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Trench is already dug, PVC conduit in place and trench filled in. I did that part on my own when we had solar installed two years ago. I put the PVC conduit in the same trench they used to connect the garage solar to the house. I'll be looking into aluminum for this part also. It is about...

Latest Update: Got the latest quote. $3,400. I think I'm just going to have to do this myself or become friends with an electrician who will let me do the work and just sign off on it for some beer and BBQ. As I said...my cost to do it is about $725 in materials. And that is the big box...

Update: Had another electrician over for a quote. He actually recommended aluminum wire in the basement run, at a higher AWG to reduce cost then copper in the trench to the sub-panel with some Al/Cu specific splices at the connection to prevent corrosion. He suggested a few other things that...

I've bought and installed plenty of aftermarket cats without issue, I would give it a shot. But the oil consumption issue is still going to be a problem. A prolonged piston soak and maybe start using a quart of HPL's cleaner oil and do some short oil changes to clean out any gunk in there and...

Oh boy. I'm making a general assumption based on your initial post...but perhaps her years in the foster system left a number of life lessons off the table. She may still have to learn how to learn. Start small. An adult tricycle, bumper cars, a riding lawnmower just so she can learn how to...

In MA the inspection process is pretty aggressive. No electrician will let you do some of the work and then finish it themselves...unless you have an electrician buddy, which I don't. The trench is dug and the conduit is already installed. This is a strict run the wire from the point A to...

Update. This project went on the back burner for a bit. 1st quote just came in. $2,600. The electrician insisted that I don't need a pair of grounding electrodes even though it is a detached building. I'm not an electrician but I thought you could only get away with that if it were a...

I wont be....but even if it is in 20 years it still applies. And with electrical you can't just say "It was like that when I bought the place". Haven't been able to do that in a long time. The manufacturing date is printed on the wire, and probably alot of all the other things as well. Maybe...

In Massachusetts you can't even change a light switch without a permit (not kidding). Licensed electricians are the only ones legally able to pull the permit and they are liable for any wrong doing. For that reason no electrician here will let you touch anything since their name is on it and...

If I could have both that would great! But for now my budget is leaning to one or the other. Milwaukee's latest 1/2" high torque impact has 1,600lbs of nut-busting torque with their new fancy battery. IR and others don't quite get close to that claim. Of course this may be all marketing...

Wow that is way higher than I expected! If I went to the big box store I could get all the materials needed for about $500. I'd expect this would take a pro less than half a day to complete. To be honest I was expecting (hoping) for it to be closer to $1,500. If the trench needed digging it...

I wasn't very clear. Because a permit will be pulled only the licensed electrician can do the work. They will pull the permit. The point is...I'll be doing this by the book, even though I'm capable of doing it myself

I know it largely depends on the area other factors but I'm trying to get an educated guess on the cost to install a 60A sub panel in a detached garage. I'm in central MA. We had solar installed on the garage and while they had the trench dug I paid them a couple extra bucks to run an...

Wow thanks for the quick replies everyone! I have a 5 gallon air compressor that can handle the low CFM tasks like blowing dust, filling tires, using nail guns, etc. The buy-in cost of a good air compressor is steep...yet so are the first couple battery powered tools since the batteries are a...

Looking for some advice from people who've used both. My small garage is finally getting electricity so I'll be spending a lot more time working on my own project cars. I'll be upgrading from wrenches and hand tools to 3/8" and 1/2" impact guns and ratchets. I'm stuck between going with...

By New England standards we have potholes bigger than that on freshly paved roads. Sometimes up here driving on the highway can be similar to a Baja truck race across the desert!

FYI primer is only needed on inactive (i.e. noble) metals like gold, silver, platinum, etc. Steel and steel alloys do not need a primer. I use blue only, especially if the bolt needs to come out someday. Red needs to be heated to 450F+ to chemically break the bond. Even if you manage to remove...

I used the Mobil 1 HP LV since I already had it. Changed it at 25k and replaced the filter. I think it was a good decision as the old fluid definitely had that used ATF smell to it. I only drained and filled which is about 40% of the fluid in this trans. I'm at 35k and plan to do 1 or two more...

An old design, probably a bit louder and not as good in mixed wet/dry/snowy conditions as the new offerings but just fine. A cheap or old design NEW tire is still probably 1,000x better than a worn out good tire.

Snow tires work like magic. That is the answer. My opinion...if conditions are bad enough to warrant chains, i.e. deep snow or hard ice...it probably isn't worth driving. Chains are for getting you out of conditions that will get you stuck. I imagine the roads to the ski resorts are fairly well...