Recent content by UOFan

Siding fixed, to be painted and touched up later, but now I can start the project. The plan is for a 10’ wide by 12’ deep (decided to add an extra 2 ‘) concrete landing pad leading up to the front door: The lines aren’t to scale, but the pad will use retaining wall block for the forms, with...

I bought a set of SK snap ring pliers from Amazon this year - about half the price of the Knipex that I actually wanted. But, I figured I would try to save some money, while not going completely to the bottom shelf. Anyways, I'm pleasantly surprised by the quality. Recently taking apart a...

Sandy soil…with lots of shallow pine roots! Oh well. I’ll be doing the corner posts in concrete, as well as the poles holding gates. Anyways, after what seems like forever, I got all the rot out and started replacing the double 2x10 band joist. There was more to pull out than expected, so I...

It may have been the old A/C unit, good call. I got caught up in working on a fence most of today so didn’t make much progress…I’ll test the circuit tomorrow. Yes it was a horribly built deck. We’ve been here for over 4 years and it was already falling apart when we bought the house. Here’s...

Good Morning All, With 2 months off work, i've decided to tackle rebuilding my improperly built, rotting front deck. I'll post some "before" pictures later today, but the deck was approximately 40' long by 12' deep (5' in some places) and screwed directly into my siding. Not only was this deck...

Thanks all, I think I’ll look at a deck over. Also Runner, that looks like a beautiful property

I’m looking at getting a larger trailer for hauling materials (think lumber, steel beams, pallets of block/quickcrete). I’d like the ability to haul vehicles occasionally (3025e, Tacoma, older cars), but the main work would be done with materials. I’ve been getting by so far with my 8 foot bed...

Thank you. That’s a good point - I’m very cognizant of not going under my truck unless it’s supported by Jack stands and I’ll throw a wheel underneath just Incase. Who knows if I’ll even get it working.

Thank you for all the advice. Back to the shop tomorrow to mess around with it again.

It’s rock solid. I can’t budge it with a mallet. I turned it upside down and pushed the piston into my workbench with all my weight and the pump (well, the bracket/piston that the handle pumps) shot out. What could be blocking it, maybe an incorrectly size check ball that allows fluid in, but...

Well, I just keep rearranging the check balls until I got it to pump the piston (finally). However, once I push the piston about halfway back into the cyclinder/reservoir, it stops and won’t budge. I’ve bled the Jack a few times. What causes this? Too much fluid?

So this is where I’m at: From right to left (bottom first: - valve release assembly - (screw 1) cap to max weight adjust. You can see the flathead inside the hole to adjust. I didn’t touch this. -(screw 2) quick/speed Jack valve (can’t get the balls back out) -(screw 3) release valve - pump...

I took the entire thing apart. I’m having trouble even getting it to bleed air so I may need to just it all apart again… The piston and u-seal is seating correctly, or so I thought. I’ll check that too.

Thanks for the reply, I’m disassembling the damn heavy frame to get the Jack out now, and bleed it. Man these things are bulky

First, I apologize if this is the wrong area to post this. Anyways, I’m rebuilding a pro-lift floor Jack, and I’m having issues. When I go to pump the Jack, it doesn’t move the piston at all. I feel resistance at the last 10% of a pump, almost as if it’s pushing back. However, if I pull the...