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Yep..on the water for 62 years...kayaks, skiers, people fishing, water mosquitos (jet skis), people in canoes and other can all suffer from the human condition... Just the other day it was dark and some crazy nearly ran right in to our 1234 jon. Come to find out our bow light was out...

Yup..I hear ya. At the start of my 4 year the prof said products are made for stock holders to make money not for the consumer to save money. I knew I had to finish my degree so when I graduated I said to myself screw this and I took over my dads plumbing heating business. My roommate got the...

Wow...except for some details...could be my life story...although I'm almost 20 years younger..and my mom could stay home and not work.

..It is a fine line my freind...

I was brought up with a military dad...was not all it was cracked up to be...I still have marks on my back and im 62... Born in 60' I did not appreciate the miniskirt era...wish it would make a comeback soon... Otherwise it is what it is...I do miss Mr. Rogers neighborhood.

Disingenuous no.....Its good to be malleable in ones thinking. The right decision was made in the end...who cares how it was arrived at....unless one just likes to find fault with those they don't like for what ever reason. Try to find the good in everything. Even with those ya don't like.

Non-stress area so...sandblast the paint off the area. Hook up vacuum to somewheres on the motor to create a vac in the case. Use brake cleaner or equivalent to clean area. Compressed air the area dry and clean as possible. Mix JB and apply to area with vac running. When area has sufficiently...

...and thats what interested you in my post...the rub test...

Walmart lubricating oil 30wt for pass through applications has no additives..its just 30wt mineral oil. Nothing else. Slipperiest stuff I have ever rubbed on myself....I mean between my fingers... As a 10 year old in 1970 my uncle ran local circle track. He had a bunch of loose heads and valves...

UCL is for the exhaust valves and some for the upper ring to take the place of leaded gas. Yea..hardened seats and all..it still helps keeping the seats in good shape. The intakes are less prone to wear and the stems are under vac so some lube makes it down the stems. The exhaust stems see...

If ya really want to delime your heater use a section of 1/2 copper tube attached to your wet vac. Remove the nipple or valve at the bottom of the heater and vac it out. If electric go through the element opening and use a 3/4 tube.

Yer supposed to keep the pressure on the heater while the drain valve is open. Most gate valves ( wedge type) have no soft seat. They are okay if the valve is normally closed. If a gate valve is left open the sealing surface gets compromised. A globe valve uses a soft washer. Those temp and...

Power was not the issue...the threaded ring tore off the tank...

Where the check valve is located can screw up the guardall pressure switch. they usually dont work unless the house side pressure is dumped. I have epoxied a manual reset 150f thermal hi limit to the pump for protection. Has worked every time it was needed. Ya can pump to about 23-25 feet to...

...must be a driven point..

12 cans of red-n-ready spray grease in my new 2002 e250 was sold in 2018 and had absolutely no rust from the inside out. Anywhere...upstste ny..

Some homes have the pole transformer a long way from the home. Couple that with a poor ground rod at the home...like in dry sand...and the gas waterheater ends up being a partial ground out the gas line. That will chew up the anode faster..sometimes a lot faster. It just takes a microamp to do...

I use upper lube for the valve seats and stems. I dont want my exhaust valves pocketing on my shim and bucket system...and my motor runs smoother with it. I know the seats are hardened but its like grandmas chicken soup..might not be much help but certainly won't hurt... no...I don't use...

Noise might be the rotor rubbing against the field iron. Try the fan upside down and see if it returns when warm if ya can. I have turned some furnace fan motors 180 degrees and most lasted another 5 years.

The stem threads fill with debris over time and hold up the works. Some plastic stemed stops swell also. Never install a globe or gate valve with the stem pointing down or it will catch debris. Those 1/4 turn stops have an o-ring for the stem seal. They have been known to leak there after awhile...