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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...

Good idea about the microbe treatment. My system uses a white plastic foam style filter ( Part number RF 1 ) The specs on the filter element say it filters to 10 microns. I have seen conventional sludge build up on the outside of the filter, but never pass right through it. Maybe bio diesel...

Sequoiasoon - The oil is tapped off the bottom of the tank with a single line system. Tank is in the basement. The installer ran all new copper line from tank to furnace. The heater is running good for now. I plan to change the fuel filter every couple months during this heating season to get...

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...

The Magnefine can has an arrow painted on it which shows direction of flow. You could install it in either line so long as the fluid is flowing in the correct direction through the Magnefine. The directions on my original Magnefine suggested disconnecting the cooler lines and having a helper...

53' Stude - I just changed the filter. I use this vehicle for towing a small trailer, so every year I vac out 4 quarts of fluid and replace with fresh ATF+4. The standard Dodge trans filter media looks like a synthetic dish scrubbing pad. I am guessing it is only good for catching rocks and bird...

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...

The Caravan is fixed ! It got it up on ramps and a squirrel chewed the line. Except for one small puncture, the line looked good, so I fixed it for now with a push connector. I will have a local garage replace the line later, but for now I am back on the road. Thanks to everyone who posted. I...

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 a 3.5 HP Briggs flathead push mower. One day I mowed an hour at 80 degree air temp and checked the oil temp by removing the dipstick and putting a digital temp probe into the oil. 230 degrees ! I understand why some folks use 15W40 or straight 30 weight oil in mowers. Small engines never...

Clean the windshield with dollar store ammonia. It smells bad and will strip off car wax so use carefully. Then wax the windshield with two coats of Nu Finish car wax, allow plenty of dry time between coats. Scotty Kilmer suggested Nu Finish after cleaning windshield with rubbing alcohol. I...

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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...

There is a lot of Section 8 in the area. I don’t know anything about the program. I have heard it works well for some and not for others. Not sure what the success or failure factors are?

One 3 bedroom townhouse sold for $80,000 because I fixed it up very nicely. The other 4 bedroom townhouse sold as is for $75,000. I was burnt and had no remaining energy to fix anything beyond hauling away a U Haul full of trash. Both prices were a record for the area. A landlord who mentored me...

Sell. I had 2 rentals in a class D area for over 20 years. The area was just like the drug areas in Baltimore Maryland in the TV series The Wire. After having to house working tenants for free during Covid, a fatal drive by shooting while I was working at the rental, and a fire caused by tenant...

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...

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