[AT] shop cleaning

[John Hall]

Thanks for the tip. I plan to keep them upstairs in my garage so they should 
be very dry and get very little light.  I'll probably leave the lids loose.

John
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From: "Ed Christopherson" <edc at crawlerheaven.com>
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Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] shop cleaning


> Be careful with those plastic totes. I have hundreds that I store parts in
> and learned right away if they are expose to sun light and have metal 
> parts
> in them they sweat and things like mags the aluminum  corrodes. So I drill
> vent holes under the lip. The outside tote sometimes still get water in 
> them
> but mostly from being under snow.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of John Hall
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 8:26 AM
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> Subject: [AT] shop cleaning
>
> Hard to get into carb icing when it is 70 degrees outside. Decided 
> yesterday
>
> to do some cleaning in the shop. I must say the main workbench had gotten 
> to
>
> be an embarassment. We have a rule about not using the shop to store 
> equip.
> Now I must make a rule to limit how much spare parts inventory I keep in
> there.  Since all of our storage in there is full, with no room for more, 
> I
> am going to pick up some of those plastic storage boxes that seem to be so
> plentiful (and often on SALE) this time of year. I am planning on packing 
> up
>
> some of my spare magnetos, carbs, etc. Then I'll move them to a more 
> suited
> storage area. Of course if Santa would drop off a bunch of lumber we could
> add on to the shop....
>
> John Hall
>
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