I'll do you one better. I was in one of my back fields and my dozer track came loose. I was putting it back on the pulley when my gloved hand got caught between the track and pulley. I was about 200
So, check the resistance when it's working, and compare that to when it's not. I used one of those little Facet fuel pumps, powered by my battery charger, when I went through this with the wife's Ca
I have a 2003 GMC Savana (4.3L V6, 2,500 lb payload) van that I just love. I have had zero problems with it and it can get 20.5 MPG (not bad for a 4,500 lb beast with the aerodynamics of a sheet of p
Proper safety practice says someone should always be around in case. A cell phone or one of those "I've fallen and I can't get up" thingies might work if you're still conscious. If you're in no cond
GM Fuel senders. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I've replaced so many GM fuel sending units that I don't even bother with resistance checks and gage sweep tests anymore. The contacts that G
Your "worst case" story sounds like the "Bricklayer's Song"..... --Original Message-- From: shop-talk-bounces+gerrybraz=cablespeed.com@autox.team.net [mailto:shop-talk-bounces+gerrybraz=cablespeed.co
Wow.... wasn't in my shop/garage, but in the driveway, so it pretty much counts. Back in Jan 1999 I was shoveling out snow & ice from my Ohio driveway. I was the only person at home, but it was subur
while under a in the I'll do you one better. I was in one of my back fields and my dozer track came loose. I was putting it back on the pulley when my gloved hand got caught between the track and pul
Damn, these are some good stories. I've got a couple.... Here's one along the line of the Bricklayer's Song: when I was a kid, we would all play in the field after the farmer mowed it for hay. We wou
Several years ago I was building my shop building and rented an all-terrain platform lift to help out. Working 30' in the air the engine quit, actually running out of fuel. There was nobody around to
Same deal except that I had left the choke on. I was aware of the self-lowering feature, but a bug in the design (IMO) lowers all 3 arms at once, instead of in order, (or ideally, selectably from the
This is a boom-type lift and the boom was a little too vertical to "tight-rope" walk on - or even sit and scoot - about 60 degrees or so from vertical. And I didn't relish trying to shimmy down the t