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Im doing a cheap refresh on my sbc 350. I am inspecting the cam and lifters that were in the engine to see if they could be reused. I know the lifters are supposed to have a crown and when you touch the two faces of two lifters together you should see light around the edges and they should rock...

I feel like this is pretty straightforward but i cannot seem to figure it out. I have a rectangle that is 330mm wide and i have metal rods that are 2.5mm in diameter. I want to lay the bars across so it looks like a grill grate or oven rack. I want to lay the 2.5mm bars evenly so there is an 8mm...

I am tired of the poor crimp spade terminals, Ring terminals etc. Either the terminals themselves are made from thin material or the generic crimping tools just kind of crush the terminals and make a poor crimp. I like the way that the deutsch connectors work with the hollow tube that the...

I have an older u1 battery for my riding mower. Its been sitting for a while and was reading 11.6v which is dead dead but should mean that the plates are still viable. I put it on the trickle charger for a few days and it reached full capacity. I took the charger off and let it sit for a few...

I have an early 2000s gas pressure washer with a bs flat head engine. Before it got cold out i tipped the unit forward to drain the pump and pulled it over a few times to clear out any water. Well i moved it out of the way the other day and couldn’t resist pulling the starter rope. To my...

Going to look at a 2004 honda civic today. Vin is JHMES95624S017800. You can pm me if you dont want to list it here. Thanks.

I bent my knuckle/spindle assembly on my press trying to remove a ball joint. I was able to unbend the knuckle using the press. Just pressure and no heat. I was wondering if this is an acceptable repair or if this is a no no and the knuckle should be replaced? One pic is with it bent and the...

Went to replace the lower ball joint on my car. I put it in the press and the joint didn’t budge but the whole spindle assembly bent instead. When i get a used assembly in i want to remove the old ball joint easily so as not to damage the new assembly. What are some good ways to relax the ball...

I am missing the 13mm craftsman wrench from my set. I bought one on ebay that looked pretty good. When it arrived it immediately felt different in my hand. It felt heavier and just not right. I then looked at it closely and the font for the 13mm looks really weird and fake. I retuned it and the...

I just bought two brand new wagner sealed beam fog lights. They are yellow/orange in color. I put one in to test it out and i noticed it seemed duller than i was expecting. I turned the light off and the inside of the lens looks like it has a haze on it. I held up the one i have not installed...

Right now I have a couple of old hotdog style air compressors tied together in my garage. They are of the age that they are concerning me of possible tank rupture. I have no evidence they are going to have any issues besides the age. One is a 12 gallon compressor with no branding but is very old...

I had some drycleaned wool hanging in my car for a few days. The wool is no longer in my car anymore but every time i go out to my car there are like 30 moths flying all around. It doesnt matter if im at the store. They either hitch a ride or its new moths that are being attracted. How can i get...

My air compressor has a heavy duty steel and rubber braided hose on it from the pump to the tank. The hose has a crack in it and leaks and im afraid it will just rupture soon. The hose was on there when i got the compressor and im not super fond of it. I see air compressors at the store all have...

1998 ford ranger with almost 230k. Vehicle is daily driven. I dont know if this is an issue or if its just the way its programmed. When the vehicle is warm and under light to medium throttle it shift from 1-2 around 2500-3k rpm but then stays in 2nd for no time before shifting into 3rd. When the...

I remember seeing ads in the past for a car insurance you could swap between vehicles using an app. So say you have 5 cars but only drive one at a time. If you wanted to drive car 1 today you select it in the app. If you want to drive car 3 tomorrow you select it. This way you dont have to have...

Recently my small 3cyl yanmar in my jd garden tractor started to give out a faint grey smoke. If you let it idle for a few minutes and then gave it full throttle it would give out a large plume for a few seconds then mostly clear up. It’s annoying as it always is giving a diesel smell around me...

I have received items in the past that have had the instructions or relevant product data such as torque specs or drill bit tap sizes printed on a very very thin sheet of plastic. This allowed it to be used in a garage setting where it could get greasy or wet and then wiped off. Im looking for...

1978 Chevrolet k20. Its all stock. I drove the truck as a daily driver from 2012-2014. It had an edelbrock carburetor on it and then i put a quadrajet on it. Truck never really had any issues except for the engine would sometimes have power and other times would hesitate. Turned out to be a...

I have this generator that seems to run out of fuel every 15 minutes. I have a clear fuel filter inline with the hose that runs from the fuel tank to the carburetor. Its all gravity feed. Anyway when the generator sits the fuel filter fills up. Once the generator is started you can watch the...

I have a gm tbi 350 truck engine that spun a bearing. I have a new crankshaft for it but I need one connecting rod. I believe its a pm rod. Do I have to replace it with a pm rod? Do I have to weigh other rods to get a rod thats the same weight. If anyone here knows what I need and wants to sell...