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My wife's uncle used to say: Go to bed a private, wake up a sergeant.

Big Mac

The test typically performed on aircraft with reciprocating engines is called "differential compression test" by the FAA: https://www.faasafety.gov/spans/noticeView.aspx?nid=3416 It is very similar to what the automotive world calls a "cylinder leakdown test"...

It is because a heat pump does not "generate" heat, it just moves it from the outside of the building to the inside. They are rated by Coefficient of Performance or COP. This is defined as (effective energy out)/(energy in). A typical COP (older unit) is 3. This means that for every kWh...

Can you cite a law or regulation pertaining to that? RCA was in a similar situation in 1984 when they stopped producing the Video Disk Player. I remember my boss talking about a 10 year rule-of-thumb for support to completely avoid bad PR/lawsuits. RCA ended up promising disk production for...

It would really be fun if you have a permanent magnet starter installed. Not to mention any catch diodes placed across relay/contactor coils.

I am amazed that any AV receiver would not have RCA inputs. What model number is it?

Does your TV have analog audio outputs (either 3.5mm phone or RCA) that you could connect to your receiver? That is what I used to hook up an external amp/speakers to my TV and it works fine. I had to go into the TV settings and turn the built-in speakers off.

Fact: A stock Milwaukee Eight has a bore almost identical to a "small bore" Continental O-200 or O-300.

It is very hard to imagine how a conventional magneto could output short bursts of around 122 MHz to activate the ARCAL receiver, especially since it is presumably in normal operating condition. I would be inclined to write this off as a troll or joke, but Magman's posts have been...

My daughter's 2006 Chevy HHR had very similar symptoms as the OP. It was quite the PITA to diagnose. No external leaks, no sweet smell in the exhaust, oil and coolant looked OK, cylinder leak down was fine, cooling system pressure test OK. Eventually it dawned on me that the leak might be too...

Not quite. The 453 had vacuum tube HV rectifiers: https://w140.com/tekwiki/wiki/453 Then, of course, the display was a CRT or Cathode Ray Tube which was used until the mid 1990s. I have a working 535A (circa 1960) at home but it is such a boat anchor (65 lbs) that I rarely use it; easier to...

It will cost more, but a 150MHz scope can be handy for checking output and modulation depth on the COM transmitter.

Elvis?

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Some one needs to check whether the throttle is opening all the way. There should be about 1/8" gap between the throttle knob and the panel when the throttle is pushed in all the way. If no gap, then there is a good chance it was not rigged properly when the carb was re-installed.

It facilitates using a receiver-mounted bicycle rack.

For many years I have carried a Swiss Army "Spartan" because it is cheap, compact, and includes a corkscrew, bottle opener, and can opener among other tools.

The cheapest Harbor Freight digital meter is about as good for accuracy as the AVOmeter/Simpson 260/Triplett 630 analog VOMs commonly used back in the day.

As my late father told me: When a butterfly lands on a bridge, the bridge bends. But not very much.