Fixing stuff

[Nuuska]

Are there any megalodons left in FL ? The'yll stop ya

 

[Guildedagain]

New age stuff, simple advice is now just product placement for Dawn.

How to Clean Your Bike Chain Like a Pro Mechanic

Bike mechanic Joël Nankman shares his tips for tackling greasy drivetrains.

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Been addicted to bike since I could skin a knee, and never heard of seen anyone use dishwashing liquid full of horrible toxic fragrance and worse to fix one.

"Dawn dish soap is toxic. Some synthetic ingredients in it are harmful. A good example is methylisothiazolinone which causes aquatic toxicity. It's also linked to nerve and liver damage.Nov 19, 2021"

Use a "dry lube" on the chain like TriFlow and you're good to go. A shop wanted $400 to do "spring tune ups" on kiddie and son in law's bikes, they're going to bring them out here when they get time.

 

[Guildedagain]

The fix is in.

Took a few xtra days because my spindles had no hardware kits, unforeseen but my first rodeo on dropping a mower deck for rebuilding. All went together well, great new USA Oregon blades really cut my mowing time - unwitted pun - by maybe half. Mowed the whole orchard in 1/2 hour. With the price of non ethanol premium, this is not to be overlooked.

 

[FNG]

How often do you grease your spindles?

 

[Midnight Toker]

You must not have shopped for a vacuum cleaner in a long time! Ever heard of Dyson? Cordless?

Yep. Not to mention no bag/filter, hepa filter, super cyclone suction, etc. I bought my mother a $700 Miele vacuum made in Germany several years ago. Best vacuum I've ever used. She had an old Electrolux for 40+ years. Always worked, but this Miele is on a whole other level. Super duper quiet, and can go behind that Electrolux and pull enough crud out of the carpet to make it look like it had never even been vacuumed.

 

[davismanLV]

Yep. Not to mention no bag/filter, hepa filter, super cyclone suction, etc. I bought my mother a $700 Miele vacuum made in Germany several years ago. Best vacuum I've ever used. She had an old Electrolux for 40+ years. Always worked, but this Miele is on a whole other level. Super duper quiet, and can go behind that Electrolux and pull enough crud out of the carpet to make it look like it had never even been vacuumed.

+1 on a Miele vacuum!! Never spent the money on one but Lordy!! Soooo quiet and powerful. Amazing vacuums!!

 

[FNG]

Just put a door lock module in our VW Passat...stealership wanted 210 for the part and 300 in labor. I recently bought a auto trim tool kit, and some specific 12 spline sockets, so bought the OEM part online for 150 bucks shipped, found a great youtube video, and fixed it myself.

I'm not a fan of messing with auto trim, but the 30 buck tool kit rocked. So did the youtube video.

 

[cupric]

Where I live you must have heavy duty off road capability. Luckily, there is no rust in AZ. But I am forever replacing things, mostly rubber boots etc. I run 10 ply tires on everything. I consider it my mental/physical workout!
But they are irreplacable. They do not make them like this anymore.

 

[Opsimath]

Guildedagain, what's in your orchard?

 

[JohnW63]

All the talk of Dyson vacuums, I started buying Shark brand and much prefer it. I just wish they had bigger containers to catch the stuff. We have two dogs, one of which is a Husky and Malamute plus a few other things mix. In the summer he doesn't just shed, he can explode his undercoat. The Shark vacuums handle this level of removal way better than the Dyson.