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My daughter showed me how they save a bunch of money on their groceries, they use a sous vide immersion cooker. The food is either vacuum sealed or air is displaced in a good ziplock bag. The unit's is set to the desired temp and with the bag in the water, forget about it till it is done. Will...

Just got dropped off in the house by the front door. Our Bull Mastiff/ pit bull mix came in first, our 7 month old German Shepherd puppy had this in his jaws coming through the door. Wife shrieked, then he dropped his present to her at her feet. What have you all received for presents? Looks...

My wife and I Have been planning planning a vacation with 6 of our friends, since the beginning of February, Covid hit and we are still going, come Hell or high water. Well it seems hell and high water may be the limiting factor since it was to be to Cancun this weekend, My damn luck. LOL. Since...

Working on a friends 82 F800, needs light wiring fabrication. front is fine, nothing out back. looked online, could get pre 72, but would need to pay for newer Diagram, just goes against my principles. Any help would be appreciated. Has a Detroit diesel in it, no turbo, just noise, lots of noise.

Friend has a 65 Scout 2wd with pick-up cap, slant 4 that runs, but clutch and brake pedal goes to floor. Needs both floor panels, front and back, doors have the sliding windows and drivers door hinges are sprung. He is looking to unload it, and looking for a ballpark on the price. Thanks

Want to thank Herb for the use of his lift, replaced oil pump and rear main seal on my 90 d150 with 318. Looked like even after lowering crank by loosening main caps an pulling trans back that it was not going to happen. He sacrificed and old antenna for the round aluminium bar stock and drove...

Need help identifying a old used bumper, looks 50ish. Bought to make a bar out of. Thanks.

The Great Escape Tunnel Untouched for almost 7 decades, the tunnel used in the Great Escape has finally been unearthed. The 111 yard passage nicknamed 'Harry' by Allied prisoners, was sealed by the Germans after the audacious break-out from the POW camp Stalag Luft III in western Poland...

Just found this this morning. A coworker wants my help to clear out his grandfathers old saw mill. The mill itself probably last ran 10-20 years ago, mill was powered by an old Detriot 6cyl Diesel, must of been damn loud. Came across this old loader and a small John Deere dozer. Thought most of...

In Puerto Rico till Saturday, any members here?

Making a bar for entertaining. With help from here will be epoxying the top with signs and gears. Next issue is what type of bulbs to use to put in the 56 ford grill I am using for the face of the Bar. Would like to find something low voltage, maybe LED. Thinking cutting/grinding the back of...

Looking to fill a bar top with some epoxy, about 1/2 inch deep to cover auto related parts etc.. the amount I would need is about 6 gallons of it. There are many different manufactures of the stuff. Has anyone done something like this? What would you recommend? Any pointers for a good job,what...

Did a clutch on a SAAB 900 in under an hour. You do not remove transmission to pull clutch and pressure plate. the "front" of the engine faces the firewall. the trans axle faces the front of the car. A plate covers the shaft that connects trans axle to engine, that pulls from the front when...

Gordon, the Hero Who Drove His Volvo P1800 Over 3.2 Million Miles, Has Died. Photo: Volvo Irv Gordon, the man from Long Island who broke the Guinness World Record for highest vehicle mileage on a single vehicle when the Volvo P1800 he’s owned since new passed three million miles in 2013, has...

Driving my old Toyota T100 today and BANG, sounded like a gunshot. Pulled over in the ditch to look at it and could not see anything majorly wrong by crawling underneath it. Drove home, about 7 miles, truck felt like one of the torsion bars let go, but both still there. When I got it back, into...

Just passing this along.... Bitcoin explained A lot of monkeys lived near a village. One day a merchant came to the village to buy these monkeys! He announced that he will buy the monkeys @ $100 each. The villagers thought that this man is mad. They thought how can somebody buy stray monkeys at...

Injured my left knee a couple of months ago. My Dart and pick-up I use for work are both standards. Would like to get a different vehicle for work, automatic, need something that I can work out of fixing helicopters at the hospital and more importantly road side repairs. ( Medivac helicopter...

Am looking at a 1954 Ford ( I know, I know) F100 panel truck. Some one started a mild resto then the person passed away, and relatives are selling it. Already has Cordoba front end under it so power disk brakes and power steering. powered by a ford 351 and auto. motor sat without carb for who...

My best April fools joke was since my birthday is on this day, a company I worked for planed a party for me, then on the day said April fools, not my actual birthday and they canceled the party. The day after April fools asked what happened to my birthday party! I guess they thought I went to...

What happened to the post where he wanted some one else to pay for his restoration?

Looking for a DVD on the CBS short news program that was filmed during the race in 68, by Jerry Simms. I knew the only American entry in the race, Sydney Dickson, when he asked me to help him on the car for the 1993 race. He used a 68 Rambler American again, but found out from him he was going...

I would like to extend to my good friend Herb my thanks for taking the time to trailer my 67 Dart and my wife (she sat in the truck) from Hot Springs, AR to Lawton, OK where I am working. It took him 7 hours and common traffic issues to get the car and her here. I understand that someone liked...

Back to work on Helicopters after almost a year mowing grass. In Lawton OK, any members about?

One of the great pilots, WWII pilot, his work with Chuck Yeager, his dead stick air show routine is one of the best.

selling house, previous owner painted drive way. tried to pressure wash old paint off, only removed about half of it. what would you recommend to paint over it to help sell said home? driveway has approx. 1600 square feet and live on a lake so I could not use chemical strip. Thanks in advance.

Have 2 Stromberg carbs, early aviation updraft single barrel. have had them sitting on the shelf for quite a while, tried finding out what they might fit. larger one with the 3 1/8 inch throttle blade has NAR 9C2 as model #, only thing I could find was up to 400 HP usage. Second one is smaller...

Was laid off again, working on helicopters in the oil industry. So needless to say with every one else out of work doing what I do, the helicopter job market is saturated with out of work mechanics. Have been thinking about getting into the dent removal business. Has any one worked with any of...

You never know what people on their off time do.....We have a female Helicopter pilot on my opposite hitch, which in itself is pretty rare. but she lives in northern Utah, doing photography as Steep Mountain photography, some great pictures of bear, Elk and Mountain Lion. She has trained dogs to...

My 67 Dart is the only vehicle I have at this time other than a motorcycle. After 8 months unemployed now back to work on a 2 week on, 2 week of schedule. Only thing is it is a 10 hr drive one way. did it with the Dart this time, but would like to get another vehicle for the every 2 week work...