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David I hope to arrive to my death, late, in love, and a little drunk! Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand... Homer Simpson "That's what's keeping me out of F1.... Too much mental maturity...." N0tt0n Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. CHAOS, PANIC, AND DISORDER my work here is done... Live without pretending, Love without depending, Listen without defending, Speak without offending |
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I will definitely consider the HF one, but would like to see what Kurt will have first.
Kurt, please put me in line. Mods: after Kurt has seen this, feel free to delete my posts that may be messing up this thread.
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Peter (not "Pete") K. 2016 Cayman S 1999 Miata ("SM") race car 2016 Toyota Highlander--tow vehicle/wife's DD 2017 VW GTI SE (DD) Gone and missed: 1992 Miata ("SSM") race car 2009 911 C2S Coupe 2004 Toyota Prius - sold to son's girlfriend 2006 Dodge Durango 2003 Acura MDX 86 Black 911 Coupe race car 86 Gold 911 Targa 82 WineRedMetallic 911 Targa |
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If only I could!!!
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Old saying (fill in the ethnic group); when you find yourself in a hole, by all means keep digging!!!
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David I hope to arrive to my death, late, in love, and a little drunk! Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand... Homer Simpson "That's what's keeping me out of F1.... Too much mental maturity...." N0tt0n Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. CHAOS, PANIC, AND DISORDER my work here is done... Live without pretending, Love without depending, Listen without defending, Speak without offending |
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Good info Jazz, thanks for posting. I'm shopping for the same gear and not easy to figure out the quality from the standard chicom crap. Many ads have the some images and some the same text no matter the retailer. Keep an eye on unloading the tank with air, I made a mess with a similar setup once, dont want to relive that one.
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The pro brand and grade units I will be selling off are the pressurize to empty type. They have / had a built in regulator that kept the pressure below the "blow up the tank" level but as you all have noted this does not prevent massive wet farts at the end of the process. You can empty via gravity if you have a way to lift the tanker above the target. Use a lift to pick the tank up and you can then drain into recycle containers. I don't think any of the tankers still have the air fitting and regulators as we don't use this method in large part due the the high "failure" rate. In order to not have an explosive wet fart you have to leave the dregs in the tank. This can cause a buildup of thick gunk that is always left behind that becomes a problem over time in high volume use. At the shops we have air powered suction pumps that evacuate the oil and coolant. Rather than finishing with an explosive wet fart of oil dregs the suction pumps finish of with an oddly satisfying bottom of the milkshake like slurp and you can slosh the tank a bit to get the last dregs.
Make a simple web sling that you can use with your automotive lift to elevate the tanker and gravity drain with easy control. I lift my tanker up with the car lift and set it in the back of my PU truck. One of the shops oil suction pumps is right next to an outside door and I back right up to it and hook up. Good used oil is sold to the recyclers BTW.
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I've been told that even a little brake fluid will ruin a whole tank of recycled oil so best to keep separate. Pretty sure VA state law requires gas stations to accept old oil. Just need to be convincing when you ask. I've done this a couple of times but it's only fun if you have the time
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David I hope to arrive to my death, late, in love, and a little drunk! Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand... Homer Simpson "That's what's keeping me out of F1.... Too much mental maturity...." N0tt0n Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. CHAOS, PANIC, AND DISORDER my work here is done... Live without pretending, Love without depending, Listen without defending, Speak without offending |
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A little non oil OK if there is a lot of oil. From my experience at home racing / DE likely produces too much brake fluid to oil for you to have the desired grade of used oils. Best to not put non oils in old oil if you can. At the shops we get good $ for the oil as we have good history of being clean of gas and non oils. Recycling on a weekly basis by the tank truck load helps too.
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http://vimeo.com/29896988 “Those that can make you believe in absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” Voltaire. "There is grandeur in this view of life...." Darwin. The mountains are calling and I must go. “The earth has music for those who listen” Shakespeare. You Matter. (Until you multiply yourself times the speed of light squared. Then you Energy) “We’ve got lots of theories, we just don’t have the evidence’. |
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Using them to fab things like this is a perfect solution. If you look closely you can see one of my trailer tie downs doubling as an engine sling. Perfect for lifting then holding the engine/trans till you can separate trans and mount engine to stand.
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David I hope to arrive to my death, late, in love, and a little drunk! Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand... Homer Simpson "That's what's keeping me out of F1.... Too much mental maturity...." N0tt0n Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. CHAOS, PANIC, AND DISORDER my work here is done... Live without pretending, Love without depending, Listen without defending, Speak without offending |
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My original plan with the E46 subframe bushings was to use my press to press them out. It took all of 5 min for me to realize that this plan was stupid. So now I needed something to pull the bearings out. Last night I hit both the big box home stores and didn't really find much. This afternoon I thought I'd see what Harbor Freight had. Came away with this:
http://www.harborfreight.com/fwd-fro...ers-66829.html $120, which is pretty steep as far as HF is concerned, but totally worth it. I'm actually pretty impressed with the quality of this set. The parts are pretty well made and there's a great assortment of sizes. Best part of the whole thing was being able to drive 10 mins away and pick one up TODAY. Yeah, a lot of HF stuff may be junk (this set not included, like it said it's pretty nice), but man you gotta love the fact that they stock weird automotive crap that no one else carries.
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