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Howdy, I got one of the Goodyear 50foot air line reels from Northern about 3 years ago. Besides the rewind spring being a little weak, it has worked good. Last week it began leaking air at the inlet rotary joint. Any one know what is involved in repairing that? I think it is just an oring...

This is how my shop came to be. 12 years of having 2 horses - but when it was first built (24x24) I insisted on 12' ceiling height so a lift could fit, if I lasted that long. I did and finally had 4000lb concrete floor poured and 10k 1 post lift installed. Mini excavator was used to did out...

About 3 years after 4000lb new shop floor, I want to suggest: Lights in floor would have been great. Not sure of the details of how to do it but it is dark under a car on the lift and more lighting from below would have been great. Not sure if the chain/pvc you mention is the same as my...

All good advice above. Here is mine. When the charger is connected and turned on (any amount of time on the timmer)the gauge (ammeter) should show something which is the charge rate in current. No meter movement=no charging. You should wiggle the clamps to make sure you are getting a good...

Had the same situation in my 24'x24' horse barn I converted. suggest you find your local steel supplier (who sells I beams) and as if they can recommend a structural engineer to make you a plan. They usually know who is good and affordable. I did that and found a retired eng. with stamp who...

Have to agree with all posts here. Each time I do a brake job I always install rebuilt calipers and new pads. New flex lines when any hint or possibility of sticking or if they are just old. Could not always afford to do it that way, but realized that often it saves in the long run if you...

I wondered about this when I installed my lift. Never asked never told. It is a tool out in the garage just like all the others..... They have asked about dog, pool and trampoline. they never asked about my Oxy/Act. setup either.

Howdy, just got a Hein-Werner 4-Ton GH Series Floor Jack. Id'ed it with discussion threads and pictures on this forum. Planning a rebuild eventually, but just gonna use it because it works ok. I need it to lift small RV instead of bottle jack and going from side to side with it. The is...

Just went through a terrible engine removal experience with a 1 ton. The boom is not long enough.... Easy to cause damage to front of vehicle. I strongly recommend the 2 ton. I

Just another opinion here. Unless there was rust under it, my POR peeled. I found Rust Bullet to be better at adheasion, not as hard as POR when dry, but easier to deal with when coating surfaces that are mixed (some rust areas and some bare unrusted areas)

Stainless pipe is much more difficult to seal then other materials. Often I use teflon tape with rector seal. Leaklock above, works good too.

I put my small son in a back pack (the kid holding kind) during many hours of bench work. It worked good for a while.

Just want to mention another useful feature of a pit. I have a 10k lbs 2 post lift but it is useless for my 24' class C Camper and believe me I spend a plenty of time crawling under it for repairs and service. It is frustrating to have the lift and it be no use for that. I understand that gas...

Interesting. no comments about the vice, but Starrett is in Athol MA. Visited Starrett once and it is a cool old company. The folks who work there really take pride in their jobs. Not common at all with other companies I have worked with

All excellent posts and ideas. Since I put my shop together I have been spending more and more time out there. I have wondered if I am spending too much time on the shop instead of the cars I should be fixing, but there has been no conflicts. Basically I don't give a **** what I am working on...

From my experience in MA it is good to keep dangerous cars off the road. But it helps know one or the environment to fail my car if it has a check engine light on for a small evap system leak that I can't find without a smoke machine. The safety inspection is good and I am all for it...

Agree with all above... Just wanted to add in defense of the auto tech buddy, many Japanese vehicles do not wear out ball joints as fast as american suv's like the dodge durango......and that may have been what he meant.

O.P. Here. I did this " Ignore the naysayers, I say fix it if you have the ambition. Worst case you learn something and it still leaks. If so, replace it." Ended up Mig welding the hole. Marine tex over the mildly pitted area. Holding oil fine. See what happens. I just wanted to fix it...

New standing seam metal roof would be best. After leveling there is Cool Seal white elsatomeric roof compound (like Henry's but I found it to stick better.)

OK . I appreciate all replies. Still deciding what to do. I have some real nice stainelss about .02" thk. Does any one know if stainless/mild steel will braze ok. (with flux coated rods) Thank again