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Flare brake lines?

A 3/16" (0.191") brake line on my Honda rusted through from the outside and the dealer wants $1200 to take the front an...
127 comments posted 11yrs
posted by muratlanne
127 comments posted 11yrs posted by muratlanne

Clear vs black threading oil?

Is there any important reason not to use the clear version of Rigid threading oil for drilling/threading on my mill and...
10 comments posted 11yrs
posted by gmasterman
10 comments posted 11yrs posted by gmasterman

Will this work?

I recently picked up two solid core wooden doors 36" x80". They are very he avy and I am planning on laying them end to...
19 comments posted 11yrs
posted by certifiedgunnut
19 comments posted 11yrs posted by certifiedgunnut

TIre tools

Today my wife called and said she had a flat on her car. Well at least the weather was not bad. So I went to her and pu...
19 comments posted 11yrs
posted by dcaster
19 comments posted 11yrs posted by dcaster

Needle bearings

Working on my daughter's 1948 Pontiac. On rear drive shaft u-joint, we lost some of the needles in the bearing (or they...
55 comments posted 11yrs
posted by ivanvegvary
55 comments posted 11yrs posted by ivanvegvary

Installed hydraulic wet kit on my semi truck

I have a hydraulic powered "beaver tail low boy" semi trailer. To run it, 3 years ago we built a hydraulic unit by adap...
2 comments posted 11yrs
posted by ignoramus7655
2 comments posted 11yrs posted by ignoramus7655

Another potential MOT use

Well , I still have that MOT sittin' here , and just thought of another maybe . Last year the Hooved Rats of the Woods...
28 comments posted 11yrs
posted by snag_one
28 comments posted 11yrs posted by snag_one

Once again !

Y'all have certainly heard how nasty it got in our part of the country night before last with several inches of snow on...
4 comments posted 11yrs
posted by snag_one
4 comments posted 11yrs posted by snag_one

Hydraulic pressure relief valve stopped holding

We are installing a "PTO wet kit" on our truck. The kit, that I bought at a truck parts store, consists of a Muncie PTO...
5 comments posted 11yrs
posted by ignoramus21464
5 comments posted 11yrs posted by ignoramus21464

power supply

Those with incredible memory may know lightening hit the house last summer and took out two computers. Boot SSD drive i...
103 comments posted 11yrs
posted by karltownsend.NOT
103 comments posted 11yrs posted by karltownsend.NOT

Home degreaser?

I have a bucket of fasteners that I need to degrease, which may possibly be an ongoing project (we'll see). If I only h...
18 comments posted 11yrs
posted by jonSPAMdanniken
18 comments posted 11yrs posted by jonSPAMdanniken

Movin' on up!

I'm still a bit amazed that at age 57, I moved halfway around the world to a very small rural agricultural community, a...
6 comments posted 11yrs
posted by janders1957
6 comments posted 11yrs posted by janders1957

Clausing drill press followup

I went ahead and grabbed the Clausing 15" drill press. It's an olive green 16VT-1 series one with the variable speed be...
46 comments posted 11yrs
posted by presence
46 comments posted 11yrs posted by presence

Too old to be hired?

I found this to be rather interesting. http://retirementjobs.com/ratings "At the core of liberalism is the spoiled chil...
20 comments posted 11yrs
posted by gunnerasch
20 comments posted 11yrs posted by gunnerasch