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question, I basically was given a 1995 suzuki swift, (Chevy Geo), it has about 65,000 miles, I had a surging problem when warm and idling, I was able to by pass the high idle system and solve the problem, but in reading about the car, some one on one of the forums said they were using...

considering putting up a building. would like to keep it above freezing in the winter, and preferable without heating it, I was looking in to old potato cellars designs, that are partly in ground, to take advantage of the earth heat, just like a old root cellar, but lest just say a large...

been thinking about making a tire sidewall cutter, One for the possibility of reinforcing a roadway that keeps washing out, and my second Idea was tire retaining wall, and after watching a few "earth house" videos on ramming the tires, it looked like removing the top side wall would be...

my understanding is powder coating is a plastic coating instead of a "paint", and I know a lot of machine and live stock manufacturers are using it now for durability on there equipment. first i have never powder coated before. my understanding is one hooks up a static charge to the item...

been helping an old gentleman who was a hoarder and compulsive buyer, I have located about 6 of the old blue harbor freight cordless drills, guessing there up to 8 years old, will the batterys even charge??? I guess what I am asking is there even a value to them? I think they sold new...

in the process, of working and studying the engine on my lawn tractor, I noticed something The key way lines up with the crank in the up position, or what would be TDC point, in all my years working on engines, I had not noticed this before, (I am not a mechanic but have done a lot of...

I am working on a slip roller, (to roll sheet metal) and most of the commercial sheet tin rollers are of the pinch roller type, the rollers are set up in a L shape, the first two pinch the material and the third bends it, (you adjust the top roller to material thickness and the second to...

Two post lift Asymmetric or Symmetric? looking for a two post lift, (i think) I have a 1978 f350 long wheel base truck, I need to change the transmission in, and a f350 1980 normal wheel base, that needs a clutch, plus my car and S10 pickup, that needs work from time to time, what do...

anyone know of a in ground 4 post car lift, so the area would be free of posts when the lift was not in use. and the run ways flush with the floor, and the width would not be a problem for wide mirrors or dullys. my thought would be that it would be nearly the same as the standing lifts, but...

back ground; sons house burnt down about two weeks ago, he had a upper and lower tool box with drawers, and had a fair number of tools in it most wrenches and sockets, and some specialty tools, It burnt the plastic trays the sockets and wrenches were in, and the drawers are warped to to the...

I am in need of a grain separator, the comercial ones start at about $2000 and that is for a very small capacity, there are no power it is gravity ran, here is a video of one working, about a min,1:20 to a min 1:30 shows it in operation, the still picture is a (to my understanding a...

http://www.eastwood.com/ how do you rank the quality of there tools? or what do they compare to, my guess is some depends on the tool it self. even Broke down in sections, air tools? hand tools? body tools? or in general what is your opinion of there products value wise, (cost and...

I built a gas powered air compressor that I have found very useful on the farm, I had a old tan form a direct drive compressor that self destructed, a pump from another compressor, the tanks rotted out on, and bought a gas engine, and a unloader control unit, basically just a bolt together...