Loctite discovery

I thought this was a cydromeleader post for a minute there....

Yeah, I tasted it by accident a few years ago. Sorta like eating paste in grade school.

TeeHee.... how's Crazy Glue Taste????

don't know, but brake fluid is really bitter and hard to wipe off from around your mouth.

Petrol ("gas" for those state-side) isn't so bad but makes your lips feel funny.

Beware - gasoline (petrol) is a narcotic (in the formal medical sense of the word) and it really can kill you

Don't worry I spat it out quickly! I was siphoning fuel - stupidly starting the flow by mouth - somthing you only do once (or twice).

On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 15:26:19 +0800, with neither quill nor qualm, "Den" quickly quoth:

I saw people get gas in their mouths too often, so I decided to avoid it myself. Instead, I took a flexible toilet float and punched two holes in it. One held the cutoff of garden hose, the other an 18" piece of clear tubing. I put the garden hose in the tank with the small side of the float pushed up against the filler neck. Then I blew with the small tube to pressurize the gas tank, causing the fuel flow without my being anywhere near it. I should have patented that idea

-- Who is wise? He that learns from every One. Who is powerful? He that governs his Passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. -- Benjamin Franklin

You missed out on being a millionaire with that one - a neat idea.

That is an old trick Larry. Learned it from my Dad ~35 years ago. His wasn't quite so snazzy though, just a shop rag wrapped around the hoses and stuffed into the filler neck. You have to blow a bit more, but it works without the lovely mouth full of gas. Cough, cough, gag...

I think one of the most dangerous and fairly likely accident is getting the gasoline (petrol) into your lungs.

Don Young (USA)

An even simpler trick is to use a clear siphon hose. When you can see the fuel you know when to stop.

You would think that would do the trick, but I've still managed to get some in my mouth using a clear hose.

If you leave too big an air gap and are slow with the thumb it won't take. So one tries to leave the least amount of air and...

Been there, done that... different discovery process though.

Regards, Joe Agro, Jr. (800) 871-5022

Ed, I spent 12 hours Monday installing a trailer hitch package.

You had a better time than I did.

But I got it all in, and only have 5 screws left over.

Haha! That's what I used to say about the engine on my wife's Fiesta. Each time I put it back together, I had fewer screws left over.

My hitch would have gone on really quick except that the holes didn't line up perfectly well. So I opened up some holes with a rat-tail file, and got my son to lean on a pry bar to bend the hitch a little.

But you didn't take a whole lot longer than I did, by the time I was finished with the wiring and so on.

'Hope yours works fine.

-- Ed Huntress