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    Hyundai Motor closes engine development division. All development will focus on EV

    We would still have states with slavery if we left that decision "organic".
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    Chimney condensation? Any experts out there?

    Often a chimney will sweat...or get wet on the outside from condensation....warm moist air against a cold chimney... and with all that thermal mass the chimney temp will always lag behind outside ambient....so plywood against chimney means plywood temp will follow chimney temp. Add moist air in...
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    Chimney condensation? Any experts out there?

    If steam...overfill boiler above the top of the sections. If leak above water line it will leak on the floor. Drive around Albany and Schenectady on a cold day and ya can see who is blowing steam up the chimney. Makes one feel like an ambulance chaser...
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    Chimney condensation? Any experts out there?

    This^^^...also if the chimney is right against the plywood a cold chimney and a warm day or moist air in attic space will cause this...of course a site specific problem...this happened at my house.
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    Thoughts on Super Tech?

    Our Walmart has a parking spot just for the police...and that particular store is in the news often...
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    Shower Grab Bars

    It would help if the bars had more mounting holes to better mount them. I install the round bars and with 2.25 diameter mounting plate and with 3 holes there are not a lot of mounting holes to choose from. I mount with 2 screws through the stud first to locate the bar then drill through the...
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    Thoughts on Super Tech?

    Yea...sometimes I just like to read my stuff..I did have a thought that I shudda not but...there it is... ...as I remember someone brought up getting stopped at the door and I was replying to that...
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    Why does Honda insist on using timing belts instead of chains?

    Not sure about having enough room between valve and piston for a non-interference and having a high performance combustion chamber. ..just a thought..
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    Walnut Blaster for GDI Intake Valve Cleaning

    ...cannot one just buy walnut media for ones sandblaster? I got a GDI and a blasterr...
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    Why does Honda insist on using timing belts instead of chains?

    When designed properly all are equivalent....its the bean counters that cause mischief....
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    12 Point Sockets...Are You Guilty ?

    6 point after rounding off with the 12 point...
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    Dark at 5pm.

    ...im good for +10 lbs by march...then -10lbs by nov...every year...
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    48 hours into no refined sugar products

    ...had this talk about sugar and processed foods with my doctor couple weeks ago. She also talked about the addictive nature of sugar which I already knew... Back in the early eighties the wife and myself...then gf...were getting free cocaine for about 2-3 years. We both quit the blow without...
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    Bathroom Plumbing help

    1 1/4 tubular slip extension for the popup tail piece to extend it down. It looks like behind the escutcheon is a 1 1/4 trap adapter....easy way is get a tubular to sch 40 fernco as it would flex enough to move the waste arm under the extension tail. Or use a galv 1 1/4 45 and thread it on to...
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    Just discovered this 7 years later .

    Bought new in 2004 a chevy cavalier. 7 months ago I inspected a holed rocker and picked out a 5/8 combination wrench.....,so that was the noise we looked for and could never find.
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    Can thicker oil cause more wear?

    ...just wiped off the gear drive off both cam and dist shaft. Brought it back to life..was a 1969 Toyota hilux and was lucky to find parts..
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    Can thicker oil cause more wear?

    Some of ya must be a real blast to do an oil change with... I don't participate in forums to let others know how much I know. I participate to learn and be entertained....and at times entertain.. There are a lot of smart people in the world but not too many pleasant folx..
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    Can thicker oil cause more wear?

    That was the purpose of the story...that only a real screwup in oil will wreck a motor! Probably took the long way around.. Enjoy your evening..ya tired me out..
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    Can thicker oil cause more wear?

    It was ment as a non-tech interesting story about youth and the human condition....and how too thick of an oil can wreck a motor..you do need a beer..I would gladly have one with ya but I don't drink.. ps...I'm on yer side on this topic..
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