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Oh well, so much for that plan. I lifted the wire that I uncovered while digging the trench and a cut end came out of the ground. I guess someone reran the wiring that goes to the back of the yard. I have no idea where that wire could be. Looks like I'm going back to plan A and digging a...

I have an underground wire in my yard. I'd like to pull power from this wire and run it to another outlet. Is there a way to safely tap onto the existing wire underground?

OK, I assumed the float was wired into the pump and turned it on when the switch in the float was actuated. That's not the case. The wire from the float goes up to the receptacle and actuates the pump from there. I should have stomped through the mud and checked the situation before writing...

My sump pump failed a couple of weeks ago, flooding the basement. I crawled into the crawlspace and tapped on the exhaust pipe. The pump immediately turned on and emptied the sump pit. The same thing happened this morning. After nudging the pump, it started and has worked a dozen times since...

You would think, but there are slots in the cover that hold the button in place when the direction of shaft rotation is selected. It passes right through them, though. Here's a picture of the bottom of the button:

Do you remember how (or if) the button was attached to the spring?

I watched it. The camera is out of focus at the critical moment when he shows the spring mechanism!

I got a Stanley No. 130A Yankee Drill and took it apart to clean and lubricate. When I slid off the cover everything fell out. Now I can't figure out how to reassemble it. The selector button doesn't seem to have any way of staying in place. It fits into a rectangular hole in the spring but...

It's hard to tell for sure, but it looks like the rectangular plate is a welded on separate piece. If you look closely, the slot in the plate is offset from the slot in the guard. But the most logical thing is that it was done that way so the guard could be flipped over and attached to the other...

I inherited this grinder from my father-in-law. I thought they were pretty common at one time but I can't find a picture of this particular one. No name plate, unfortunately. The odd thing about it is that the guards have brackets on either end. Apparently so they can be attached at the front...