Recent content by samven

Prices were up 30c/gal for regular since Tue last week, just paid 3.76.

It is perfectly fine to bed the connector, The recommended way to seal F connectors and ham radio connectors is to fill the connector with silicon paste before joining them, I also did this with the marker lights on my RV because the lenses always leaked after a year or 2 and would corrode the...

They make a battery switch for boats that will allow you to use either 1 or both at the same time, they also make an electronic switch for 2 battery systems that is used on RV's. You normally have a starter battery and a house battery. Both are charged during engine run time from the Alt. and...

You can fill the connector full of the dielectric grease so that some squeezes out when you make the connection, you can also do the same with the coax connector underneath the truck. It wont wash out and will keep moisture away from the contacts better than a rubber boot.

You cant check a discharged battery and get any meaningful reading regarding its health. It should have been put on a charger before testing. Dont disconnect your battery while the engine is running unless you really want to replace the regulator which may be built into a new alternator. Your...

I would replace them, they seem to be wearing fast and they are going to be more prone to puncture.

What we really need is an RPM counter in the car. Most farm equipment use and hour meter to determine when to change the oil but with everyone driving different speeds and different size engines with different final drive ratios and under varying conditions it would be better to change your oil...

Sig P226. I am sure Sig has it with a 10 rnd mag. DA/SA but you can start in SA for target and plinking and the DA first shot makes it safer for home defense IF you like the grip size and angle. I love 1911 frame guns but having to keep it cocked and locked for home defense is a big down side. A...

You are cutting almost .5 acres with a riding mower. A 42" deck mower will cut that in about .5 hrs. If you cut every week for 26 weeks (depending on where you live) that is 13 hrs/yr. Even the home owner models with a B&S 17 hp single cyl motor has a MTBF rating of 150 hrs so if taken care of...

The story says she brought a counter suit, with any luck the Judge will throw out the plaintiffs suit and make this lady whole again by awarding her damages sufficient to cover her lawyer, taxes and land restoration. Generally you are not allowed to profit so the house would have to be torn down...

The big issue is you only hear about the hacks they find out about. A good hacker covers his tracks so well that the company never realizes they were there or for "Security Reasons" the company will not reveal they were hacked. You always have to be on guard but the fact is that the term...

But you have to put that into perspective, a Brand new Chevy Impala was $3750 in 73. So in todays market that would be a $30k family car vs an $80k sports car in an environment where very few had that disposable income and most families had 1 car.

When my second wife and I bought our first home together rates were 12.5%, it was 6 or 7 years before rates fell into the 8's. Housing prices dropped and then rose very very slowly. Our home increased more in value in the last 3 years we were there than in the previous 22 years. I cant remember...

My last mower was a Murry with a B&S motor I bought when I bought the house, 25 years later it was still running when I gave it to the young couple that bought the house probably 15-20 hrs/year depending on rainfall, new mower is a 2001 Kubota B7500 with 980 hrs with 60" belly deck towing a 48"...

Sitting for a month would not bother me. Mine will sit 5 or 6 mos at a time. I find the best thing I can do for it is to top it off with 93 before I park it. I would use a non ethanol except the only station around only carries 87 and the truck calls for 89 which would be ok if I were using it...