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We can't do S traps anymore.

If the pipe was ever frozen it would be larger than it used to be. However, the thicker AC/R tubing is sized by OD rather than ID. It is 3/8, 5/8, 7/8 and 1 1/8 inches to the outside diameter. You did the best thing by swaging that fitting. It is what refrigeration guys always do. I had a...

That screen needs to be clean. The "pilot" flame serves as an oxygen depletion sensor that can tell if you are using it inside. Less oxygen makes the flame lazy and it doesn't hit the thermocouple that holds the gas valve open. That screen is the Primary air opening. If it is clogged, the...

It's not a necropost if it hasn't been ten years. We need to fire up this thread to see what people are doing now that a lot of people are high lifting their doors for vehicle lifts. Anyone know where to get track radius's that are not 90 degrees?

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There is no way you can even park a dually next to anything in a 22' wide garage. It takes 14 to 16 feet all on its own. The absolute minimum you would need for a lift in that space is 14 feet to do work. 16 is usually the minimum for a 2 poster. I've seen narrow 9,000 lb units go into a 12'...

Most say that because the holes or bracket are on that side. I want mine to forward facing on the post or above my head. I think the handle to lower the lift is sticking out too much. I looked at this situation before, and it led me to believe that I was going to have to bend or shorten the...

I have to give you the approved way of working on any electrical circuit. You should do the "Off-ON-Off" method we all are told to use. Go to the light and compare the voltage between the button on the bottom of the socket and the aluminum ring the bulb gets screwed into. You should see...

I don't like them outside. I have had the auto drain freeze. I have had lines freeze. The one problem I really didn't like was that in the summer, the humidity outside overpowered my desiccant drier's way too fast. In the winter, a trap outside would dry the air by itself, but then it would...

I'm wanting to buy a clear floor lift with a strong crossbar on the top and making it so it swivels where the cables roll over the top pulleys. Using Hilti anchors where I can just remove the bolts leaving a flush floor where the anchor plate was on one post. I would widen the baseplate more...

Yeah, mine has that Ignore it. It is not useful at all.

No shop vac sold in a box store has a real hose. Always, always buy a 2 inch hose system to replace. The 1.5" and the 3" hoses ****. The longer, super flexible 2 inch hoses work far better. I bought mine at Lowe's for about 50 bucks a while ago. It is smooth on the inside and it *****...

I worked a shutdown at Waterloo mfg in Sedalia, Mo. They were running several lines of toolboxes at the time and painting them all colors. Each brand has a plastic badge that attaches to the two holes on the upper left. The plastic breaks off and it suddenly has no name. Being red and having...

It is easy to get cabinets with drawers for sockets. You need to store a whole drawer of pullers, a drawer for hammers, grease guns impact wrenches and compact battery electric wrenches (which you will have many of once you buy one). Meters and scanners is a whole drawer. My deeper drawers...

I have the new DeWalt. First the good" It is extremely quiet comparitively. Cons: Stainless steel barrel is a poor idea with the bolts going into weak plastic. Mine is broken. They have a special filter which is much more expensive.

I know this is old, but has anyone seen a 2- poster in which the top beam pivots around a permanently bolted tower withe the other tower unbolted. The movable tower and top beam would swing. There would not be studs sticking out of the concrete, rather it would have Hilti concrete anchor...

The two post lift is harder in a 2 car garage with narrow width. The pillar in the center of the room, will be exactly placed to block driver's or front passenger's car. I don't like the four poster's as much, but most aren't bolted down and can be movable.

I too am interested in these Chinese lifts? Can you get a 14,000 lb one and use it as a 10,000 lb one for strength reasons. They build them light, so can't we just upgrade until they are strong enough to do the job? It seems that the arms bend and the carriages are short with weak welds on...

I feel that the extra bracing up high is very valuable. The top rail stabilizes the need for the two towers to lean toward each other. If you braced the top, it could be braced in the fore-aft direction too. A little bracing up high can make one a little more confident in their lift.

I signed up to this forum specifically to look at other people's mods. We can learn from both good and bad advice if we know the difference. Thanks for your starting of this thread.