Date:         Tue, 4 Oct 2005 12:06:37 -0400
Reply-To:     Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
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From:         Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Subject:      Re: AFM issues
Comments: To: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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Either way, I'll be surprised by the results!

Thanks for the safety tip, Stan... and I'm glad to see that you escaped
from the feral cats. List rumor had you in *deep* kitty litter.

The guy who gave me the carb-cleaner tip is no longer with us... though the
flammables that did him in were the traditional mix of alcohol and
gasoline... never drink and drive, kids.

Tim

At 10:36 AM 10/4/2005 -0500, Stan Wilder wrote:
>I much prefer the Bright Red explosion you get with Berryman-B12 Carb
>cleaner over the near invisible Blue explosion you get with LP or Mapp Gas
>from bottles.
>You'll find that water works just as well except it kills the engine rather
>than making it race up when you locate that leak.
>I've still got both my eyebrows and proud of it.
>Take a decent graphics editor and a picture of yourself and wipe out your
>eyebrows, if you like that look go ahead with the explosive compressed
>flammables.
>
>Stan Wilder
>Engine Ceramics
>214-352-4931
>www.engineceramics.com
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tim Demarest" <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 10:00 AM
>Subject: Re: AFM issues
>
>
> > I've used spray-can carb cleaner to check for vacuum leaks this way...
>that
> > may be a bit safer than propane. Opinions?
> >
> > >Also, if you ever use a propanetorch to check for vacuum leaks, air out
> > >the area  being checked every fewseconds(as opposed to minutes). Be
> > >careful using it near the altenator ,sparkplugs, and distributor, as
>there
> > >are sparks present in these areas