Recent content by 2ball

So, for no real reason I want to bury some time capsules with my kids to be recovered 30 to 50 years in the future probably after I am gone. My plan is to use a PVC pipe with glued caps on the ends. I am planning on burying it 4 or 5 feet deep with a post hole digger. I am thinking about putting...

I sealed my crawl space to fix a moisture problem. The sump is covered with plastic and taped tight. My ac drains into it and my dehumidifier, both taped tight. No bugs, no smells and no mold!

I unhooked the hose and blew through it. There was initially some resistance then it cleared. Hopefully that fixes it, but we will see. I may have left the hose too long. The end of the hose is under the water level of my sump pump. The gravity feed hose connection is pretty high on the...

I have a regular house dehumidifier in my crawl space and it takes care of business perfectly. I have it draining into my sump pump via a plastic hose that comes out of the back of it. It's currently not draining through the hose. It has a small tank on it that looks like a drawer on the...

20 minutes on the lawn??? got it!

I bought an OEM Husqvarna grommet and it has held up for a month. The generic ones I bought shrank, got hard and would leak. OEM part saved the day.

yep, next time I'm only leaving it on the grass for 2 hours, not 4 hours!

its looking better, I can see green grass blades in the brown dormant grass.

So I buy these mats from tractor supply. https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/4-ft-x-6-ft-x-3-4-in-thick-rubber-stall-mat When I get them home I unload them and put them on the grass. Its a hot day 95 degrees, the mats are heavy about 100 pounds each and they were on the grass for...

yea, something that should be a $5 fix may cost me a new $90 tank with the grommet already included. If I could glue on a nipple over the hole and just attach the fuel line to the nipple that would be great, I have see gas tanks like that.

my hole is 14mm, not 13. that 1 mm is throwing everything off, I think.

right, so unless the OEM grommet (which it getting delivered today) is a couple mm larger then the generic ones I have, I don't see how it will give a proper seal.

this is throwing me. the stem is 10mm wide the grommet where the stem goes is 3mm thick, so if the stem is inserted into the grommet its 16mm wide, so on paper is should work. but the rubber is soft and it compresses too much.

ok, so here is what I got. I am not so sure the new OEM grommet is going to work. I measured these with a caliper so they are right. my hole is 14mm wide the stem is 10mm wide the grommet outside dim is 13.5 mm wide So when I put the stem in the grommet its only around 14mm or 14.5 where it...