[elky] Re: Visit from Iowans - Monte Head replacement
- From: Robert Adams <elcam84@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:50:06 -0500
Yeah. I won't use a wire wheel without a face shield.
Also the knotted wheels are safer as they don't loose wires nearly as much.
Robert Adams
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 7:45 PM, Chris Lindh <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Awesome progress.
>
> Regarding the battle scars, I was catching up on car shows and saw one
> of the presenters caught a wire from a wire wheel in his eye (!). He
> was wearing eye protection but the wire came up between the goggles
> and his face. Took 2 hours in the emergency room with devices (no one
> wants used on their eye) to get it out, but he still has sight.
>
> I have a full face shield... makes me think I should wear it any time
> I'm using power tools...
>
> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 4:06 PM, John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Friday night Brother Jim, his 2 sons, and my Mom drove in for the
> weekend.
> > The excuse was that I had 2 days off in a row, and some new heads in the
> > garage for the Monte Carlo. It was great to see everyone. we had a real
> nice
> > visit. Jim and I spend from early Monday till mid afternoon working on
> the
> > head swap. Zach helped with some all important young back muscles for
> > torquing. Nate was in the drive swapping his winter wheels to the summer
> > versions. Mom watched it all from the drive, and Cindy was taking
> advantage
> > of the beautiful day cleaning up in the garden. It was a beautiful day at
> > nearly 70 and sunny for the most part.
> >
> > The swap was a success. No more smoking on the start up, and it runs real
> > smooth.
> >
> > Big thanks to Jim for all the help and making the trip of 7-8 hours each
> way
> > to help out.... and saving my back. Thanks to Mom for the dinner last
> night.
> > It was just great to see everyone too.
> >
> > For the car guys and gals:
> http://www.myelcamino.net/monte/log3.htm#heads
> > Click on the pictures for larger versions.
> >
> > JC
> > ---
> > John Christensen
> > 1984 El Camino "Elkenstein" 350 TBI
> > NECOA #042 http://www.myelcamino.net
> > Saint Charles, IL
> > ---
> > John Christensen
> > 1984 El Camino "Elkenstein" 350 TBI
> > NECOA #042 http://www.myelcamino.net
> > Saint Charles, IL
> >
> >
>
>
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