Where is everyone #5

Oops ! I was thinking about the Mellow Mushroom pizza chain, not the Magic Mushroom. I wrote the wrong name. Sorry.

 

Mag is a 30 rounder, pinned to 5. They never seem to pin them good enough, I have had the pins uh... fallout... in the past.
I have bought an sks with this gun as well. I was used to the mosin and was surprised how small the 39 is vs the 54.
My mosin is a tack driver. First time out I shot a 5 shot group and had 3 touching at 150 feet. No idea how I did that, it was probably a fluke. Haven't shot paper with it since so the legend lives on...

 

We have a Local Mellow Mushroom in SC, it's decent Pie

 

I managed good groups with my Mosin by using Hornaday .303 British bullets and I think 74 grains of powder in virgin milsurp casings. Also had to raise the fore sight because it shot high without the bayonet

 

I think they started in Alabama ?
Got one here too but I haven't been there.

 

I can not say I always do it, but Tinning the wires with solder seems to help and give the screw more bite. But eventually like you said it wears out to. Just every day movement. And I bet I'm not the only Dip Sheet that has forgot to unplug one before either.

 

We used a lot of that stuff at EZ Electric. Most is clear, but a lot we used was gray in color, and without it the threads on a connection using a 1/2” hex wrench would give the next guy fits..... good stuff when making electrical connections, and a “little dab’ll do ya” don’t need to baste the whole plug lol.

I remember in the early 70’s uncle Lester making water tight seals on wires going in a well. Didn’t have all the fancy stuff there is today.

The early form of “waterproof” connector in the water well industry, was just a clear plastic tube about 3” long. Had threads on both ends with rubber bunions that squeezed tight and made the seal when the cap was screwed on. Just think of a brass compression fitting that uses a tapered ferrule, same set up in a sense.

 

I remember uncle Lester using grease on his battery terminals on his drill trucks, tractor, and service truck. Just a little not bathe the whole thing in it lol. And when he added a quart of oil, or done a oil change...... he always drain what little oil was left in 1 can around on the inner fenders, of course back then they were steel, AND YOU COULD SEE THE DA** THINGS!!!! Lol.

 

When I was a boy growing up I remember aunt Winnie using Vaseline in the rubber door seals on her Rambler. Don’t remember them drying out and cracking either, course rubber was rubber then.

I use Vaseline on the O-rings when I install liners in a engine. Sadly many gob it on and then wonder why a cylinder gualds before it gets very many miles on it.....

 

As much as i agree, the screw that was supposed to hold the wire in place was loose. All the others were tight. The wire was free to move in and out of its spot in the plug and part of it was sticking off to the side which was causing the short.

If servicing the plug is part of their safety routine, the person working on it didn't double check their work. I didn't have a single problem before the safety.

I was taught generally how to search for a wiring problem like this by my mechanic buddy back at New Hope (it took some thinking time to remember it all). Something I really appreciated was he took the time to do things right, and was willing to teach drivers how to do simple stuff like this. He complained a lot that techs don't know how to do anything anymore. I wish every mechanic was like him.