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  1. f100

    ECC-IV BOO sensor on Lincoln Continental

    Talking about sins. For the record: As most might have understood a "NOT" was left out in a sentence in my answer of Jan. 7th 2004. Although not important to the main question, the correct statement is: "That was NOT to use the brakes when going downhill."
  2. f100

    ECC-IV BOO sensor on Lincoln Continental

    I have a Ford Scorpio 2li 1985 model. It was one of the first Fords with the EEC-IV engine control. The rear brake pads have been wearing down many times the rate of the front pads for years. Last year I replaced the switch under the brake pedal arm. Suspected malfunction. The switch...
  3. f100

    I retrained to do drafting 1997 to

    I find this subject very interesting, for several reasons. I have been doing mech.design including hydraulics for tracked vehicles in a 40 men engineering enviroment. I have been dooing both extensive calculations and 3D assemby/outlay, but also some detailing. I have been having an excellent...
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    Friction Coefficient - steel on hardened steel

    I suggest: Rothbart: Mechanical Design and Systems Handbook 1964 McGRAW-HILL Section 11: FRICTION. LUBRICATION AND WEAR (f) Kinetic Friction of Metals. Also see: Dubbel's Handbook (Originally German, but also in English.) Dubbel (1966)indicates all over much lower values. Or has there been a...
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    RAM Disk

    I use a RAM Disk that I bought a few months ago. In the Inventor7 settings I set UNDO to S:\Temp (S: The actual ramdisk installed). To set Inventor: Open Tools, Appl.options, File. UNDO is first line. It quiets my PC as the Hard Disk is not activated to store the UNDO info. I have made no...
  6. f100

    Pipe Threads

    Thanks to Hueston and Neilmo for their interest. Good point made about getting less than expected! Sorry but I have to admit that I was depending on my memory which failed me a little. I have not checked the official figure, but is pretty sure now the the Norwegian Inch (Tomme)is 26.15 -...
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    Pipe Threads

    I think Metalonis is right. In the early 1990ties I used NPTF in my offshore designs. I had two good American Handbooks from ca 1980. I first overlooked the pipe fitttings suppliers techical notes on threads, which I later found to be very useful. By chance I stumbled over the NPTF in a...

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