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Hey guy's, I have a question for you heating experts or none experts for that matter, I have to use kerosene for my heating fuel for the winter ( have a boiler for heat) and the tank ( 275 gal and sits outside in the shade all year long ) with no chance of moving tank, the person who lived here...

Looking for some advice here guy's,...I have a propane gas furnace that heats my office and I know the thermostat is not working correctly. Here's the scoop during the day I heat my office with a 23,000 btu (kero-sun) kerosene heater, it can warm this office up to 100% if I keep it going long...

Smoking that is, I was in line behind a guy in the local supermarket this morning and he was buying a carton of cigarettes, Total with tax came to $87.73. WOW that just blew me away, I made a comment that I was glad I had quit smoking about 10 yrs ago to him and he said he wished he could quit...

I know the importance of running all snows on your vehicle but what I would like to know is how important is it for them to have matching tread. I have a new pair of (winterforce snows) and can buy a almost new pair of ( blizzack snows) for $40. They both have very good tread on them but...

Sometime's I really hate people,I'm a small engine mechanic and just got into a big riff with a custermer, For the past 2 years I have taken good care of this guy, He would come into the shop and say (beg) me to please fix his tractor because he really needs it, he alway's some excuse..Half way...

Good morning guy's, We just moved into a new apartment about a month ago and just started using the heat last weekend, however the past few day's we have not had to turn the heat on as it's been pretty mild around here (high 50s low 60s) and today we might see 70, However Last night I noticed...

I need 2 tires before winter and a friend of mine has a pair of snow tires in my size for a very good price and I will be putting them on the front of a front wheel drive car, the rear tire's are in good shape but are not snows but they are M+S rated . I have heard that you should run snows all...

I just bought a ( 1991 olds cutless supreme) with 98.000 orginal miles, ( yes this car was owned by a little old lady who just drove it on sundays) I test drove this car for 30 minutes at highway speeds and in city traffic and this car ran great, 3 hours later Im driving home in my new/old car...

I recently purchased a new/used craftman air compressor from a yard sale, The guy I bought it from said he bought it 4 years ago and has never used it because it would keep blowing the circut breaker in the garage upon start up. and he just never got around to returning it or repairing it. I...

I live way out of town and do not have cable tv at my house, I do not watch much tv anyways but have purchased the digital converter box needed to watch tv now that they are converting over to digital, I was using a roof top tv antennia for a while but the ice storm back in Dec 08 wrecked it and...

Just want to give a big thanks to all who helped me with my EGR problem yesterday, ( MechTech 2) was right on the money, I took off the air intake and was able to look inside the intake and sure enough the carbon buildup was there, The auto parts store was still open and I ran down and purchased...

I have an 02 chevy impala with the 3400 engine in it, approx 6 months ago the check engine light came on, I went to the local auto parts and they pulled up the code P0401 which is ( insufficent Egr flow ) Unfortunitly I was not able to correct the problem at the time and drove the car for the...

Ok guys here's the story, I have an 02 impala,with the 3.4 motor, roughly 90,000 miles, This past monday the check engine light came on and stayed on until thursday morning, then it went off, I did the usuall basic checking monday afternoon ie: the gas cap, check connections etc, and found no...

I have on 02 Chevy Impala with the 3.4 and I am getting ready to have my Radiator flushed out and the coolant changed and was wondering if it was ok to not put the dex-cool back in, and go with the so called green antifreeze, I have asked around and have recieved different answers so I thought I...

I have an 02 impala and last week the fan speed for the blower for the heat and air conditioning started acting up, 1st and 2nd fan speeds are not working properly ( hardly any output ) and when in either position it is causing static on the radio, 3rd,4th and 5th blower positions work good with...

My girlfriend had neck surgery about 2 years ago ( she had 5 disc's fused) the recovery time was about 9 month's before the doctor would sign off so she could go back to work, She survived on disability and family during this time. About 1 yr ago she was involved in a fender bender in a store...

Im asking this because I do not understand why, People say its because they ruin the mom and pops, Well what about the Home depots and the lowes **** you cn even say the Advance autos and Auto zones and Pep boys they ruin the independent also did they not? How about all the fast food places and...

The Autozone store where I live lets you stand in line for period of time before some one decides to check you out. this is going on while they are cooking their burgers on an indoor grill in the corner. That store does not get my business anymore and it only took me 1/2 a dozen times of waiting...

Was at my buddies garage this morning and he had a (saturn suv) with a siezed motor. Motor had just over 66,000 mile on and never had an oil change, still had original oil filter on, they just kept adding oil when needed. Over the week end a full size van came in with a siezed engine (new engine...

My wife wants a remote car starter installed on her car for a christmas present, I do not know much about them and would like to hear some opinions on them (pros/cons). any problems with them? How about what brand is conciderd the best? etc.