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I have this old Century battery charger. Probably brought it from Montgomery Wards. Model 87062. 12v/6amp, 12v/2amp, 6v/6amp. Chasing down a problem with MIL's lawnmower. I was trying to turn a brand new starter (Toro electric start) and I could with a battery reading 13 volts. With the battery...

You have all seen those backyard windmills, about 4-6 high that turn in the wind? I never paid much attention as to how they worked until I purchased and assembled a used one for my 85 year old mom. The windmill fan blade will turn and the whole tops pivots based on the wind direction. But which...

So this morning I noticed my dash clock is 20 minutes so behind. Live in Midwest, nice weather weekend. 2007 Mazda3. Purchase 30 moths ago with 119K, now has 130K. So you can see it doesn't get driven much. Haven't noticed any other changes. Don't know the status of the battery, same one that...

If I was hacked...would hackers attacked me more? Let me state, I have 3 types of passwords. Tough ones are for bank/health records. Others for for accounts I care about, and the 3rd type are basically 'occupant'. Do I really care if you get into my Food Network recipe account? But my password...

Not a rototiller expert. Ran fine first season. Last season (2nd) , while running it it died. After trying a few different times to make it work, I left it until this year. Tried again yesterday and same trouble. It was 60 yesterday. Now, I have had trouble comprehending the correct oil level...

I have some 5/16 OD (1/4 ID) hose that attaches to a 'T' fitting that has a slight leak. Low pressure, water at 104F. When looking to purchase spring clamps, I find many listed for silicone tubing. Are silicone hose clamps different than standard fuel line hose clamps?

Never really bother much about lawn mower/snowblower maintenance. Usually just ran the carb dry, but now caretaker for a mower 45 miles away, owned by MIL. So i want better performance for her. So, my wife purchases summer gas, 2-2gals cans early in the season. For MIL gas lawn mower. Many sites...

The tools I rented to turn back the caliper wouldn't fit. Don't know why. So I was able to turn it back by hand with pliers. It was fine, then I thought I heard a spring release/snap.The piston started to move outwards. This is my first time with read disc brakes, I opened the brake resevior to...

Photographer by trade. I have had to recover to failing 2 gig hard drive. Someone created a batch file with using Robocopy but it doesn't work. Researching, and this is part of it, states the command line needs a folder to folder copy. His code was basically "E: F: copyall and then a couple of...

I run dual OS from a HP 8440p notebook. I have Linux Mint 17 on the 2nd hard drive bay. The computer boots to that drive as default. Works for me. On the motherboard, I have a full Win 7 setup. They are still things I need Win 7 for, like the Fit Bit apt, and Photoshop. I'm also a beginner at...

Strange how much useful info I'm learning about computers from am motor oil based forum. Anyway, looking for a home printer that can accept wireless for my wife Apple devices, and I also use a notebook via cable that will support Mint 17. Probably a B&W machine. Currently own a Lexmark, not...

GE announced a little while back that it was ending the production of CFL's. In Costco, I was purchasing a pack of LED dimmer safe bulbs. $10 for a pack of 4. A couple of item over, a 4-pack of CFL's was selling for $4.99, with an instant rebate of $4. So basically 4 for $.99! And I still passed.

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I did it to one of my machines, won't do it to the other. Rather run Linuxmint. But anyway, I have a need for a Windows based machine. I haven't received ANY Windows 10 updates since the change, maybe 4 months ago. I think the upgrade is corrupted. It doesn't seem to act like it first did. How...

So, I have this Lawn Machine with a B&S 12H800 motor. Probably 20 years old. Not neglected but maybe not best maintained. The other day, while doing leaves, it developed a noticeable knocking sound and clanks when trying to start. It will run. As winter is here for the next four months and the...

My cat broke my favorite 1oz graduate and I have a quart bottle of 2 cycle oil for snowblower /chain saw/tiller. I only purchase gas 1-2 gallon size. I would like to just measure out by weight the amount of oil for 40:1 and 50:1. per gallon. Does anyone know how much I'd need?

1st set, for my 'new' 2007 Mazda 3. WHat does everyone clean then with. WeatherTech sells some pretty pricy stuff. Mine are black, if it makes a difference.

As I am the main user of this Ariens Snowblower, I didn't want to pay the $160 for a new electric starter. It fires up almost instantly. Anyone take apart said starter and repair it?

Areins snowblower (2 cycle engine, single stage thrower) starts and runs fine. So much that I never repaced the electic start when it died 4-5 yeasr ago. It sits outside in un-heated shed. Normally I have to start the blower, find some warm water and thaw the directional shoot, as it is always...

I think I'm a pretty good DIY. On my cars, I have done brakes, radiators, struts, heater cores, head gaskets and timing belts... So my 14+ Lawn Machine is acting weird. Local shop says sounds like a carb problem and to wait until Spring to bring it back. I live in the Midwest so it is winter...