Recent content by glentre

Yeah, keep them clean. Depending on your construction, clogged soffit vents or improperly installed insulation blocking air flow up through the ridge vent can cause elevated attic temperatures and premature failure of roof shingles.

In my Yamaha outboard, I didn't completely drain the water for the winter and the thermostat housing froze, causing a round dime size hole in the bottom of the aluminum cup-shaped housing. After unbolting the housing from the engine, I applied JB Quick Weld (sets in 6 min) to the inside of the...

At 75, I was still on my back on the garage floor working on my antiques and beginning to lose interest in the hobby because of how difficult it was from a physical standpoint. The next year, we built a new 3-car garage with two 4-post lifts. That changed my life. The fun of wrenching on old...

Left front on both of my lifts. Flex cord from the ceiling into a disconnect switch mounted on the post, then to controller

When building my 1,100 sq ft garage 7 yrs ago, I oversized the heat pump, using a 3 ton unit and maximum strip heaters in order to have enough capacity to serve an adjacent area in the future which I never did. Oversizing is generally a bad idea as the unit will cycle too often and cause...

I have two Eagle lifts, both 8,000 lb but one of them is the extra tall model, purchased five years ago. I have no complaints with them. The smaller one is used for car storage and the other for work, mostly on antique cars and oil changes for our Yukon and Buick Enclave. I like the interior...

Because of the cabinets on the back wall, I couldn't mount any permanent mirror. I just used a cheap Wallmart acrylic mirror taped to the cabinets at a locator dot on the cabinet door so I can attach and remove it when not in use. Glen

I've had Ondura panels on my two story tree house for 14 years with no problems at all. The house is on the banks of a river facing north west and is subject to very strong winds, especially in the winter. It has also gone through several eastern Virginia hurricanes and remains in place with...

You might want to really think about how often you will actually move your lift. I think most lift owners never move their lifts or maybe once a year. In the five years I have had my two lifts, I only moved them once and that was when the garage was new and I moved them to paint the floor...

Depends on your neighborhood. Metal buildings in a residential area, even if permitted, are an eyesore and bring down the potential resale value of the property and may get the neighbors pissed off as well. In a rural or commercial area, no problem with metal. Glen

Eagle Equipment out of Greensboro. I have had two of their four post lifts for the past three years with no problems. They also sell two post lifts. I ordered a high lift model and after uncrating it in my garage and erecting the posts, found it was their cheaper standard height lift which...

Thanks so much to all who suggested ways to clean this chassis. Use of an old-fashioned steam cleaner seems to be the best solution as it would not blow crud all over the garage or damage the car. If I can find one, I just hope it will be strong enough to dislodge years of layered dirt and...

Attached photo of the underside of the car. It is a 5,050 lb vehicle supported by massive C channels with 3/16" steel connecting plates plus it has a number of cables and levers for the mechanical brakes and emergency brake. The photo does not show the crud on all the surfaces very well. But...