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- 04 Nov 2023, 19:57
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Re: What did you do to your Volvo today?
I used to work for a shop that built liquid nitrogen handling equipment. Because of the extreme low temperature (-320 F), all the pipes had to be stainless steel. Since stainless steel is prone to thread galling, we used Blue Moly thread lubricant. This lube would get everywhere and into the pores ...
- 05 Nov 2023, 21:41
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Re: What non automotive projects and repairs are you doing?
Love that camera and those Daschunds! I took photography in grade school and would like to get into it again if I had room for a darkroom and all those developing trays and those chemicals, probably not practical today. Do you develop your own film? I wonder if all that stuff is still available for...
- 07 Nov 2023, 11:27
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Re: Your favorite guilty pleasure?
Hoof it out to JFK or LGA, an hour on the train , and we will get you on the water Need a sunny day Jan feb March, otherwise nice I once dragged an older (but very good sailor) friend out to sail our Lasers on Flathead Lake in late fall for one last blast. He agreed for some reason. His wife though...
- 07 Nov 2023, 12:37
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Re: Volvo/cars humor
repost? can't remember.
- 08 Nov 2023, 15:50
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Re: What non automotive projects and repairs are you doing?
No darkroom, just a room in the basement that's light-tight. I only process film, no printing, so I only need a small room without light to load film into the tank. But anyone could do what I do in any bathroom at night, lights off. For the rest the film is in a development tank and I (you, we, they...
- 09 Nov 2023, 16:48
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Re: Volvo/cars humor
- 10 Nov 2023, 10:35
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Re: Non-Volvo car chat megathread
Thought of another thing - some of the tube chassis were made of aluminum. Some were made of titanium. Just enough metal to do the job. Some of the chassis were pressurized with a gas, with a pressure gauge and switch. If a crack formed, pressure was lost, a warning light would go off - STOP!
- 10 Nov 2023, 11:39
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Re: CNC Your Own Parts
Check out these small milling machines. All manual control but cheaper. https://www.cncsourced.com/rankings/best-benchtop-milling-machines/ volvolugnut Hi, Oh, that kind, yes they are beautiful. I almost got one of them years ago. The kind you can get now are built a little less ridged but still wo...






