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Topic: Todays lesson....
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kid vishus
Gearhead Posts: 4538
From: middle of NC
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 08-16-2003 02:11 PM
   
A couple of weeks back I bought a small tool box to take to the track in the
back of my truck on a weekly basis. I filled it with a small assortment of
tools that might be necassary for a "quick fix" at the track; box end
wrenches, a small ratchet and assorted sockets and a couple of extensions, a
couple of screwdrivers, assorted allen wrenches, a feeler guage, a small
hammer, etc.Last weekend, we drove home in a monsoon. Today I decided to check valve lash on the racecar, and since everything
needed to do the job is in that box, I got it out, and took it over to the
car. I opened it up, and although the box "looks" rain tight, it had a bout
an inch and a half of water in the bottom of it and the top tray was also
"flooded". Obviously the top isn't rain proof, but the bottom is water tight.
So I spent the better part of an hour wiping each tool off with WD40
to remove the rust that had already started forming, then drying each off
with a seperate rag before putting back in the box (which of course I had to
dry first.)Lesson learned, never assume that something is water tight just because it
looks like it should be. 
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capri man
Gearhead Posts: 3385
From: doerun, ga.
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 08-16-2003 03:00 PM
kv, if you did not have bad luck, you wouldnt have any luck buddy!!------------------
mike r
racing is real
everything else is just a game.
81 capri-7.51 @89mph 1/8
1.54 60 ft.
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kid vishus
Gearhead Posts: 4538
From: middle of NC
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 08-16-2003 03:19 PM
It's not that bad all the time, but last weekend was sure a tough one. I lost first round by .001, so I bought back. I then proceeded to lose second round by .004. Then we got poured on while attempting to get home. And that is what I'm sure filled the box with water. It was just a bad weekend overall. The only good thing was my lights were pretty good (.509, .516, .516, .510.) Too bad they weren't good enough to win any rounds.
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JCQuinn@work
Gearhead Posts: 422
From: Lakewood, CO, USA
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 08-18-2003 07:07 PM
Don't feel alone, only I didn't open my box that soon. It was ugly.John
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Fastymz
Moderator Posts: 11429
From: Reno Nv USA MEM#1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 08-18-2003 07:16 PM
Thats a bad weekend KV.It'll be better for now on.  ------------------
SCOOP 2.26 60'S
14.9 @ 90.86MPH 65 coupe,351w,C4,Big Boss 429 hood scoop,8" 3.40 TracLoc. https://mustangsandmore.com/ubb/Fastymz.html
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Ryan Wilke
Gearhead Posts: 1501
From: Stanton, Michigan 49707
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 08-19-2003 05:22 PM
"IT WORKED FOR ME":
- If you fill a good-quality, trigger-style, quart-size, garden hand spray bottle with fuel oil then spray the tool/parts enough to wet the surface, wait about 15 minutes, then you can wipe the rust right off with "00" steel wool.Ryan
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Ken&Shell
Gearhead Posts: 674
From: Mocksville, NC
Registered: May 2000
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posted 08-19-2003 09:58 PM
I have to compliment Kid. He takes losing like he does winning. Like a champ. I truly hate to see people who get all mad and act like 4 yr olds who dont get their way when they lose. But KV takes it like a champ. I never saw his disposition change.
That makes him a winner in my book all day long.
Shell
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