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#242
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I learned that a '66 Mustang can rust in a place I have never seen one rust before....and I've seen A LOT of rusty Mustangs! Otherwise this is a fairly rust free California built car and not a vinyl top car....It also goes to show the half assed nature of repairs that a lot of people attempt(but I expect that anymore).
#245
I learned that when you have a serious cold and you cough, that a piece of phlegm can shoot out of your mouth and land on your bosses nose. That should teach him for telling me I won't be getting a raise.
#248
I'll take the money in unmarked hundreds. You can leave it in a breifcase at the Birmingham Airport Locker #H25. Tape the key to the underside of the commode tank lid in the main bathroom 2nd stall from left.
"How does rust work?." 15 August 2000. HowStuffWorks.com.
Rust is the common name for a very common compound, iron oxide. Iron oxide, the chemical Fe2O3, is common because iron combines very readily with oxygen -- so readily, in fact, that pure iron is only rarely found in nature. Iron (or steel) rusting is an example of corrosion -- an electrochemical process involving an anode (a piece of metal that readily gives up electrons), an electrolyte (a liquid that helps electrons move) and a cathode (a piece of metal that readily accepts electrons). When a piece of metal corrodes, the electrolyte helps provide oxygen to the anode. As oxygen combines with the metal, electrons are liberated. When they flow through the electrolyte to the cathode, the metal of the anode disappears, swept away by the electrical flow or converted into metal cations in a form such as rust.
For iron to become iron oxide, three things are required: iron, water and oxygen. Here's what happens when the three get together:
When a drop of water hits an iron object, two things begin to happen almost immediately. First, the water, a good electrolyte, combines with carbon dioxide in the air to form a weak carbonic acid, an even better electrolyte. As the acid is formed and the iron dissolved, some of the water will begin to break down into its component pieces -- hydrogen and oxygen. The free oxygen and dissolved iron bond into iron oxide, in the process freeing electrons. The electrons liberated from the anode portion of the iron flow to the cathode, which may be a piece of a metal less electrically reactive than iron, or another point on the piece of iron itself.
The chemical compounds found in liquids like acid rain, seawater and the salt-loaded spray from snow-belt roads make them better electrolytes than pure water, allowing their presence to speed the process of rusting on iron and other forms of corrosion on other metals.
Rust is the common name for a very common compound, iron oxide. Iron oxide, the chemical Fe2O3, is common because iron combines very readily with oxygen -- so readily, in fact, that pure iron is only rarely found in nature. Iron (or steel) rusting is an example of corrosion -- an electrochemical process involving an anode (a piece of metal that readily gives up electrons), an electrolyte (a liquid that helps electrons move) and a cathode (a piece of metal that readily accepts electrons). When a piece of metal corrodes, the electrolyte helps provide oxygen to the anode. As oxygen combines with the metal, electrons are liberated. When they flow through the electrolyte to the cathode, the metal of the anode disappears, swept away by the electrical flow or converted into metal cations in a form such as rust.
For iron to become iron oxide, three things are required: iron, water and oxygen. Here's what happens when the three get together:
When a drop of water hits an iron object, two things begin to happen almost immediately. First, the water, a good electrolyte, combines with carbon dioxide in the air to form a weak carbonic acid, an even better electrolyte. As the acid is formed and the iron dissolved, some of the water will begin to break down into its component pieces -- hydrogen and oxygen. The free oxygen and dissolved iron bond into iron oxide, in the process freeing electrons. The electrons liberated from the anode portion of the iron flow to the cathode, which may be a piece of a metal less electrically reactive than iron, or another point on the piece of iron itself.
The chemical compounds found in liquids like acid rain, seawater and the salt-loaded spray from snow-belt roads make them better electrolytes than pure water, allowing their presence to speed the process of rusting on iron and other forms of corrosion on other metals.
#249
Service Manager
Both of you fail
It's not "how rust started"....it's how in the hell did it rust THERE. But no worries, I have a theory of how it happened but that cannot be proven without knowing an accurate history of the car.
It's not "how rust started"....it's how in the hell did it rust THERE. But no worries, I have a theory of how it happened but that cannot be proven without knowing an accurate history of the car.
#250
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OK....this is good.....I just learned today another use for a household Tablespoon!
Apparently if your window regulator has a roller fail on the quarter window of your 1966 Mustang....you can just cut the handle of a tablespoon...fold it over and hammer it into place...reinstall the gasket and the mod is not visible!!! This surely takes less time than replacing the roller!!!
I've seen A LOT of stuff over the years but we always seem to find new examples of inbreds working on Mustangs!
Apparently if your window regulator has a roller fail on the quarter window of your 1966 Mustang....you can just cut the handle of a tablespoon...fold it over and hammer it into place...reinstall the gasket and the mod is not visible!!! This surely takes less time than replacing the roller!!!
I've seen A LOT of stuff over the years but we always seem to find new examples of inbreds working on Mustangs!
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Speaking of automotive uses for silverware, I learned many years ago (after locking my keys in my truck) that you can gain entry (read: break-in) to a '79 F-150 by simply sliding a table knife into the wing vent and flipping the handle up.
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Think the opposite of the White House Hanukkah card.
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I just happened upon that coupon while browsing a local website this afternoon. For some reason, it jumped right out at me. I love a good bit of irony.
#258
I learned that off duty, out of state police officers think it is OK to blow by on duty State Trooper's....even after the on duty Trooper flashed his blue lights to slow the guy down!
#259
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I learned that filling the 2 bathtubs with hot water repeatedly kinda did the trick.
Never got below 56 degrees in my bedroom and it went down to 16 outside.