Christopher G Mendla
Repurposing old cinder blocks for a garden wall.
I am in the process of some serious cleanup of two Rhododendron beds at the end of my driveway. I needed a small wall between one of the beds and my neighbor’s property. The solution was to re-purpose some cinder blocks, 4×4’s and pavers that I had.
Continue readingCleaning the Carburetor on a 2003 Craftsman Roto Tiller.
I let my Craftsman Roto Tiller sit neglected in the shed for over three years. About an hour of carburetor cleaning got it running again.
Continue readingReplacing a head gasket on a Craftsman LT-1000 with a Briggs and Stratton Engine
My Craftsman tractor was blowing smoke from a blown head gasket. I opted to replace it myself.
Continue reading1950’s Crash – Philadelphia PA
A photo from either the late 1940’s or early 1950’s of a car that crashed into a store in Philadelphia
Continue readingReplacing the cutting deck and a mandrel on a lawn tractor.
It’s that time of the year again. Time to remove the plow and put the cutting deck back on. This year, I had to replace a mandrel.
Continue readingVinegar bottle fail – it looks like a urinal
It could just be me, but I think the designers really missed the boat with these bottles.
Continue readingEngineer fail
My office was above our plant engineers. One day I was freezing my rear off. We had a huge HVAC system which SHOULD have kept us comfortable. When I went downstairs I saw the problem immediately.
Continue readingGame name fail
Ok, MAYBE my mind is in the gutter, but someone didn’t think things through when they named this game “Draw My Thing”
Continue readingA possible quick fix for a surging or stalling small engine
If your lawnmower, snowblower, tractor or other small engine is surging, here is a quick fix that might work.
Continue readingPool Pump Shlock Fix
This is truly a shlock job. But it worked.
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