Well I haven't asked the professor, but the AT teacher said it isn't exactly the same thing as engine, or drivetrain, or propulsion. He didn't know how to describe it in english, but I threw those three at him and he said no to each.
Well I haven't asked the professor, but the AT teacher said it isn't exactly the same thing as engine, or drivetrain, or propulsion. He didn't know how to describe it in english, but I threw those three at him and he said no to each.
Nicht Uberfullen...simple translation "do not overfill". Even google gets it
right
Maybe you should find a different German prof....
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Ok, So what do you talk about on the radio for 30-60 minutes when you are doing an interview as the rep of a car club? Did I mention it's live? Did I mention I hate public speaking? At least none of will are in range to hear me make a fool out of myself on Wensday.....
Ok, So what do you talk about on the radio for 30-60 minutes when you are doing an interview as the rep of a car club? Did I mention it's live? Did I mention I hate public speaking? At least none of will are in range to hear me make a fool out of myself on Wensday.....
I'll ship it tomorrow (I have a million things to do today, sorry). The plural of "tool" is formed by adding an "s" to the end, not a "z."
Nevermind, I shipped it today (I remembered one of the things I had to do was mail back a Snap On wrench...hated the thing, so now for wrenches I'm thinking Facom, but I'm waiting to see what the Stahlwille Type 15 is like first.
Nevermind, I shipped it today (I remembered one of the things I had to do was mail back a Snap On wrench...hated the thing, so now for wrenches I'm thinking Facom, but I'm waiting to see what the Stahlwille Type 15 is like first.
You know we expect a full report.
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On the wrenches, or just on the day to day decisions I make in my life?
The Stahlwille Type 15 are a neat looking design, but I think I'll have to see one in person. I know I hated the Snap-On, the Facom have a really nice finish but they are also a bit large (about 1mm too big) when compared to other good quality wrenches, the Beta are good dimensions but I'm not a fan of mirror polish chrome on wrenches and I didn't like their non-chrome finish, so here's to hoping the Stahlwille are good. Hazets are pretty good but they're a little flexy in small/medium sizes, but not in the direction in which force is applied when using them as a tool. What I wonder is if that flex is on purpose, if somehow making the handle portion flexy allows the pressure to be taken off the head so the head doesn't flex.
Nevermind, I shipped it today (I remembered one of the things I had to do was mail back a Snap On wrench...hated the thing, so now for wrenches I'm thinking Facom, but I'm waiting to see what the Stahlwille Type 15 is like first.
I cannot stress enough how disappointed I was with the Snap On. A tool should feel good in the hand...plus it would be nice if the chrome finish didn't have milkiness in it. On top of all that, Flank Drive Plus is a neat idea, except for that it destroys the nut/bolt head. Oh, and price? Who do they think they are? I tried it becaues I figured with all the hype, and at that price, it must be the best thing in the world. Honestly, of the good wrenches it's at the bottom of my list: Snap-On, Hazet, Beta/Facom (these two are close, depends on what a person likes). I guess I'll see where Stahlwille falls. Of course, these are all better than Heyco, Mac, Matco, Craftsman, and other brands in that range.
I will say this, dollar for dollar, Beta is almost always the hands down winner by far (a few of their tools are overpriced though). They don't appear to have any sort of flank drive type thing in any of their tools, but I'm not sure how much I hold it against them since it doesn't seem to matter. A friend rounded out a seized bolt with his Craftsman socket, I put a Beta on it and it came right off. I think they just worry about making the sizing very precise rather than worry about nifty designs like flank drive.
Wiha (www.wihatools.com) makes the best screwdrivers and any driver type tool (so this includes T handles) that I have ever seen. With screwdrivers get the soft-finish extra heavy duty for the house and micro-finish heavy duty for the garage.
I'm still not sure why you need different finishes for house/garage.
It's a tool...it should work where ever you want to use it
The soft-finish is more comfortable, but you can get oil and transmission fluid and anything else all over the handle of the microfinish and it doesn't become slippery at all.
Ok, I'm going with the Stahlwille wrenches. They certainly aren't the prettiest (probably the worst finsih from a cosmetic standpoint), but they are the most fuctional. The closed end of the combination wrench of course has the flank drive/ogv profile/as profile/whatever you want to call it that all of the good brands use, but the unique thing is the open end uses slightly convex jaws to achieve what snap on does with their flank drive plus without banging up the nut/bolt. Also, they have small outer dimensions, which is important for getting into tight spaces, yet they have 0 flex in the direction of rotation (very slight flex if you try to bend it downwards, i.e. against the direction of rotation, but that's something they do knowingly as part of that I-beam construction thing). Also, while the finish sure ain't pretty, it doesn't get slippery when wet.
The Facoms are the nicest IMHO but they are less function since their outer dimensions are larger than everybody else. The Stahlwille is the most functional, the Beta is the best bang for the buck, and the Hazet is the best all around good. Since for me function is the most important thing I'm going with Stahlwille.
Just a public service announcement. Buy good tire pressure guages. I've always wondered why manufacturers recommended tire pressures always result in too much edge wear. Well, I always say go big or go home, so I got a good tire pressure gauge from CDOC. Now I see that my auto parts store stick type gauge reads about 3psi low.
Just a public service announcement. Buy good tire pressure guages. I've always wondered why manufacturers recommended tire pressures always result in too much edge wear. Well, I always say go big or go home, so I got a good tire pressure gauge from CDOC. Now I see that my auto parts store stick type gauge reads about 3psi low.
There's even variation amongst the good gauges. Try 3 or 4 of the same brand and make and there will be variation. It's a pretty ambiguous thing to know an exact pressure. Best you can hope for is consistency with the gauge you have over time. That said, the stick type gauges are complete crap as are 99% of the ones attached to an air hose unless you know exactly when they had it calibrated and if it's been dropped since then. I always try to error on the high side as tires always lose pressure and more bad things happen from under inflation vs slight over inflation.
Just a public service announcement. Buy good tire pressure guages. I've always wondered why manufacturers recommended tire pressures always result in too much edge wear. Well, I always say go big or go home, so I got a good tire pressure gauge from CDOC. Now I see that my auto parts store stick type gauge reads about 3psi low.
I had my last car 2 1/2 years & never once opened the bonnet (hood) not once.
The car before that my wife drove home in one day...i drove it for 2-3 weeks & a friend whom is into cars asked me what it was...i said its a red holden commodore V6 wagon ...he went & looked & said " sorry mate but its a 4 cyl toyota camry"
I had my last car 2 1/2 years & never once opened the bonnet (hood) not once.
The car before that my wife drove home in one day...i drove it for 2-3 weeks & a friend whom is into cars asked me what it was...i said its a red holden commodore V6 wagon ...he went & looked & said " sorry mate but its a 4 cyl toyota camry"
There's even variation amongst the good gauges. Try 3 or 4 of the same brand and make and there will be variation. It's a pretty ambiguous thing to know an exact pressure. Best you can hope for is consistency with the gauge you have over time. That said, the stick type gauges are complete crap as are 99% of the ones attached to an air hose unless you know exactly when they had it calibrated and if it's been dropped since then. I always try to error on the high side as tires always lose pressure and more bad things happen from under inflation vs slight over inflation.
I can't spend $240 just to check for variances between guages. I just have to trust that the oil-filled guage I bought from a race shop is probably pretty accurate.
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Well I haven't asked the professor, but the AT teacher said it isn't exactly the same thing as engine, or drivetrain, or propulsion. He didn't know how to describe it in english, but I threw those three at him and he said no to each.
Nicht Uberfullen...simple translation "do not overfill". Even google gets it
right
Maybe you should find a different German prof....
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Are we talking about the same thing? I'm talking about "antrieb"
And no, it's not transmission (I figured that's what you meant by do not overfill).
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Nevermind, I shipped it today (I remembered one of the things I had to do was mail back a Snap On wrench...hated the thing, so now for wrenches I'm thinking Facom, but I'm waiting to see what the Stahlwille Type 15 is like first.
On the wrenches, or just on the day to day decisions I make in my life?
The Stahlwille Type 15 are a neat looking design, but I think I'll have to see one in person. I know I hated the Snap-On, the Facom have a really nice finish but they are also a bit large (about 1mm too big) when compared to other good quality wrenches, the Beta are good dimensions but I'm not a fan of mirror polish chrome on wrenches and I didn't like their non-chrome finish, so here's to hoping the Stahlwille are good. Hazets are pretty good but they're a little flexy in small/medium sizes, but not in the direction in which force is applied when using them as a tool. What I wonder is if that flex is on purpose, if somehow making the handle portion flexy allows the pressure to be taken off the head so the head doesn't flex.
http://zwilliams.smugmug.com/
Just the wrenches thank you.
I cannot stress enough how disappointed I was with the Snap On. A tool should feel good in the hand...plus it would be nice if the chrome finish didn't have milkiness in it. On top of all that, Flank Drive Plus is a neat idea, except for that it destroys the nut/bolt head. Oh, and price? Who do they think they are? I tried it becaues I figured with all the hype, and at that price, it must be the best thing in the world. Honestly, of the good wrenches it's at the bottom of my list: Snap-On, Hazet, Beta/Facom (these two are close, depends on what a person likes). I guess I'll see where Stahlwille falls. Of course, these are all better than Heyco, Mac, Matco, Craftsman, and other brands in that range.
I will say this, dollar for dollar, Beta is almost always the hands down winner by far (a few of their tools are overpriced though). They don't appear to have any sort of flank drive type thing in any of their tools, but I'm not sure how much I hold it against them since it doesn't seem to matter. A friend rounded out a seized bolt with his Craftsman socket, I put a Beta on it and it came right off. I think they just worry about making the sizing very precise rather than worry about nifty designs like flank drive.
Wiha (www.wihatools.com) makes the best screwdrivers and any driver type tool (so this includes T handles) that I have ever seen. With screwdrivers get the soft-finish extra heavy duty for the house and micro-finish heavy duty for the garage.
It's a tool...it should work where ever you want to use it
http://zwilliams.smugmug.com/
The soft-finish is more comfortable, but you can get oil and transmission fluid and anything else all over the handle of the microfinish and it doesn't become slippery at all.
Yeah, MB uses them for a few tools too. They're ok, but pretty much free tool kit grade.
The Facoms are the nicest IMHO but they are less function since their outer dimensions are larger than everybody else. The Stahlwille is the most functional, the Beta is the best bang for the buck, and the Hazet is the best all around good. Since for me function is the most important thing I'm going with Stahlwille.
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2008 Audi S5
Wake me up when they make something rear wheel drive.
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I had my last car 2 1/2 years & never once opened the bonnet (hood) not once.
The car before that my wife drove home in one day...i drove it for 2-3 weeks & a friend whom is into cars asked me what it was...i said its a red holden commodore V6 wagon ...he went & looked & said " sorry mate but its a 4 cyl toyota camry"
Yeah, but you're Australian.
I can't spend $240 just to check for variances between guages. I just have to trust that the oil-filled guage I bought from a race shop is probably pretty accurate.