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The dealer obviously wants NOBODY to go back to them, since they're lying to customers. EVERYTHING is available, if someone knows where to look. For almost any terminals, Del City is one distributor that sells them- I found out about them when I went to MasterCraft boat service training- someone...

I was thinking of the Packard/Weatherpack connectors used by GM- you can spray water directly onto them from any angle but the terminals were definitely not making good contact. The wires are still flexible, so I doubt the strands have broken and the lights still work. The main Molex is...

I looking at/working on the Ariens, I was a bit surprised to see unsealed Molex connectors, thin wire, bad head bolt distribution (the cause of the head gasket failures) and then, there's the headlights being fed AC Voltage because the alternator can't deliver enough to power them with DC. That...

They don't let us have stockades in the city. Oh, we have them, but they're well-hidden. :)

Where did you add the relay- show photos and a diagram. Is it activated by the crank wire and bypassing that wire, with tab 87 connected to the battery and tab 30 connected to the solenoid? Adding a relay strikes me as similar to adding a fuel filter when the original one becomes clogged. Has...

I'm in the Milwaukee area- that's the reason I installed a heater in my garage. Nothing coming out of the solenoid= bad solenoid, possibly from excessive crank times with discharged/old battery, possibly from poor quality if this part is a wide spread problem. When I went through my Ariens...

Did you test the starter after pulling it?

The Nimblewill.

All I can say is, I hope that stuff never makes it into my lawn.

Raccoons eat cat food- maybe put out plenty of it with water between their entry points and the Chickens.

Paint for lawn stripes is available- why does it need to be blue? I have seen lawns removed, tilled, rolled and a layer of looser soil distributed on top for seeding or sod. The new roots will loosen the bottom layer, as long as it can't become too dry. I don't know where you live or the soil...

Small amounts in the atomized fuel/water mix will burn, but not necessarily well. If a lot of water is in the fuel mix, it's going to lose power. Ideally, the fuel filter(s) do the job needed. Boats often have so much water in the tank that a fuel/water separator is needed and when they're...

I would drop it off at a waste disposal site- it's only one gallon. Or, if someone has a burn pile, use it for that.

Was the new foam fire-resistant, too? That's the material that kills people faster than anything, not the cover fabric. I have a friend who owns an upholstery shop (he has done a lot of aircraft seats & interiors, too)- they recover tractor seats all the time and in fact, we know some people...

Can't fix broken gas. Good thing it was only a gallon.

How can you prevent a super concentrate from affecting the new turf if it rains after application? Is the lawn flat? If it is, why not use a weed & feed/pre-emergent, let that do its job and overseed, to let the new grass crowd the weeds out?

I have to wonder if the people who buy these are proud of the fact that it has the brand name of the mower. I don't understand that thinking.

That's not 'fair trade', that's price fixing- fair trade is for developing countries, so they can receive better price for their products. Did you mean 'free trade'? That was outlawed a long time ago. Setting prices can be done- MAP is Minimum Advertised price but if the dealer wants to sell...

Does the drive shaft have an intermediate bearing? Could that be the source of the rattle?

Why does the plug need to be Cub Cadet brand? That would be similar to buying headlights or wiper blades with Chevrolet on them- the company that sells products don't make the parts, so generic is going to be cheaper and a better alternative may be available.

But they could at least look for the best price! I guess that consider that gouge equal to the local price because their time it so effing valuable, eh? I mean, driving a long distance vs online is fine but not if it involves grabbing the handles to assume the position. BOHICA! And these are...

Why would anyone buy from them when everyone has this plug for much less?

I have one area in the back yard that goes dormant, so I watered it a few times this week and will cut the whole lawn after it grows a bit more- waiting for more leaves to fall. We need rain- it's not growing fast, so I hope the snow waits until I get the leaves off- we're not supposed to see...

I put a starter kill in my '83 Cutlass after it was stolen (and recovered about 20 minutes later, when the guy kicked the metal collar onto the asphalt as he got out of the car at an intersection where a bunch of cops were handling another call). That worked great at car washes and they always...

My friend who worked in V8 Powertrain Development at the GM Desert Proving Ground until about 2002 drives a 1995 Chevy Silverado- he could easily buy new vehicles but why, so he can be stylish and trendy? Not that type and because he has a 2400 square foot garage with a lift IN the floor with...

Disclaimer- I have never, nor will I ever, use Common Core Math. A British comedy show has a woman who has degrees in Advanced Theoretical Mathematics, Quantum Mechanics & other areas and when she mentioned a show with 'smart' kids "using some kind of magic Maths", she said one 11 year old...

50% idiot, 50% moron and 50% nimrod.

My next door neighbor has someone service her mower and snowblower but she wasn't great at starting them, so I showed her after she came over to ask since mine always start easily. I explained that pulling the cord slowly a few times draws gas into the cylinder and builds compression. The...

And it's easy enough to find out if it will be a problem- shake the container and pour some into a clean, clear bottle. If it's cloudy, let the gas in the gas can settle, then pour the good gas into a different container so the water can be removed. I stopped filling my 5 gallon container and...

My relatives out there say Newsom is a moron, or an idiot- can't remember which.

I'm familiar with Carlysle, having worked at boat dealers and seeing that brand on so many trailers, although they had a bad reputation for awhile but that was likely due to being overloaded, over/under inflated or generally abused. I have used Kenda on my bicycles for a long time and they last...

Update- probably corrosion on the terminals- I tested the lights separately, found that one socket was definitely corroded when I disconnected the plug at the hood & connected a battery, cleaned it and that problem was solved. The switch was good, checked any other connections and after sliding...

I have an Ariens 42" riding mower and the front tires don't have much tread so they slip on hard turns- do the least expensive replacements last long, or should I spend a few bucks more and buy something else? It has Carlysle tires now. Rims are spotless, so I'll just replace the tires.

I was wrong- one fuel line was on my 2 stage, which I still have and I still have the second paddle type, which is much newer. That's true- one is gone, still have the other so I'l look (it's covered). I checked the lines for internal delamination & blockage and found nothing, but I have had...

Yeah, and CARB is a big part of the reason the whole country has to conform to the emissions standards. I like clean air as much as anyone but the gang of 543 in Washington become involved in legislating some aspects of our lives, it's not a question of if, but when it will be a problem.

Color in/on an object is only possible if light can reflect the proper wavelengths. In the absense of light, there is no color, only matter, or nothing.

The shut off valve is a good thing to have, as long as it's not too far from the carb- changing a short piece of fuel line isn't a big deal. I had two different paddle type snow throwers that stopped working well- they ran fine for awhile, then it was like they just had nothing more to give...

Black is the absence of light or energy.

The custom car paint industry has a color called 'Blacker than black'.

They also have more poor people than some whole stated have people, so old/bad running vehicles are common. Then, they have Long Beach/shipping nearby, trucking, wind blowing polluted air against the mountains- it's a bad place for people who want clean air.

Those are the double beam that click, right? The beam wrenches are good unless you can't fit behind something to see the fastener and scale.

It can't be assumed that 7 year old cars have been maintained properly for the whole time and they often run badly because of that. If they HAVE been maintained, there's no reason they can't run as well and cleanly as they day they rolled off of the assembly line but higher reliability and the...

Might be similar to TV sales ads in the 1970s- "We lose money on every one but we make it up, in volume".

Worst government money can buy.

That's an insult to monkees. Most of this began because California has so freaking many people. Many went there for the weather- I get that an have been there many times because I have relatives but the first time was in late 1966 and when we went to Griffith Observatory, the smog was terrible...

Can we see a photo of the seat? That could make it easier to find a solution.

For anyone who may have a Panduit ratcheting crimper with a cracked frame near the dies, Greenlee bought the company and hopefully, they still cover Panduit, but I called to find out what they do about the crack- they sent a Greenlee replacement without the dies, which are still interchangeable.

Proper terminals, you mean Scotch Locks? :)

Probably meant 'no gap', which many terminals have.