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I am looking for advice on a LED work light similar to the little yellow Halogen lights. I like the frame, fits well on outside of my blast cabinet shining light into the cabinet. Works great, but BIG draw back is the heat. I have no idea on what to get, lumens, Kelvin, different colors, watts...

Fuel tank is really thick, would guess at least 1/4". It is bolted to the engine block and is used to bolt the engine to a skid or foundation. To remove it, I would have to pull one of the flywheels off, which is not a good idea. The flywheels are pressed on and don't have chinch bolts that...

Picked up a Cushman Cub farm engine this weekend. Straight forward restoration, no surprises. Ignition is a Wico EK mag and it works, the usual stuck valves, piston is not stuck on this one, fuel mixer is very dirty, but the ultrasonic cleaner will take care of that. Biggest issue is how to...

I got a 6 quart one for Christmas. it has a built in heater, all Stainless steel. I put hot water in, set the temp, add 1/2 cup of ZEP Formula 50, and turn it on. I have cleaned several carburetors, tools, brass parts and a bunch of other stuff. I do Hit&Miss engine restoration and it works...

I picked up a Dayton 2RYN7 from ZORO. Main reasons were, the ability to use this tool vertically and horizontally and the 25% off sale they had at ZORO. I will see how it works and report back. Thank You for the advice BUD

I am shopping for a belt grinder, reading all the post, Kalamazoo appears to be one of the better ones. HF, Grizzly, Jet look good, but there some negative reviews that I find hard to believe, smoking motor right out of the box, bent parts, bad customer service. It looks like I will get the...

I have the big generator from Sam's. Converted it to trifuel, gasoline, propane, natural gas. Runs everything but the central A/C. Bought a small window unit that I install in the beginning of hurricane season, close off most of the house and cool the kitchen and 1 bedroom. Been through several...

Should not be an issue, no valve timing on that air compressor. Single stage 2 cylinder "V" type compressor, simple. BUD

+1 on the Harbor Freight, NOT a piece of junk, works great BUD

It may be stellite. They may have sold him a stellite because it is an exhaust valve. It is hit & miss engine, running at no load, so when the governor is locked for speed, the valve is held open and does not get hot. BUD

Unknown, it is hard, is non-magnetic. I don't even know what car it came from. The engine was given to me and the head was rebuilt at a shop somewhere, the valves came with the head, but it was never finished. BUD

I have to drill a 1/8" hole in the keeper end of an exhaust valve for a 1924 Fairbanks Morse engine. The new valve I am using is very hard, what speed should I use for a Cobalt and Carbide drill bits. I will drill a 1/8" hole in the end of the valve so that I can install a keeper and cotter...

The set screw had a slot cut in the top of the set screw, not a hex. Someone had tried to remove the set screw many years ago and broke one of the slots off, leaving the other half of the slot and the broken off pieces on an odd angle going down. I was able to get a Dremel tool down the hole...

I need to replace the coil in a Fairbanks type J magneto. I was able to get one of the set screws out, but the other one is seized in. I have tried HS steel bits and can't drill the set screw. What is the correct type drill bit I need to drill out a hardened set screw. The set screw is 1/4 X 20...

Will you be running gasoline or on natural gas or propane? Running natural gas or propane, you will probably loose about 20% of the name rating. BUD