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Have you priced car insurance for a hybrid? My wife and I spoke to a woman who had parked hers next to us. We asked how she liked it and she said she was satisfied with the car but the insurance was over twice as much as her previous car. She was told that replacement costs for the 'parts' were goin...

We use the ignitor from a coleman latern on our 'tater cannons down here.
They are the twist type that use a zippo lighter flint, just drill a 1/4" hole slip it in and put the nut on..
For fuel we use the cheapest hair spray we can find...

Does the door operate smoothly when pushed by hand? Does it trip a breaker or blow a fuse when the door doesn't move ? Seems like something gotta give when the door doesn't operate, or is it a timed function?

I still have my copy

Some other things that have an effect on the current draw is cubic inched, compression ratio, worn rings,valve timing. There is a commercial amp meter for this application that you hold against the battery cable. .J.C. Whitney used to carry them, can't vouch for their accuracy, best I can remember 3...

The hoists we had at work were 3/4 hp and rated for 1,000 lbs. Not a clue as to how many fet per second. Don't forget you'll need some sort of brake to keep the load in the up position when you let go of the button.

Bear, are you sure that wasn't McGuyver they had in jail???

I don't need to get into any building that bad

MCM sells a set of tamper proof bits with a couple different size tri-wings for about $9..I'm sure there are others also, Google for 'tamper proof bits'

How about a low tech spring loaded door hinge, it'll close the door for you...

I had a similliar problem with a ft-50..It just woke up dead one morning.. I checked battery voltage at radio contacts and it was 0. Plugging in charger had no effect, borrowed another battery and it came to life. The frequencies in memory were wiped out, had to do a reset and reprogram. That happen...

If you are connecting something that is going to be grounded(radio) make sure you use the 12v battery that has the neg going to ground. All of this assuming you have a 24 v neg ground system...

Jwax ,don't sugarcoat it, say what you mean...

Works for me