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    looking for feedback on garage door noise

    lower door and take the tension off the cables loosen a row of hinges and let it float and tighten hinges back up See if that helps
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    4" Schedule 80 PVC Pipe Repair

    Look into using flanges with stainless hardware.
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    Carb cable mods.

    A bit confusing, Are you syncing the carbs by adjusting the cables? That's not right.
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    Old-ish tube of silicone caulk running after application

    Hit it with a heat gun and see what it does.
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    Need help with 1-1/4 wrench please.....

    Pull the pin out on the other end of the cylinder and pivot it down, tighten the fitting and reinsert the pin.
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    Help with cutting 6x6 lumber

    Clamp some steel flatbar guides on and cut it with a sawzall and sand the faces
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    Why Didn't Anybody Tell me This?

    Did you use your torque wrench on the oil drain bolt?
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    Vintage metal 35mm slide boxes -- for what should I use them?

    Make some dividers that are tall enough to keep nuts and bolts from jumping around.
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    Replacement Pickup Truck Bumper

    How bad is it? I have had pretty good success hamering them back out, even chrome ones.
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    I need to pull saplings and small trees. help!

    Cut them with asawzall and use a paint brush and paint the stub. I do it all the time and never have had one come back. Even works on Brazilian Pepper trees here in Florida. And size does not matter in this case.
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    Bars for Garage Windows/Door?

    This would work with shocking results.
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    Gas Can storage from scrap 2x4's

    If those cans catch fire that fire extinguisher wont do chit. I would run before I tried to put those gas cans out. That place will explode if the cans ever caught fire. That much fuel should really be stored in a flame proof enclosed cabinet, vented properly and have containment. Im not a...
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    Porter Cable dead brand?

    I am starting to have problems getting spare parts for mine now. I talking about motor brushes at that.
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    Garage concrete repour, contractor add 2x4 wood around

    Its a garage floor that would probably outlast all of us. Granted the design is poor but that's what he has to work with at this point. I would just go with it.
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    Door swing

    "industry standard is supposed to be saying "left hinge" or "right hinge" as viewed from the exterior" How it works: Put your **** against the **** hinge and which ever way your arm swings to simulate the door swing is the definition of right or left swing.
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    Oil filter torque spec for 2021 Toyota Camry

    The only time I use a torque wrench is on such things as rod bolts or crank journals or head gaskets. Other than that type of work I use my experience for tightness. I never understood why guys always try to shoot for that golden number. Each fastener is a little different and requires that...
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    Don’t do that!!

    That's because you have never been in those circumstances and I can understand that. You get the plant running where downtime is in the millions. Limited resources logistically. Tools are cheap compared to downtime. Tool cost is not the issue in the grand scheme of things. Make due with what you...
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    Don’t do that!!

    Just to name a few, my tools multitask.I spent 12 years in the Arabian dessert building and rebuilding production plants. Sockets for bearing installers Pipe for cheater bar on ratchet putty knife and a hammer for scraping ratchet extensions as punches hammer and chisel to remove screws vise...
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    Door swing

    Left hand, out swing
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