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Maybe some controversy on which is oldest?

You simply cannot tell folks what they are determined not to hear, particularly after they misinterpret what "The guy at the store said..." My friend bought some primer for his classic Honda 305 Dream. I told him to exchange it for a sealer-primer. His surface was already fine, but he bought a very expensive brand of hi-build sandable primer, (because, "The guy at the paint store said...") . They gouged him on the price too, so he thought he had the world's best primer & would not listen when I told him it was the wrong stuff. I asked, "Did you get any thinner for it?" I figured to just thin it a lot & shoot it to make him happy. (Of course he didn't. "The guy at the paint store said..." he could use it without thinner.) "Well then," I told him, "I can't shoot this at all." He yells: "I'LL SHOOT IT MYSELF THEN #$@&*&^!" (Holy chit mon! I flinched a bit...) "Ok," I said "Here's the gun. Then he fills the gun with thick primer & doesn't thin it at all. That stuff was like putty it was so thick! I warned him again and again that it was way too thick to shoot, but he could barely hear me at all by that point. I said, "Check the regulator & see how much pressure you've got!" It was already on 40psi. That made him think a bit & he cranked the regulator up another 5 lbs. I snickered quietly to myself He pulled the trigger & not much happened. "Too thick!" I shout over the compressor. He shoots into the air repeatedly as he cranks the pressure up & up, and I step back in case he blows my el-cheapo primer gun apart. He satisfies himself that primer is indeed shooting into the air & without even testing the pattern on a scrap, he starts priming the bike. Anyhow he shot big, thick, drippy globs of primer all over a bike he's spent months stripping & metal working, and spoiled all his hard work in under 2 minutes. Then the guy blames my compressor, and he cranks up the air again! He then proceeds to shoot even worse blobs of primer on the other side of the bike. When he stoped cussin' I gave him a rag and a can of lacquer thinner, & while I cleaned his mess out of my gun, he washed all his expensive primer (& $5 worth of my thinner) off onto the ground. Finally he mutters: "Why the hell didn't you stop me?" "I told you it was the wrong stuff about 10 times buddy." I reply. "Yeah, but WHY didn't you STOP me?" Huh? He wanted to wrestle maybe? Fisticuffs? I guess I coulda cold-cocked him with the quart of primer, but WTH??? In spite of everything, he still tried to see this debacle as my fault, somehow. I didn't stop him. Huh! (And I didn't help him clean up all that primer either! )

I thought the oldest running auto was named Mercedes.

Epoxy will probably work fine if it isn't subjected to high heat while under stress & some are more heat resistant than others. If this bolt is right above the exhaust header, epoxy might not be the best thing. Also, if you use epoxy with powdered metal fillers, they will rust if not painted. Actually the stuff I used rusted through my paint too. I shouldn't have wet sanded it. You might want to make up a custom stud with really tight threads on the tank end, so it literally jambs tight metal-to-metal and galls there forever. Otherwise braze it in and re-paint your tank

I use various Loctites for various stuff, but I've used other things too. Once I had a carb float stick on the old B&B & had to pull the air horn out in some deserted parking lot at night. I ripped the gasket too. I had used loctite to keep the carb screws in & that glued the gasket down enough to rip. Now I had nothing but a few tools, plus a badly ripped gasket that was gonna leak like a sieve all over the exhaust header. The one store open there had a tube of Krazy Glue for 99 cents. I glued the gasket back together carefully & dried it & then soaked it from the edges with the glue until it swelled a little. I hung it to dry while I cleaned all the screw threads. Once it skinned well (the core of the gasket was still not quite cured) I put it all together with Krazy Glue on the screw threads too. I never changed that gasket & that carb never leaked. Hot gasoline evidently does not dissolve Krazy Glue Until I switched to a Holly model 1920, I modded that B&B many times, and several times I re-used carb gaskets which I'd soaked in Krazy Glue.

I managed to save just one ash tray knob on a solid P-15 body I saw crushed. I got the steering box from another, then crrrr-unch! It was sad to see them go, but their parts will live on...

He joined the Army in '47. Don't know how that all eventually worked out though. I just know my mom was glad not to iron khaki bush jackets any more.

He was too young and the Army wouldn't take him, so he joined the Navy. After one hitch he got out & joined the Army. They put him in the air corps, and at some point he was (automatically?) mustered into the USAF, where he remained for another 27 years. He served over 30 years total.

Not me, but Dad was there in 1964. My number came up right before they ended the draft, so I didn't have to go.

LOL...you got "serviced" all right. I've had some clueless mechanics tell me similar stupid tales. When they start calling it a PVC valve you pretty much know you're in trouble.

My experience is that the areas with any converted rust are protected by that coat (of iron phosphate,) but any clean metal will start to rust within 2 days in normal conditions. (I've always used Jasco, BTW. Maybe I'll try that Ospho on this car.) IMO if you can't paint within maybe 4 hours, you should re-treat shortly before you do.

The first engine I ever re-built was one of those clock-spring B&S mowers. I cobbled up a mower from parts of three different mowers back in 1970, and the damn thing was still running when I swore off mowing lawns (hay fever) forever about 1998. It was a 22" rotary with a stamped steel deck from the 1950's so it was heavy gage stuff. I There wasn't a single new part in that engine except maybe points, plug & condensor. Even the gaskets I just spray painted & re-used.

No, not Producers. Right street, but wrong side of town. I thought it was Sunnyside, but I can't remember. <Edit: I just took a tour on Google Maps, and it appears that dairy might have been torn down when they extended the new freeway. I can't find it & there's a big patch of fresh-looking dirt where I believe it was.>

That's a disease which predates any conservation efforts around here. I'm fighting it at every step too. Right now the garage is really pretty clean, but partly because I've transported some of the mess to another location; and it has to be cleaned and returned. Anyhow, my lift is disassembled and the garret is all sealed and insulated with 12" batts & 2" styrofoam board, and the Christmas ornaments are put up, and for the first time in 12 years I can put all our helmets and leathers up in one (now) spare closet, instead of scattered in closets here & there. Rolls of wrapping paper will not litter my office closet! The tent has a home! My ladder has off-the-floor storage! This is huge, I tell ya!

In a marathon kamikaze session, I finished hanging my ceiling about 1:00 AM last night. There was lots of tedious trimming, as the wall sheetrock was rough at the top, and I eventually did cutouts for the door hangers, opener hangers, 6 lights, 2 ceiling fans, electric access box, an exhaust fan, an attic access door, and the door wiring. 98% of the insulation is up. I have a 4'x8' garret with lights and an outlet, and it allows me to access all the attic electrical, and a place to store my wife's 20 boxes of holiday decorations. I still need a door and pull-down ladder assembly but I've got an odd spacing & a standard one may not fit. Anyhow, this is the biggest energy conservation effort of my entire life & it seems to be paying off already, just in comfort. Plus the garage will stay a LOT cleaner.

Or if you wanted to start a cult...?

True, but we're allowed to recycle it in the standard bins, so I'll assume it's not on the same danger scale as plutonium. People see the word carcenogen and freak out, but some of these things are hazards we are all exposed to and cannot avoid, and some of them are things we can avoid but don't because the concentrations are so small. I know some woods are quite toxic, but mainly I thought it was exotic stuff like ironwood and such. I wonder how Douglas fir rates? That and Hem fir are the two biggies around here. Virtually no other woods are used for framing hereabouts.

Well they do have signs that say: "Caution! The State of California has determined that drinking beer, wine or distilled spirits can cause....blablablah..." So it's not like we didn't already know it was bad.

Phosphoric metal preps only neutralize & convert existing rust. They do NOT protect against future rust*. For that you must paint the part or grease it. Grease doesn't last forever though, unless it's thick or you cover the grease with plastic. *unless like the spray-on NAPA stuff, they contain primer solids. Even that is not paint though. Parts with primer on them will usually develop rust if not painted. Epoxy primers do not rust through quickly like regular lacquer or enamel primers. IMHO, an epoxy primer is really self-priming epoxy paint.

That'd be about $50 an onion today.

The one on Belmont east of town. I forget the name, but they have a drive-thru milk window.

California has cautionary signs everywhere now. Every store, building, and stinking outhouse has one like this: "Caution! The State of California has determined that this facility contains blablablah...which can cause cancer or...blablablah..." The signs state whatever evil cancerous agent is sold at that particular store (restaurant, gas station, whatever...) or just the general message that it does contain such things, without itemization of them. They even put the signs at various places inside the stores. So on the lumber aisle at Lowes I saw (approximately) this: "Caution! The State of California has determined cutting wood causes dust, and dust is known to be a source of cancer..." etc. Ummm, just what place doesn't contain dust? Dust is everywhere! What about air? You can die from breathing our air. They don't advertise that one. Maybe we just need one really big sign on the border as you cross in: "Caution! The State of California has determined that it contains DUST everywhere. It's all over, and lots of other stuff that can cause cancer too! If you don't want cancer turn around and go live somewere else!" ...And don't you guys even THINK about bringing any dangerous and illegal dust into our state! (edit...spelling)

Rabbit hole indeed! LOL Ummm....you can buy lots of things here you wouldn't want to ingest. BTW, do you guys still get Coke in glass bottles? You can buy cases of coke here in glass, but it's bottled in Mexico. All the glass bottling plants are closed AFAIK. (You can still get milk in glass bottles, delivered, but no milk in glass bottles at the stores.)

Not to go too forcefully OT, but regarding salt, I spent an idle moment comparing salt content per calorie of several brands of crackers and in many flavors. Of all the various fancy flavors of crackers, the one with the lowest salt content was Sea Salt flavor. The irony was unsettling.

Mainly it's a matter of research. Look up the stuff on the web & find the instructions to dump it. Some stuff is harder than others of course, so it pays to do the homework. But if someone's figured out a way, it'll be posted on the web.