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Correction-I didn't clean it in the house-duh-I cleaned it outside but that smell lingers!

Back on and running great! Woohoo!
 
I'll be driving the 40 around on Sunday, got a softball game... Joanna you going to be around for a radiator pickup?
 
onemanarmy said:
awesome. I gotta get the 55 out this weekend to stretch its legs....maybe i'll see you riding around
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GarnerFJ40 said:
I'll be driving the 40 around on Sunday, got a softball game... Joanna you going to be around for a radiator pickup?
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I'll be on the lake most likely but will prob drive the cruiser out there.

Brian, let me know what time and I'll try to be around or will set it out for ya.
 
I'm going to be off Wade at the Jaycee park from 3-6 or so, depending on when we get done. So either time that may work for you is good...

I'm practicing with John Desmond (who setup the Leith Truck show last year) and a bunch of guys he's asked for this team, so if anyone else want's to join he's looking for a few additional guys to play a tournament in August...
 
I'm with RICE on this vs Stumpalama. You want heat. I see your point about freezing it but here is my perspective: If you freeze it, then you are going from room temperature down to about 20 degrees - maybe down to zero. A delta of only about 100 degrees max. However, if you heat it - you go from 80 to 100 degrees to upwards of 5000 degrees.

So, a delta of maybe 100 degrees with cold vs a couple thousand with heat. The metal is going to grow a lot more with that kinda difference vs what it is going to shrink with the cold. So even if you just heat it a little, which is what I'd do, then the effect is greater than freezing it.

However, freezing does work. I have installed bearings where you freeze one part and heat the other and they just slip together like magic.

The subject of why heating up fasteners works came up in welding school. My instructor made it very clear that there was a lot debate about why it works and that there was a lot of conjecture about why but what really matters is that it does work. So rather that get into the debate about why, he taught us how to use to use the torch safely. He was a degreed engineer in metallurgy and welding engineering and a certified welding instructor.

Joanna, bring the truck by and for starbucks I'll fine tune it.

Locals: Stumpalama is a great guy, he is not trying to do anything other than have a good debate and learn something in the process.
 
kulangot said:
I'm with RICE on this vs Stumpalama. You want heat. I see your point about freezing it but here is my perspective: If you freeze it, then you are going from room temperature down to about 20 degrees - maybe down to zero. A delta of only about 100 degrees max. However, if you heat it - you go from 80 to 100 degrees to upwards of 5000 degrees.

So, a delta of maybe 100 degrees with cold vs a couple thousand with heat. <snip>
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Just a note ... I hope you really are not talking about applying that much heat to aluminum ... it melts at a hair above 1,200F :eek:
 
nice....I like all this input, its just good exercise for my brain...whats left of it...
 
See what happens when you just go surfing around without looking where you are going? Here I thought I was posting in a the tech section and instead I walked into a club's yard. My apologies for that.

Thanks for the kind characterization, though there are some who would disagree with that first part about being a good guy. And yes, I was genuinely interested in learning the why one method over the other.

...Politely stepping out...
 
elkaholic said:
Just a note ... I hope you really are not talking about applying that much heat to aluminum ... it melts at a hair above 1,200F :eek:
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LOL, no that is why I said: "So even if you just heat it a little, which is what I'd do, then the effect is greater than freezing it."
 
Starbucks for a tune-it's a deal!! :)
 
No, no sarcasm. As a nuclear engineer and a brewer of frosty beverages I love thermodynamics. Learning how it applies to wrenching is great. There are some incredibly smart people (That part's half sarcasm) in this group and learning from them is a huge benefit to all of us. Especially since nothing stops repair work like a busted bolt...
 
Yeah I've got the throttle body portion of mine soaking in Berryman's trying to get the butterfly valves to loosen up. May be going for a new/used one to get the pig up and running...
 
Phares said:
No, no sarcasm. As a nuclear engineer and a brewer of frosty beverages I love thermodynamics. Learning how it applies to wrenching is great. There are some incredibly smart people (That part's half sarcasm) in this group and learning from them is a huge benefit to all of us. Especially since nothing stops repair work like a busted bolt...
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I HATED thermo in college. But know that I know the practical applications of it (namely beer and cruisers) I see the beauty of it.
 
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