kaymccampbell
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If it fails to start on the first go, have you just walked away from it for an hour and then tried again?
What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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Hmmmmm... I may need to wire up a cattle fence zapper... v2.0
kaymccampbell
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Oooooohhhh, fried micro-chicken.
Worked on some trailer tongue maintenance stuff yesterday. Sanded and painted the tongue outside but blasted a few pieces inside the cabinet. New parts came in and laid everything out on the work table.
JKWell darn it... Apparently I should have asked about this on GJ before placing my order for the bird spikes...
I mentioned to my wife about the responses from the site...
In about 2 seconds she says... "Just eliminate the ledge and the birds won't have a place to sit"...
Whaaaaaattt???
"Just cap the ledge with an angled piece of wood so the birds slide off the ledge, and the spikes idea won't hurt them"
I feel like a failure...
Some "newer" window units are designed to retain the condensation and use the fan blade to spray the water onto the condenser coils to improve cooling efficiency. Growing a science project in the bottom pan is just an added feature.
Wrench97
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I still think you should pull them out and test/see if they are leaking first.
larry4406
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Grabbed some tools for this…
Gutting hall bath now that basement bath is on line. PIA cutting out the old one piece tub and surround.
Gutting hall bath now that basement bath is on line. PIA cutting out the old one piece tub and surround.
niget2002
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Finished wetting out the cloth. I'm OK with how the redye looks.
Mike65
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Started putting away most of the tools that I left on the workbench from when I was working on the Mustang.
Outlawmws
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Your problem with those spikes si that they were designed for larger birds like pigeons and crows. You need the small bird version
Or do this ^^^ Smart lady
Yeah... I'm keeping her...
Old Man Roger
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Mine has spark and fuel pressure while cranking.I'm having a similar issue cold starting my wife's 2017 Ford Explorer with extended crank before starting...
Not sure if this would apply to your situation...
It's my understanding that with my Ford the ECU won't fire the sparkplugs until proper oil pressure is established...
I suspect my oil pressure sender may be at fault...
No, I always start it.
Oh Im taking your advice for sure, but Im replacing them either way. The warranty runs out on the 10th, if I’m going to have them out, they’re getting replaced. the whole spider injector is under the intake, If they were easy to take out and test, I would have done that as soon as you mentioned it.
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FreedomPenguin
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Walk in shower modification ?Grabbed some tools for this…
Gutting hall bath now that basement bath is on line. PIA cutting out the old one piece tub and surround.
LeonardY
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Replaced the broken spring loaded hinge on the door that goes from the house to the garage.
nadogail
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I was called by the tenant who lives where the Heat Pump installation was completed late yesterday afternoon, she reported No Hot Water.
I found that there was no voltage at the Water Heater.
We immediately went to the circuit breaker panel and found that some breakers were turned off. Turned the breakers on, but nothing measured at the water heater. Pulled the Panel Cover and found the conductors for several circuits had been disconnected and cut back. One of which was the feed to the Water Heater.
Extended the existing wiring to a breaker and reconnected. Hot Water has been restored.
The job was further complicated because my van which not been started for a couple of weeks had a Dead Battery, it is now connected to a Battery Charger and I will let the HVAC Contractor know that he will not be paid until he compensates me for his screw up.
I found that there was no voltage at the Water Heater.
We immediately went to the circuit breaker panel and found that some breakers were turned off. Turned the breakers on, but nothing measured at the water heater. Pulled the Panel Cover and found the conductors for several circuits had been disconnected and cut back. One of which was the feed to the Water Heater.
Extended the existing wiring to a breaker and reconnected. Hot Water has been restored.
The job was further complicated because my van which not been started for a couple of weeks had a Dead Battery, it is now connected to a Battery Charger and I will let the HVAC Contractor know that he will not be paid until he compensates me for his screw up.
nadogail
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Harvested my first crop of Tomatoes from my new Elevated Raised Bed Planter Box.
KwikFab
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Cut out part of an order
Wrench97
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Yea I never was a fan of the spider systems, but in todays design world it's not as much work as changing a ign coil on some cars and less work then changing a starter or alternator on others...Mine has spark and fuel pressure while cranking.
No, I always start it.
Oh Im taking your advice for sure, but Im replacing them either way. The warranty runs out on the 10th, if I’m going to have them out, they’re getting replaced. the whole spider injector is under the intake, If they were easy to take out and test, I would have done that as soon as you mentioned it.
Wrench97
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Scarier part is what did he leave connected that he was trying to disconnect?
larry4406
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Close!
Conversion to shower!
New mud set shower, floor, cabinet, top, etc.
After this one, then the master.
4 adults here; wife and 2 daughters. Had to build a new basement bath before I could take this one off line. No way 4 of us could get by with one bath.
Metallitubby
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Cut out part of an order
What services do you provide otherwise? Where are you located?
niget2002
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Holy **** that's some bs. Geez.
KwikFab
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I offer welding, fabrication, repair, CNC plasma, and whatever else I can fit in my garage.
Just posted a thread (my first) in the tool section asking about a press brake where I added a few pics of stuff I've done.
I'm just a hobbyist working out of his garage, but happen to make stuff for sale when needed.
Out of Central California.
Metallitubby
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I envy the look of your finished product.
nadogail
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No he had very neatly disconnected all the two pole 20 Amp breakers and capped all the cut wires. The problem is he disconnected and cut and capped the feed to the water heater in addition to the feeds to the radiant heaters in the ceiling.
Wrench97
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He had to know he disconnected and cut x sets of wires for x number of heaters so unless he thought the HW heater was another radiant heater there may be still be one hooked up?
nadogail
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I would not have been able to figure out what the trouble was if I had never screwed up a job.
I have screwed up a lot over the years and sometimes remember what I did wrong.
Smart People learn from their mistakes, really smart people learn from the mistakes of others.
Old Man Roger
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Ya, imagine putting a starter under the intake.
I mean they know it’s a normal wear part, but they still do it.Or how about a headlight that takes 4 hours to change?
In the garage today, I finished stripping the house paint off the second porch light at the front entrance...
There was house paint on all the glass panels, that was quickly taken care of by my Simple Green dip tank... Paint fell off completely...
I rebuilt both of the 1940's vintage ceramic light sockets with 16 ga silicone wiring...
Got them both installed and working...
My wife wants them left with the raw copper (exposed solder joints) and all, so they will patina naturally...
There was house paint on all the glass panels, that was quickly taken care of by my Simple Green dip tank... Paint fell off completely...
I rebuilt both of the 1940's vintage ceramic light sockets with 16 ga silicone wiring...
Got them both installed and working...
My wife wants them left with the raw copper (exposed solder joints) and all, so they will patina naturally...
kaymccampbell
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What's wrong with a garden hose in the back yard?Close!
Conversion to shower!
New mud set shower, floor, cabinet, top, etc.
After this one, then the master.
4 adults here; wife and 2 daughters. Had to build a new basement bath before I could take this one off line. No way 4 of us could get by with one bath.
Outlawmws
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While putting some things away I found another driver with the "chalking" disease on it - pretty bad - This one was not in a drawer, but at the back of a magnetic rack on the side of my bench pretty much out of sight. -Its an old Craftsman PH #2 and in the shape it was in a good candidate for "before" and "After" pics ot my "cure" which is jsut a wipe down with Mineral oil.
Before an initial wipe down, followed immediatly by a more detailed one to get in the nooks and crannies -
I shot the pic and rotated 1/3 for each pic:
And after the described wipe down - Same 3 rotations:
All in all, pretty effortless; Just ordinary mineral oil:
Before an initial wipe down, followed immediatly by a more detailed one to get in the nooks and crannies -
I shot the pic and rotated 1/3 for each pic:
And after the described wipe down - Same 3 rotations:
All in all, pretty effortless; Just ordinary mineral oil:
Outlawmws
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Pics, or it didn't happen!
welder4956
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Brings back some memories. A sawzall and oscillating saw worked great for me.Grabbed some tools for this…
Gutting hall bath now that basement bath is on line. PIA cutting out the old one piece tub and surround.
kaymccampbell
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You'll have to use your imagination. Long before I had a camera, when I acquired my first house, the water pipes to the bathroom were rotted out, so the garden hose on the back patio was something I did for months, til the house was in good enough shape to have actual plumbing installed.
PassnThru
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I have a temp gauge in the attached garage with a remote that I keep in the freezer in said garage to monitor the freezer temp. I noticed the other day that it was blank - needs new batteries of course. Yep - little late to the party as they leaked severely. So I took it apart and mixed up some baking soda and water and cleaned what I could and wire brushed the terminals. The negative terminal wire was really bad so I unsoldered it and gave it special attention. Putting things back together I just could not get the negative wire soldered into the terminal - the solder just wouldn't stick. Given that I'm a novice electronics solderer at best it was confusing. I finally figured out that the corrosion had traveled up the wire and that's probably why it wasn't sticking. I cut the wire back until I found shiny wire and spliced in a new wire. Then soldered that wire to the battery connector easily. Pic is of the soldered splice and the old wire - that corrosion can really travel up a wire.
welder4956
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Took the old engine off the stand, then uncrated the new one and put it on the stand. Then installed the threaded plugs in the unneeded thermactor holes. Started to install the one piece fuel pump eccentric from the old engine and found the dowel in the cam doesn't stick out far enough to engage the eccentric. I swapped in a longer one from a Comp Cams kit, but still not long enough. I can either switch to the two piece eccentric, use a longer dowel from a big block Ford FE motor, or use an electric fuel pump. I need to check the timing cover first to make sure there are no clearance issues.
Outlawmws
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Was this a Lead-acid battery, or an alkaline? Acid base batteries you clean with baking soda, Alkaline you clean with a mild acid like white vinegar, then neutralize.