[Amc-list] FW: [wastewatts] Re: rod oven.

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

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! "

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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! "

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