tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post2563546582519573404..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Bitterly BatteryRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-14055335082957541822018-01-03T21:15:30.894-05:002018-01-03T21:15:30.894-05:00Good luck. Having grown up out in the countryside...Good luck. Having grown up out in the countryside of Iowa, been there done that, (almost) had the frostbite.<br /><br />I would think that the combined lumens of Tam's flashlight collection would both light up the entire block and heat the work area up to more livable conditions. ;-)RandyGChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758726126424011542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-4730383303438689512018-01-03T20:26:01.692-05:002018-01-03T20:26:01.692-05:00Had to do the one in my wife van last night. 5/16...Had to do the one in my wife van last night. 5/16 and 1/2 on an extension and 10 minutes later it was started and back in its bay. I don't like working on mine in the cold so I take care of it when warm. But for her, I shiver and do it anyway.<br /><br />Good luck on getting yours in.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708868713277676628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-56374734599623810712018-01-03T14:59:20.225-05:002018-01-03T14:59:20.225-05:00We have been using a headlamps like this one.
htt...We have been using a headlamps like this one.<br /><br />https://smile.amazon.com/Flashlight-Waterproof-Rechargeable-Adjustable-Headlight/dp/B078CQWFHD/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1515009227&sr=8-12&keywords=head+lamp<br />For close up work we lower the brightness.<br /><br />There are a bunch of modes, but the very important Morse Code setting that blinks, "Send Pizza!" seems to be lacking. <br /><br />Yes to everything said about battery J bolts. When you get them off I suggest a good wirebrushing of the threads, and a bit of antiseize when you put the fasteners on the J bolts.John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-64062337512557250152018-01-03T14:15:05.493-05:002018-01-03T14:15:05.493-05:00I like a 150 Watt plain white heat lamp bulb for t...I like a 150 Watt plain white heat lamp bulb for that sort of work in this kind of weather. Plenty of light, and you can hold your hands up by it every couple of minutes for a bit of respite. And thankfully, good-enough 1/4 drive sockets are cheap and plentiful.Rob Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15604826633798229422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-69993909760822617662018-01-03T13:45:28.784-05:002018-01-03T13:45:28.784-05:00Ah yes, those J-bolt hold-downs that they locate h...Ah yes, those J-bolt hold-downs that they locate hard up against the vehicle's firewall. We laugh and laugh trying to hook them up too on my wife' Chevy Tracker. Be nice if the hole was triangular, sloped to a point at top so that the end of bolt does not have to go perzackly in the battery tray's hole.<br /><br />I use plain jane low tech closed end wrench for the battery bolts. This wrench fitting has a band of electrical tape wound on handle so to find it quickly. I have thought of fastening an extra one nearby so to have tool handy, but keeping it in outside pocket on tool bag suffices.<br /><br />Hope the rest of battery switch is uneventful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-46349618878652634702018-01-03T12:46:06.071-05:002018-01-03T12:46:06.071-05:00I'ma big fan of this light for auto maintainea...I'ma big fan of this light for auto maintaineance:<br />https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B018R0XQPA/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1<br /><br /><br />And those $12 Energizer headlamps are petty decent too. <br /><br />If I were local, I'da done it for you. B https://www.blogger.com/profile/10586046436233366155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-67393631495989034642018-01-03T08:11:11.229-05:002018-01-03T08:11:11.229-05:00Ah, the bane of all of us mechanically and electri...Ah, the bane of all of us mechanically and electrically smart enough to know better, but with too many other significantly more important ( at least in our minds) items of responsibility standing in the way, and then to be foiled by the lack of light and a 10mm six-sided socket.<br /><br />ImeanttodothatIreallydidititis.<br /><br />You know how to pronounce the - I KNOW you do.<br /><br />Brother/sister of another mother, for certain......John H.noreply@blogger.com