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Good Morning - I work the night shift and drive home on windy country roads at midnight. I have had a few close calls with deer and want to avoid an accident. I thought about installing a cheap light bar on the front bumper relayed to work off the high beams. I wanted to leave the existing...

I have heated with oil since 1982 and never saw this: I filled my heating oil tank in April of this year and had a new furnace installed last month. The new furnace ran one day then quit. I tried to bleed the fuel line and got a thick black liquid out that looked like 10,000 mile motor oil. My...

Good morning - I have a three quarter acre yard in a rural area. My yard is a mixture of lawn, trees, brush, and swampy ground. I currently have a riding lawn mower, push mower, and a 2 cycle string trimmer. Rather than maintain all this machinery, I was thinking about using a DR trimmer for...

This cut and post is a Magnefine from a 2003 Dodge Caravan 3.3 with 165,000 miles. The filter was used for 5 years and about 20,000 miles. The paper element looked great and there was maybe 1/32 inch of metal fines on the magnet. I opened the filter by grabbing the weld seam with vice grips and...

Good Morning - I have a 2003 Dodge Caravan with 3.3 liter V6, 170,000 miles. I started the engine and immediately smelled gasoline. I backed out and saw a huge puddle where the car had been parked. Fuel was pouring out under the car. I cut off the engine quickly and checked under the car. The...

I have an old Weedeater mower with 3.75 HP Briggs. The mower is older and has seen hard use, along with maintenance by Bubba J. Vicegrip. The current spark plug is a Champion J19LM. I cannot confirm this is the correct plug online. I have posted engine numbers below. Is there a good " generic...

I have a 2001 Craftsman lawn mower with 17 HP Kohler engine. I have used a Fram PH or XG 3614 and Supertech synthetic 10w30 changed every other year for years. My usage is about 25 hours per year. I use the 3614 series because a taller filter will not fit. Now, I read that Fram has cheapened...

I recently had my well pump replaced. The old well pump is still good and I advertised it for free on Craigslist. I hate to scrap something somebody can use. I get an immediate reply with a local area code phone number. I call the number immediately and leave a voicemail. No further response...

Good Afternoon - I run a Magnefine transmission filter on my Dodge Caravan. I used to buy them directly from the Magnefine website to avoid getting a counterfeit copy. That website is off line, at least for me. Is buying Magnefines from Amazon safe ? Thanks in advance for any advice :)

Good Morning - I just picked up a new Honda EU2000 series generator. The model number is EAMT The new version of this generator has a larger diameter dipstick/drain plug and the old style magnetic drain plugs will not fit. The generator also has a built in "chute " to prevent spilling oil during...

I have a 2019 Chevy Colorado with V6. I run 5w30 Mobil 1 and a factory Delco oil filter. The old Mobil 1 jug is marked Dexos 1 Gen 2 and the new jug is marked Dexos 1 Gen 3. Can I mix this stuff? I assume it is compatible but wanted to check. Thanks in advance for any advice. :)

Pix are from my basement. A poorly supported main sewer pipe came loose and caused a minor crap flood when the washer drained. Luckily the basement is unfinished concrete so no real damage. I was working alone so I put two eye bolts above the pipe and lifted it with a length of rope. Installed...

As of today both of my class D rentals are vacant and will be sold! One is in OK shape, the other is trashed beyond all belief Either way, I am out of the rental business FOREVER. The area has had two drug murders since May. Time to sell while the properties are still worth something. I have...

I recently hung my first interior door at an old house I am fixing up. I used a new product called a Quick Door Hanger instead of the usual wood shims. The hanger kit costs about 5 dollars at Home Depot. The kit contains 6 brackets that screw to the prehung door frame, 3 on each side. You put...

I have an older Dodge Caravan and live in the country. My gas mileage dropped off to 6 MPG and I suspected the local kids were siphoning my gas. The Gas Bandit Blocker is a tapered coil spring. Using a long screwdriver, you thread the spring into the fuel filler till it disappears. The spring...

Got a call from a tenant. "I dropped something down the drain and now it is clogged. I need this fixed NOW!" In tenant speak "something" can be a wedding ring or a baby hippo. Got my shop vac with Clean Stream waterproof filter ( blatant plug ) and vacced out the drain. Got a bunch of small...

The picture is a 1 1/2 inch galvanized pipe elbow installed in 1970. The blockage is a solid chunk of rust that closed off most of the pipe. I could never figure why the bathtub drained so slowly:) Anyhow the old pipe was cut out with a sawzall and replaced with Fernco fittings and PVC. That...

Hello all - We have Earthlink DSL internet at home. The internet has not worked for a month. My wife calls and gets a "script reader" with no knowledge of how to fix the problem. My wife does not really care since she has internet on her phone. I am done with Earthlink and am thinking about sat...

Good Evening. I have a Craftsman weedwhacker model number 358791072. I have always run stabilized E0 gas and synthetic 2 cycle oil and never had a problem. Now, the engine will only run with the choke on. Opening the throttle kicks the choke off and it struggles to gain RPM and then stalls. I...

I used the grocery pickup at Walmart for the first time today and wanted describe the experience. My wife was able to get into the overloaded website just after midnight and placed an order for pickup 2 days later. I got a text that the order was ready, drove there, and a young man loaded the...