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@Los_control In California, this law is "Display of Speed" and you can be charged regardless of the actual speed you are going in MPH. But if you burn rubber on a public street, you are guilty. I got busted for peeling out at Pep Boys Auto back about 1985. Anyhow, I think this is white lie territory. Clearly he knows you're a car guy. I might walk across the street and tell him in the friendliest possible manner that you heard Ol' Miz Jones down the block was furious and said she'd call the cops next time she saw such. If that doesn't appeal to you, maybe just print a little copy of the relevant law, and put it under his windshield wiper like a ticket before he wakes up tomorrow. That would be the absolute limit of my physical involvement with his property. If he can't take the hint, Just speed-dial the cops on the phone while he's racing his engine in the street and let them take care of him. The cop will not have to witness the incident if three neighbors will say he did it, and you have video. Legally it might not be enough for an arrest, but it will get them to give him a serious lesson in the law. Chances are he will knock it off once the cops come and talk to him.

If a valve is stuck open you will not be able to get a good leakdown test. I would do that before suspecting broken springs. If none of the cylinders leak fast at TDC it's not likely valves. But if one does leak, you will know what 2 valves to look at once you get the cover off. And which cover to pull.

We don’t have any frost line. Frost is something in a freezer. Our soil heaves for different reasons. Heavy soil-soaking rains are infrequent, plus too much silt and clay. We did a lot of soil conditioning

I hope the new rubber mounts solve the trans alignment problem. That will mean more than anything else at this point, to the project. It would be good to know the frame horns aren’t bent up from past off-road adventures.

It melts a little hotter, that's all. The alloy has some silver in it and it varies by grade. I've done it and I think it will be OK for trim metal.

It's gotta stay clean. If it gets "white rust" you must toss it. If it's fat stuff, you might scrape it. I have a lead pot for bullet making, and when the lead melts, all that corrosion comes loose. You drop some wax in the pot and it fluxes the lead, causing all the dross to rise so you can skim it. Any corroded solder goes there, for casting informal slugs and shot. Corroded solder is insulated from heat by the corrosion, and so heat control becomes problematic. Otherwise, the flux brings out any corrosion when it wets out.

@pflaming That little repair we made on the point's wire? I had to do that on every wire to the main harness plug on my boat motor. There's 13 wires, close together, and it was a chore. I didn't heat-shrink each wire though. When I was done I over-molded everything with plumber's 5-min epoxy putty.

I don't think I've ever soldered stainless, but it's normally just a matter of getting things really clean, then getting the heat where it's needed. I've soldered copper pipe and copper wire, steel to steel, and copper/brass to steel. I've soldered my wire framed eyeglasses, which I used to break frequently as a kid. I've soldered little jewelry of unknown alloys. I recently bought some stuff for soldering aluminum, but I haven't tried it yet. The trickiest soldering I ever did was in a gas station in Layton Utah. The throttle cable of my Yamaha had broken at the twist end. The guy had solder but no soldering iron. I managed to heat the ferrule with a BIC lighter, and poke out the broken end with the remaining (trimmed) cable. I had pre-tinned the cable, and it soldered instantly. When it's done right, it happens fast.

Pray for a low curl on the slab. I don't know what they're doing now days, but curling up of the slab edges seems to be an issue on lots of jobs done around here. Since the building inspectors are on lockdown here it's the perfect time to put up my new awnings and dog kennel.

My wife never missed it, but I didn't have time for much commercial TV. In those years I was fixing up a boat. Regarding the straight eights, I'd rather have one than any Hemi. But I'd might as well wish for a pet unicorn.

It's surely more than that! A quantum is so teeeeny! It is the smallest possible increase in energy. Maybe that stupid TV show made people think it was something huge.

What I remember was the OD trans was a bust for stoplight drag racing. Like a boat anchor. Heavy, and more drag on the windup. But on the freeway it was worth its (considerable!) weight in gold. My P15 had increased compression, and easily pulled 80+ on the freeway. Unless there was a headwind...

If the 1st/reverse fork is worn, this can happen. I had to fatten my worn forks up with MIG and file them smooth.

I worry about our eucalyptus tree, which is huge and close to the house. But our last house had a huge conifer just outside the bedroom. When the wind came up it would drop big cones on the roof overhead. I'm pretty sure they hit terminal velocity. It was a tall tree.

We have brought in lots of landscaping rock, but I have lots of decorative rocks that go in the garden and aquariums. My mom was a rockhound, and I have about 1000 lbs she collected from coast to coast. The USAF shipped them out here in Vietnam era wood ammo boxes which were labeled "Technical Books". They were part of our allotment. Mom sold off much furniture so they could ship the rocks free. (Thank you Uncle Sam.)