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[GMCnet] Re: Tips for installing engine vents [message #364677 is a reply to message #364669] Mon, 14 June 2021 00:23 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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I would consider using a large hole saw at each end so there are no stress
corners.

On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 10:17 PM RICHARD/MARLI SHOOP
wrote:

> Before you buy ANY look a like Multi-tool.... Be sure to test it in the
> material you intend to cut. Some of them vibrate the handle more than the
> blade! If you have ever used an original Fein Multi-tool, you will be hard
> pressed to buy anything else.
>
> I did eventually buy a battery powered one and got a dewalt 20V lithium
> battery powered one and it is ok. But if I need to cut something tough, I
> drag out the extension cord and use the Fein. Saw blades for these things
> are also expensive.
>> On 06/13/2021 6:38 PM Bruce Hart wrote:
>>
>>
>> Multi-tool is your friend here.
>>
>> Milwaukee M12 12-Volt Lithium-Ion Cordless Oscillating Multi-Tool
>> (Tool-Only)-2426-20 - The Home Depot
>> https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M12-12-Volt-Lithium-Ion-Cordless-Oscillating-Multi-Tool-Tool-Only-2426-20/203111676?mtc=Shopping-B-F_D25T-B-D25T -25_9_PORTABLE_POWER-Multi-NA-Feed-LIA-NA-NA-PortablePower&cm_mmc=Shopping-B-F_D25T-B-D25T-25_9_PORTABLE_POWER-Multi-NA-Feed-LIA-NA-NA-PortablePow er-71700000071858267-58700006317203701-92700062668014077&gclid=872c0b18305e10c50a656bde811c6a67&gclsrc=3p.ds&msclkid=872c0b18305e10c50a656 bde811c6a67#overlay
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 7:13 PM Scott Nutter
> wrote:
>>
>>> I can’t tell you how many hours I’ve sat underneath the front quarter
>>> panels eyeballing where to cut. I will only cut flat panels, nothing
> with a
>>> 90 degree angle on it.. I just don’t see the logic in cutting.. it
> would
>>> only be a couple inch of vent effectiveness to where the wheel well
> insert
>>> is. And that is with the long/skinny and/or shorter/wider vents. But
> to
>>> be honest, I was only looking at the rear area in the quarter panel.
>>> If anyone has data to justify cutting, I am all ears.
>>> Scott.
>>> --
>>> Scott Nutter
>>> 1978 Royale Center Kitchen, Patterson 455, switch pitch tranny, 3.21
> final
>>> drive, Quad bags, tankless water heater, everything Lenzi. Alex Ferrera
>>> installed MSD Atomic EFI
>>> Houston, Texas
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