| Cool new tool [message #791717] |
Sun, 16 March 2008 05:59 |
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Anyone who works on cars will love this new product: It's called Form-
A-Funnel, and you can watch a short video at http://www.formafunnel.com
that will explain its many uses.
This might be the most clever tool in any toolbox. Check it out!
Thanks.
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| Re: Cool new tool [message #791719 ] |
Sun, 16 March 2008 08:46 |
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buck [at] formafunnel.com wrote:
> Anyone who works on cars will love this new product: It's called Form-
> A-Funnel, and you can watch a short video at http://www.com
> that will explain its many uses.
>
> This might be the most clever tool in any toolbox. Check it out!
> Thanks.
An interesting thing but at $40 I think I will pass.
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| Re: Cool new tool [message #791720 ] |
Sun, 16 March 2008 13:03 |
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<buck [at] formafunnel.com> wrote in message
news:c117e6a7-377f-4443-aa52-66afc35241f8 [at] d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> Anyone who works on cars will love this new product: It's called Form-
> A-Funnel, and you can watch a short video at http://www.formafunnel.com
> that will explain its many uses.
>
> This might be the most clever tool in any toolbox. Check it out!
> Thanks.
Thanks for the heads up. But I looked the site over and never found any
prices for *renting* it:) s
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| Re: Cool new tool [message #791721 ] |
Sun, 16 March 2008 15:35 |
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If you have to come SPAM Usenet for suckers, that only means you cannot
sell your trash in real life.
Legit companies don't need to SPAM, only sleazebags need to do that.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
'New' frame in the works for '08. Some Canadian Bush Trip and Build
Photos: http://mikeromainjeeptrips.shutterfly.com
buck [at] formafunnel.com wrote:
SPAM
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| Re: Cool new tool [message #791722 ] |
Sun, 16 March 2008 16:59 |
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On Mar 16, 12:59=A0am, b... [at] formafunnel.com wrote:
> Anyone who works on cars will love this new product: It's called Form-
> A-Funnel, and you can watch a short video athttp://www.formafunnel.com
> that will explain its many uses.
>
> This might be the most clever tool in any toolbox. Check it out!
> Thanks.
$40.00 for a formable piece of plastic? That's overpriced by $35.00
at least.
Anyone can cobble together a decent one-use funnel, otherwise all you
need is one cheapo from the local Target store.
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| Re: Cool new tool [message #791726 ] |
Sun, 16 March 2008 21:52 |
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John S. wrote:
> On Mar 16, 12:59 am, b... [at] formafunnel.com wrote:
>> Anyone who works on cars will love this new product: It's called Form-
>> A-Funnel, and you can watch a short video athttp://www.formafunnel.com
>> that will explain its many uses.
>>
>> This might be the most clever tool in any toolbox. Check it out!
>> Thanks.
>
> $40.00 for a formable piece of plastic? That's overpriced by $35.00
> at least.
>
> Anyone can cobble together a decent one-use funnel, otherwise all you
> need is one cheapo from the local Target store.
Cheap , one use funnel = a piece of newspaper
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| Re: Cool new tool [message #791727 ] |
Mon, 17 March 2008 00:50 |
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b... [at] formafunnel.com wrote:
Watch the video at http://www.formafunnel.com
to see the uses of a new product: Form-A-Funnel.
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$40.00 for a formable piece of plastic? That's
overpriced by $35.00 at least. Anyone can
cobble together a decent one-use funnel, or buy
one cheap from the local Target store. --------- John S.
_______________________________________
Cheap , one use funnel = a piece of newspaper. --- BobJ.
_______________________________________
And you can discard the $0 newspaper and be
on your way while the sucker who paid $40 for
a small sheet of plastic is still scrubbing the oil
from it in a sink full of detergent, then drying
it off, then rolling it up for storage. The video
showed the rollup but omitted the cleanup. ----- Rodan.
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| Re: Cool new tool [message #791733 ] |
Mon, 17 March 2008 03:27 |
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I dont even use a funnel,,,, I slop it in there whichever way it will
go.At least the belts get lubed up real good.
cuhulin
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| Re: Cool new tool [message #791735 ] |
Mon, 17 March 2008 14:28 |
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<cuhulin [at] webtv.net> wrote in message
news:21227-47DDD720-785 [at] storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net...
>I dont even use a funnel,,,, I slop it in there whichever way it will
> go.At least the belts get lubed up real good.
> cuhulin
>
If y'all have never tried it, however intuitively contrary it seems,
when pouring oil from a quart bottle, he has MUCH better control against
spill if he pours with the bottle-opening at the top rather than at the
bottom. I was taught that a # of years ago by an 80-year old gentleman who
never claimed to be a mechanic--still had my doubts until I tried it. Never
poured the "conventional" way since! HTH, sdomi2
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| Re: Cool new tool [message #791736 ] |
Mon, 17 March 2008 14:34 |
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"sdlomi2" <sdlSPAMomi2 [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:TluDj.20065$Er2.5199 [at] bignews6.bellsouth.net...
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> <cuhulin [at] webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:21227-47DDD720-785 [at] storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net...
>>I dont even use a funnel,,,, I slop it in there whichever way it
>>will
>> go.At least the belts get lubed up real good.
>> cuhulin
>>
> If y'all have never tried it, however intuitively contrary it
> seems, when pouring oil from a quart bottle, he has MUCH better
> control against spill if he pours with the bottle-opening at the top
> rather than at the bottom. I was taught that a # of years ago by an
> 80-year old gentleman who never claimed to be a mechanic--still had
> my doubts until I tried it. Never poured the "conventional" way
> since! HTH, sdomi2
You mean you pour the oil from the bottle like the little illustraion
on the side of the bottle shows? Or like the hand grip on the current
Mobil 1 bottles try to encourage you to hold the bottle? I think if
you would actually look at the bottles, you wouldn't need an 80- year
old guy to tell you how to hold the bottles to pour the oil properly.
Ed
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>
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| Re: Cool new tool [message #791738 ] |
Mon, 17 March 2008 16:26 |
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"C. E. White" <cewhite3 [at] removemindspring.com> wrote in message
news:47de73e4$1 [at] kcnews01...
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> "sdlomi2" <sdlSPAMomi2 [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:TluDj.20065$Er2.5199 [at] bignews6.bellsouth.net...
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>> <cuhulin [at] webtv.net> wrote in message
>> news:21227-47DDD720-785 [at] storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net...
>>>I dont even use a funnel,,,, I slop it in there whichever way it will
>>> go.At least the belts get lubed up real good.
>>> cuhulin
>>>
>> If y'all have never tried it, however intuitively contrary it seems,
>> when pouring oil from a quart bottle, he has MUCH better control against
>> spill if he pours with the bottle-opening at the top rather than at the
>> bottom. I was taught that a # of years ago by an 80-year old gentleman
>> who never claimed to be a mechanic--still had my doubts until I tried it.
>> Never poured the "conventional" way since! HTH, sdomi2
>
> You mean you pour the oil from the bottle like the little illustraion on
> the side of the bottle shows? Or like the hand grip on the current Mobil 1
> bottles try to encourage you to hold the bottle? I think if you would
> actually look at the bottles, you wouldn't need an 80- year old guy to
> tell you how to hold the bottles to pour the oil properly.
>
> Ed
OOOOHHHH, that hurt, Ed:) You're exactly correct, though. Could I
manage to save a bit face if I claim (truthfully) that this revelation
ocurred a number of years ago--prolly soon after plastic bottles had hit the
market--and after having developed good dexterity using the quart cans over
decades of oil-changing, growing up in a service/station-garage. What? a
car-guy reading instructions?...and on something so simple as pouring in a
quart of oil? Does help my feelings a tad, tho', when I see so many people
still doing it in reverse! s
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| Re: Cool new tool [message #791740 ] |
Mon, 17 March 2008 17:03 |
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On Mar 17, 9:28=A0am, "sdlomi2" <sdlSPAMo... [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> <cuhu... [at] webtv.net> wrote in message
>
> news:21227-47DDD720-785 [at] storefull-3258.bay.webtv.net...>I dont even use a =
funnel,,,, I slop it in there whichever way it will
> > go.At least the belts get lubed up real good.
> > cuhulin
>
> =A0 =A0 If y'all have never tried it, however intuitively contrary it seem=
s,
> when pouring oil from a quart bottle, he has MUCH better control against
> spill if he pours with the bottle-opening at the top rather than at the
> bottom.
Huh??? At the top and bottom of what??
=A0I was taught that a # of years ago by an 80-year old gentleman who
> never claimed to be a mechanic--still had my doubts until I tried it. =A0N=
ever
> poured the "conventional" way since! =A0HTH, sdomi2
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| Re: Cool new tool [message #791742 ] |
Mon, 17 March 2008 17:32 |
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Plastic bottles of food stuffs ought to have screw on caps on both ends,
that would things so much better.
Many years ago, an old ''trick'' at some old gas stations was to prop an
empty can of motor oil on/near the top of another empty can of motor oil
(sort of like some people will sit a bottle of ketchup on top of another
bottle of ketchup and let the top bottle of ketchup do it's thing) and
eventually, they would get a free can of motor oil to sell to the
customers.
cuhulin
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| Re: Cool new tool [message #791745 ] |
Mon, 17 March 2008 17:57 |
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<cuhulin [at] webtv.net> wrote in message
news:9647-47DE9D08-569 [at] storefull-3252.bay.webtv.net...
> Plastic bottles of food stuffs ought to have screw on caps on both
> ends,
> that would things so much better.
>
> Many years ago, an old ''trick'' at some old gas stations was to
> prop an
> empty can of motor oil on/near the top of another empty can of motor
> oil
> (sort of like some people will sit a bottle of ketchup on top of
> another
> bottle of ketchup and let the top bottle of ketchup do it's thing)
> and
> eventually, they would get a free can of motor oil to sell to the
> customers.
> cuhulin
Heck, back when oil came in round cans, old stations had an outside
rack designed for this purpose. From the side profile they had an "A"
shape. The round cans of motor oil were displayed along the front
sloped side. There was a lockable roll top desk type cover you pulled
down when you closed up. To open a new can of oil you used the type of
spout that pierced the can. After you emptied the can, there was a
drawer in the side that you pulled out to store the spout and "empty"
can. Any residue in the can would drip out of the can/spout into the
storage compartment. And as you say, eventually you would get an
"free" quart of oil of some type.
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| Re: Cool new tool [message #791752 ] |
Mon, 17 March 2008 19:06 |
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Some of those gas stations would buy motor oil and the motor oil would
be displayed in glass bottles with the metal spout(s) on the glass
bottles.I own a lot of old junk (but it's not all junk) I wish I own one
of those old glass oil bottles with the screw on metal spout.
Some of those old gas station/service station thingys are very
collectible.
cuhulin
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| Re: Cool new tool [message #791763 ] |
Tue, 18 March 2008 13:21 |
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<cuhulin [at] webtv.net> wrote in message
news:9647-47DE9D08-569 [at] storefull-3252.bay.webtv.net...
> Plastic bottles of food stuffs ought to have screw on caps on both ends,
> that would things so much better.
>
> Many years ago, an old ''trick'' at some old gas stations was to prop an
> empty can of motor oil on/near the top of another empty can of motor oil
> (sort of like some people will sit a bottle of ketchup on top of another
> bottle of ketchup and let the top bottle of ketchup do it's thing) and
> eventually, they would get a free can of motor oil to sell to the
> customers.
> cuhulin
A little off topic, but I know of one larger transmission repair company
that would
drain the trannies when they started to tear them down, all fluid going into
a common
vat. The mixture of fluids was then pumped through a series of filters,
after which
it was deemed to be "clean". It was used to fill the trannies after they
were rebuilt
and installed.
Nice huh?
That shop is now gone, since the owner and operator died.
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| Re: Cool new tool [message #791789 ] |
Wed, 19 March 2008 04:18 |
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In article <cAODj.944$p24.486 [at] nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com>,
"HLS" <nospam [at] nospam.nix> wrote:
> <cuhulin [at] webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:9647-47DE9D08-569 [at] storefull-3252.bay.webtv.net...
> > Plastic bottles of food stuffs ought to have screw on caps on both ends,
> > that would things so much better.
> >
> > Many years ago, an old ''trick'' at some old gas stations was to prop an
> > empty can of motor oil on/near the top of another empty can of motor oil
> > (sort of like some people will sit a bottle of ketchup on top of another
> > bottle of ketchup and let the top bottle of ketchup do it's thing) and
> > eventually, they would get a free can of motor oil to sell to the
> > customers.
> > cuhulin
>
> A little off topic, but I know of one larger transmission repair company
> that would
> drain the trannies when they started to tear them down, all fluid going into
> a common
> vat. The mixture of fluids was then pumped through a series of filters,
> after which
> it was deemed to be "clean". It was used to fill the trannies after they
> were rebuilt
> and installed.
You sued them though, right?
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| Re: Cool new tool [message #791791 ] |
Wed, 19 March 2008 06:16 |
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"HLS" <nospam [at] nospam.nix> wrote in message
news:cAODj.944$p24.486 [at] nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com...
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> <cuhulin [at] webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:9647-47DE9D08-569 [at] storefull-3252.bay.webtv.net...
>> Plastic bottles of food stuffs ought to have screw on caps on both ends,
>> that would things so much better.
>>
>> Many years ago, an old ''trick'' at some old gas stations was to prop an
>> empty can of motor oil on/near the top of another empty can of motor oil
>> (sort of like some people will sit a bottle of ketchup on top of another
>> bottle of ketchup and let the top bottle of ketchup do it's thing) and
>> eventually, they would get a free can of motor oil to sell to the
>> customers.
>> cuhulin
>
> A little off topic, but I know of one larger transmission repair company
> that would
> drain the trannies when they started to tear them down, all fluid going
> into a common
> vat. The mixture of fluids was then pumped through a series of filters,
> after which
> it was deemed to be "clean". It was used to fill the trannies after they
> were rebuilt
> and installed.
With so many types in there, they prolly figured the mixture had the
best of "all the worlds". s
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