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My Trane "Executive High Efficiency " AC has crapped out after only 40 years. It is a 2.5 ton unit that has cooled the upstairs of our house since the place was built in 1985 (I am third owner) So far we have quotes on Goodman and Rheem units (model numbers to follow) but there are so many...

Since I am completely ignorant on this topic I feel I should ask the experts. I live in a standard 5 over 4 two story house in the South. Our ground floor AC has quit cooling. We have a separate unit for the upstairs which is working well. Downstairs is About 1500 square feet to cool...

I just had my 17 KW Generac standby generator serviced. It has about 140 total hours on it. The service guy said that he was concerned that the alternator was hard to turn manually. It starts and runs fine and makes power appropriately. Has anyone here heard of an issue with the...

Last week someone backed into my old Dodge B-350 and bent the rear bumper. I have been scrounging around looking for a bumper for it and am confused with terminology. I looked on Ebay for a bumper and found a few and also found this ...

I hope this is the right place for this one. I am involved with an activity that uses a lot of platforms or tables. PVC frame with 5/8 (or whatever it is called now) decks. Uniform size of each flat is 3 feet x 5 feet. There are ten of these and each weighs about 45 pounds including the...

A friend of mine has a Ridgid table saw that is several years old . He recently had the misfortune of something falling over and breaking the lock handle on the fence. OF COURSE it has been discontinued and no help whatsoever from Rigid . Model number of the saw is TS 3650. My question is...

This one has me tearing out what little hair I have left out. Short version. Older house, all baths are on ONE GFCI daisy chained from downstairs half bath to porch and two upstairs baths. I know they don't do it that way now but a rewire is not in the immediate picture. The GFCI...

I recently looked at the above which is a bottom of the line Montgomery Ward bench top jointer. The price is cheap and I do not have a jointer of any sort. Is this worth picking up? I know nothing about them except the basic function. The knives are good and it turns freely and it does...

I know it is HF. What interests me is that it is a DC welder with 125 Volt input. 99 percent of any welding I do is the tack something up, lawnmower repair, weld a bracket type of welding. No heavy duty stuff at all. It strikes me that for this sort of thing this welder might come in handy...

Somebody may want to restore this. It is in a store in Raleigh and placed for a silent auction bid process. I don't think it is getting a lot of activity. If anyone is interested I can send details or post same.

This afternoon I got replacement gas struts in for my truck toolbox. I found them by getting the stock number off the old ones (thats the one that kept dropping the box lid on my head) and entering it into an ebay search. I found a pair for the price of one bought locally .. I think it was...

OK I know, what the hell did I expect... unfortunately my infrequent need for a miter saw cannot justify the expense of something better. The saw works fine BUT after changing the rip blade for a plywood blade, the damn blade guard sticks to the housing and will not move... I have taken it...

Today a friend and I moved a floor model drill press from an overcrowded garage to a workshed out back. Things were going great until we hit an uneven spot on the path and the drill press rolled sideways off the cart we were moving it with. It didn't fall far but just enough to break the...

Interesting article here, looks like some research is being done on improving the efficiency of the incandescent bulb. By the time those new LED lamps burn out we might all be changing again ...

Hi guys, Long before I joined this forum (or knew about it) I had a 17KW Generac backup generator installed. It has developed the habit of quietly running its battery down and if I'm lucky I notice it failing to self test or if not it fails to start when I need it to. Any suggestions as...

Good evening to all . I joined here because you guys seem to have a lot of good ideas about building/organizing the garage and shop. One bit of advice i learned the hard way. NEVER NEVER NEVER move from a house that has a basement into one that does not! I ended up with the tools from my...