Okay, let me get this straight to make sure I understand: "Isopropyl
alcohol, methanol, ethanol, a lump of sodium, impressive vigor, sodium
hydroxide, shredded aluminum which reacts with the NaOH to produce hydrogen
gas and aluminum hydroxide."
How do I know you're not tricking me into brewin' up a batch of hydrazine
in my Jeep? Holy Smokes!
Hey, wait a minute... I bet my wife's got some of that "metinol" stuff in
the medicine cabinet; or maybe it was under the sink. I know my neighbor's
got some salt stuff or somethin' for his water softener (sissy). Dude, I
could bust up a motor part off my motorcycle and wash it down the tank with
a little Coke. Coca Cola oughtta make short order of the aluminum
overnight, right?
Dude, I'm there! :)
P.S. This is gonna be cooler than that nitrous oxide thing I made with a 40
pound tank of propane... Definitely... :)
o_o_o_o
Best Regards, /| ,[_____],
Jim, WP3JQ |ŻŻŻL --O|||||||O-
()_)Ż()_) ŻŻŻŻŻ )_)
EM60qk 30.447439N 086.628959W
"L0nD0t.$t0we11" <"L0nD0t.$t0we11"@ComcastDot.Net> wrote in message
news:GTxRb.128772$5V2.657903@attbi_s53...
> Roughly 1/26/04 23:38, Dave Milne's monkeys randomly typed:
>
> > What's "dry gas" - I'll know it under a different name, I bet ?
>
> Is usually isopropyl alcohol. Methanol tends to be a bit
> too corrosive, ethanol would work, but isopropyl is easier to
> deal with and produce with extremely low water content.
>
> There are a few other solvents that grab water almost as well
> as light alcohols, but tend to have varying effects on
> engine gaskets seals etc.
>
> Or you could drop a lump of sodium in your tank. It is actually
> stored in kerosene, but will absorb any water in the area with
> impressive vigor. And then to get rid of the resulting sodium
> hydroxide, you add shredded aluminum which reacts with the NaOH
> to produce hydrogen gas and aluminum hydroxide. Give the hydrogen
> to your fuel celled buddies and use the aluminum hydroxide as
> underarm deodorant.
>
> If you need any more chemistry tips, just ask. >:-)
>
>
>
>
> --
> Now that Spirit Rover has confirmed the presence of weapons of
> mass destruction on Mars, we are preparing to invade...
>

 

Okay, let me get this straight to make sure I understand: "Isopropyl
alcohol, methanol, ethanol, a lump of sodium, impressive vigor, sodium
hydroxide, shredded aluminum which reacts with the NaOH to produce hydrogen
gas and aluminum hydroxide."
How do I know you're not tricking me into brewin' up a batch of hydrazine
in my Jeep? Holy Smokes!
Hey, wait a minute... I bet my wife's got some of that "metinol" stuff in
the medicine cabinet; or maybe it was under the sink. I know my neighbor's
got some salt stuff or somethin' for his water softener (sissy). Dude, I
could bust up a motor part off my motorcycle and wash it down the tank with
a little Coke. Coca Cola oughtta make short order of the aluminum
overnight, right?
Dude, I'm there! :)
P.S. This is gonna be cooler than that nitrous oxide thing I made with a 40
pound tank of propane... Definitely... :)
o_o_o_o
Best Regards, /| ,[_____],
Jim, WP3JQ |ŻŻŻL --O|||||||O-
()_)Ż()_) ŻŻŻŻŻ )_)
EM60qk 30.447439N 086.628959W
"L0nD0t.$t0we11" <"L0nD0t.$t0we11"@ComcastDot.Net> wrote in message
news:GTxRb.128772$5V2.657903@attbi_s53...
> Roughly 1/26/04 23:38, Dave Milne's monkeys randomly typed:
>
> > What's "dry gas" - I'll know it under a different name, I bet ?
>
> Is usually isopropyl alcohol. Methanol tends to be a bit
> too corrosive, ethanol would work, but isopropyl is easier to
> deal with and produce with extremely low water content.
>
> There are a few other solvents that grab water almost as well
> as light alcohols, but tend to have varying effects on
> engine gaskets seals etc.
>
> Or you could drop a lump of sodium in your tank. It is actually
> stored in kerosene, but will absorb any water in the area with
> impressive vigor. And then to get rid of the resulting sodium
> hydroxide, you add shredded aluminum which reacts with the NaOH
> to produce hydrogen gas and aluminum hydroxide. Give the hydrogen
> to your fuel celled buddies and use the aluminum hydroxide as
> underarm deodorant.
>
> If you need any more chemistry tips, just ask. >:-)
>
>
>
>
> --
> Now that Spirit Rover has confirmed the presence of weapons of
> mass destruction on Mars, we are preparing to invade...
>

 

Okay, let me get this straight to make sure I understand: "Isopropyl
alcohol, methanol, ethanol, a lump of sodium, impressive vigor, sodium
hydroxide, shredded aluminum which reacts with the NaOH to produce hydrogen
gas and aluminum hydroxide."
How do I know you're not tricking me into brewin' up a batch of hydrazine
in my Jeep? Holy Smokes!
Hey, wait a minute... I bet my wife's got some of that "metinol" stuff in
the medicine cabinet; or maybe it was under the sink. I know my neighbor's
got some salt stuff or somethin' for his water softener (sissy). Dude, I
could bust up a motor part off my motorcycle and wash it down the tank with
a little Coke. Coca Cola oughtta make short order of the aluminum
overnight, right?
Dude, I'm there! :)
P.S. This is gonna be cooler than that nitrous oxide thing I made with a 40
pound tank of propane... Definitely... :)
o_o_o_o
Best Regards, /| ,[_____],
Jim, WP3JQ |ŻŻŻL --O|||||||O-
()_)Ż()_) ŻŻŻŻŻ )_)
EM60qk 30.447439N 086.628959W
"L0nD0t.$t0we11" <"L0nD0t.$t0we11"@ComcastDot.Net> wrote in message
news:GTxRb.128772$5V2.657903@attbi_s53...
> Roughly 1/26/04 23:38, Dave Milne's monkeys randomly typed:
>
> > What's "dry gas" - I'll know it under a different name, I bet ?
>
> Is usually isopropyl alcohol. Methanol tends to be a bit
> too corrosive, ethanol would work, but isopropyl is easier to
> deal with and produce with extremely low water content.
>
> There are a few other solvents that grab water almost as well
> as light alcohols, but tend to have varying effects on
> engine gaskets seals etc.
>
> Or you could drop a lump of sodium in your tank. It is actually
> stored in kerosene, but will absorb any water in the area with
> impressive vigor. And then to get rid of the resulting sodium
> hydroxide, you add shredded aluminum which reacts with the NaOH
> to produce hydrogen gas and aluminum hydroxide. Give the hydrogen
> to your fuel celled buddies and use the aluminum hydroxide as
> underarm deodorant.
>
> If you need any more chemistry tips, just ask. >:-)
>
>
>
>
> --
> Now that Spirit Rover has confirmed the presence of weapons of
> mass destruction on Mars, we are preparing to invade...
>

 

Just a follow up guys.... After about 3 tanks of hitest and a lot of
gasline anti-freeze all the problems cleared up. Every day the idle
picked up and it now idles properly so I assume I just got a load of
bad gas, I had the curb idle screw cranked up and the idle screws
opened up and finally got them bad to normal yesterday.

Thanks for all the help.

On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 20:56:36 -0700, Jeepster
<yj_driver_NO_SPAM@excite.com> wrote:

>My 87 YJ 258 with a 2 month old carb started idling rough yesterday
>and I'm a bit unsure as to what may have caused it. You guys probably
>have seen my posts in the last little while and you might remember all
>the work I have done to this vehicle.
>
>HEI ignition installed
>New fuel filter/fuel pump/battery/plugs/wires/dist cap/carb etc etc
>
>It was running great until I got gas at a ------ station yesterday
>then it just seemed to not want to idle nice and smooth like it has
>been since I did all the work to it. I checked the intake for loose
>bolts and found none ( I seem to have to tighten it up bi-monthly) and
>I have no vac leaks detectable when I do a carb cleaner spray test
>around the hoses.
>A heathy dose of carb cleaner seems to have improved the idle but it
>will not idle smooth like it did a few days ago.
>
>Is it possible my idle tubes have plugged up after 2 months on this
>new carb?

 

Just a follow up guys.... After about 3 tanks of hitest and a lot of
gasline anti-freeze all the problems cleared up. Every day the idle
picked up and it now idles properly so I assume I just got a load of
bad gas, I had the curb idle screw cranked up and the idle screws
opened up and finally got them bad to normal yesterday.

Thanks for all the help.

On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 20:56:36 -0700, Jeepster
<yj_driver_NO_SPAM@excite.com> wrote:

>My 87 YJ 258 with a 2 month old carb started idling rough yesterday
>and I'm a bit unsure as to what may have caused it. You guys probably
>have seen my posts in the last little while and you might remember all
>the work I have done to this vehicle.
>
>HEI ignition installed
>New fuel filter/fuel pump/battery/plugs/wires/dist cap/carb etc etc
>
>It was running great until I got gas at a ------ station yesterday
>then it just seemed to not want to idle nice and smooth like it has
>been since I did all the work to it. I checked the intake for loose
>bolts and found none ( I seem to have to tighten it up bi-monthly) and
>I have no vac leaks detectable when I do a carb cleaner spray test
>around the hoses.
>A heathy dose of carb cleaner seems to have improved the idle but it
>will not idle smooth like it did a few days ago.
>
>Is it possible my idle tubes have plugged up after 2 months on this
>new carb?

 

Just a follow up guys.... After about 3 tanks of hitest and a lot of
gasline anti-freeze all the problems cleared up. Every day the idle
picked up and it now idles properly so I assume I just got a load of
bad gas, I had the curb idle screw cranked up and the idle screws
opened up and finally got them bad to normal yesterday.

Thanks for all the help.

On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 20:56:36 -0700, Jeepster
<yj_driver_NO_SPAM@excite.com> wrote:

>My 87 YJ 258 with a 2 month old carb started idling rough yesterday
>and I'm a bit unsure as to what may have caused it. You guys probably
>have seen my posts in the last little while and you might remember all
>the work I have done to this vehicle.
>
>HEI ignition installed
>New fuel filter/fuel pump/battery/plugs/wires/dist cap/carb etc etc
>
>It was running great until I got gas at a ------ station yesterday
>then it just seemed to not want to idle nice and smooth like it has
>been since I did all the work to it. I checked the intake for loose
>bolts and found none ( I seem to have to tighten it up bi-monthly) and
>I have no vac leaks detectable when I do a carb cleaner spray test
>around the hoses.
>A heathy dose of carb cleaner seems to have improved the idle but it
>will not idle smooth like it did a few days ago.
>
>Is it possible my idle tubes have plugged up after 2 months on this
>new carb?