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Flying, homebuilt airplanes, working with wood, riveted aluminum, welded steel tubing, fabric, dope and common sense. Gunsmithing, amateur radio, astronomy and auto mechanics at the practical level. Roaming the west in an old VW bus. Prospecting, ghost towns and abandoned air fields. Cooking, fishing, camping and raising kids.

Sunday, December 3, 2006

Leaky Oil Seal

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. Kid comes in the shop wringing his hands, all upset. He's just paid a lot of money for someone to rebuild the engine in his bug and it...
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One Engine's-Worth of Parts

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In response to one of Rocky's messages I mentioned a number of things that can effect compression ratio. Sunday I go to check the mail...
Saturday, December 2, 2006

VW - Cracked Head

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> Besides using a compression test or disassembling the engine, what would and > engine sound like or do if a head was cracked? > -...
Friday, December 1, 2006

AV - Flying On The Cheap -- Hose Fittings

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. A fellow homebuilder spotted a female air-hose quick-connect fitting on a fuel I'd just finished sloshing (riveted aluminum tank) and ...
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AV - ...but I don't have a LATHE

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. "...but I don't have a lathe." Sound familiar? The truth is, you probably have any number of things around your shop that c...
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AV - Gift Horse

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. Mess around with airplanes long enough, you'll get calls from strangers asking for stuff. Hunk of urethane foam. Piece of tubing of ...

VW - Boot Camp

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. No, we're not at war, but we've definitely got a fight on our hands when it comes to CV joints. And since you only need to do your...
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No, not THAT Bob Hoover :-) (ie, Robert A. "Bob" Hoover from Tennessee and perhaps the best pilot in the history of flight.) The problem is that all Roberts get Bob-ed at birth and there isn't much we can do about it. When posting something about aviation I generally use 'R.S.Hoover' to prevent confusion.
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