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04-26-2013, 04:49 PM | #1 |
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Tie Rod Compition, Strange finding
I recently cut open an original tie rod which was sealed each end in order to use to make an ajustable drag link, This was the hollow style , no welded seam , inside was filled with whats in the picture, Looks like round punchings ,black in colour, not bakerlite, not plastic , not hood topping,not metal in fact not sure what it is, the tube was full & as had sealed ends must have been there from new , This tie rod felt heavier than another one that i also cut open but it had nothing inside ,I thought by the weight it was solid till cutting open,So filling had enough weight to make it feel solid , Guess not many have ever cut one open before ? So has any one done it & found it too contain same as picture , What is it , ?? Prize will be a free tinny (beer) at next swap meet i attend,
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04-26-2013, 04:54 PM | #2 |
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Re: Tie Rod Compition, Strange finding
I am trying to figure out what this means..."Compition"?
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04-26-2013, 05:17 PM | #3 |
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Kryptonite!
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04-26-2013, 05:21 PM | #4 |
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Re: Tie Rod Compition, Strange finding
Ok so i can,t work spell check. should read competition, You come up with answer you could win the prize, ??? Only went to school to watch the shelias ?
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04-26-2013, 05:28 PM | #5 |
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Re: Tie Rod Compition, Strange finding
About 3/16" round, thick paper , Can,t break them in your fingers, Have more weight than say plastic , not lead , black in colour, not rubber, Look like the puchings from when you puch paper to put in a folder , that size, Strange
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04-26-2013, 05:35 PM | #6 |
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04-26-2013, 06:52 PM | #7 |
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Re: Tie Rod Compition, Strange finding
I wasn't poking fun, I thought it was some Kiwi term I hadn't heard of.
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04-26-2013, 08:46 PM | #8 |
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04-26-2013, 08:50 PM | #9 |
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28RPU Darn thought was going to have some "fun" , After some 45 vists to your great country , i have learnt you guys spell as it sounds, Me im still typing with one finger & wife keeps telling me to learn how to spell.?Then course i did not convert to metrics , like my feet & inches , Pounds to dollars , thats ok as now have twice as much in the bank, but then now have to go twice as far to get it, & it cost twice as much, to get there ???
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04-26-2013, 08:53 PM | #10 |
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Tom, Had my shelia 45 years , took some training but like a good Model A Im not trading in for a newer model. ? Im Happy.
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04-26-2013, 09:07 PM | #11 |
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Quickchange, you are a smart man. I've had my "shelia" for 51 years and wouldn't think of trading for a new model either! Don/WI
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04-26-2013, 10:18 PM | #12 |
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Had my Shelia for 40 years and she decided she wanted a cowboy instead of a Model A Man so I let her go.
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