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It's a shame that we are on such distant coasts. I'd gladly meet you for a drink sometime. -Chuck OBTW, the feds have been mandating things about your fuel, oil, drink, etc. for years. Hadn't you noticed? Things like low sulfur, no-lead, low phosphorous, pasteurized milk, iodized salt...

And yet, the federal government just mandated that the CAFE requirements increase from 25MPG to 35MPG. They are forever mandating little stuff like that. If Lucas could really produce a 50% increase in fuel mileage, it would be required. If Lucas could really produce a 50% increase in fuel...

How ever did you conclude that? I am pleased to have you express your opinions all you want DUG; however, if you feel the need to drag me into your opinions by reference, don't be surprised when I respond. -Chuck

Good! Go with what you know, DUG. -Chuck

An additional thing to look into: California has a real problem with vehicles that have old smoggy diesel engines in them. Be sure that registering your deuce doesn't obligate you to meet any strict pollution requirements. Cali has gone so far as to ban the use of certain offroad diesel...

You might find it enlightening to read the whole thread. Bob is the oil guy has been discussed. His testing would have been more useful if he would have discussed speeds, mixtures, etc.. Some think it would have been better if he had tried the Lucas oil thickener in more than one brand of...

It should take more than a "slight outward pull" to shut your engine down. You should have to pull the cable out a little more than 1 inch. There should be significant spring tension. -Chuck

It's all about smoothness of power flow. To go to the logical extreme, imagine a U-joint set at 90 degrees. It would block and not turn. But at 45 degrees, the power will still flow, but it will be lumpy. CV joints transfer power smoothly at any angle they are rated to bend. -Chuck

You own it, you can do anything you want to with it. That is the over riding principle to any argument that can be made on the subject... That said, if you don't want a deuce, why not get something better? Like any 4WD pickup truck? It will be faster, drive better in the mud than a bobber...

I've had some luck on needle bearings that are in blind holes, by filling the bearing up fully with grease, and hammering a shaft into the bearing hole. The shaft acts as a piston, and the grease drives the bearing out of the hole. -Chuck

When I tried the alpha counter, I used the television screen as a "concentrator", but still no sign of the daughters. We are in a fairly high radon area, because of the nearness of the granite to the surface in our geology... but not as bad as some areas. Smoke detectors are a favorite source...

I am aware that a GM detector doesn't read the alpha decay of Rn222. I have an Eberline alpha counter that can, but I haven't noticed any reading in my environment, so I might not have all that much radon. Because at any given point in time a certain percentage of the Rn222 is alpha decaying...

I presume by "frisker" you are referring to just about any G-M tube counter that has its G-M tube at the end of a cable, and has a mica beta window? The usual radon detector setup is an ionization chamber that lets the room air into the chamber, and looks for an electrostatic charge change due...

You really shouldn't have to bleed anything after running a deuce out of fuel. The tank pump will get the fuel into the filters, and up to the IP, and a short crank should be enough to get it to start. At least, that is how it has always worked when I have run out of fuel. -Chuck

Sorry about that! The executive summary is: any survey meter with a Geiger-Mueller tube, and a most sensitive scale reading 0.5mr/hour will do just fine. The Victoreen CD V700 is a good example, as is the PDR27/R/S/T meter. Visually, the type of meter you want will have a hand held probe that...

You're welcome, but I didn't necessarily put the description there for you. It was more to give the idea of gamma energy in as simple a way as I could. Ok, now I understand what you are getting at: The fire analogy is showing the parallel between an atomic bomb blast and a fire. There is a...

If his ashes/fire analogy is correct, it is lost on me. Gamma is just light... photons. Photon energy is proportional to the frequency (color, if you will) of that light (E = hn). In the photon spectrum, radio waves are about the lowest energy, microwaves, next. IR is higher, then comes...

CD meters is where this thread began, so did you really have any doubt that I was talking about CD meters? DH was looking for a device to measure the radiation from gages and other devices that he might encounter on MV's. He had located a bunch of CD meters, and was wondering if they would do...

Before I gave up, I think I would let GL tell you that you waited too long. -Chuck

Yeah, but does Harbor Freight have a thinga-ma-bob that does the job? 'Cause you're going to need one to get out of a sticky wicket. -Chuck