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From: | Vic Hughes [v.hughes(at)austarmetro.com.au] |
Sent: | Sunday, 19 October 2003 6:51 PM |
To: | Hillman |
Subject: | Re: "Hillman – " mufflers |
Vic
From: | Keith Johnson [keiths55(at)bigpond.net.au] |
Sent: | Monday 27 October 2003 10:43 PM |
To: | hillman@can-inc.com |
Subject: | Re: "Hillman – " mufflers |
changing the transmission you can get a face full of nice 30SAE (this is a Rootes gearbox after all :-))
Doing exhausts you just get busted knuckles and flaking rust bits in your eyes.
Even if I had a brand new off the shelf, guaranteed to fit system, I would still get the experts to fit it.
Keith (chicken? or just wiser :-)
55 Californian
From: | Jan Eyerman [jan.eyerman(at)usa.net] |
Sent: | Tuesday, 28 October 2003 9:09 AM |
To: | Keith Johnson; hillman@can-inc.com |
Subject: | "Hillman – " Other Kinds Of Tools |
After 45 years of Rootes tinkering, I have finally gotten a little smarter. I bought one of those plastic eyeglass shields – the ones that completely cover your eyes. Why didn't I do that years and years ago? I also wear a bandana on my head – keeps all of the gook out of my hair – a hat gets in the way. There is also a package of rubber gloves – two kinds – thin latex and heavy rubber. Make working with nasty stuff easier. I now also have a box of nose/mouth masks when I don't want to inhale stuff (like when working on 40 year old brakes!).
Finally, I have a jar of cold creme to put on my hands BEFORE starting to work on greasy stuff. It makes cleaning up a snap (which is why women wear it under makeup).
All of this made working on my '62 Minx almost a joy. It was indeed fun, but in the past there were moments of misery as a pile of rust flakes fell onto my face, etc.
Anyway, all of that stuff is now in my garage along with my SAE, Metric and Whitworth tools!
Jan
From: | Wendy or Glen Davies [wlwk_11(at)hotmail.com] |
Sent: | Tuesday, 28 October 2003 10:34 AM |
To: | hillman@can-inc.com |
Subject: | Re: "Hillman – " Other Kinds Of Tools |
'Nother grease prevention tip. Scrape bar soap under your fingernails before starting. Afterwards, old toothbrush/warm water and, voila, clean nails.
cheers, Glen
'59 Husky
From: | Tony Tynan [ttynan(at)iol.ie] |
Sent: | Tuesday, 28 October 2003 8:54 PM |
To: | Jan Eyerman; Keith Johnson; hillman@can-inc.com |
Subject: | Re: "Hillman – " Other Kinds Of Tools |
The only kind of eyeglass shields (goggles) I've ever been able to find cause me a lot of bother since I wear glasses. Even though the goggles have vent holes my specs. keep steaming up inside and I've got to keep removing the goggles to wipe, which defeats the object to some extent.
TT
4 x Hillmen complete with flakes and other hazards
From: | The Becketts [thebecketts(at)optusnet.com.au] |
Sent: | Tuesday, 28 October 2003 9:11 PM |
To: | Tony Tynan; Jan Eyerman; Keith Johnson; hillman@can-inc.com |
Subject: | Re: "Hillman – " Other Kinds Of Tools |
Try wiping the interior of the lens with household washing up detergent
Ron
From: | jeff coen [jeffco(at)airmail.net] |
Sent: | Wednesday, 29 October 2003 4:15 PM |
To: | hillman@can-inc.com |
Subject: | Re: "Hillman – " Other Kinds Of Tools |
Tony there are several soap based products that are "anti-fog" which clean your glasses and leave a film that prevents the glasses from fogging over. I don't know how it works, but it is fairly effective unless you get into a steam bath. The stuff I use is from a local chemical company so I'm sure it is available most places.
From: | KosmicDancr(at)aol.com |
Sent: | Friday, 31 October 2003 12:04 PM |
To: | Hillman@can-inc.com |
Subject: | "Hillman – " other tools |
steve.... iowa
From: | Vic Hughes [hughes(at)scides.canberra.edu.au] |
Sent: | Friday, 31 October 2003 12:28 PM |
To: | Hillman@can-inc.com |
Subject: | Re: "Hillman – " other tools |
Vic
From: | The Becketts [thebecketts(at)optusnet.com.au] |
Sent: | Friday, 31 October 2003 12:32 PM |
To: | KosmicDancr(at)aol.com; Hillman@can-inc.com |
Subject: | Re: "Hillman – " other tools |
When I was a trainee electronics tech back in the mid-Sixties, we were shown a film of an eye operation after someone had a helical piece of swarf (from drilling some steel) screw into the eye.
Yuk.
I've worn eye protection ever since.
Ron