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  1. Billccm

    Vintage garage stuff

    I had a neighbor with a 1976 Caprice back in the day. I washed and waxed her car for $25;at the end of each summer. She insisted I use Amway silicone glaze. Seemed to be a good product. Easy to buff off and shine. Car would bead water all winter.
  2. Billccm

    Anyone replace garage door springs themselves?

    I have heard that a light spray of silicone over the spring from time to time is a good preventative maintenance. Thanks for the reminder I'm going to do that today.
  3. Billccm

    Anyone replace garage door springs themselves?

    When my spring failed it was one turn of the coil spring that shot across the garage and landed behind my road runner. If it had projected a few inches lower I'm sure I would have had damage to the car. BTW due to the Tucson garage door mafia I had to rent a car for almost three weeks. All my...
  4. Billccm

    Anyone replace garage door springs themselves?

    Don't get me started about garage door repair people. Tucson seems to have a garage door repair mafia and every business, supplier, service organization, etc related to garage door repair and replacement is related and the motto is the customer is dirt under their feet. When I finally begged...
  5. Billccm

    Car Lift.. 2 Post/4 Post? Your Experience

    I have a wildfire and no complaints. Money well spent. I wish I had ordered the trolley jack when I ordered the lift. Inflation has made that unobtainable for me now.
  6. Billccm

    Garage lighting recommendations needed!!!

    I second those high bay LED lights. Money well spent.
  7. Billccm

    Is it just me or do led work lights suck?

    Keep in mind LEDs operate at a light wavelength. In other words they turn on and off at a THz (tera Hertz) frequency. The on to off edges are sharp. A light filter or polarizing screen helps. An incandescent bulb glows at a certain heat. It virtual has no sharp cutoff at AC power, and none at...
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    Is it just me or do led work lights suck?

    Certain fire departments are switching flashlights back to incandescent. It seems in a smoke filled room the LED flashlights are less effective.
  9. Billccm

    New Shop Building Started

    Four post lift is portable and money well spent. I have no regrets on my purchase.
  10. Billccm

    Vintage garage stuff

    That spray tint is the same stuff I bought from JCWhitney back in the 1980s. You make a trough out of masking tape along the bottom of the window, tape off around the edges of the window, and flood the glass with the spray. It was a mess and took many hours to clean up.
  11. Billccm

    Penske 21015 dwell tach

    I remember 4.5V camera batteries back in the day. New York city still has tradition camera shops. Perhaps try them for a source? A 9V battery, and a LM7805 would work here.
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    Vintage garage stuff

    Zenith Transoceanic; fantastic radio great performance. I've got all but the first and last of the Transoceanic series. Best radio ever made, really.
  13. Billccm

    Continuity tester with a difference

    I will agree somewhat. The mining industry approves of liquid tape in certain situations. It does eventually crack under vibration.
  14. Billccm

    4 Post Lift Suggestions

    They were near the top of the list, but could never get a return call. When the president of the company returns your call in just a few minutes I was pretty much sold. So far I'm still happy. Did my first oil change using the lift on my trusty grand marquis last weekend. Couldn't believe I...
  15. Billccm

    Shop Lights

    I've called two electricians to estimate install of flush mount LEDs. They've got too much work to handle a small job, so I've called a drywall guy and see if we can tackle it ourselves.
  16. Billccm

    4 Post Lift Suggestions

    I really wanted turn key installed, but with 4 guys, a borrowed trailer, a borrowed engine hoist, and a bunch of bubba burgers it was a fun job. Having two of the four guys experienced with building their own lifts helped immensely. I've volunteered to help build another one.
  17. Billccm

    4 Post Lift Suggestions

    I left two messages with ACM and never received a return call. Even mentioned your name as a recommendation.
  18. Billccm

    Four post lift recommendations

    $4072 shipped from Minnesota to the Tucson freight terminal. Prices increased 1 May $390.
  19. Billccm

    Four post lift recommendations

    Wildfire. Good people to do business with, happy with the purchase.
  20. Billccm

    Four post lift recommendations

    Got room for another car now.
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