Alternate ways of getting jobs done

[Stormin Mormon]

I missed that. Maybe the gentleman will comment as to what he meant. I'm guessing you're right.

[philoÂÂ]

You should never guess that I'm right...

I am wrong more often than there are even possibilities.

Here is a pre-GPS example:

I'm at an intersection and can only go left, right or straight.

There are two ways I can go wrong and one way I can go right.

How many attempts to I make before I get it correct?

The maximum number should be three... but I can improve on that and make the same incorrect choices several times before eventually I take the correct alternative.

Once I was leaving someone's house and walked right into their closet.

I was so embarrassed I thought momentarily about trying to just punch myself through the wall.

[Stormin Mormon]

Ah, thanks for the further understanding. It's nice to know I'm not the only one who's made a wrong turn or two.

I'm remembering a friend who was so pleased with the deadbolt on his apartment door. The closet had another door to the hall with skeleton lock, I pointed that out to him. And his window to the fire escape had no latch. Sigh.

[NamPhong]

Nope, not heaven but to the nearest source of air for the tire if you drive slowly and sanely. Never could get much air in a tire just using lung power but the ether will leave you with somewhere between 15 and 20 lbs. Not ideal but again will get you to a better place than in the middle of nowhere with a flat/busted bead.

[philoÂÂ]

Yep.

I see a lot of secured doors right next to unsecured windows.

Only once did someone break into my house.

They ended up not even taking anything.

My stuff must have been even worse than theirs.

[Stormin Mormon]

Yes, that makes perfect sense. Thanks for clearing that up.

[Stormin Mormon]

You remind me of the joke about the guy whose wife's credit card was stolen. He didn't report it cause the thief spent less than his wife.

[Stormin Mormon]

On this one:

About 1:15 or so, we see how the tire shrinks as the ether fire cools. I wonder if someone using just ether along side of the road would have the tire shrink like this? I've not tried it, so not sure if just ether would get you down the road?

[The Daring Dufas]

I think SM wrote that he saw it on the "Ice Road Truckers" TV series? The operative word is "ice" which is cold as I recall. Everyone knows that truck drivers who work in cold climates are a bunch of ice holes. I wouldn't dream of inflating a tire with ether here in the semitropical climate of Alabamastan but I've used Freon and CO2 to inflate tires. I doubt that ether would be all that dangerous in near Arctic conditions, open air and a breeze blowing. On one occasion, I ran out of gas on the Interstate a mile from an exit and gas station. I was in a 1980 Dodge van so I removed the dog house(engine cover) next to me, removed the air cleaner then dug through the junk in the back to see what I had in aerosol can that was somewhat combustible. I found cans of telephone housing cleaner, carburetor cleaner and starting fluid. I sprayed the phone cleaner into the carb then started the engine and drove the van down the shoulder of the highway at a low speed as I sprayed cleaner a little at a time until it ran out. I switched to carb cleaner and was able to reach the exit, coast down it, roll up to the service station then use starting fluid to get up the driveway to the gasoline pump. I wasn't so disabled at the time and could have walked but I'm lazy and really didn't have the time to go through trudging around with a gas can. ^_^

TDD

[The Daring Dufas]

I've never owned a Zeppelin, but I've owned one of their albums and heck, I don't even speak German. ^_^

TDD

[The Daring Dufas]

Oh the humanity! o_O

TDD

[The Daring Dufas]

I do believe that SM was applying a sharp longitudinal impulse causing the extension of one of your lower extremities. ^_^

TDD

[The Daring Dufas]

I own a couple of Q sized nitrogen cylinders and a regulator that I've used to pressure test refrigeration and AC systems, to blow cleaner through them then to blow out the air so I can perform a triple vacuum before filling with refrigerant. Nitrogen is handy for a lot of stuff and having it on a service truck means never having a flat. I'm now thinking I should inflate the high pressure spare tire for my Jeep with nitrogen so it will maintain a constant pressure regardless of temperature. ^_^

TDD

[The Daring Dufas]

How very true:

And the Mexican way:

Whatever works. ^_^

TDD

[The Daring Dufas]

I drove around West Alabamastan last Monday and Tuesday with Zap The Wonder Helper to run some service calls when that woman in the GPS unit had me driving all over the place and I was ready to slap that bitch. o_O

I had a crush on a cute gal back when I was in college and she affected me in an odd way. On the way to her house one day, I pulled up to a stop sign and sat there waiting for it to change. Proof positive that brain farts happen at any age. ^_^

TDD

[Stormin Mormon]

Yes, I've seen IRT guys do ether. And on a few Youtube videos. I've never tried it myself.

I helped a friend move a VW (rear drive) auto one time with WD-40, using much the technique you describe.

Working inside the motor cover of a van should get you there, if a bit dangerous.

Yes, most compressed gasses will inflate tires, if needed.

[Stormin Mormon]

Strangely, I was serious. A rare moment of such. I figured he could be the one guy who hasn't seen.

[Stormin Mormon]

I like that constant pressure thing. Sure would make it easier to do auto maint, just have to inflate the tires once. Please let us know how it works for you.

[Stormin Mormon]

He started the video after the siphon hose, and the neighbor's car as source of gas?

[Andy]

Flash Point (°F) Ethyl Ether -49 degrees Fahrenheit

Rather dangerous. :-)

Andy