Recent content by drizler

I always checked mine by substituting with a known good one that was always around the shop. Coils can be weird in their failure modes so swapping out always worked best for me.

Yup me too. I’ve tried twice to put and keep cameras working in a barn 100’ away from the router. Here’s what I learned Those Extenders are essentially useless. if You can get a weak but working signal upon setup don’t get all giggly and think it will work for long. Extenders added =...

I have a few Yeti people gave me and though I hate the company they make really great cups. we have a big one and it’s just too big to take out on the tractor and lawn mower. Too top heavy to behave in a cup holder. The smaller ones bounce around a bit but stay put unless they are swept...

Those little humps will dump you so easily because they sneak up on you . I leave the backhoe on mine and it’s stable as a rock without loaded tires . Even a mower deck adds a big dose of stability.

For a 4x8 two pieces of 8’ tin and an 8’ drip edge and a couple handful of screws and a drill driver would have you finished within an hour and a much stronger roof in the bargain you will likely never have to touch again.

You should be able to see by counting the number of bars indicated how clogged up your exhaust is. My 1736 goes off between 40 and 60 hours pretty religiously. What it can do though is not go off on time until it triggers an alarm. That alarm won’t shut off, no matter what you do. When mine does...

I’ve had one for about 8 years now and in shale country mine has but one small nick in one serrated tooth. Do grab that can of red or orange paint and paint the tips of both outboard teeth. Your body will appreciate it later as you step too quickly across the front and get too close...

Just be careful straightening those things with a press. I had something similar done years back and one guy wouldn’t touch it while another guy did. The reasoning was with the first shop he had had a couple of bad experiences. Apparently those things can slide out from under the press and try...

Dont you just love the way the so called powers that be change the language to suit their narrative! “ Encounter “ is the new polite version of was once referred to as ”attacked”. 🤔

I once tried pink bondo on my door bottom. It really isn’t the greatest stuff in the world As it absorbs water like a sponge. It’s good for a few years if you can seal it well enough. either way I’m not impressed with the stuff much though I’ve used it For decades on my old cars. I Found...

I assume this goes to Oil furnnace or boiler. It must have a shut off where the bung is you referred to. Can’t you simply unhook the line at the appliance and let it drain into 5 gallon cans to take where you need one at the time.? It’s a little slow but not really much slower than any...

It can’t hurt any so long as it doesn’t make a binding dragging surface so I wouldn’t build it up too deep. Your real problem with wooden windows is the water that runs down outside the glass and gets into the lowest part of the casing where it meets the window. That’s where your problems come...

Even at 40 years old, it shouldn’t even be close to beginning to start the leak with the exception of your nail holes. having used both I wouldn’t go near nails again if you gave them to me. I just took a garage roof 6 years ago that I built in 1990 roughly. The seals under those common seal...

Generally speaking, if it’s a Honda, it’s interference engine and if it breaks, you’ll almost surely trash an engine. Back in the early 80s those Hondas wanted changed around 80,000 miles. Sometime later they went to a lightweight belt and lowered the requirement to 60K I think. I...

metal screws seem to have about a 10 year life span before heat and UV exposure makes them start leaking. I beg to differ on this one. I’ve got some screws I put on a purloin metal roof from 1990 ish . I pulled that old garage down in 2018 and aside from some minor surface rust they were...