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I ended up using a Flexseal 'patch' (3"x4") which perfectly covered the ripped area - and I put a patch on each side. Seemed to stick very well, but we'll see how it holds up over the next year. Colorado UV will fry nearly anything, so it's UV properties will be well-tested.

Is this compressor rated to pump up to 155? Is it a 2-stage compressor? I would simply dial back the shutoff pressure to 125-130 and if that keeps it from popping the breaker, run it in that pressure range.

My 56"? Harbor Freight box weighs 330# empty (clone of a Snap On of some sort). I can't imagine what it weighs full. So, 'never' is how often it gets moved.

Paid $1 at the ReStore for these. They feel great in your hand - like a good antique tool.

It's a Dometic electric-roll up awning that is fiber reinforced and covered with white vinyl. Here's what Dometic calls it: Heavy-duty, scratch resistant and UV protected polyester reinforced vinyl fabric with weather-shield color

I must have hit an overhead branch with my camper and it put a small rip in the awning. I hate to say it, but I was considering white Flextape (yeah, the stuff on TV) since it's 4" wide and the right color. Any other suggestions for a tape type product I can use on an RV/camper awning (roll-up...

How to blow an engine: Bought a '97 Camry to fix and flip - needed body and minor frame work. Got all that done. Drove it some and got a check engine light for the v6 knock sensor, located deep under the intake manifold. Pulled the manifold, replaced the sensor, etc., put it all back...

Bed frames turn up on Craigslist and at thrift stores. I used a chunk to reinforce the front edge of my Japanese pickup bed trailer ('77 Ford Courier) and it works well. Stiff as all get-out, which is just what the crappy rolled sheet metal edge needed. Anyone with a Japanese pickup bed will...

Thanks! I drove the Lexus to work yesterday for the first time, returned home, and top tank of the radiator has a large crack and had just started leaking. Sheesh. Won't be the first Toyota radiator I have replaced. Oh, well.

My daughter commissioned me to find her a replacement for her 300K-mile '03 Highlander. I found a Highlander in Lexus drag - an '09 RX-350. Clean, but an '09 with 170K miles. The driver's side seat heater was dead (both bottom and seatback). To be sexist, women care about seat heaters - a lot...

It may one-day leak, but unless you really need to drain the block with a petcock (vs. pulling a hose), I'd leave it. I'm not sure covering it with JB Weld would add any leak resistance. Another option is to just drill it out, tap with an NPT tap, and install a pipe fitting with a plug (coated...

Slick repair - good job!

Now you have me wanting to turn my lawn tractor into an FJ40 Land Cruiser model....

My fix with sleeve retainer compound survived my wife's bread making. She runs the mixer on speed 4 with the dough hook, rather then 2, as suggested by Kitchen Aid. It puts the hurt on the mixer, and it passed with flying colors. I'm declaring it fixed. May upgrade to the metal gearbox if I'm...

Those are great prices on that assembly. A great 'plan b' if this doesn't hold. Thanks!

I ended up using sleeve retainer (Loctite) on the shaft. Reassembled and it seems to sound and work as it should. I will have my wife make some bread, which puts a heavy load on the mixer, and see how it holds up. If it passes that test, I'll consider beefing up the repair and/or the metal...

Thanks. Good suggestions. I bought a 1/8" roll pin (tension pin) at Ace for .33, so I may resort to that, as well. I have seen the head-to-base screws work loose (on my wife's well-used machine). The plastic gearbox cover has not yet cracked, but a YouTube video pointed that out as a weak spot...

Thanks! I rarely give new parts enough thought. The new part is $50-70 (and you have to get the right color), but this is Garage Journal, so I'm trying to be cheap and fix it myself ;-)

Got this from a buddy. Kitchen Aid 6.0 quart pro model. The splined shaft is pressed into the casting, and it simply fell apart during use. When I attempted to reinsert the shaft into the casting, it had a lot of resistance. I'm tempted to clean it well, apply sleeve retainer, and just press it...

I use anti-seize compound.