pflaming Posted December 16, 2014 Author Report Posted December 16, 2014 My flame thrower was meant as humor, yet it does work in a pinch, I too have a heat gun. Since my connectors are on and crimped, I would have to remove the harness, not that bad, BUT would also have to redo every connector in order to get the sleeve on, unless there is another way. Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted December 16, 2014 Report Posted December 16, 2014 If you did this stuff for a living you would never work a terminal box re-lug or dress without the heat shrink gun...and if ever on your head looking under a dash with a split harness of multiple wires doing a repair...you would not want to be using a flame there either...with the proper adapter..the single wire is addressed with heat and not the entire bundle..however, the individual must do what they think is best or cheapest... Quote
Jeff Balazs Posted December 16, 2014 Report Posted December 16, 2014 people people people...how many times I got to say this..that cat he kept locked up in the garage set that fire....PP would not let him stay in the house and watch TV...and as no body was found..the cat knowing fully well his culpability in the crime, has split for areas unknown... Plymouthy.......you can believe what you want but I am pretty certain that poor cat had nothing to do with it. And I am not a cat person. Under this particular set of "circumstances" I think crimping is by far the safest way to go. We just need to come up with a way for Paul to complete this job without introducing any potentially dangerous heat sources. Seems to me I have seen a product called liquid electrical tape........ Jeff Quote
Don Coatney Posted December 16, 2014 Report Posted December 16, 2014 Jeff Balazs, on 16 Dec 2014 - 12:42 PM, said: Seems to me I have seen a product called liquid electrical tape........ Jeff I have heard it really tastes terrible. 1 Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted December 16, 2014 Report Posted December 16, 2014 Plymouthy.......you can believe what you want but I am pretty certain that poor cat had nothing to do with it. And I am not a cat person. ................... Jeff Jeff...I am doing my best to give PP an out in all of this... 1 Quote
Jeff Balazs Posted December 16, 2014 Report Posted December 16, 2014 Jeff...I am doing my best to give PP an out in all of this... Tim......trust me he got his out. He is still out on the loose isn't he? Jeff Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted December 16, 2014 Report Posted December 16, 2014 and the collective mindset here is to save him from himself....lol Quote
Don Coatney Posted December 16, 2014 Report Posted December 16, 2014 I wonder if the cat would like the taste of liquid electrical tape? Might be on to something here. Quote
pflaming Posted December 16, 2014 Author Report Posted December 16, 2014 "Sticks and stones may . . . " lol With such friends, who needs . . . . ?" Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted December 16, 2014 Report Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) last time a cat hung out at my place it was from a rope tie into an sycamore tree...now you thinking and I know you got to ask...does the man really have a sycamore tree...????? no cats have been harmed at my house..but many have been transported by the animal control people once trapped...and I do not have a sycamore..but I do have a chinaberry Edited December 16, 2014 by Plymouthy Adams Quote
Don Coatney Posted December 16, 2014 Report Posted December 16, 2014 pflaming, on 16 Dec 2014 - 2:25 PM, said:"Sticks and stones may . . . " lol With such friends, who needs . . . . ?" What do sticks and stones have to do with suggestions of a better way to accomplish the mission safely? Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted December 16, 2014 Report Posted December 16, 2014 Don Coatney, on 16 Dec 2014 - 6:23 PM, said: .... come on Don...I know words have not failed you....you can tell us... Quote
Don Coatney Posted December 17, 2014 Report Posted December 17, 2014 I was responding to a posting by Tod but he moved his posting to off topic. And a woman did not invent the laser printer. Quote
Jeff Balazs Posted December 17, 2014 Report Posted December 17, 2014 "Sticks and stones may . . . " lol With such friends, who needs . . . . ?" Paul; I know you have a sense of humor.....and with all the ribbing you get here that's a good thing. Laughter heals. Look at it this way. If we didn't care .........we might let you burn it down again. And the poor old Phoenix probably won't rise a second time. Jeff Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted December 17, 2014 Report Posted December 17, 2014 that Phoenix has roasted wings now and for those not so much in the know, in England..a fender is known as a wing...so maybe PP is reviving an ugly duckling...or some afflicted cob... Quote
pflaming Posted December 17, 2014 Author Report Posted December 17, 2014 It is interesting how out of the humor one can learn. I like to build the harness in the truck therefore crimping is easier than soldering. (There is a tool that allows for in vehicle soldering, may look at that). In the future, I will put a sleeve on the wire before I crimp it, then later I can remove the harness or part thereof and shrink those sleeves safely on a table IN THE BACK YARD! LOL. Yesterday was one of those days when I just could not concentrate which is a must when working with electrical. Maybe today will be better. Yesterday I began to understand a bit how J. Caesar must have felt at the forum! "Et tu Brute!" Quote
Don Coatney Posted December 17, 2014 Report Posted December 17, 2014 It is known that Shakespeare used the phrase "Et tu Brute" in his play as the last words spoken by Julius Cesar at his death but there is no proof that Julius Cesar actually uttered these words. Quote
Jeff Balazs Posted December 17, 2014 Report Posted December 17, 2014 Paul; Life is generally better when we are laughing. And if we can laugh at ourselves and our follies then so much the better. Of course I am not telling you anything you don't already know. Your resilience and good spirit are a testament to that. One of my all time favorite people was a Cajun comedian named Justin Wilson. Not being from that region of the country it took me a while to understand his unique version of our language. But once I did Man was he funny!!!! One of the things he said often was " the mainest thing in life is for people to laugh" And I totally agree with that. Jeff 1 Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted December 17, 2014 Report Posted December 17, 2014 Justin Wilson was funny....years after hearing most of his comedy skits...I got a chance to travel the area and see first hand some of the antics and lifestyle..it was very educational... Quote
Don Coatney Posted December 18, 2014 Report Posted December 18, 2014 He is almost as good as Lewis Grizzard. Quote
Frank Elder Posted December 18, 2014 Report Posted December 18, 2014 He is almost as good as Lewis Grizzard. Don't forget Jerry Clower....whooeeee shop at Sutherland's Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted December 18, 2014 Report Posted December 18, 2014 Jerry Clower..another funny dude..I also got a chance to travel the backroads though his stomping ground...Amite river swamp, Summit, Yazoo, McComb and all the other little burgs there about..pure country....Lower Mississippi at the time I was there was very pastoral setting with rolling terrain and cattle farms everywhere..the police station in one of those towns was a metal 10x12 building.... Quote
Jeff Balazs Posted December 18, 2014 Report Posted December 18, 2014 I am not familiar with those other folks...will have to check them out...but Justin Wilson had to be one of the greatest American storytellers of all time. His account of the drunk who could not 'unclimb his bar stool" and then proceeded home via the railroad tracks " I don't mind all them steps but those low handrails give me hell" never fails to put a smile on my face. I don't know when I have laughed as hard as when I was listening to him spin a yarn. And he had about a million of them. Jeff The next dog I get is going to get named after one of Justins' story characters. Fido spelled : PHYDEAUX The great duck hunting dog that walked on water to make the retrieves. When his hunting companion asked him "did you see that ?" The response came " I know and I am so ashamed.....that dog never did learn to swim" Quote
Dave72dt Posted December 19, 2014 Report Posted December 19, 2014 As I recall, Wilson had a cooking show on TV at one time and would spin one of his yarns while cooking. Seems every meal he made had Louisiana Hot Sauce or wine included in one of the recipes. 1 Quote
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