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On 2/25/2024 at 9:54 PM, ex98thdrill said:
A 12 volt car battery provides too many amps and those amps will burn the wiring out of your trailer. The dealer told me that the small batteries that come with the trailer provide enough volts to do the job, but not too many amps to where it'll burn the wires out of the trailer.
I'm thinking that what the dealer was saying is in the event the breakaway switch is left activated for any length of time a large capacity car battery has enough stored CAPACITY (amp hours) to possibly over heat the brake wiring and/or the magnets before running down. The brakes will draw exactly the same amperage no matter the size battery. It's the law (ohm's).
I can see the dealers reluctance from a liability standpoint.
All that said my travel trailer uses a large deep cycle battery for every thing on the trailer including the break away switch. Possibly there's a circuit breaker or other over draw protection.
Good point. I'll have to check..........Bob
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36 minutes ago, 60FlatTop said:
My cars are inanimate and non-gendered. I like it that way.
Inanimate and non gendered? Perhaps.
Quirky and personable. Probably.
Worthy of emotional attachment.
Likely..........bob
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3 hours ago, Pfeil said:
You have an agreement with inanimate objects? Must be AI objects. How did you energize them?
And once again re communicating with inanimate objects. The below was from post a good number of years ago in the midst of restoring my 55 Century. The car was, at the time, quite literally cut to shreds and slowly going back together..........Bob
"About this time, while pondering the project, and after a couple of beers and a cigar, it occurred to me to wonder about the Century's feelings and thoughts while undergoing such trauma.
From then on, every afternoon when I left for the day, I turned the radio on to a classical music station and left it on for him all night. I'd like to believe it helped."
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2 hours ago, Pfeil said:You have an agreement with inanimate objects? Must be AI objects. How did you energize them?
To your question as to having a relationship with an inanimate object I'll refer you to my post from March 2017............
As I lie in my bed tonight, listening to the cold March wind, I think of the Sonomatic radio in my 55.... Cold.... Alone. I think of sliding in beside her. I hesitate as I reach for her knobs. Am I stupid for thinking I can turn her on at such a late hour and on such a cold night? I gently turn her switch. I'm joyed to see the soft welcoming glow on her face and hear the soft hum of her vibrator. I can imagine her power transformer stirring to life as he feels the pulses surging through his windings. Her filaments, responding to the stimulations, begin to glow a soft pink. Her plates feeling the inrush of warm energy long to pass it on. Her wires are willing but her resistors say "no, not yet, It's too soon." His capacitors will not be denied. Growing ever more charged and surging with energy until they can hold back no longer, they empty themselves into her waiting speaker.
Softly she sings me to sleep..............
Any more questions?....... 😁...............Bob
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Not mine. New posting on FBMP............Bob
1953 Packard Patrician straight 8, flathead motor, transmission, and all other engine parts. Engine will need rebuilt I have it all apart, I can reassemble it if wanted. Make me a decent offer. If no one wants it, it will go for scrap. I don’t have the time to rebuild it. Going with a different motor. Any questions shoot me a message.New Albany, PALocation is approximateSeller information
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BFH..................Bob
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22 minutes ago, Pfeil said:
I guess you never check your vacuum advance, never service mechanical advance. I always take the distributor out to do that so I can verify a worn bushing and have a close look, then recheck on the distributor machine. This should be done at least once a year because that grease dries out. My cars with HEI get this treatment as well, also for HEI don't forget the dielectric grease renewal for the heat sink transfer between the module and the plate, I do it once a year.
Oy vey........Me and my machines have an agreement. I,ll do the required lube and maintenance and if you don,t break i won,t fix you........bob⁷
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Advocating mechanical over solid state is akin to advocating vacuum tubes over semi conductors. Yes, there are some applications where vacuum tubes are more practical, suitable or necessary.
In our cars using a mechanical switch over a solid state switch is none of the above.
But, if one prefers points for whatever reason, do carry on...................Bob
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Topic beat to death but here goes again..........
Pertronix units in ALL 5 of my collector cars.
Oldest one now going on 22 years.
In all that time not a single failure and as a bonus I've................
Have never needed to adjust, check, timing, dwell or condenser.
Own but never need timing light, point file, dwell meter, feeler gauge, distributor wrench, those teeny wrenches or a flash light to look for those teeny little screws/nuts dropped but almost never found.
Never pulled a distributor.
Never needed to lay across a hot engine or dent the radiator tank with my knee.
Points are not simple. They are a mechanical device. They wear, They need on going finicky adjustment.
Just wondering. Do you guys carry spare ignition parts for your daily drivers that have used solid state timing for at least the last 40 years?...............Bob
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The easiest fix for that problem would be a Pertronix unit. Set it and forget it.
Points! We don,t need no stinking points......bob
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I've also posted this in cars and parts because it's both stunning garage art and a useful and functional tool.......Bob
Speed Way battery charger built by the Franklin Transformer Co. Built on 12-3-1943. Restored and fully operational. Rated for 6 volts at 80 amps with both amperage and time control. Very unique and would be a perfect addition to your early collector car garage both for use and as a stunning display piece with it's large meter and solid bronze battery clamps. They don't make them like this anymore.....
Price is $950.
Located in Eastern PA
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15 minutes ago, NC-car-guy said:
Very cool!
Yeah it is. Kinda hoping I don't sell it but I'm starting to thin the herd and have to just do it. ............Bob
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Speed Way battery charger built by the Franklin Transformer Co. Built on 12-3-1943. Restored and fully operational. Rated for 6 volts at 80 amps with both amperage and time control. Very unique and would be a perfect addition to your early collector car garage both for use and as a stunning display piece with it's large meter and solid bronze battery clamps. They don't make them like this anymore...Bob
Price is $950.
Located in Eastern PA
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15 minutes ago I posted a reply. In case anyone noticed or cares I have SELF deleted it............Bob
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Just now, Jim Skelly said:
oops ... you are correct and I should have remembered that from Latin over 50 years ago!
an abbreviation for the Latin phrase “et cetera.” In Latin, “et” means “and.” The word “cetera” means “the rest.”
No disrespect intended and In all fairness I copied and pasted the above from Google. ..............Bob
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2 hours ago, Jim Skelly said:
which is an abbreviation for etcetera
Errr.... Ahh.... I think you must mean et cetera.
And so ends today's lesson in grammar, pronunciation, abbreviation ect, ect, ect.
Tomorrow we will cover syntax and spelling............Bob
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2 hours ago, ia-k said:
Concerning the last few posts.
The part was not a “one off” custom part. The item they are making with the information I gave them is available for sale on eBay to anyone who would need it for their restoration.
I would completely understand if it was a custom part and would expect to pay the price, much more than $35.00, but the item is now a production piece offered in their online catalog.
As I stated before I am happy to have the part available, just asking for other people’s experiences in similar situations.
OK.....so tell us the name of the company and part already.....bob
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Pa has vanity plates and only recently allowed YOM plates. Maybe 20 years ago I had a 1939 plate restored for my 1939 PU truck. I wanted to use it so I drove to Harrisburg right to DMV head quarters. I took the plate along and I asked the nice girl at the counter if that particular number was active. A few clicks on the key board and she said no. I said "OK i want to register my 1939 truck and use that plate. She said I couldn't do that. I asked why not it's a PA plate with an open number. She said she didn't know why not. I asked her if she could find out why not, it's a PA plate after all. She said "be right back" took the plate and left. Came back shortly and said "Wrong material, wrong color, and non reflective.............. Case closed.
So I asked if that particular number was assigned to a vanity plate. She looked at me sweetly and said "don't even think about it."
So..........I bought a regular plate, put it in the glove box, put the YOM plate on the truck and I've been using it ever since.
Plan "c" if I'm ever stopped I'll claim I'm old and confused and just came from a show and forgot to put the real one back on.
" I'll do that right now officer. Thank you for pointing that out."
It should work, I think...............Bob
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I occassionaly take on one off type work for fellow hobbyists. When the job is completed all i ask for is the cost of material and postage plus whatever they feel it is worth to them. All but one has been fair and even generous. Except for one guy i spent a day for making a leather die and 8 pieces. He sent me $10 postage.
And so it goes......bob
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20 minutes ago, ABear said:
BhigDog, Sometimes you simply have to eat the cost of having a part custom made when there is no other way to make it work.
Gifting parts on your dime to someone else is a bonus on your part is a nice gesture.
But folks asking, complaining (or insisting that) a vendor to make something and then squabbling over the cost after the fact of the agreement between two parties was established and the vendor not only made the part and delivered it just isn't right.
I would never thought to ask (or question their pricing) a vendor to lower their price or give me free be's after they delivered what I needed..
I mean the OPs part cost them $35, they got it delivered to them and obviously it must fit/work/look OK, is THAT really worth squabbling about?
BhigDog, you spent considerably more money and time than $35 than the OP of this post and didn't ask for anything in return when you gifted it.. Mighty nice to see you were wiling to help someone out.. But most businesses simply cannot afford to do that for one or every customer.
Just trying to show that there's lots of sides to the story and lots of ways to look at it. In my case I got my money's worth in satisfaction figuring out how to and actually making the tools and clips and helping the guy out. If I was a for profit business I likely could not have afforded it.
And as silly as it sounds I get satisfaction by holding, in my hand, the likely only known new 1956 Chrysler wind shield clips in existence. How many people can say that?.........😁 ...............Bob
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2 hours ago, ABear said:
Bhigdog, you do make a good point.
But in some respects it depends on how much potential sales market there may be for basically a "one off" part. Not to mention making parts for cars can be tricky due to the fact that not all cars have a cult following or demand. Some cars there just is no real following or demand in the collectors market for making or sourcing new or repro parts.
Both of my antique cars fall into the crack of no or little support in parts. One is just plain too old with very small production numbers, a very small survivor pool of existing cars in the brand/model and short life of the manufacturer. The other is too "modern" 70's (economy compact throw away type car) which while it was produced for 8 yrs in quantity in excess of 300K per yr just doesn't have the following or support of say a Mustang of those yrs. Pretty much I have to hand make a lot of parts for both (sometimes can find parts which I can rework to fit/work which helps a bit) which takes a lot of time and money. I simply cannot afford to send out to manufacturers to make a "one off" part unless there is absolutely no other way to get it fixed. I would love to have parts made for $35!
There is absolutely no one size fits all answer to the OP's question. There are just too many variables to each and any situation.
For example......
When I restored my 56 Chrysler I needed tail light, parking light and back up lenses. They were/are unobtainium. While I was showing my 55 Buick at the New Bern Grand nationals I met a guy that was showing his 56 Chrysler. In conversation I mentioned that I was restoring one and could not find lenses. He said he had several sets and he would send me a set gratis. He was as good as his word and a week later UPS brought me a set.
Fast forward a year or so and he contacted me looking for a set of 11 good 56 Chrysler windshield trim clips. They are one year only and do not exist. The only examples are well rusted and fragile. I had enough barely usable examples but no spares.
I had enough to use for my car but because of his extraordinary generosity I decided to make them. I knew the market was extremely thin but I figured I could at least help a few others.
The die sets, other tooling and proto typing took about 70 hours before I had a good example. The average shop rate is now about $125 per hour. Do the math. It takes about 6 hours to hand make a set of 11.........Do the math
I gave a set to my benefactor, I kept a set for my car, and made a few extra sets, of which I sold exactly one.
The one set I sold netted me $110.
So the point of the story is... Try to figure the logic of that one out.
Yet it happened because of one guys generosity.
Below are pix of the tooling and of an original, in process and completed re-pro clip................Bob
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My take on the situation is you likely saved them many hours of R & D time and the expense of many bad prototype parts. A few years back A repro parts supplier used my 56 Chrysler as a test vehicle for a rear glass gasket they wanted to market. After they sent and I critiqued two attempts they had it correct. They sent me one of the the first correct examples as payment for my time and as a thank you.
They got hours of free R & D. I got paid in a part I needed. Everyone got a piece of the pie.
That's exactly as it should be............Bob
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Happy Shaint Patty's (hic) Day.............Bob
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5 minutes ago, DFeeney said:
Sometimes the MFG know so much about their product they overlook some details.
Some times "conveniently"........
Best to just "Ask the man who owns one."
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Happy Shaint Patty's (hic) Day.............Bob
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Every shop needs a yard sale toaster oven...bob