Check the idea below out! Anyone know how dangerous this realy is? Yeah, I know flammable gas, but hey it sure sounds like it would work! Done outside and taking those precautions, hmmmm. -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II " I realize that death is inevitable. I just don't want to be around when it happens! " -------------- Forwarded Message: -------------- From: "shiva1956" To: wastewatts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [wastewatts] Re: babington rod oven. Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:12:12 +0000 > Mark, > I use propane to freeze all my pins and bushings. Use it for the > dozer track pins also. No special tanks required and dangerous to I > suspect. Just get a hose for your 20# propane tank from an old > barbecue and remove the regulator so you only have the hose and tank > fitting. Attach it to your tank and turn upside down. Run enough > liquid propane into a metal coffee type can to cover most of the pins > and wait a few minutes before installing. Use good gloves or better > yet rubber coated pliers so you do not scratch your pins or freeze > your hand. You can throw a lid over the can between pins and it will > last a long time before it boils off. > > Do it outside and put your cigarrette out first. I always wear > safety glasses but in over 30 years have never had a problem. There > are probably other liquids that could be used but out in the bush of > Alaska you use what is around. My ex wife got tired of finding > pistons, rods and bearings in her oven. > > Scott > > --- In wastewatts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Wrambler242@... wrote: > > > > Heard of it. > > Near as I can figure I need liquid nitrogen or some other such > thing we don't have much acces to here in Morgantown! Not easily > anyway! > > > > If you know an easy to access means of getting it I'm all ears. > > > > I do have one idea, but I have to wait my time. > > My son is a Freshman at WVU in the Engineering dept. > > If I wait long enough I figure he'll get a chance at something like > that! > > > > I really want something repeatable that does not require > specialized tanks etc; > > > > -- > > Mark Price > > Morgantown, WV > > 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 > > 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II > > " I realize that death is inevitable. > > I just don't want to be around when it happens! " -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "shiva1956" <shiva@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [wastewatts] Re: babington rod oven. Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:12:12 +0000 Size: 17117 Url: http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20081212/25e3e913/attachment.eml _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list