Is it safe to use Dry Gas in a Civic?

See? Told you.

"lol"

 

I'm not sure those had an filtering. They weren't really blue, but an
ultra-white, almost purple-tinted light.

They blew within two weeks of each other so I figured that was pretty
indicative of their life expectancy.

--- Bror Jace

 

Yes - there *is* filtering... to change the color of halogen/xenon light to
get the "cool blue" look. The clear glass halogen/xenon capsules have a
slightly higher color temp but not as blue as the "cool blues".

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??

 

OK, but it didn't seem like filtering/coloring to me. To faint ...
like the slight, slight purplish color was a side effect of the bulb's
make-up.

Sylvania XtraVisions, eh? I'll have to see if I can find those. I
loved the extra crisp white look of the bulbs I had ... but didn't
like that fact they didn't last. Don't mind paying more for the bulbs
as long as they are going to last for a while.

--- Bror Jace

 

Well I bought Wagner Brite Lites and the mechanic I go to (who is also my
cousin) said they are good bulbs. I paid 6.99 each and compared to paying
14.99 for each Honda stock bulb, I think its a good deal. Hopefully they
really last also.

 

Everything I've read says that the "cool blues" have the same gas fill and
filament tech as the +30 or +50% clear bulbs like the XtraVision and
Hi-Visibility... with the scammier ones, like PIAA, overdriving the
filament.

The XtraVision and Hi-Visibility seem to fall into the same category of
+30%; the +50%, like the Philips VisionPlus and the real Osram Silverstar
are generally not sold in the U.S. because they are not legal lighting. I
also believe the bulbs in most new cars are the +30% partial xenon fill
type now anyway. While I saw a huge difference between the old regular
halogens and the XtraVisions in my '92 Integra, which had those horrible
"aero" headlamps and the infamous 9004 bulbs, when I replaced the OE Koito
bulbs in my '99 Integra with XtraVisions, I can't say I saw much
difference.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??

 

Using a hammer on a wrench is a bad idea. Using a breaker extension is
fine - all you're doing is increasing the leverage. Go to a 3/4 breaker bar
if you're having breakage or flex problems. Or farm out the work to someone
who knows what they're doing.

 

We use extensions at work all the time to extend 36" pipe wrenches to about
5'.

4" pipe threads need a LOT of torque!

 

Why, don't you have a 48" pipe wrench? I suggest you not
try that if an OSHA inspector is in the building. LOL


mike hunt

 

Nope. Not long enough, even if I did.
Wtf is an OSHA?

 

What are you talking about? Are you trying to be funny and I'm just missing
the joke? LOL at what? There aren't any OSHA violations there. The
extension makes the work safer because less force is required and the
tool/leverage does the work.

 

Apparently you are missing more than a joke, if you don't
know you can never safely use an extension on any tool not
designed for use with an extension and that doing so is
indeed an OSHA violation, or or you don't live in the US.
Perhaps Poland?


mike hunt

 

Something tells me you have fragments of theory and assorted stuff you found
on the internet but zero practical and applied knowledge of anything you're
talking about. Say hello to the killfile...

 

Occupational Health and Safety Administration. These are the guys who fine
you if the guard is missing from the pulleys on your compressor (at work).

 

Oh.
I don't work under their jurisdiction.

 

Nor do I.

The Canadian equivalent is the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and
Safety (CCOHS).

The idea and practice are identical.

 

I'll have to read up on their "No Pipe Wrench Extensions Allowed"
Legislation, and then find some six foot pipe wrenches.

 

Again...I stand by my claim about using a pipe as an extension on a breaker
bar, given the scenario.

Hey Mikey...ever heard of "Work smarter...not harder"?

--
'03 S2000
'94 Accord

It's just about going fast...that's all...

http://home.insight.rr.com/cgreen/

 

LOL! Hey moron...OSHA inspectors have no jurisdiction in a private driveway.

--
'03 S2000
'94 Accord

It's just about going fast...that's all...

http://home.insight.rr.com/cgreen/

 

He doesn't know.

He has yet again backed himself into a corner, and is trying to take the
proverbial spotlight off him, by doing a "change up".

Instead of addressing the original thread (which was a guy in his driveway,
with no air tools, trying to get a seized axle nut off. I suggested using
heat, penetrating fluid, and a pipe to gain leverage) he chooses
misdirection with this ridiculous OSHA ploy.

That's another Mikey tactic when he is a caught in a lie.

Again correct. What Mikey can fathom is simple physics.

Lets say the "seized nut" would require 275ft lbs to remove. With an 18"
breaker bar, one would have to exert about 185 lbs on the very end of said
breaker bar. Now, if one would slip a pipe over the breaker bar to make the
total length 5', one would only need about 50 lbs of force...to obtain the
same results, and in fact, be doing it safer too.

The real problem here is...well...Mikey is just not that smart.

Lets just all picture him jumping up and down on the breaker bar covered in
sweat with tore up knuckles, and droll running down his chin, while a 5'
piece of pipe holds the hood open on his Pinto.


--
'03 S2000
'94 Accord

It's just about going fast...that's all...

http://home.insight.rr.com/cgreen/