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I have a Fujica 35 mm camera that I bought years ago and haven't used it in over 3 years. I've been using point and shoot digitals.
I purchased 3 vivitar screw mount lenses to use with the Fujica...I would like to get a digital slr that these lenses would be compatible with. One of the lenses is a nice telephoto lens.
Can anyone give me some input. I just called a major camera retailer and they told me there was no one there technical enough to help me.....unbelievable.............
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This appears to be another one of those sophisticated China scams that looks so great and innocent on the surface and you don't see the bottom half of the iceberg until you are already in China with no hope of a refund. There are 4 or 5 links warning people about this fraud on the internet but they are buried so deep within the SEO spam of CUCAS which is owned by a former Chinese government official. This guy is so cunning. Read this link and see for yourself. http://chinascampatrol.wordpress.com
Long story short, they claim to be part of the Ministry of Education (they are not) and they promise they can get you into any Chinese university to study Chinese and then give you a job when you finish. But after you pay the money you are told that you were only accepted by a handful of universities - the ones that pay CUCAS a commission! Once they have your money there will be a snow storm in hell before you can get a refund. Then they also collect from the university. In fact the money you pay for tuition also goes in his pocket because he gets the university to give you a scholarship about half the time.
Make a complaint with the authorities and the CUCAS owner will pay off visa official to make sure your visa does not get renewed OR he gets you deported because he gets you to work illegally on a student visa! Looking at the nice website they have with the phony .edu.cn domain name, it is very easy to fall for this trap.
My buddy is dating a girl who used to work there and she told us all this stuff. At first we did not believe her until we started seeing the complaints on line. Spread the word people - they solicit via emails, Skype, and social media using "China Scholarships" and "Work In China" ads as bait.

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On multiple occasions this year, Roy Williams has mentioned that the hardest team to defend is a squad with five capable scorers on the floor at one time. That offensive balance presents matchup problems, and if any one shooter is having an off day, another assumes the scoring load. And when they're all hitting--like the 2009 Tar Heels, with Wayne Ellington shooting and Tyler Hansbrough posting up and Ty Lawson and Danny Green slashing--it's almost impossible to defend.
But Williams has likewise often said he feels his team should be able to defend a squad that has one overwhelmingly primary scorer. A team like, say, this year's Virginia Tech club, which features Erick Green, who came into Saturday afternoon's contest averaging a nation-leading 25.5 points per game. It marked the first time ever that the nation's leading scorer had played a game in the Smith Center, and was the first time the nation's leading scorer had come to Chapel Hill since South Carolina's Grady Wallace during the 1956-57 season.
Carolina's defensive philosophy against Green bore a striking resemblance to the types of offensive teams Williams prefers: multiple players contributing and a seemingly constant rotation of fresh bodies on the way to a 72-60 overtime win.
"Dexter, Reggie, Leslie and Marcus, all four of those guys worked really hard against Erick Green," Williams said. "He is such a load...We tried to keep fresh guys on him."
It was an impressive example of sharing the defensive responsibilities. Strickland guarded Green for 22 halfcourt possessions (Green was 1-for-5 against him). McDonald had 19 defensive halfcourt possessions against Green and limited him to 1-for-7. Paige drew the assignment on 10 possessions and saw Green go 1-for-1. Bullock actually had the fewest possessions against Green, with just nine, but he held him to 0-for-3, and also had the game's signature defensive stretch when he held the Hokie scoreless over the final two minutes, including the potential game-winning possession at the buzzer.
Green's only real offensive success came in transition, when he was able to fire a quick shot before the defense was set. Nine of his 16 points came on a quick trigger in transition.
His struggles in the halfcourt speak to both Carolina's excellent preparation--credit C.B. McGrath for a solid scouting report that left the Tar Heels looking very prepared for several favorite Hokie sets--and execution.
"We've really been watching film on him," said McDonald, who returned from a six-game absence with an unexpectedly solid defensive performance. "He's very quick, and his one-on-one skills are incredible. But I thought everyone who guarded him did a great job of anticipating his moves and contesting the shot, getting a hand up without fouling."
In fact, the Tar Heels didn't foul at all. On a day when, as Williams said, "(Green) missed some shots he'd normally make," Green could have found another way to score--at the free throw line, where he's an 80.1 percent shooter. But he didn't shoot a single free throw against the Tar Heels, especially impressive considering that he came into the day averaging a startling 11.7 free throw attempts per game in ACC play.
Like a wily baseball manager--appropriate considering a quartet of Tar Heel major leaguers, including Adam Greenberg, Luke Putkonen, Matt Harvey and Tim Federowicz were seated on the front row--Williams mixed and matched his defenders depending on the situation. Paige drew the early assignment, then gave way to Strickland, who had the majority of the first-half defensive responsibility. Strickland had the early duties in the second half, but then handed Green over to McDonald, who started the stretch when the Tar Heels held Green without a point from the 16:31 mark of the second half to 1:30 left in overtime--20 minutes and one second without a basket for the nation's leading scorer.
Bullock will get the headlines, because he played those noticeable final two minutes of the second half on Green. But on a day when even one more Green basket in regulation could have handed the Hokies an upset, the story was much more about the balance of having four players who all played a major defensive role. On this day, with Green jacking up 21 shots, it's unlikely that just one Tar Heel could have slowed him down. Instead, they were the perfect illustration of those Williams offensive favorites that get contributions from everyone on the roster.
"It's tough, because on defense we had to run around screens, and then when we were on offense we have to hurry up and get down the floor," Strickland said. "That's why we had the rotation going."
Williams's confidence in his depth was evident late in the second half. Coming out of a timeout with 3:16 to play and a 53-53 tie, Virginia Tech had the opportunity to set up any play they wanted, which almost everyone knew would go to Green.
Likewise, Williams had the chance to put any defender on his roster on Green for what at that point was the biggest possession of the game. Maybe Bullock? Perhaps Strickland? Williams chose McDonald. The junior, blowing on his hands like a quarterback playing at Lambeau Field as Green brought the ball into the frontcourt, hung tough. He first trailed Green around two screens, then communicated and worked perfectly with Paige to thwart a high screen, and finally forced Green to give the ball up to Cadarian Raines well out of scoring position, where he missed.
"It's about wanting to play defense," said McDonald. "Coach Williams told us that we were all going to have to guard him, and that it was about a will to have that want-to."
Adam Lucas is the publisher of Tar Heel Monthly and the author or co-author of seven books on the Tar Heels.


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Why data is king of the borders
Building the case for risk scoring
By Sue Cameron, Principal Pre-sales Consultant, SAS
Border security agencies have a tough job; they need to carefully balance public security against convenience and cost: They can either check every passenger (estimated at 3.3 billion in 2014) and every piece of cargo (about 50 million metric tons!) or risk letting in travelers or cargo that pose a threat. Obviously the blanket approach is impractical. Risk scoring incorporates multiple data sources, including advanced passenger information (API), passenger number record (PNR) details and watch list information, to help agencies narrow the search.
In addition to the volume of traffic to be evaluated, some agencies are also constrained by regulations about data privacy and the length of time data can be retained for analysis. Agencies typically need advanced data management to connect and merge the necessary data sets. But merging the data can sometimes result in individuals being identified, thereby breaching the privacy regulations. Anonymizing data, however, satisfies privacy laws while still providing valuable intelligence.
To achieve an appropriate balance between cost, passenger convenience and security — that prioritizes the latter — an approach based on risk scoring is the only viable option.
Coupled with this, agencies operating in integrated regions like the EU need to deliver open borders while dealing with the added risks. Under the Schengen Agreement, member states agree to the four freedoms of movement (people, goods, services and capital), putting pressure on nations with external borders to provide adequate border protection.
How to be selective
Agencies need advanced data management capabilities to connect and merge the data in a way that will make it most useful. Once the right data has been collected and formatted, agencies can move to the risk scoring phase. The solution should include these three elements: watch list management, rules-based profiling and analytics-based profiling.
The first refers to managing and matching lists of known or suspected criminals held by intelligence or other agencies. Rules-based profiling tests passengers against known rules. For instance, a person who buys a long-haul ticket on the day of travel with cash will generate a higher score than someone who buys a ticket by credit card two weeks in advance.
The third method – analytics-based profiling - uses historical data (hard to obtain in some countries), to create clusters of travelers or cargo with similar characteristics and identify patterns. Then, individual passengers and shipments can be checked against norms to determine risk.
The ideal approach should encompass data management, watch list matching, rules-based profiling and analytics-based profiling all within one solution. Individual risk scores can then be generated to create an overall risk score, with alerts sent if thresholds are exceeded. Risk scoring should be used as part of a coordinated approach to border management, complementing the expertise of experienced border guards to help them make more informed decisions.
Risk scoring ensures the balance
Preserving public security should always be the end goal, and risk scoring helps achieve this while controlling costs, reducing queues and streamlining border crossings. Yet while some border agencies have implemented it, the technology they use is often rules-based and doesn't incorporate analytics-based profiling. Why is this?
The effectiveness of analytics-based profiling is dependent on its ability to access a rich source of high-quality historical data, and, critically, hold it for prolonged periods. This is difficult in many countries because of the stringent data privacy rules under which many countries operate. The current rules make it difficult for agencies to hold data long enough to run effective analysis; however, with judicious use of anonymization, they may be able to retain more historic information that can then be used to generate risk-based profiles.
Data privacy is a critically important principle and the prevailing legislation in this area must and should be respected and adhered to. However, it is hoped that the relevant laws may be modified in the future to allow a greater range of data to be accessed by agencies and for that data to be retained for longer periods.
Ultimately, any approach to profiling depends on the quality of data collected. The way this data is managed and analyzed will be critical in determining the quality of the final results achieved. The technology to optimize this process is available today and is now increasingly being applied to border management challenges. Security is paramount and to achieve an appropriate balance between cost, passenger convenience and security, that prioritizes the latter, an approach based on risk scoring is the only viable option.
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A little vacation afterthought...
While in Key West, former pirate stomping grounds with acual sunken treasure waters, we went to the Pirate Soul's pirate museum on a lark, which has actual pirate artifacts at hand and a fairly decent, if small, museum: a pirate chest, sword/buckler, matchlock pistol, dinner plate, etc. There's also a very nicely done digital book of pirate history you can peruse. It also holds one of only two actually-proven-provenance pirate flags known to the world. It's actually a fairly plain looking skull and bones (which I can't show here unfortunately). It's nothing like the made up stylized pirate flags we found over in the gift shop and you can see all over the place including this one on the back of a Jeep.
This rings back to the most recent Pirates of the Carribean movie where at one point a whole fleet of pirate vessels at sea with their own pirate flags. It looked like they all shopped at that Pirate Museum gift store. Obviously the movie is fiction, with more attitude added to pirate life than reality, but sometimes you see just how fake it is. In terms of the actual movie, I still think the first of the three was still the best, with this third being far too overachieving in terms of plot, and direction. Overstimulation is sometimes just that. The characters behave as the director figured self-interested pirates would, meaning they would do whatever they needed to achieve their own goals, but at some point, it got far too complicated to keep straight who wanted what. Visually, they also tried far too much, pushing into ludicrous speed... yes, they went plaid.
(See I didn't give away the plot entirely)
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There be pirates... (Pirates of Carribean non-spoler)
business books also need to be interesting
I was discussing with my enlightened other about fiction versus non-fiction books in particular business books versus fiction stories. The argument is that non-ficiton books have to be filled with facts to be of use, versus fiction which has to be entertaining. This means that fiction books take much more work to create because you have to think out a lot more of the plot in detail while a business book usually has a point and what you need is a proper series of facts to lead there. I beg to differ in that I feel that most business or technical books tend to achieve the "lower levels" of fact-filling but that doesn't necessarily make them a "good" or interesting book. The interesting ones are those that not only get the facts right but also have to tell a story in an interesting and appealing manner. To that regard, "good" non-fiction books of the like are in my view harder to do. The writer is hampered by details of facts, figures and sequence of events, which are, truth be told, sometimes as gripping as glossy paper covers the books come in.
Unfortunatley, I think this is lost among many business writers. I can consume probably about a 300-page business book in a week or less if it is really interesting, or a month if it not so, or even never if I find it just downright appalling. It seems like writing style is becoming even more significant these days with blogs, forms, and other social software. I'm not sure if anyone is teaching that beyond the do's an don'ts but I suspect is probably a new form of being an English major (not something I really know about).
That being said, I started working on my next book last week--I tend to have a "next" book in the works every other year--and already have about 55 pages in about 4 days; that's about 15% of the total page count that I feel a decent book should be. Now some people look at that as a sign of productivity, but I beg to caution folks that it matters more how useful that is versus how long it is. I'll probably end up with 2-3x the amount of pages than what I'll actually use.
Is there a point? Maybe what they say is true: more is not always better; better is always better.
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Darn it.. missed Secondfest
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I missed out on Secondfest, a music festival on SecondLife that Intel recently sponsored together with the UK's Guardian newspaper. There were so many performers there, I'm surprised at the size of it. Even one of my long-time favorites, The Pet Shop Boys. This is a fairly large online event to organize and I'm pretty sure it takes a good concert promoter on the side of the bands too. It's hard to call this a UK thing when it's on SL. I think the promotion for it I'd like to try to find out who helped to organize this.
PS: Does the group Hadouken have anything to do with the old Capcom Street Fighter II games?
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Webinar on Web 2.0 community
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I'll be presenting alongside several other folks to a marketing audience in a webinar 2pm ET on Wednesday July 11th, on Web 2.0 and community building, hosted by eOne Group and the Multichannel Merchant web site. It should still be open for registration up till the day.
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Design is changing
I'm read HOW magazine's article on Small Medium Large--unfortunately only in print--talking about the shifts in design strategy. The article describes six shifts, but some of them seem strikingly similar. They suggestions echo our strategies in dW now.
Otherwise, the common theme to me seems like being a designer now is a job shared by more people beyond just a design team, and even involving users in the process. However, at the same time, this means you need to design a system whereby it is easy for the user to get involved and affect design. This means creating the tools or mechanisms that allow them that capability, all while making it simple to do so. Thus, you provide the tools and a context on how the users can achieve their goals. There is also a lot more for designers to learn, and in this time of flux, to keep learning and training on new methods and processes. The job is getting harder by the day.
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Why investors are like herring - Swarm intelligence
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The sudden charge of Apple stock over the past two days due to rumor--yes, it's definitely rumor not fact--about the coming of a iPhone Nano, so soon after the recent iPhone launch is a quick study in swarm intelligence. As the Business2 blog indicates, this is an example of rumor going wild and spreading quickly.
Swarm intelligence, if you haven't heard of it, describes how very simple behaviors can amount to "smart" decision-making through the work of a swarm of individuals. This theory started originally in the study of how swarms of insects, birds, fish and other animals seem to make intelligent decisions with relatively simple brains. For example, how a school of fish know to move rapidly away in a direction of a predator seemingly all at once, or how ants know when it is time to rebuild their nest or send our foraging parties. Each creature is programmed with a few very basic rules of how to function: e.g. if one or more of my neighbors is suddenly turning and moving rapidly in a new direction, I should be too. They count on individual actions, and the propagation of reaction through the swarm.
Swarm intelligence is a form of collective intelligence, but when it hits humans, the complexity grows because of our seemingly greater decision making abilities. Collective intelligence is part of the spark of interest in the social networking side of Web 2.0. Swarm behavior exists in humans at a basic level, but we call it by a variety of other things like herd-instinct, mob behavior, market trends, crowd movement, flow, etc. There is a lot we can learn from this in SN: how folksonomies grow and change, how decision making happens in online groups, what causes idea propagation, etc.
In the iPhone Nano case, I can see several basic elements: recent excited activity, seed idea, association with recent activity, trusted parties doing research, publishing/syndication, amplification, individual and market reaction.
This trend is well known by successful spindoctors and public relations organizations, and there is a whole industry of job roles behind it. Again, it sounds Machiavellian and controlling, but it really is how information flows.
In terms of social networks, we need greater understanding of what actually works in an online social environment, which is a different setting and may have different behaviors than live groups of folks.
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short: 10 most beautiful social networks
Mashable published this list of what they call 10 most beautiful social networks. The emphasis is on visual presentation and prettiness rather than value to the user I guess. This is still useful for designers and Web 2.0 developers to consider the design elements.
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Profile overload and aggregation
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Reading this story on Red Herring about the Socialstream project over at Carnegie Mellon, reminded me of three other things. The story is about a graduate student project that aggregates "any" social networks. What that means is obviously vague but it's getting some press due to the Google funding it received. It partially hints at the ability to aggregate a user's profile from across multiple sites. That in itself is not that unique.
The first thing it reminded me of is ZoomInfo, a site that conducts a web search for a person's name and makes correlations, and creates a single profile for all the related info that match that person. It isn't all that accurate and sometimes gives multiple hits for the same person (e.g., "Rawn Shah" a name that as far as I have searched is currently unique in the world). It also can give results for multiple people (e.g., plenty of "Michael O'Connell"s out there), and I'm guessing that sometimes the entries cross over between profiles inaccurately. It doesn't quite merge profiles from multiple social networks as much as take raw information, do some semantic processing looking for similar context, contact information, and references.
What would help ZoomInfo is more contextual or semantic declaration of information, in other words, it is an application just waiting for the Semantic Web to rise. There are other examples like the real-estate mapping and pricing site, Zillow. Both search multiple sources for particular type of information and then aggregate them in some meaningul way to do what they do. I know what you're think: "Isn't that just a mashup?" And you'd be right, but this kind of mashup becomes more useful if given the semantics of the situation.
This leads me to my second thing, the Semantic Web, which we talked about just recently at work. Conceptually, it means applying more specific information to any piece of knowledge so that it can be handled by software agents trying to understand the context and semantics. This is the current work of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the originator of the Web. I think we even have a podcast interview him on dW where he discusses this. This has also been referred to more recently as "Web 3.0", although the Semantic Web seems a more accurate and less self-aggrandizing title. To get to this level, there are a number of protocols, in particular the Resource Description Framework, that need to be much more widely applied to web information. There's a more complete diagram on that Wikipedia entry for it.
But returning to the topic of "aggregating" social networks, the third thing I recall is what Marc Canter, founder of MacroMedia and current CEO of Broadband Mechanics, wrote on CNet: "...it's clear that folks are interested in connecting together some of their disparate accounts on a wide range of social networks." Having worked on standards before I know how much messy politics go into it more often than good information. Marc's focus here again is also on connecting the profiles across multiple networks, and separately connecting the social networking tools they use and the information they generate.
My point of view, all three (profile, SN tool, information) are part of the same set, and should probably go together, not in terms of actually being on the same application, but in terms of the same presentation. In the background, all the data in the set can come from multiple application sources, even multiple sites. Don't force people to switch tools and interfaces constantly so they have to go from e.g., their blog to their wiki to enter different kinds of information. The same for profiles, you can have multiple profiles on multiple sites, but even switching between different sites to get to your profile in each community/social network system you are part of is cumbersome, when you need to change some basic information, e.g., your job title. It's also hard to track.
Is there a solution?
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Social network analysis story in Fortune
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Every time I see another piece or book on social network analysis, I have to say something, particularly because the term is used so often these days.
There is definitely a science behind social network analysis that has existed for years. In simplest form, it maps the relationships between different people in a group, and draws the connections between folks. This contrasts against the hierarchical structure in most organizations and companies. In other words, the actual way people connect and interact in a group can often be very different than reporting structures and formal relationships between different teams. SN analysis examines these relationships and helps to point out bottlenecks, misdirections, and point out key people in your organization.
However, the shortcoming of this approach is, first, it requires that the members in the group all participate and respond to a questionnaire (and honestly) on who they interact with. The truth is that we may remember the first set of fewest people we interact with the most often (e.g., those folks on your speeddial, "myFaves" in Tmobile, etc.), but there are many others who we do not interact with so often but still hold value. So what SN analysis uncovers is frequency more than accuracy. That's the second part, accuracy implies quality, and the quality of relationships between folks are hard to determine, especially when you consider that people rarely record and evaluate every single interaction they have with others.
The diagram on page 99 of this month's Fortune magazine is pure fantasy--it is not on the online version of the story. It is unlikely you will ever uncover this kind of information, mostly because it is very invasive and raises many privacy concerns. Don't get me wrong; there are probably people who really do try to create such a map, but it can get horribly complicated over time and with larger populations. The reality of what you can get is shown in the article, luckily.
The article does however, point out the reality: there is a hidden network of how people interact in a workplace. You cannot directly measure this to a really fine degree and probably shouldn't even try. Every manager knows that they should get to know their employees to some degree; some managers can remember more about the work relationships and history of their employees than others; in that way, they build their own mental map of their surrounding hidden workplace.
How does this relate to "social networking" in the Web 2.0 sense (i.e., blogs, forums, wikis, tags, etc.)? When you get frequent and regularly participating members in any community, you have this same kind of invisible relationship network. I won't say it is impossible to map this out; someone might eventually prove me wrong. Software makes it easier to track interactions since there is a "written record" somewhere. Smart software may be able to automatically analyze your interactions with other folks to help you keep track of your own social circle. I have seen this at work already. It can look at how you email, instant message, chat, online event, blog comment, forum reply, etc. that you make with each individual and create a map for you. This is harder than it sounds because it means the software has to look in many places. It also means that the analysis software needs to be compatible with each of these applications which you use; since most people don't use the same set of such tools that may not even be in the same site or organization, it is really hard to track.
This points out to keep track of relationships more than messages. While we still tend to think of email as the main way we communicate online, this is already starting to spread to many other types of applications. Eventually email may no longer be king; even if that day is a long way off.
This also points out another behavior that is an unfortunate side effect of the availability of peer networking social tools like LinkedIn. The value of social network comes from deep or meaningful realtionships with others, not quantity. It may be a while before this sinks in so reiterating it frequently is a public service. It's not how many people you connect with but how many of these are meaningful. Quality over quantity.
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J K Rowling needs strong pockets
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Money magazine has a US Dollar to Wizarding world currency convertor for the world of Harry Potter, but apparently it has some shortcomings. If JK Rowling, the first billionaire author, were to transfer $1 Billion--that's US one billion, or rather a UK one thousand million--to Harry's world, apparently she'd need several trucks to carry all that change, but not have much in terms of larger values.
CURRENCY CONVERTER RESULTSMonday, July 23, 2007
1000000000 US Dollar = 2 galleons, 125862069 sickles and 15250000000 knuts
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I will start teaching a private class in January , and am looking for a good course book to use. My prospective student is a housewife, and plans to go on holiday to the US for her 40th birthday in a year's time. I have used New Headway Elementary in the past, but the text printed in the books doesn't match the examples on the CD!
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I recently read an article on the site GUNBLAST.com on exactly this subject. It looked pretty simple involving unhooking one side of spring along with a trigger smoothing operation that was also simple and could be done at home in a few minutes . It was called the po' boy trigger job. There were several links to it as I recall - look under the single six section . Hope that helps .


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These are my metal guants (the right one for now) I'm making using the WOF plans. I announced it in the Propbuilding forums but since I've progressed I'm going to keep a running thread here. Wickedbeard is my inspiration for these.
I know they are not completely accurate but I had to settle at certain points since it already took me over a week to get to this point. I will also have to clean up the excess Goop and J B Kwik as well.
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Global Dimming?
It just so happens that most of the posts on this site have tried to counteract arguments from those who would sow fake "uncertainty" in the climate debate. But lest our readers feel that we are unjustifiably certain about our knowledge, let us look at a recent example of the opposite tendency: too much certainty.
A recent BBC Horizon documentary (transcript) raised the issue of 'global dimming' and argued that this 'killer' phenomena's newly-recognised existence would lead to huge re-assessments of future global warming. As part of the hyperbole, the process of global dimming was linked very clearly to the famines in Ethiopia in the 1980s and the implication was left that worse was to come. Media reports with headlines like "Fossil Fuel Curbs May Speed Global Warming" swiftly followed. So what's the real story?
Global dimming is indicated by measurements over land areas in many regions in the world and may therefore be a real phenomena. Though there are serious issues with the quality of some of the data (birds drinking out of uncovered evaporation pans, drift and inhomogeneities in the solar radiation measuring instruments), in the most global assessment, Beate Liepert estimated that there was globally a reduction of about 4% in solar radiation reaching the ground between 1961 and 1990. While more recent indications are that the trend may have reversed in the last decade, it could still be significant. Assuming for the sake of argument that these data are valid, what could have caused this? A change of that magnitude in the incoming solar radiation itself is not possible since satellite observations would have seen it. Thus, it must be something that is happening in the atmosphere to intercept solar radiation. There are only a few possibilities: clouds, water vapour or aerosols.
First of all it is important to note that even pure greenhouse gas forcing will lead to a slight decrease in surface solar radiation (due to the concurrent increased humidity) and potential cloud feedbacks. Cloud cover and thickness are both like to vary as a function of climate change.
Contrails (those wispy trails left behind high flying jets) have increased over the period and may be important. But estimates of their global effect, even making very generous assumptions about their spread are small (Minnis et al, 2004). Aerosols are also known to have increased over this time, and so they are a natural candidate. However, simulations using the relatively straightforward 'direct effect' of aerosols (the increase in albedo of the planet due to the particle brightness) do not match the inferred changes. The final candidates are numerous interactions of aerosols with clouds, the so-called 'indirect effects'.
There are an ever increasing number of these 'indirect effects', but the two most discussed are the aerosol/cloud opacity interaction (more aerosols provide more sites for water to condense in clouds, thus cloud droplets are smaller and clouds become more opaque), and the cloud lifetime effect (smaller droplets make it more difficult to make drops big enough to rain, and so clouds live longer). Estimates of the importance of such effects vary widely, and while they are thought to be significant, the uncertainty associated with them is very large. These effects are nevertheless a necessary part of the suite of human-related forcings that are being assessed in order to understand the climate of the 20th Century.
It should however be stressed that there are as yet no completely convincing explanations that quantitatively match the (admittedly uncertain) observations of this phenomena (Liepert and Lohmann, 2004). However, the Horizon documentary nevertheless confidently asserts that:
Global dimming is a killer. It may have been behind the worst climatic disaster of recent times, responsible for famine and death on a biblical scale. And Global Dimming is poised to strike again.
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7103.1. Transfers to Public Transportation Account. (a) All moneys in the Mass Transportation Fund shall be transferred to the Public Transportation Account on the date that fund ceases to exist pursuant to the repeal of Section 7103.
(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2011, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2011, deletes or extends that date.
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The only 2 mentioned I have experience with is spi (universal) and nason select. I'd choose the spi hands down.
I don't think nason select is all that bad either, always layed down nice for me and good clarity. Not sure of longterm, an honesty I haven't been able to see any of the cars I painted with them years down the road to see how well they held up. DId a repair on the brothers truck with spi, and if he doesn't trade it in the future (betting he will in a few years), might actually be able to see it after many years.
If using 496 and doing an overall, then probably want to use the slowest activator and reducer available or the 497. I've used the spot panel activator before painting a bike frame and a spot repair, and doing anything other then the smallest of areas with the spot activator can be a chore getting it on before its set up and your fighting being able to lay it down without any dry areas.
hood with 496 nason clear (did a spot repair, rest of the car is and hood was orginally marhyde universal)
carbon fibre hood with spi universal clear
|heres spi's tele num....404-307-9740 for any questions
The two hardest things to convince customers is: High quality base with cheap clear is not going to be any better then the quality of the clear. 2: Quality base/clear is only going to be as good as the primer. Seems like every customer I have that thinks they know something about paint, will spend big money on base coat and go cheap on clear and/or primers.
Ive had people bring me $700 in chroma-base/clear and bring $24.99 gallon of lacquer primer.
Thanks for the help guys! Ive got a fresh un-used gallon of Nason select-clear from over stock. Ive got a 98+ camaro hood in the out building from a customer that never returned to pick it up after I installed and painted a cowl hood. Im going tape it off into two half's, Spray it with the DBC and clear it with the Nason select-clear. If it dose not work, Or I dont like the results then I will give the SPI or matrix clear a chance. Thanks for all the help!
If youre still open to suggestions heres one:
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A company called Montana makes it. The product has been in production since the early 80s that I know of. Ive shied away from it until recently. A friends car wound up being the perfect guinea pig for a tryout. It retails for 69.00 for a whole gallon kit, activator included, which makes one and a half gallons total. I cant attest to the durability but as for application, it sprayed on smooth as you can see from the pictures. Clear was sprayed over PPG ValuePro Basecoat.
Below are a few pictures I took the day after. Pictures arent very great due to the poor lighting in the shop. It hasnt been water-sanded and buffed yet. First, Ive got to 800 the nose to paint some ghost flames and then reclear.
Chroma-clear is is about $230 total, I use dupont chroma-base and clear a lot, I was told by my supplier that chroma-clear would not work over the Deltron DBC, Reasons unknown. I did not question his opinion. Never needed to.
Ive also used the nason select clear quite a bit and good results with it, My question was more or less a trick question to see how the other clear rate to the nason. At this point im still unsure if the nason clear will work with the Deltron DBC or I would just eb using it. The other three mentioned are the only clear coats I can find on-line that mention Deltron DBC in their tech sheet as a suitable basecoat. Not saying the other wont work, But it makes me feel better it see it listed.
Does anyone have a link to this SPI clear?
|The SPI sprays better than the current Chromaclear in my opinion.
|Chroma clear has come down a lot since then I believe its around 150.00 for 5 qts...not as good though.... IMO...but it was my favorite too...
|I've tried the Nason clears and they are good for panel work. The SPI clear is great for panel or overall work. I like the open time it has so the clear can flow together from the end of one coat to start of the next. Not since DuPont Chromaclear 7500 in the mid nineties have I had a clear work as well.
|4 Quarts of hardener Around 100.00..... 4 quarts of clear around 100.00 =2 gallons 200.00 so therefore one gallon costs (around) 100.00 but if its a cheap price your looking for try enamels or single stage paints....the main point is SPI is SOOOO much better its ALL I use regardless of the price its GREAT clear....as good as 400.00 a gal. clear...Cheap clears are harder to spray well for a newer painter.....or a BDBM....
|I agree with Bdeadbodyman, SPI about 100.00 for a sprayable gallon is a bargain, especially for the quality of SPI.
Still the best bang for the buck, and a superior clear to the 1's mentioned.
|I've used most of them and all I can say is SPI clear is WAAAAAY better and cost about the same.So if you like runs and redoing it every couple years.....Use any of those clears....BUT...if you want the look and durability of GOOD clear get SPI universal clear plus its a lot easier to spray....Ask anybody thats used it and they'll tell you the same thing......100.00 a gallon
Budget urethane clears, Finish-1,Nason,Matrix, & Kustom-shop Any info?
Im looking around for a budget urethane clear to be sprayed over PPG Deltron 2000 DBC.
I have searched on-line for hours now and have found a few clear coats that fit my budget and requirements for the Deltron DBC. Below is a list of the clear coats, If you have any info or experience with them please let me know.
If You can recommend another brand of budget urethane clear im open to suggestions.
1: Finish-1 FC720, HS Urethane clear. (sherwin-williams brand)
DATA Sheet:http://www.sherwin-automotive.com/me...ish/AS2818.pdf
2: Nason Select-clear 460-00 Urethane. (DuPont budget brand)
DATA Sheet: http://pc.dupont.com/dpc/en/US/html/...son/460-00.pdf
3: Matrix-System MS-52 urethane. ( www.matrixsystem.com)
DATA Sheet: http://www.matrixsystem.com/docs/tec...tech_sheet.pdf
4: Kustom-Shop KC-210 Urethane 2K speed clear. (TCPGlobal.com big on ebay)
DATA sheet: http://www.tcpglobal.com/kustomshop/...0606KC210P.pdf
What do you know about the clears listed above? If anything Please let me know.
If you know of a good budget urethane clear, Im open to all suggestions! Im not looking for Detron + quality clear at this time. If the deltron base sprays as good as everyone keeps saying, I will be asking about the clear latter down the road. But for now please just comment on the clears listed above, or other "Budget"clear coats that will work with Deltron DBC Thanks for your time!
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I'm starting to trim my MS Mystery and I'm having trouble with the visor area. I've got a knockoff dremel tool that cuts pretty decently, but it's hard to get into the corners of the eyes and such. I was wondering how you guys do it? Would a sharp exacto cut FG at all?
Also, I'm trying to get the thickness of the visor area (between the visor and outer edge of helmet) to be as movie accurate as possible. What thickness should I go for? Any suggestions?


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|A mechanic that works with me at the dealership says that transmission fluid also works as an engine cleaner. Apparently it just eats up the carbon deposits, but it burns super thick white smoke so you can't do it indoors. Anyway, I was able to find my bag of spare parts, which thankfully contained the magical key to unlock to evil Kona rack of wind resistance. With a little extra body help, I was able to remove it safely without causing any more damage to my car. Now I just need to find a place to store it. I will eventually find or make time to get an oil change, and they will do a full inspection when they do it to let me know what I need to replace or repair.
|Seafoam is a cleaner, you can add it to your fuel system to clean it out, add it to oil to clean out sludge (oil change required after a few days) and add it into the intake system thru a vac line to clean out that. It works pretty good and very simple to do.
|Thanks for the tips guys. I have already checked the tire pressures, and have done so regularly with all the awkward weather shifts here in Wichita. I have checked with the local ford dealerships and they say that a tune-up would only cost $120 for them to do it. Seeing as how I don't have any time to do it myself, a 120 loss here is better than 35-40 a week on gas. I was wondering though, what is the seafoam treatment? It sounds like a cleaning thing, but a friend of mine says he thinks it's a sealant. I'm not sure. Also, while I was at one of the dealerships, I ran into a guy I know and he said he would help me out with getting a new car or a pre-owned if I decided to do that. They have this pretty rad looking ST 6-speed in a gold color that I'm really digging, so I might be upgrading soon.
I agree with SkyPilot. Start off with those tune ups as they are easy and quite cheap to do with the exception of probably the wires and o2 sensors if they need to be replaced and installed. Furthermore, if you're not already doing so, use synthetic oil. This helped me gain 1 - 2 MPG extra. Don't forget to make sure that you have enough coolant in the reservoir too.
Another extra thing you can add to that list is to rotate your tires if you haven't done so in a long time and make sure that the tires are inflated up to the recommended pressure (check the door panel for the specs).
15MPG is really low for a focus. Good luck!
|do the tuneup. it will help probably quite alot.after that, if youre still getting crappy MPG, take it into a mechanic, orrrrr just get a new car
I would start with a basic tune up.
Air filter
Fuel filter
Spark Plugs
Clean MAF sensor
Check O2 sensors, and replace if needed
Oil and filter change
Check tire pressure and alignment
and a seafoam treatment couldnt hurt either.
10-15 is pretty low. if those things havent been done in a while or at all it would be a good place to start.
Help me please
First off, I would like to apologize for not being more involved over the past few months. My new job works me 6 days a week for 11 hours and I have college on top of that.
Anyway, after our Focus meeting at Sadlers, I began keeping track of my mileage and I am disappointed to say that my mpg is between 10 and 15. This surely cannot be right for a vehicle that is rated at 35 hwy. I know the Kona rack on top of my car causes a bit of resistance, and can affect mileage, but it shouldn't be that drastic.
What can I do to increase my mpg? I'm tired of filling up my tank every week at least once. Also, I'm not sure if I have the key to the Kona rack, and the guys at the Ford dealerships I've been to have no idea what I'm talking about when I ask them about having a key made for it. Any ideas on what to do to get it off without damaging it?
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Aging skiers getting too healthy for ski passes
March 28, 2012
DURANGO – A Colorado ski resort is scaling back ski passes for aging skiers because they are getting healthier.
Purgatory at Durango Mountain says people in their 60s and 70s are living longer, healthier lives and are more active later in life.
According to the Durango Herald (http://bit.ly/He1pGn ), the resort has canceled a silver pass for ages 62 to 69 and a golden pass for those 70 and older.
Now there is only one senior pass for those 65 and older. It costs about $400 if purchased by April 30.


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I´ve spent the last couple of hours reading your past advice and I must say it is really interesting and useful so I hope you can help me too.
I am about to start a 2 week-long intensive course with a group of 4 14-year old boys. Normally these courses are for adults and although I have experience with teens, I´m a bit worried about keeping them occupied for so long (basically all day). I want it to be interesting and benificial.Any ideas or tips for activities and structure?
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Stasbush -how do you feel about fishing?
Seafishing seems a bad idea to me unless we're talking about bred fish. There's an enormous number of freshwater and saltwater fish breeders which allow humans to eat fish without adversely impacting the fish populations (they're badly hit by the ocean pollution already), no need to engage in industrial scale fishing of wild fish which inevitably ends up with overfishing, fish population depletion and the like. The worst examples are shark and whale populations threatened by Chinese and Japanese feeding habits.
So I am more or less firmly against hunting and fishing wild fish as a form of hunting. Breed your stocks and eat from the product of your own industries instead of impacting naturally occuring populations.
But feedlot beef - the bloated, unstainable industry that it is does no favours to the cattle
As I'm more or less a pig eater much more than a cow eater (utilitary reasoning, not moral: cows make methane, pigs don't), this is not a problem I am really against solving by cultural transformation. Western beef habits are bad, no question about it.


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Heya! Long time no see!
I just thought I'd swing in to TDH and check to see what's going on around here. Haven't been on much since I finished my Jodo. But, since I'm already now working on a Boba, it's time to jump back in.
ANYWHO, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to all of you who may be interested to check out Outer Rim Brigade, one of the newer LFL recognized/approved costuming groups. ORB (as it's often called) focuses on the Bounty Hunters, Smugglers n' Scum of the Star Wars Universe (Both canon and custom alike). Nearing a year of formation, we received our letters from LFL giving us the green light in early October to be one of the officially recognized costuming groups and have already built great ties with clubs like the Mandalorian Mercs and most of all, The Dark Empire- though we also love working with small local organizations and large ones like the 501st and Rebel Legion alike! Our respect for all of our Star War Costuming Group Family is beyond words.
ORB believes in "Promoting charity and goodwill through-out the galaxy" through high quality custom/canon Star Wars costumes in a fun, family like atmosphere. Already approved costumes (501st/RL/Mercs) which fit our niche are also welcome for submission. We do accept Mando-style Bounty Hunters- however, we do ask that you check out the Mandalorian Mercs and request you apply to them as well prior to your ORB approval. Information on the rules/how to join the forums or get approved through ORB are located at our website, Outer Rim Brigade | Home Page. Once signed up, you will be able to see our full forums and participate in our cantina area, WIP threads and so on.
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Thank you and pleasant huntings!
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"We are thrilled to partner with the Osceola Food Bank and the Food Bank of Iowa to contribute to their efforts to feed those in need in our area," said Clint D. Walters, plant manager, Osceola Food. "Our employees and the company are excited to continue fighting hunger in our community."
For the fourth consecutive year, Hormel Foods is giving funds to U.S. manufacturing facilities to share with nonprofits in their respective communities to fight hunger. In 2013, Hormel Foods donated $220,000 to local hunger relief organizations in more than 20 U.S. communities where it has manufacturing facilities. In 2014, the company will provide 39 plant locations with funds to help local organizations fight the hunger needs specific to each community.
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Hormel Foods is helping those in need both in the United States and internationally through its On Our Way to Ending Hunger program. The company collaborates with retailers, nonprofits and the government on hunger relief efforts; nourishes the hungry in the U.S. and abroad; and motivates individuals and corporate partners to take action to fight hunger.
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all i can really do is take him to court and get my money back, have spent lots since iv got it so would have to take my parts off etc, like when i took the guy with the limo to court i won but he said he can't pay me he has no money he spent it so the courts were like well you can pay him off $20 a week im like your joking right i get 10grand back at 20$ a week no thanks! they said i can settle for 2grand cash and keep the limo so i chose that option but then they gave him a date he had to pay . . . been 9months later havnt seen my money been back to the courts they said debt collectors wil go get my money . . . 3 months later still nothing. the justice system and courts over here are pathetic.
so yes i can take him to court but its not worth it. plates are tags i dont mind about i'll just turn it into a skid car or a fun toy, but jaguar cars are cheap so i could buy a whole car the same for about $1000 that i can take the plates and tags off but then ill just have to take it for certification for the engine and trans.
for now i just want it running mint then ill sort out the trans then drive shaft then it will at least be driveable and going and i can see what it goes like then decide its future. was thinking if i get stuck with it ill move houses and towns and get away from all these people and start a new life and have this sitting in a garage and it can be my toy to work on, i love working on it so far its great so much better then trying to deal with a stupid turbo efi thing these days. im just annoyed because i have no vehicle that drives so stuck at home all the time i want to at least be able to get out and about
|Shouldn't you first settle the lack of tags/paperwork before sinking more money into it?
so iv tested my radiator etc i think its just the cap holding to much pressure, redone my timing moved my ignition leads around changed spark plugs to eliminate faulty leads or plug for my miss, tomorrow im doing a full leak down test to check my heads fingers crossed everyone that my engine is fine because i have no money for new heads.
i also took my modulator into every mechanic and shop they jst kept redirecting me to other people ended up visting everyone and no1 can get them and no1 has those dam trans cooler fittings either not even hose and hydrulic shop. they only have big one none the right size. looks like ill buying the parts from overseas myself from the websites yous have suguested. but first off is test why it has a miss and if i have a cracked head.
Only reason im dissapointed is the guy that sold me this said it only needed driveshaft and it was mint, if it was lets say $5,000 cheaper then what i paid yeah i wouldn't mind fixing but i paid $9000 NZD for this and it cant even be legal because the plates and tags are fake dont match up and probably stolen. grrr
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|For testing the trans you can loop the cooler line out one port and back in the other port w/o using a cooler, but I don't know if that would be any easier than just plumbing the cooler the right way.
These are what i first had, A honda cbr250rr fully worked top speed over 250kmh chameleon paint job made it into a hell fast 250cc show bike. that i done all myself on a low budget.
i also owned a 120hp half cabin sea boat which looked a tad rough but was just the paint was a perfect boat loved it and loved going out fishing.
and my beloved 300zx non turbo manual. this was my first and only car i owned from factory for over 6 years i done everything myself, i retrimed the interior installed chrome dash and everything done the seats done the bonnet painted the outside 2 toned black and blue, it was making around 270hp at the wheels for a non turbo i owned it from 220,000kms untill over 300,000kms and it was the same engine not rebuilt or anything just chipped ecu intake and exhaust mods.
i sold all 3 of these to buy this limo which is the 2nd one in nz so hell rare no1 ever sees lincolns in NZ the limo was all my dreams of what i wanted i worked so hard coming up with the money selling everything using my savings because he said it was mint. I would upload photos of what the rust actually looked like but youz will have a heart attack it was honest so bad there was no floor ur feet would just sink straight threw the rust when u tried to hop in it, yes the engine ran nice and amazing which is why i liked the look of this jaguar i brought because same engine and thought it was going to be amazing but nope.
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|also forgot to mention once i found there was no trans oil i put about 4litres in and put it in park, iv only had the engine running for short burst just to try get everything working on it. but the guy that had it before me had it running heaps before hand with no oil and stuck in drive so if its broken its his dam fault!
thats what i thought, looks like ill be having another court case from the guy that sold it to me, so not happy atm =[ everything jst gets worse like **** sake! i brought a 1972 lincoln limo for everything i had i sold everything i owned to buy it, was up in the north island and im in the south i spent months asking questions from the guy about it and making sure everything was ok, brought it got it shipped down. ended up getting it wasn't road legal had massive massive structual rust everywhere! like honestly he told me it needed a new tire otherwise mint condition. spent the last 12months in court only to get back 1/8th of what i paid and was stuck with it, i then sold it for about 60% loss of all my money to some guy, which i was full honest about what it was like i took videos pictures everything of what it was like so there wasn't any suprises. when i found this car i done the same i rung the guy i even got my friend who lived near him to view it to make sure it was ok. yup everything sweet the guy said yep its certified for engine and gearbox but no its not the plates and tag are fake and dont even match the car. and said all it needs is driveshaft picked up which was $375. yup sweet, went to get the car he had stripped half the parts off it which he said was included. then i find the car had so much missing, i picked up the driveshaft when i got the car because he said thats all it was needed, was 10cm to short because he can't measure! but that was the least of my problems i spent my last $1000 on buying a hei dizzy water pump water pump belt alternator gauges spark plugs accelerator cable and lots more bits. now to know that he probably blew the gearbox before i even got it because he took videos of it running . . . which of course had no waterpump or belt or trans fluid and linkage stuck in first gear so now i probably got a blown trans + i think i have a cracked head or head gasket because the radiator is way to much under pressure when the water isnt hot and the car misses lots, i thought it just needed a tune but no.
**** SAKE now i have nothing no vehicle nothing to get around in. over society here i hope its not like this everywhere in the world. every ****ers out for money and to scam everyone, im going to ring him soon and tell him to give my money or ill be taking him to court for representation which i will win because i saved all my questions and his answers and my mate is a witness. i was hoping i could just do everything on it and still have a car that at least drives but by the sounds of things iv got a body with no plates or tags an engine with a cracked head and a blown trans and a driveshaft 10cm to big.
!@#$%^& sorry i just feel better when i write **** down i dnt got no1 else to complain too and i jst get depressed if i dont tell someone lol.
im going to borrow a compression tester to try ease my pain but i doubt its guna help
If you ran the engine with the trans attached and NO OIL in transmission .. you possibly burned up the transmission pump. Same as running an engine with NO OIL.
best of luck to you
Wow guys ... I am slowly getting a feel for exactly how tough it might be to get these "common items" on the opposite side of the globe!
FORD Wreckers | Car Wreckers | FORD Spare Parts in NSW, VIC, QLD, SA, WA, TAS, NT and ACT
Some of the model names are familiar, but that's about where it ends!
1999 Ford Fairmont, for example!
|never heard of a pantera, Will take the list of things i need with me tomorrow and go see a guy that should be able to get me some parts fingers crossed
NAPA # BKP 8131235 are 5/16" x 60" long. I actually prefer the armored version, but I'm having trouble finding them in the on-line catalog. These are also known as steel hydraulic brake lines.
You will also need 2 brass inverted flare fittings that screw into those holes on the side of the transmission case. I'm pretty sure that the size you will need will be 1/4" male (perhaps 1/8"?) pipe thread by 5/16" female inverted tube thread.
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As far as the kickdown rod goes, I suppose you could manufacture your own using some very light tubing ... something like 1/2" OD electrical conduit. pound it flat at the ends and drill a 5/16" dia hole. (That's pretty much what Ford used to do.) It's designed to push downward on the kickdown lever, not pull it up.
I can certainly sympathize with you in regards to finding parts for North-American built Fords in NZ. There probably isn't a NAPA store in every small town like there is here.
Do you have Pantera's there?
They had a Ford drive train (351C and a C6, IIRC) Still not likely to find dozens of those in the auto wreckers either.
If you CAN locate a NAPA store, even in Australia, I can supply you with most of the part numbers for things you will need.
sorry for everyone who must be annoyed by my millions of questions by now .
But i have another. Lets say my trans might be stuffed but not sure because linkage not hooked up and driveshaft not put in yet, but i dont want to go out and buy/get all these parts i need for mine if i need a whole new trans, so when i get my driveshaft put in and linkage hooked up, will i be able to just put 2 normal bolts in the transmission cooler holes to stop fluid from leaking out and drive it? by drive it i mean check that it moves forward reverse and all the gears making sure my trans isnt stuffed. Just want to do the minimal amount needed for it to be test driven to make sure its not stuffed, because if i buy a new trans it would come with them parts anyways so would save me money buying the parts now to find i need a whole gearbox.
I wil be buying a new 1 port modulator regardless because even if i get a new trans id want a new 1 port one on it.
sorry if i dont make sence
probably such a stupid question but what is the bolt with pipe coming out of it called? the bolt that goes in the trans cooler hole. im trying to look for 2 bolts with the trans fluid line coming out so i can sort out that but i have no idea what its called to find out where i can get them
sort of thought a way about the kick down lever too, but this is what i was thinking, getting a bit of metal making it a circle with a groove on the outside for a cable to wrap around then hooking the cable upto the carby so when i put my foot down it will pull the cable which pulls the circle which will turn the kickdown thingy, sort of how throttle bodies work on efi cars. good or bad idea, easy or hard?
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Joseph Murad, 18, of Hanson, Mass., was found dead by a search party after disappearing during a midnight sledding excursion on the slopes of Wildcat Mountain in Pinkham Notch, the release said.
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The release said Murad and two friends hiked to the mountain's summit Thursday night intending to ride sleds to the bottom. Authorities were called about 3:30 a.m. Friday when his friends were not able to find him, the release said.
Murad's body was found about 8 a.m. and it appears as though injuries he suffered during a crash "were major contributing factors in (Murad's) death," the release said.
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MANCHESTER - The city's odd/even winter parking regulations are being waived from 1 a.m. Sunday through 6 a.m. Wednesday, according to Deputy Public Works Director Tim Clougherty.
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I believe the word dismal is derived from an old Yakima Indian term meaning, "Damn, is it raining again?" In these parts, folks head east over the Cascade Range to escape the dreary, omnipresent rain and gray and see the sun shine. In higher income brackets, they head west, way west… like Hawaii. The Sabres, of course, don't have this option. There is no escape from the prison cell their season has become. They must keep lacing them up, and hitting the ice for more public humiliation three nights a week. Marty McMahon writes…
Archives for December 2002
When it rains, it pours on tortured Sabres fans
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'During his deliveries to Western New York, Santa Claus must have skipped HSBC Arena.'
White-hot Senators victorious yet again
'Meanwhile, the Sabres (8-20-5-1) have lost four straight games and have only one victory in their past eight. They carry the look of a team that can't catch a break.'
Déjà vu for Sabres' Biron
'"It's frustrating, and you want to see it get solved for the fans," Biron said yesterday. "Hamister wants to buy the team and expand on the entertainment part of the game. In Ottawa, they have that extra band of lighting (and advertising) at the top of the arena. That makes so much of a difference. But that's a lot of money to put that in. (Hamister) wants more parking, he wants to add more. He's willing to lose money in the short term. I hope people understand the situation. I was in Quebec City. It was just terrible. But the difference between here and Quebec City is that there was no private money coming in to Quebec City. Here, we've got that."'
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