Recent content by 1Mech

I remember many years ago, when I was a wee little lad in Minnesota, we used a small one gallon metal gas can to fill the lawn mower. I guess it sealed up pretty good, because one day, I went to fill the mower and it was crushed from the outside in, like an aluminum beer can. I guess the last...

Are the powerlines yours or the utility companies, if they belong to the utility.they might take it down for you

Yes, ethanol is a good solvent and will clean a dirty system, but it does not destroy modern rubbers formulated to work with ethanol as most rubbers are in post 2000 equipment. Now methanol is a different story, it very corrosive, but it is not mixed with gasoline. Remember, ethanol is what we...

Similar to electric vehicles; sure, there are no emissions out of a non existent tail pipe. All the emissions occur during the mining and processing of the lithium and at the power plant producing the electric "fuel". Of course, the same could be said of petroleum powered vehicles, emissions...

I never pound on the stud when removing a ball joint, unless I am replacing the ball joint. Don't want to distort the threads. I always whack the side of the joint where the stud goes through, that usually will pop it loose after a few good whacks. I leave the nut on loosely in case I miss and...

I did that very thing on an old Horse Troy Bilt. Had to add weight to the front to keep the tiller from jumping forward while tilling. The Harbor Freight clone is an aluminum case, the original Kohler was a heavy cast iron engine. It ran great with the clone, until I dug in and angled it down...

I had one of those too! Even a party line for a while.

When I sharpen my blades, I balance them the old school way, drive a nail into a stud and hang the blade on it. grind a little off whichever side is heavy until balanced.

Years ago, I built all the cupboards for a kitchen remodel, using a skill saw and a borrowed router. In my current house, I built some and modified some of the cabinets, removing doors and replacing with drawers, adding new countertops, partially porcelain floor tiles and some of it wood...

I sure am glad I live in a relatively corrosion free environment. My cars get washed when the rain falls, if salt is used on the roads once or twice a year, it is often washed off in a good rain a week or two later. A belly wash is driving through a large puddle at moderate speed. My 2006...

Taiwan is not part of the Peoples Republic, but rather it's own, non Communist country, also known as Republic of China (ROC) I don't know how the possible tariffs will affect Taiwan.

I bought a Hercules 20v cordless die grinder last week, used it to cut nails that were preventing me from installing Fascia boards. It seemed to work quite well. Not near as small as an air die grinder though.

My Feb. electric bill from Public Service of Oklahoma was $58.54 for 322 KWh of electric, including taxes and fees. Not too bad compared to many of you!. We are building a new place in North central Arkansas, there we will be totally off grid, too much hassle to bring electric in from the road...

I talked to one of my nephews recently, He lives in Peach Tree City, GA. He said all the utilities in his neighborhood are under ground, but he still has regular power outages during storms, who would have thought that!

I read this in the "perimeter alarm" post, it might just work well for the deer, but probably not for the other varmints!