One of the perils of social media is that is makes you long for things you didn’t even know you wanted beforehand. That goes for just about everything material, but more so for cars. Cars may be the largest depreciating consumer item that takes a significant amount of a person’s net income, but that are…
Tag: DIY
Yet Another Use For Duct Tape
Over the years I’ve used duct tape for seemingly 101 applications. Recently one of our MSCA drivers came up with an unorthodox, yet effective, application. The Problem Most of us drivers have experienced the annoying slow tire leak. This is typically the result of a nail, screw, etc., that punctures a tire in such a…
Building Chassis. Well, Sort Of.
I picked up another DIY project. Two actually. I needed to put together two new to us, single-bed, wooden bed frames, since the boys had outgrown their five-year-old bunk-bed. The misses got the bed frames, including head and foot boards for both, second-hand. However, one of the frame sets didn’t include cross-slats. Pre-work With none…
Finally, Fixed Those Damned Fenders
Again, I have our current coronavirus pandemic to thank for helping me have the time to finally fix the fenders of our resident 2010 Toyota Corolla SE. That single-owner beast has clocked over 192,000 miles. I’ve told its owner that our mission is to get it past 300,000 miles. And, yes, it’s quite doable with…
Keeping HVAC Pipes Cool
With COVID-19 keeping a lot of us on lock-down, I find myself doing a lot of (ahem) home improvement stuff. Dare I say, it has been interesting reviving skills I haven’t used in decades. Of course, the Internet, makes it a whole lot easier, especially YouTube. A project I had been putting of a while…