Ponies on The Run (Again)
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Ah yes... tools. A decent air compressor is a must. Very cool Bill. Now with a 1/2 drive impact wrench you can do Underdrive pullies !!!!
But, I can beat it.
Saturday dad was gonna buy a new 2550 psi pressure washer, it's $349 at Sears. Sunday morning it's in the add for $287. It's a good thing he didn't buy it Saturday.
Sunday after everyone left, I went with dad to Sears to get the pressure washer. While waiting for it to come out of merch. pickup he decided for giggles to get a $2 lottery ticket. He won $100 bucks !. So the $349 pressure washer only cost him $187 !!!!
But, I can beat it.
Saturday dad was gonna buy a new 2550 psi pressure washer, it's $349 at Sears. Sunday morning it's in the add for $287. It's a good thing he didn't buy it Saturday.
Sunday after everyone left, I went with dad to Sears to get the pressure washer. While waiting for it to come out of merch. pickup he decided for giggles to get a $2 lottery ticket. He won $100 bucks !. So the $349 pressure washer only cost him $187 !!!!
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That's awesome!
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Bill - that's what I got Chris for Christmas 2005. Sits in a cool hole in our garage right next to my car (when it's there). But it just randomly charges sometimes and it can scare ya in the middle of the night.
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You got post 7500 and nobody said a thing?!
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10,000 will be the big one!
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Like Tom, I have the compressor unplugged.
Tom, I noticed after it hits the 150psi mark and (the motor) shuts off, it very slowly starts to loose tank pressure, maybe 10psi over 30 minutes. I'll see where it is later today.
Maybe I'll spray some leak detector solution on all the fittings and see if there's some small leak.
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I feel so very smart right now...
Ahem, I read the post by Bill and decided that I'm going to do just what he suggested and take it apart from the H-pipe back and make it right Friday after alignment. I have to get the band clamps from Ford today or tomorrow.
Congrats on the 7500 posts, wow that's alot.
Susan, on ours we leave it unplugged til we need it. It only takes a couple minutes to build the pressure so this way it doesn't fire off at midnight.
Bill, did you put teflon tape on the threads for the connections. I've found that leaving a tool plugged in is the best way to leak pressure over time.
Ahem, I read the post by Bill and decided that I'm going to do just what he suggested and take it apart from the H-pipe back and make it right Friday after alignment. I have to get the band clamps from Ford today or tomorrow.
Congrats on the 7500 posts, wow that's alot.
Susan, on ours we leave it unplugged til we need it. It only takes a couple minutes to build the pressure so this way it doesn't fire off at midnight.
Bill, did you put teflon tape on the threads for the connections. I've found that leaving a tool plugged in is the best way to leak pressure over time.
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Tom, I noticed after it hits the 150psi mark and (the motor) shuts off, it very slowly starts to loose tank pressure, maybe 10psi over 30 minutes. I'll see where it is later today.
Maybe I'll spray some leak detector solution on all the fittings and see if there's some small leak.
Maybe I'll spray some leak detector solution on all the fittings and see if there's some small leak.
There are two gauges. One gauge reads tank pressure, then the **** is used to adjust the other gauge that is tool pressure. I just turn tool pressure off.
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Compressor came 'pre-assembled', basically was turn-key. I'll check the fittings for leaks unless you guys experience the same kind of slow pressure drop.
(btw, nothing's attached to the ouput fitting)
Ya, may as well unplug or switch the power off if it's not being used. Although his reasoning may be to limit the amount of moisture build up in the tank?
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What's your thought on the moisture issue? Leave the tank low or high in pressure? Or, does it really matter because the moisture content is dictated by the ambient outside air?
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This is the way mine is. During my test last night, I adjusted the tool pressure between 90 and 100 psi and left it there. What you're saying is that this may be the cause of my tank pressure drop? If so, guess I'll crank the **** to cut air to the other gauge.
What's your thought on the moisture issue? Leave the tank low or high in pressure? Or, does it really matter because the moisture content is dictated by the ambient outside air?
What's your thought on the moisture issue? Leave the tank low or high in pressure? Or, does it really matter because the moisture content is dictated by the ambient outside air?
I fill mine up when I'm using it and then sometimes it has air in it and sometimes I leave the tool pressure **** on by mistake and over several days the tank drains. I just fill it up with air every so often and wheel it out to the driveway and open the drain at the bottom to get rid of any water.
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Yeah, try turning the tool pressure to 0 and see what happens.
I fill mine up when I'm using it and then sometimes it has air in it and sometimes I leave the tool pressure **** on by mistake and over several days the tank drains. I just fill it up with air every so often and wheel it out to the driveway and open the drain at the bottom to get rid of any water.
I fill mine up when I'm using it and then sometimes it has air in it and sometimes I leave the tool pressure **** on by mistake and over several days the tank drains. I just fill it up with air every so often and wheel it out to the driveway and open the drain at the bottom to get rid of any water.
Probably common knowledge to all of you, but you would be amazed at how many people do NOT know this stuff.
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I'm going to send the radiator extensions back... they rub in 5 places that I can see:
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Another thing I noticed is that area gets extremely dirty, so...
WITH the extensions, that area looks so nice when they are clean, and awful when they are dirty.
WITHOUT the extensions, that area doesn't look that great when it's clean, so you don't really notice it any more when it's dirty.
Can somebody check the following for me on their car? Are the bolts circled in the following picture really tight? And if so, do they warp the little part of bumper cover that comes up? I put the stock bolts on the same marks that were there when I removed them, but they seem to really crank down on the white (in my case) part. They have to be tight, so I'm sure it's just something I didn't notice before, but I wanted to check. Hopefully ya'll know what I'm talking about.
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Attachment 22617 Attachment 22618
Another thing I noticed is that area gets extremely dirty, so...
WITH the extensions, that area looks so nice when they are clean, and awful when they are dirty.
WITHOUT the extensions, that area doesn't look that great when it's clean, so you don't really notice it any more when it's dirty.
Can somebody check the following for me on their car? Are the bolts circled in the following picture really tight? And if so, do they warp the little part of bumper cover that comes up? I put the stock bolts on the same marks that were there when I removed them, but they seem to really crank down on the white (in my case) part. They have to be tight, so I'm sure it's just something I didn't notice before, but I wanted to check. Hopefully ya'll know what I'm talking about.
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I picked up one of those Cali Dusters Sunday and used it tonight after airing it out for 2 days. It works great! The car almost looks clean again and certainly doesn't look green.
All I can say is thanks guys... Pollen BE GONE!
All I can say is thanks guys... Pollen BE GONE!