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New corrosion protection option for Fluidyne, other aluminum radiators
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<blockquote data-quote="timbo3282" data-source="post: 10924433" data-attributes="member: 30499"><p>:rockon:</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the backup sir. </p><p></p><p>I'm trying to help share everything I've figured out about the cooling systems in our cars coupled with my background in mechanics, science and engineering. I'm trying not to be argumentative with anyone, but when they counter their lack of knowledge by telling me I don't know what I am talking about I definitely want to stress the facts so no one is confused about the best course of action for protecting their cooling systems.</p><p></p><p>I'm surprised how some people want to cling to doing things the "old" way - claiming that it is "fine" or will be "OK" when there are better ways to protect things that are both easy to implement and low in cost - why risk it? I'm all for doing everything that can be done to improve the service life of the parts in any car I work on. It just makes good sense.</p><p></p><p>Having partly worked my way through college as a mechanic at a Ford dealer and also at a national auto repair/tire chain as a mechanic and spending summers while in college and my whole life before college doing electrical work with my electrician Father on 6:30-3:30 jobs and side jobs AND having held an electrical contractors license and having had an electrical contracting company since college as a family side business to help my Dad out and make a little extra cash (being able to draw permits in addition to helping him get the actual work done) - I know a little about the topics at hand. </p><p></p><p>I'm not a typical engineer come sh1t for brains - I know plenty of them that are, guys that have never worked a day on whatever it is they design in the real world (some of them are close friends) - I have had them over and asked them to look at things I've been working on that have been difficult to work on and I like to think I've helped some think about the guys in the field that will maintain the car/truck/semi/transformer/etc in the field when they are designing a part. </p><p></p><p>I was doing everything on the family cars and also cars owned by my parents friends that brought their cars to my Dad to work on, from oil changes to brake overhauls to rebuilding engines (my first car - a 1980 Ford Fairmont Futera with a straight 6 200 came with a seized engine and warped crank thanks to the neighbor kid never changing the oil the neighbors gave me at 15 and my Dad and I had it running before I had a permanent license at 16) from 5 years old with my Dad teaching me what he knew, then teaching myself - by doing. </p><p></p><p>Dad also taught me how to be an electrician - wiring homes and businesses up starting in grade school and I learned everything the hard way - by doing. When I was on jobs during the summer in College he was told by his co-workers that I was as good as any of the guys on the job site and that I got more work done faster than most (I wasn't in the Union as a summer helper so I didn't get the idea of working to book time at the time - I was attacking it like I did while working on cars at the shop - the more work I got down the more I made). He was sending me out on side jobs myself as soon as I had a drivers license doing anything from simple rewiring and receptacle replacement to service panel change outs - anything that needed done at or under 480 volts.</p><p></p><p>Sorry to have rambled but I wanted to establish my bona fides to the fokls on the site to some degree. I've been a member on the site for a long time reading without contributing much. I've been too busy with my career to really do much work on my car. Now that I am established in my career and have the time, I am hoping to contribute more to the site and share what I've learned over the last 15 years since I started working professionally in auto shops, and later as an engineer.</p><p></p><p>I am planning on very detailed write-ups on my Whipple install and all of the other parts I'm upgrading on my Cobra. I have told Jimmysidecarr that I want to help contribute in any way I can.</p><p></p><p>The bottom line from my perspective -</p><p></p><p>We all thought distilled water was the way to go at one time, but we know better than that now, just like we know that no cigarette whether it is "light" or Dr. recommended is healthier or that synthetic oils are better than conventional oils that were "good enough" back in the day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timbo3282, post: 10924433, member: 30499"] :rockon: Thanks for the backup sir. I'm trying to help share everything I've figured out about the cooling systems in our cars coupled with my background in mechanics, science and engineering. I'm trying not to be argumentative with anyone, but when they counter their lack of knowledge by telling me I don't know what I am talking about I definitely want to stress the facts so no one is confused about the best course of action for protecting their cooling systems. I'm surprised how some people want to cling to doing things the "old" way - claiming that it is "fine" or will be "OK" when there are better ways to protect things that are both easy to implement and low in cost - why risk it? I'm all for doing everything that can be done to improve the service life of the parts in any car I work on. It just makes good sense. Having partly worked my way through college as a mechanic at a Ford dealer and also at a national auto repair/tire chain as a mechanic and spending summers while in college and my whole life before college doing electrical work with my electrician Father on 6:30-3:30 jobs and side jobs AND having held an electrical contractors license and having had an electrical contracting company since college as a family side business to help my Dad out and make a little extra cash (being able to draw permits in addition to helping him get the actual work done) - I know a little about the topics at hand. I'm not a typical engineer come sh1t for brains - I know plenty of them that are, guys that have never worked a day on whatever it is they design in the real world (some of them are close friends) - I have had them over and asked them to look at things I've been working on that have been difficult to work on and I like to think I've helped some think about the guys in the field that will maintain the car/truck/semi/transformer/etc in the field when they are designing a part. I was doing everything on the family cars and also cars owned by my parents friends that brought their cars to my Dad to work on, from oil changes to brake overhauls to rebuilding engines (my first car - a 1980 Ford Fairmont Futera with a straight 6 200 came with a seized engine and warped crank thanks to the neighbor kid never changing the oil the neighbors gave me at 15 and my Dad and I had it running before I had a permanent license at 16) from 5 years old with my Dad teaching me what he knew, then teaching myself - by doing. Dad also taught me how to be an electrician - wiring homes and businesses up starting in grade school and I learned everything the hard way - by doing. When I was on jobs during the summer in College he was told by his co-workers that I was as good as any of the guys on the job site and that I got more work done faster than most (I wasn't in the Union as a summer helper so I didn't get the idea of working to book time at the time - I was attacking it like I did while working on cars at the shop - the more work I got down the more I made). He was sending me out on side jobs myself as soon as I had a drivers license doing anything from simple rewiring and receptacle replacement to service panel change outs - anything that needed done at or under 480 volts. Sorry to have rambled but I wanted to establish my bona fides to the fokls on the site to some degree. I've been a member on the site for a long time reading without contributing much. I've been too busy with my career to really do much work on my car. Now that I am established in my career and have the time, I am hoping to contribute more to the site and share what I've learned over the last 15 years since I started working professionally in auto shops, and later as an engineer. I am planning on very detailed write-ups on my Whipple install and all of the other parts I'm upgrading on my Cobra. I have told Jimmysidecarr that I want to help contribute in any way I can. The bottom line from my perspective - We all thought distilled water was the way to go at one time, but we know better than that now, just like we know that no cigarette whether it is "light" or Dr. recommended is healthier or that synthetic oils are better than conventional oils that were "good enough" back in the day. [/QUOTE]
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