Technical Little tips and tricks for garage hobbyists.

When parking over my pit, I find it tricky to know when to stop so that I have enough room at the end so I can get me and my fat guts down the ladder. Someone gave me a traffic signal light, so I put a 12volt bulb in it, and switched it using a washing machine water level switch and a piece of tubing, plugged at one end & siliconed to the floor. Front wheel goes over tube, air in tube compresses and level switch actuates.

 

Genius!

 

very 'rube'-ish!-should also turn on a light in the pit,etc......

 

UUUUHHHHH....NO !
6sally6

 

Remember when you would drive into a service station, run over one of those hoses, and the bell would "ding" for someone to come and fill the tank?

Cheers,
Harv

 

The old gas station air pumps you cranked to desired pressure and would ding for each pound... ding , ding ,........ Good tip with the air pressure switch....

 

Yeah, I remember that. As a teenager I worked at the local gas station. The owner was Italian American right from the old country. He’d swear at us in Italian if we were slow or forgot to check the oil, and wipe the windshield. To this day, it’s about the only Italian that I ever learned.

 

Jes sayin' As a kid raised under the big Orange Gulf Disc,
at night laying bed, eleven mile away, I would still hear that bell.

 

I hear ya.

It’s been 30 years since I last heard it, but can never forget the clunk noise when kids ride bikes over the inground fuel tank covers.

Cheers,
Harv

 

C.O.R. = Colonial Oil Refinery, became BP later. They were great trophy's if you could nick them!

 

Here is mine that I restored.