Recent content by toomanyPJs

OK, nevermind, I finally found that it's a type of gate valve. Never seen one like that, I've seen the kind with the "sliding door" though.

Cleaned this thing up more, there was a lot more original paint under all that rust and dirt. Trying to get rid of leaks. I opened up this valve and saw no washer in there, is there supposed to be a washer there? If so, what kind of washer is supposed to go in there? I'm also thinking it...

I checked and it is 1/2", I just wasn't 100% sure. OK, now I know for sure, thanks.

I need to order two air filters just like these for another old air compressor but I'm not absolutely sure what pipe measurement to order, tapered. They need to be the size here in these pics.

Finished the electric Jacuzzi. Works great, pretty quiet. I wanted to know that before I did more with it. Maybe I'll completely restore it some day with new paint now that I know it works well. There's more original paint than I thought there was, could still use a paint job. Only thing...

Yip, my situation is that I have all I need. Finding anything better now is just a fun game to me.

I think once I mount the head and motor back on, I'll run the compressor head without the connections attached to see where most of the air is coming out. I have two of these and on the gas powered Jacuzzi, both filters are coming out of the port with the number stamped just above it. I want...

I have a two car garage, vintage Onkyo and DLK Model 1 speakers do a great job. Not a huge fan of a lot of bass, get enough of that at stoplights.

I like older stuff, pre-1980. I was born in the 60s, never had a credit card before. My dad wanted me to have his early 80s Mazda when I got my first apt, well not "have" it, he wanted me to buy it from him. I didn't really say much but, "OK". He set up a loan agreement. I hated that loan...

This thing's been a mess, all the way down to the drain plug, somebody xthreaded that. I think that's all that's left to replace, the drain plug. I have one other question, though. One of the cylinders was very greasy on the outside, maybe the whole thing fell on it side for a while, don't...

I bought an 026 Stihl in 2001, still have it, it's been great, I'll never get rid of it but I got curious about the battery powered chainsaws. After looking into it, I bought the makita 36V, two batteries. Battery power, I'm a believer now. It does what the Stihl does. Need to keep going...

I could have made the mistake of buying one with no on/off switch, I just noticed some expensive ones on the internet don't have a power lever on them. The original one doesn't. The previous owner was just plugging it in to turn it on, he never really needed it, his wife's family had car...

This old air compressor I have inspired me to register. I grabbed an old Jacuzzi air compressor with a Kohler K141 engine on it about a month ago. Works great after 20 minute or so of messing around with it. But I wanted an electric motor for it. There was only one other Jacuzzi air...