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Well I had it at an electrical shop and the capacitor was bad but they couldnt check further until that was replaced. I gave the ok and he ordered it. Came in Yesterday and was installed only to find that the transformer is also bad and not available. This sucks because I had to pay for the...

YY1, are you talking about a wire feed problem (which I dont have or a lack of arc problem) which is what I am experiencing. When I try to weld the wire will get red for bout a .5" then the glow goes away but the wire will feed the entire time. Rod

I've been to busy this week to call anywhere about getting the welder repaired. I will do a quick check tonight on the things you have pointed out. I did try to run without an extention cord as someone else had mentioned but that did not help. I hope to call a repair facility today or tomorrow...

Hey Demonracer, You are right. I did the google and see one is in Harrisburg. Ill give them a call and see where they are at? Im 25-30 miles from there and could sneak over from work one day. Thanks Rod

Oh forgot to say, Yes it does feed wire when trying to strike a bead. everything seems to work fine except I can not get an arc. Rod

I had the neighbor come down today and he checked the voltage at the wall socket as well as the extension cord. Im no electrician at all but he was. We pulled the cover off the welder and he checked power coming into unit and says its good. Ive taken all the wiring ends inside the machine off...

Thanks guys, tomorrow I have the neighbor coming down to check my voltage. He thinks it may be the extension cord and is making me a new heavier cord. Im sure its going to be something simple as it doesnt have enough time on it to have gone bad. I will also check the grounds and the stinger as...

I need some advice on my Hobart 140 welder. It doesn't have a lot of hours on it. I used it over the last 7 years to weld up my roll bar, install frame connectors and to do some welding for body work on my 66 Dart. I pulled it out on Sunday to weld a few brackets on a heater box for my tractor...

Doing well and looking nice. Keep up the good work. Rod

Ive had a max jax for over 8 years now. Its a great tool. One of the best features is that I can move it to different widths by buying extra floor mounting hardware. Its very easy to move and put away. the wheels on the back of the posts make it easy to roll. I also extended my hose to allow the...

Murray, its obvious that I cant explain things very well. In post#6 I tried to say multiple weights on front and if needed multiple weights on back as well but I failed at getting that across. Thanks for clarifying that. Rod

It sure sounds like I should just have someone qualified to take a look and if they cant get parts just buy a new sized correctly unit. Appreciate everyones input. I was worried it wouldnt work and now I will probably just put it back into storage for when I need a new one in my home garage...

About 20 years ago I was given 2 Reznor heaters for natural gas. They were purchased for in a fire house and when they remodeled they went with a gas furnace. I used one of them for in my 20x24 open 14' peak ceiling shed/garage with great results. The other one has sat in a corner since then...

Speedthrill, I have never used the harbor freight balancer but I would think that as long as your bubble is leveled before start you should be good. As for your front end wobble, the biggest improvement was the ability to watch the tire spin on a coned shaft which would allow you to see how much...

I was able to get some pics of the balancer. Thought about throwing a tire and wheel on it to show some balancing but the 10* weather was more then I could bare! So here's the bubble balancer model I was taught on. As you can see its base is made in a triangle style with screw adjusters on the...

Speedthrills, You point out something very very important. Before you start and put a wheel on the balancer you have to center the bubble on the balancer by adjusting the jacks on the bottom of the balancer. Very good point I forgot to mention! Rod

First let me say that I have seen tires balanced in many different ways. I can only tell you what my dad told me was the correct way (his way) and I have always followed this. I can say I never researched for another method! I'll try to get to my other garage and take some pics of the balancer...

What, a what. lol I sell tires for a wholesaler here in PA. I go from garage to garage. Im now in my late 50's and went to work for my dad in the garage when I was 15 in the 70's. Thats all we had until the mid 80's when dad bought a hunter spin balancer. As I go around todays shops I will ask...

My shop is 20'x24'. Just last month I replaced my 4' fluorescent lighting with 4" led lighting. Its now like working in daylight 24 hours a day. Made more of a difference then I ever expected. Also there wont be any starters going bad on these lights. Now, I was replacing at least 8-10 bulbs...

Just an update, dryer seems to be working which is a big plus. Tonight when I turned the air on the drain I had ask about pushed water out so I guess I need to get a catch hooked up so it doesnt spit onto the floor! I only had to give my buddy $25 bucks for it so it looks like I did ok...

67Dart273, thank you. I now have a good understanding about that valve. I should read more thoroughly as I had already printed that out but did a lousy job of reading it! I guess I should take that drain apart and clean it because the unit sat for at least 2 years after he stopped using it and...

Hoping that someone here on the forum has a Harbor Freight air dryer. I had a friend that had a Central pneumatic compressed air dryer that he never used. He ask me if i could use it and I said sure. Here's a pic of it. So I brought it home and piped it in and now the question on just how it...

I was thinking the same thing and havent had a chance to hook up a car yet. There is one more disc that I didnt pull from the computer. It does the 80-86 GM's. So my plan is to hook the 80 Trans am up and see what all it allows me to look at. The one thing I noticed so far is the screen is not...

Here is a list of the discs that came with this tester: 1. 1985 Nissan E.C.C.S. 6 cyl diagnostic program 2. Ford Monitors on Board Elec. systems 83-88 3. Ford EEC-IV & MCU Monitor Program 83-87 4. Diagnostic Program Toyota 83-87 5. Diagnostic Program Mazda RX7 86-87 6. Test link program Monitors...

here are the 2 manuals i found inside the machine. again i havent found a way to bypass from the specific model/year discs that will boot up the system. And with out a disc the computer will not boot up. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Rod

I did some closer looking at this machine. It appears that each year and model has its own 3.5 floppy disc. I have probably 30 - 40 different discs. I was hoping to find one that was a generic disc but no luck. Does anyone know if there is such a disc so I can use the exhaust analyser, scope and...

Very nice, do you know what its capabilities are? Im just hoping theres a way to get the scope on the one I bought to work. From what I have read so far it seems like its more of a troubleshooting machine then a set up machine. But I think it has the scope side and thats whats important to dad...

Thanks for the info. I will contact him if he doesnt see and reply. Rod

I'll start by asking if anyone has experience with a Sun Diagnostic Interrogator Model 1805-9. Now heres why Im asking. When I was a junior in High School (1976) I was working for my dad in the garage he owned. He had just purchased a Sun Machine but I dont know what the model was. That was his...

Im going thru something similar now with insurance. They are telling me that I need to have insurance above property owners normal if I put anyones car but my own in the air. I currently sell and install tires part time in the evening. To cover the building and the liability for shop with lift...