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Out of 100+ orders from RA I’ve only ever had a few issues - the ever popular folded head gasket, a part broken in shipping and a listing error. All were handled quickly and at no cost by entering the info on the website. A couple other times where I ordered wrong I was able to return with a...

In the 70s I found a book in the school library that was all cutaway drawings of everything from a chainsaw to a semi to the lunar lander. 8 year old me devoured that book... I renewed it and re-read it over and over - it answered so many questions I had. in the very early 90s, most of the...

Just replaced the igniter in ours. The original lasted a couple years, aftermarket ones last about a year although the last one only lasted a couple months or maybe 10 uses. Definitely a marginal design on our Samsung stove. If the resistance goes out of spec the valve won’t close so make...

I got one when they came out and carried it for about 8 years until I was out of the service truck. Having the locking plier made it a lifesaver in a pinch (no pun intended). I don't remember all the times it saved me but one particular time I used it to pinch off a coolant vent line that...

They are nice because there’s little wood in them to rot (although a lot of what was in this one was rotten). The repair, once you figure it out is simple since there’s no framing to do. They are also very light, this 20’ fifth wheel is only 3500 lbs but I’ll probably add a few hundred by the...

Now for the only 'shop' addition in a while. I picked up an older Bigfoot fifthwheel trailer last fall pretty cheap as it needed major work... The intent was that it was light enough to tow with the Nissan Frontier and I was all ready to install a hitch when I had a change of heart and decided...

No significant work on the shop recently but the Dodge went back together with one new piston and a new set of stingers. It runs well, in hindsite, I think better than it ever did. After struggling with climbing up and down for most of the tear down I ordered a fairly cheap topside creeper and...

I'd never considered the need for variable speed (some kind of movie reference there I think) but I'm repairing the walls and ceiling on a bigfoot fiberglass trailer and needed a way to remove the old, hardened and partially delaminated contact cement from the fiberglass and found a 5" and a 3"...

Well, I wasn’t really trying to dress it up, just sort of painted it red on a whim. That chrome paint result is impressive, I wonder how it stands up.

Have you priced chroming service lately? Cheaper to buy performance parts… or red paint.

Back together, no codes, no noises… just need a permit to take it out and seat the new rings. All stock still except the exhaust brake. I did paint the air intake horn red, that’s gotta be good for 5 horse.

From the description the fault was in the battery itself and it’s unlikely anything in the car was damaged. The booster just sees a load and puts out current, in this case it was all going into the shorted battery.

Update from many pages back… Finally got #2 cylinder cleaned up on the Dodge, rings are gapped and the new piston and injectors are ready to go in. Working everyday really interferes with my personal life. I don’t know that I could’ve done all that honing without the topside creeper I bought...

On another note… The Dodge has had a slight noise while warming up since I bought it at 50k km but it changed on a trip through the mountains a year ago at 320k and it’s been off the road since I bought a new smaller truck for work a year ago. Long story short, I found a mark on #2 cylinder...

Personally I'd replace that sucker but at the very least you need to have the heat exchanger inspected. If the 'bang' you get when it lights is able to pressurize the ventilation system it sounds like it is breached and can just as easily fill the ventilation system with CO. This isn't...

Neutral bonding is always a case by case basis (and often overlooked with temporary generators). You need to ensure the switch you are using can carry the full fault current of the generator ie somewhere around 10x the rated current long enough to trip the main breaker on the generator. For...

Pulled the stingers out of the Dodge and took them to the injection shop for testing. I’ll replace them all anyway but still want to know what condition they were in so I will know if they were the cause of a slowly developing noise at part throttle.

My 2 cents after having a 2 post installed for about 6 years now. I am a mechanic by trade but at home it's just my own stuff and repairs for friends and family that can't afford to keep their vehicle safe otherwise so the use probably averages out to once a week and I lift anything from a...

Pulled the transmission out to check a noisy release bearing - seal is gone along with all the grease. Also able to pull the oilpan now which started leaking. Initially I had hopes of fixing it but appears to have rusted through and nearly through in several more spots. Ahh, the joys of a...

Nice find. Now those are some long reach forks! Love the seat, that thing is ready for a Griswold family road trip. :D Dual armrests and seatback storage, I'm all set. I had a towing company move mine on a tiltdeck for a few hundred bucks. I'd have to borrow a trailer so to go get the trailer...