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Ayuh,..... Look in Surplus Center, com,....

Ayuh,..... On the top of the tooth, is an angled line, to show the preferred angle, which is also a hint to where the tooth is "worn out",.....

Ayuh,...... When building a driveway, step #1 is to "box out" the area, the box-out should be self-draining to a lower area,...... Depending on the native soils, a long lived driveway would be boxed out to 8" below final grade, back-filled with 6" of 1.5" crusher-run, compacted every 2"...

Ayuh,.... It's hard to tell, but that looks like sprayed oil, 'n stone,.... Or, in was installed really thin, 'n poor compaction, due to it being so thin,....

Ayuh,..... Donno, but probably a combination of those factors,.... As I've said, compaction is very important, cold mix, leads to poor compaction,....

Ayuh,...... That's a great way of using millings,..... better than stone, but not as good as hot-mix blacktop,........ We built a few parking lots, 'n driveways like that,.... The key to a good job, was good Compaction there too,....

Ayuh,....... That guy was lying to you, just telling you what he thought you wanted to hear,.... Years ago, NYS used a system developed by, I think, Ill. that a train of equipment, that ground up the top 2" of an interstate, conveyed the millings back to a hot-mix plant, added abit of...

Ayuh,.... If the hot mix is put down at 2.5", compacted to 2", you should have a 30+ year driveway,..... Plain ole power washing to get all the dust, sand, 'n grit off it is good, so the Tack-coat bonds to the concrete good,.... the heat of the hot mix causes the tack-coat to stick...

Ayuh,.... What yer proposing works the same as new hot mix asphalt installed by a paver, 'n crew,... At best, you might get a credit for the old material, or not,.... There's virtually no difference in the final product,.... When it comes outa the hot mix plant, you can't tell the...

Ayuh,..... Forget 'bout the rust converters, 'n use Fluid Film, or Wool Wax to stop any further rust,....

Ayuh,.... That's the stuff,.... As DonS explained it, due to the tenacity of the stuff, air can get 'tween the bits, so corrosion can't happed,....

Ayuh,...... I used to use never- seize on everything, n more times than not, it came apart tough, with little to no sign of the never-seize on the parts,..... Over my many years if posting over at iboats.com, I became close friends with DonS, the guru of I/O repairs, who unfortunately...

Ayuh,...... My guess is standard 1/4" pipe thread,.....

Ayuh,..... With longer screws, slap a piece of plywood under the sink, for the screws to bite into,....

Ayuh,.... Isn't there a Schrader valve on the tank,..?? If so, check it for pressure,..... Are you getting air, or water from it,..??