Arch i believe if you will look closer you will find that your air lines are
not brittle, just stiff. Install the brass fittings on them and use them.
At first thought mine were brittle to, but new lines were identical even
though 25 years newer.
>In a message dated 11/21/1999 4:03:56 PM Central Standard Time,
>
>> Rick Staples has made some very valid critcisms of my original post
>> regarding bearings-
>>
>> > First, to say that Clevite 77, one of the largest manufacturers of
>> engine
>> > bearings in the world, makes bearings "not suited for passenger car use"
>> is
>> > just silly.
>>
>> Well, I did go overboard with that, hehehe- lets say I intensely dislike
>the
>> characteristics of the CL77 family.
>>
>Man am I going to get in trouble here. This little scuffle turned out just
>fine because both egos could handle it. I get almost as much backdoor
>mail as list mail. Somehow we have to encourage people to talk and give
>us their ideas. Saying things are "silly" "dumb" "stupid" "crazy" or what
>ever keeps people with egos that are not as big as some of us have from
>speaking. Here is a phrase from one letter I got tonight.
>
>I usually don't send anything out because it tends to
>cause problems with someone,
>
>I dont save mail so I cant give you more examples of this. I can tell
>you that I have received a lot of mail from people who say they saw
>something on the GMCnet and wondered if what they had done was
>right or wrong. Man I dont want to be the judge of that. I have never
>seen posts from a lot of the people I get mail from. I want to hear
>from the 350 brains we have on this list not just from the 30 to 40
>that are big enough and mean enough to survive here. I want to
>propose something so that this list becomes more of a participant
>sport than a spectator sport.
>
>Proposal: This being the holiday season lets practice a little kindness
>and good will. Now I do believe we have been working on this and have
>been making real progress. How about if we declare the days between
>Thanksgiving and Christmas "Stupid Ideas Days". This would be a time
>for each of us to ask about an idea that we are afraid to ask about
>because we are afraid it will be labeled as a "Stupid Idea." Us big mouths
>have to agree to this to get the others to come out. Those of you who
>never post have to say something have to say something so we know
>you are out there and want to know about something. I bet if we play
>this right we will find out that several of us have the same problem or
>fear. We all could learn a lot if we can just get all 350 brains pumping
>along together. The other thing is there are more things than bearings
>and tires----we have to get into a lot of other problems.
>
>Now here is my "Stupid Idea." Some of my air lines seem brittle. I
>see everybody saying that I should replace my connectors with brass
>ones. I am afraid to do that until I replace the lines for fear that the extra
>weight of the brass fittings will cause the lines to fail.
>
>OK there is my Christmas Wish and my "Stupid Idea." Rick this was in
>no way aimed at you. It all just seem to come together at this point in time.
>So what say Ye one and all?
>
>Take Care
>Arch
>
>
not brittle, just stiff. Install the brass fittings on them and use them.
At first thought mine were brittle to, but new lines were identical even
though 25 years newer.
>In a message dated 11/21/1999 4:03:56 PM Central Standard Time,
>
>> Rick Staples has made some very valid critcisms of my original post
>> regarding bearings-
>>
>> > First, to say that Clevite 77, one of the largest manufacturers of
>> engine
>> > bearings in the world, makes bearings "not suited for passenger car use"
>> is
>> > just silly.
>>
>> Well, I did go overboard with that, hehehe- lets say I intensely dislike
>the
>> characteristics of the CL77 family.
>>
>Man am I going to get in trouble here. This little scuffle turned out just
>fine because both egos could handle it. I get almost as much backdoor
>mail as list mail. Somehow we have to encourage people to talk and give
>us their ideas. Saying things are "silly" "dumb" "stupid" "crazy" or what
>ever keeps people with egos that are not as big as some of us have from
>speaking. Here is a phrase from one letter I got tonight.
>
>I usually don't send anything out because it tends to
>cause problems with someone,
>
>I dont save mail so I cant give you more examples of this. I can tell
>you that I have received a lot of mail from people who say they saw
>something on the GMCnet and wondered if what they had done was
>right or wrong. Man I dont want to be the judge of that. I have never
>seen posts from a lot of the people I get mail from. I want to hear
>from the 350 brains we have on this list not just from the 30 to 40
>that are big enough and mean enough to survive here. I want to
>propose something so that this list becomes more of a participant
>sport than a spectator sport.
>
>Proposal: This being the holiday season lets practice a little kindness
>and good will. Now I do believe we have been working on this and have
>been making real progress. How about if we declare the days between
>Thanksgiving and Christmas "Stupid Ideas Days". This would be a time
>for each of us to ask about an idea that we are afraid to ask about
>because we are afraid it will be labeled as a "Stupid Idea." Us big mouths
>have to agree to this to get the others to come out. Those of you who
>never post have to say something have to say something so we know
>you are out there and want to know about something. I bet if we play
>this right we will find out that several of us have the same problem or
>fear. We all could learn a lot if we can just get all 350 brains pumping
>along together. The other thing is there are more things than bearings
>and tires----we have to get into a lot of other problems.
>
>Now here is my "Stupid Idea." Some of my air lines seem brittle. I
>see everybody saying that I should replace my connectors with brass
>ones. I am afraid to do that until I replace the lines for fear that the extra
>weight of the brass fittings will cause the lines to fail.
>
>OK there is my Christmas Wish and my "Stupid Idea." Rick this was in
>no way aimed at you. It all just seem to come together at this point in time.
>So what say Ye one and all?
>
>Take Care
>Arch
>
>
