Not sure if My father is off his rocker here or if he is on to something...
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Here's a cool experiment we did at the shop......
Take a rare earth magnet and a peice of pipe made of either copper or aluminum - something that conducts really well. The inside dia. of the pipe needs to be enough that the magnet has plenty of room to freefall through it, 1/8 - to 1/2 on either side is good. the wall thickness of the pipe needs to be as thick as you can find - 1/4 is good. Now hold the pipe vertically and drop the magnet into it - it will not fall through, it will slowly descend through the pipe as if it were dragging on something. Somthing to do with induction I think, my friend explained it to me but I was too busy playing with the magnet........
Take a rare earth magnet and a peice of pipe made of either copper or aluminum - something that conducts really well. The inside dia. of the pipe needs to be enough that the magnet has plenty of room to freefall through it, 1/8 - to 1/2 on either side is good. the wall thickness of the pipe needs to be as thick as you can find - 1/4 is good. Now hold the pipe vertically and drop the magnet into it - it will not fall through, it will slowly descend through the pipe as if it were dragging on something. Somthing to do with induction I think, my friend explained it to me but I was too busy playing with the magnet........
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Steve, that magnet will not deguass anything! It might magnetize it so bad
you could not stand to watch it, but it takes alternating mag. poles to deguass a CRT or anything else for that matter.
you could not stand to watch it, but it takes alternating mag. poles to deguass a CRT or anything else for that matter.
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Originally Posted by AR10
Steve, that magnet will not deguass anything! It might magnetize it so bad
you could not stand to watch it, but it takes alternating mag. poles to deguass a CRT or anything else for that matter.
you could not stand to watch it, but it takes alternating mag. poles to deguass a CRT or anything else for that matter.
Pardon my description I meant to say "It really fu %ks up the screen"...it makes those pretty colors though
#19
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Originally Posted by WolfeMacleod
Those magnets would be called Neodymium. They're dangerous. The same kind that's been killing the children that you may have been hearing about on the news.
Theorectially, it can work...if the material shavings are ferro-magnetic.
Theorectially, it can work...if the material shavings are ferro-magnetic.
LOL, don't eat magnets, nails, bleach, drano, etc.
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I would think magnets would not do crap... If the wearing surfaces of the engine were aluminum.
Steel etc yes...
Auminum no...
I'd suggest it highly to anyone running an auto tranny. THOSE have got metal wear flakes.
Steel etc yes...
Auminum no...
I'd suggest it highly to anyone running an auto tranny. THOSE have got metal wear flakes.
#21
Originally Posted by cjeckert
Aparently a kid swalowed two of those magents with a time period between to one was in the intenstines and one in the stomich and well they riped trough his stomich and instine and attached to each other.
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Originally Posted by WolfeMacleod
That's exactly what happened, on multiple occasions. Neo magnets are the strongest magnets known to man. They can cnap together so hard as to break bones, cause welts and blood blisters, etc.
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I don’t get the logic behind this. The oil filter will catch all the particles which in majority will not be ferrous. And if they are, you’ll have larger problems than worrying about catching metal shavings. The engine will most like be on its way out anyways. Maybe he should stick to the woodo magnetic healing of the horses rather than trying to come up with the latest version of the “Tornado”!
Magnetic healing is nothing more than BS, I see those infomercials every now and then at 3am and just shake my head. Don’t you think if it worked people would be lined up to spend time in an MRI?
Magnetic healing is nothing more than BS, I see those infomercials every now and then at 3am and just shake my head. Don’t you think if it worked people would be lined up to spend time in an MRI?
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The magnets were attached to those building toys. Some kid broke one off and swallowed it. The company recalled the toys. I forgot the name, but it was on the news about 2 months ago.
Yes, only ferrous shaving will be attracted to the magnet. It does nothing for aluminum. Fun stuff. I I will try that pipe thing with the neo magnets I have. Is it just rubbing against the side when falling or floating?
Yes, only ferrous shaving will be attracted to the magnet. It does nothing for aluminum. Fun stuff. I I will try that pipe thing with the neo magnets I have. Is it just rubbing against the side when falling or floating?
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Isn't there a product on the market in one of the catalogs for Porsche stuff that does this very same thing?? You attach it around the oil filter. Just like one of those "oil filter coolers" with the fins, its similar but its magnetic.
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Originally Posted by kevincnc
My drain plus is drilled out for an oil temp sender. How important is it? (the magnet)
Most of the components that wear in our cars are made of aluminum, so the magnet won't catch that stuff.
Last year, after the install of my new head, my shop spotted some metal fragments in my oil, so they advised me have the oil filter cracked open and inspected. My suggestion to all '44 owners is to have their oil filter opened and checked annually. The filter will trap metal/aluminum fragments without any magentics involved.
-Z.
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^^^^^^^^ What he said^^^^^^^^^
I used to be an aircraft mechanic and we did this on every inspection, there is an acceptable amount of metal. This is how we determined whether or not to crack one open......
I used to be an aircraft mechanic and we did this on every inspection, there is an acceptable amount of metal. This is how we determined whether or not to crack one open......