Do It Yourself (DIY)
Do it yourself tips, projects and fails.
Speeding up a main water shutoff gate valve.
A simple hack to make opening and closing a gate valve faster
Continue readingRepurposing 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 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 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.
Continue readingBreaking a stubborn nut on a lawnmower pulley
I was trying to remove a really stubborn nut on a lawnmower pulley. After a half hour with a grinder, I only made a dent. I found a simple trick that allowed me to easily break the nut.
Continue readingDon’t throw that grill out yet.
One of the first things to go on most grills are the flame tents. The angled metal that goes over the burners. They are very easy and inexpensive to replace
Continue readingAn alternative to shredding
If you have a lot of papers with personal information, mushing them might be an alternative to shredding them.
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