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Based on comment(s) above - I disassembled/cleaned/lubricated the MityVac. It was a bit dirty inside including the little round thin rubber 'valve'. The needle still has a bit of 'vibration' when hooked to running engine, but it's not as bad and readable. Thanks for the comments! I also took...

Good point. Perhaps not exactly the same definitive test but I've also sometimes 'Teed' in my ancient guage that has a standard hose ****** connector to the same hose I run my MityVac on. My ancient gauge (reads about 3 psi lower at idle than MityVac and) doesn't flutter like crazy when hooked...

Thanks, Appreciate the help! My MityVac is an older model 'similar' to this one. It has a 2 in diam gauge, cheap plastic lens, 0.5 in gradations. I think it's a 1/4" mount on the bottom (but haven't removed yet).

I've got an older MityVac vacuum pump w/ a small vacuum gauge threaded into the top. It's a super handy tool for testing/measuring vacuum advance distributors and (older) cars w/ lots of vacuum actuated devices and such. On those occasions I have the MityVac hooked up to a running car - the...

Here's a slightly zoomed picture - still not able to identify a probable check valve that could be allowing it to leak down. There are two odd circles under the paint (scraped off)? Maybe it's somehow set up w/ a check valve inside the handle lock unlock shaft?

My many years old Arcan XL35 has always had a leakdown (with the handle correspondingly 'lifting' as it slowly goes down) issue since it was practically new. It's annoying. It works great otherwise. It's never had any leaks. I've tried the factory 'bleed' procedure a number of times over the...

OK Thanks. I googled up Alpine Air and find a site alpinehomeair that has a sizing estimator. Their calculator came up w/ 11,000 for outstanding insulation and 14,000 for good insulation. (Other than an (insulated) garage door, I think I'm closer to outstanding but those are subjective terms)...

Now those are good questions for which I don't have ready answers... I've had a dinky window AC in old shop. It could keep the old shop quite cool even in 100F but it could take quite a while to get there... point is I've gotten used to just keeping it on 24/7 chugging away. Though I might go...

Recently moved into new house w/ new shop. Central TX with low 100s, some humidity. Plan to select and install spit mini. New shop is: 670SF, well insulated with BIBS in walls, foam in roof for insulated attic w/ drywalled ceiling, 10 ft high ceiling, GA door foam insulated panels and 2 energy...

Yeah the old screw in bare bulb base - aka 'E26'. My shop isn't so 'clean' now - I had that one shot and realized it will soon be cluttered up w/ boxes etc. So thought I'd share the clean look while it briefly lasted. PO took the LEDs? Huh. Yep, when I told them to just put in the bulb bases...

New house and shop are FINALLY completed. After breaking ground a year ago it turned out to be a terrible time to have built unfortunately - but it's over. I had the floor poured extra thick in the event I might put in a lift. I increased ceiling from 9 to 10. It's 24 deep and 27 wide - with a...

Blank canvas... I grabbed this shot just before I moved my 'junk' in and cluttered things up!

Thanks for the feedback. So on conventional overhead openers, they don't come with any lock. And when in the down position - they are pretty much mechanically un-openable in my experience. But I'm not clear as to why the wall mount units come with solenoid locks for the tracks? Can they be...

Have a new shop and had them install a wall mount unit to keep the center of the garage open/clear. Contractor installed a Genie 6170H wall mount with high lift door tracks (10 ft ceiling). On warmer days if the door has been left to sit - say overnight - it will not open. It raises about 1/2...

The Genie 4124 has a motion sensing light that is supposed to trigger if you walk into the garage and stay on for 4 minutes after you leavenad it stops seeing motion. This is a fairly new house and 1 of the 2 Genie 4124s either rarely turns on (like standing below it, around it, waving arms...)...