho..

9000 watts depending on how they are setup..does he set them up in parallel or series?

What eljefino said...check valve lash. When those motors are used in a boat they run hot.