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I'm removing a dining room fan/light and replacing it with JUST a chandelier (no fan). On the wall, there is a double gang outlet with a switch and a fan speed knob. Here's that setup: I took the fan down and in the outlet box there are two black wires, two white wires, and bare copper...

My dad was an auto master tech and started his own shop in the 1970's when he got back from Vietnam. Unfortunately he was killed in an accident back in 2001 when I was fresh out of high school and though I've been using this box incessantly ever since, I only recently got interested in the...

I've been working on re-painting/re-caulking some exterior wood parts on my mother's house this summer. Particularly, I'm working on the garage door overhang and there is an incredible amount of old overspray and incredibly sloppy caulking all over the brick. I can remember being a kid when it...

I've got the 6,000 pound scissor lift from HF. I know a vocal majority here are bashers of this lift - but please spare me as it has served me very well for the few years that I've had it. That said, I noticed yesterday that the hydraulic reservoir tank has developed a hairline crack and has...

I know that's an odd question. But I'm rebuilding my transmission with a custom gearset from Down Under, and with the differential and mainshaft installed, the bolts on the differential final gear are practically touching the main 1st gear. So I'm looking to replace the bolts with ones that have...

I'm in the middle of rebuilding my Nissan transmission and the service manual calls for the use of a specific Kent Moore tool to measure for the mainshaft bearing/preload. It calls for Kent Moore kit # J34290 (sometimes written as J-34290 I've found). It looks like this is actually a kit that...

I currently have one 240 volt outlet with breaker panel in attached garage that serves as my "shop". My father installed this at least 30+ years ago. My father has been deceased for 13 years now but my twin brother and I have been using this outlet continuously for all of our automotive...