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paradigmprospect
promises
2y
Promises are hollow when experience says otherwise
Promises are hollow when experience says otherwise
The past few weeks were a mighty struggle. What started out as easy patience exercise turned into an outright threat to our next winter opportunity - we found a promising housesit in central Italy! But
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prosperbenz
Hive Naija
2y
The water pump that tested my patience and skills
The water pump that tested my patience and skills
Being a Mercedes Benz mechanic, I have encountered many leaking water pumps throughout my professional career, but today's leaking water pump on ML350 Mercedes Benz 166 really challenged my expertise and
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ganjafarmer
FreeCompliments
3y
Appreciate hive and my friends. Mental health ambassador and life post.
Appreciate hive and my friends. Mental health ambassador and life post.
Through the power of dog we will be just fine.
smithlabs
DIYHub
4y
Busy week, I've been offline; but I'm back now.
Busy week, I've been offline; but I'm back now.
This was a rough week and required all my time, but I'm catching up now! We ran across a flower I don't recognize, and I am wondering if any of you know what it is? I know it's a 'weed'; but I'm using
smithlabs
DIYHub
5y
Loss of power on a 4 cylinder motor in a friend's Jeep.
Loss of power on a 4 cylinder motor in a friend's Jeep.
Helping a friend on a motor problem in his jeep, while we are having good weather! We knew he had lost a head gasket, so today was exploratory surgery. We started with this: Everything must be labeled,
smithlabs
Palnet
6y
A little fun in the driveway...removing a stubborn McPherson strut.
A little fun in the driveway...removing a stubborn McPherson strut.
My Son bought a retired Highway Patrol car, with a blown engine...cheaply, and started rebuilding her. He has the motor and supercharger purring now, so he moved to the front end. A tiny amount of play
paradoxtma
Build-It
6y
How to use a manual brake line flaring tool.
How to use a manual brake line flaring tool.
Putting a single, then a double flare on a 3/16" brake line, or anywhere else you need to.
amberyooper
garden
6y
Warm Winter Day, and Other Musings
Warm Winter Day, and Other Musings
Hello, and welcome to my page! The past several weeks have been warmer than usual here in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, especially in the south central U.P. It's been above freezing during the day almost
amberyooper
car-repair
6y
Repairing a Car Wheel Brake in the Cold
Repairing a Car Wheel Brake in the Cold
Hello, and welcome to my page! Over the past week or so, I've been working on the brakes on my 1993 Ford Explorer. The problem started when the brake line that runs from the front of the vehicle to the
amberyooper
car-repair
6y
Working On My Old Pickup Truck Again, part 2
Working On My Old Pickup Truck Again, part 2
building a flat bed for the truck
amberyooper
car-repair
6y
Working On My Old Pickup Truck Again, part 1
Working On My Old Pickup Truck Again, part 1
Hello, and welcome to my page! Last year I wrote a series of posts about working on my older Ford Ranger pickup truck. I bought the truck to use for hauling my little travel trailer. I wanted to make sure
amberyooper
car-repair
7y
Fixing up an older pickup truck, part 8
Fixing up an older pickup truck, part 8
Hello, and welcome to my page! At the end of my previous post about my pickup truck, I talked about the need to get the exhaust manifolds off the engine so that I could either replace the exhaust pipe
amberyooper
car-repair
7y
Fixing up an older pickup truck, part 7
Fixing up an older pickup truck, part 7
Hello, and welcome to my page! My last post on this project was 13 days ago. Since then we've had some rather cold weather, and then several days ago, it warmed back up to a bit above freezing during the
amberyooper
car-repair
7y
Fixing up an older pickup truck, part 6
Fixing up an older pickup truck, part 6
Hello, and welcome to my page! The last post I wrote about this project was about 10 days ago. I should have written this post several days ago, but I just wasn't in the mood to do it until now. In the
amberyooper
car-repair
7y
Fixing up an older pickup truck, part 5
Fixing up an older pickup truck, part 5
Hello, and welcome to my page! If you read my last post about my work on the pickup truck, then you know that I was worried that the weather was not going to be nice enough to get more work done on the
amberyooper
car-repair
7y
Fixing up an older pickup truck, part 4
Fixing up an older pickup truck, part 4
Hello, and welcome to my page! A few days ago, the weather turned out to be a good day to do some more work on my old pickup truck. The temperature got up into the low 60s F, so I was able to do some painting
amberyooper
car-repair
7y
Fixing up an older pickup truck, part 3
Fixing up an older pickup truck, part 3
Hello, and welcome to my page! A few days ago, I was able to get back to doing some work on my old pickup truck. I'm trying to clean up the frame on the truck so that I can paint it to slow down the surface
amberyooper
car-repair
7y
Fixing up an older pickup truck, part 2
Fixing up an older pickup truck, part 2
Hello, and welcome to my page! This is part 2 of the series that I'm writing about my pickup truck project. You can read part one at this link. In part one, I talked about replacing the rear shocks on
amberyooper
car-repair
7y
Fixing up an older pickup truck, part 1
Fixing up an older pickup truck, part 1
Hello, and welcome to my page, eh! In the middle of August, I bought a 1994 Ford Ranger extended cab pickup truck. The plan was to use it for pulling my trailer wherever I might want to go with it. My
christopher-ryan
check-engine
9y
Common Causes and Symptoms for a Check Engine Light
Common Causes and Symptoms for a Check Engine Light
A car’s check-engine light (CEL) is usually the first indication that something is wrong. When that little dashboard light comes up, it can quickly induce a sensation of dread. However, without properly

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