Recent content by OldCarGuy

You're spot on! My wife was thinking her next car would be an EV. And if she insisted, it would be parked it 250 feet down the driveway under a makeshift cover. With a long extension cord to charge it. After seeing what a 12 ounce lithium battery can do my shop. What a thousand pound battery can...

The fire department is five miles down the road. Being in a township we have no fire hydrants. Within two minutes the police arrived followed by three tanker fire trucks in another five minutes. One fire truck was parked 20 feet from my shop. Mind you it's 3:00 AM and the Fire Chief asked me...

While fire insurance provides excellent financial protection and peace of mind, the best way to secure true peace of mind is to combine a robust insurance policy with proactive physical fire prevention. Insurance helps you rebuild after a disaster, but prevention ensures you rarely, if ever...

I'm with you on this one! Drywall is the absolute standard for a reason, offering the best balance of fire resistance, affordability, and smooth finishing. Yes, you absolutely should emphasize the fire safety of drywall, as it is one of the most effective and common passive fire-resistance...

The Norcold refer in my Winnebago power input is 12 Volt only. And does not require a converter..

I have been pleased with absorption refers for over 50 years. All with some minor improvements. Up to replacing the cooling units. The Amish replacement absorption cooling units are far better in design that will out preform and last longer. The photos showing my handheld thermometers readings...

A very spacious and impressive home work shop! Thanks for sharing.. After listening to your video, we have similar experiences with our motorhomes. I've owned motorhomes for the past 55 years. First one being a 1974 22' Winnebago Indian. On a Dodge RM-300 with a 413 engine. That was one sweet...

I concur with your statement that cycling the moisture drains every 30 minutes may be excessive. Seeing that the two tanks are hard-plumbed together. While the secondary compressor runs but once a week. The main compressor's air enters the second tank with each cycle. Hence some moisture...

Having two compressors tied into the main air line doubles your air receiver capacity. And is a highly effective way to optimize a compressed air system, especially for high-volume, intermittent tools. This upgrade drastically changes how your system stores and delivers air, altering your...

Having a central compressed air system throughout my garages, maybe a small hand held wasn't needed. However the Milwaukee M18 0887 is a handy portable air source, that can be taken anywhere. Milwaukee nailed it in overall design and clearly an exceptional addition to my tool arsenal. And comes...

My Milwaukee Tool Addiction struck again,, Twice no less.... Hitting the 50-tool milestone that officially cements my status as a die-hard Red Team collector! I picked up the Milwaukee 2735-20 M18 LED flashlight. The 2735 overall delivers lower performance-to-cost metrics than competing market...

I recommend 10K axles over 7K. A few bucks more gives you far more carrying capacity. Along with more ground clearance, bigger tires and most import larger brakes. Second I suggest purchasing an all aluminum construction model. Though the cost difference is steep; it will have better resale...

What you would expect for two-wheel brakes. I have ten cars with mechanical brakes. I can lock up the wheels on all of them. But with the limited amount of tire to road contact stopping distance is bad. Narrow tires. Down hills ca be a real challenge. And on steep grades one needs to drop down...

Hell,, it was a lot better then feeding and taking care of a horse..

Spent the whole day getting the Flanders up and running. Change the engine oil, topped off the transmission & differential, grease fittings, air up the tires, and add five gallons of gasoline to the tank that's under the from seat. Studied the manuals.. Took but five short cranks and came to...