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277047 Kirk Eppler 2023‑02‑27 Re: [Sender Not Verified] Re: a squeaky chair
People look at me like I’m insane when I do the screwdriver trick on a
running engine.

I think in a moving car, I’d vote for a real stethoscope.

Kirk in Half Moon Bay, CA


On Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 8:17 AM Bill Ghio via groups.io  wrote:

>
>
> > On Feb 25, 2023, at 5:01 PM, scottg  wrote:
> >
> > I would use the old car noise trick for this squeak. Corral a helper to
> sit in the chair and make it squeak. Get a length of tubing and put it up
> to your ear.
> >   This will isolate the squeak.
>
> My Dad was a "Chief Engineer” — among other things that meant he was a
> diesel mechanic — in the west coast fishing fleet out of San Diego. He used
> to grab a large screwdriver, put the tip where he thot the offending noise
> was coming from, and put the handle end up against his ear. I’ll never
> forget the time we took the flooring out of the back of my Mother’s ’58
> Ford station wagon and I drove around the neighborhood while he straddled
> the frame rails listening for the squeak.
>
> --
Sent from my iPad, apologies for the Auto Correct errors. Kirk


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Kirk Eppler in Half Moon Bay, CA 

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