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Maytag Series Nine Gas Water Heater Loud Noises When Heating
I got a new Maytag 40 gallon water heater (HRN4940TN) about 2.5 years ago. At about the two year mark it started making loud metallic clanking sounds when heating. Called maytag and played the noises...
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Water Softener Gunk. Toss it?
Maybe 4 years ago we had someone service our water softener, and they replaced maybe 8-12 gallons of dark gunk that looks like fine grained black sand. It glistens in the sunlight. The service man...
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Part For KitchenAid KDS-18
Pump motors are not available anymore (they were at $339). So I need bearings, and they seem to be non-standard. NSK 203 is on the bearings (ID .750",OD 1.575",W .475") I have found a seal kit on...
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13 years ago
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Kenmore DW - Round Two?
Thanks all for the suggestions. I did follow them and assured that there is a good 122 VAC arriving at the connection box. The connection to the DW wires are clean and secure (now). But, still no...
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Whos used Lanco Pure White Elastomeric Roof Paint (over black asphalt shingles) with sucess ?
I see Home DePot carries it. Easy to apply ? Lasts long time ? Stays bright white for a long time ? Tips ? Thanks.
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leveling a floor
I have 1929 house on a stone/concrete foundation and plaster walls. I'm working on leveling the floor in one of the rooms. It's impossible to level this just with jacking as it will cause unevenness...
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patching plywood deck
I have a 9"x18" section that has delaminated. I tore it out down to good plywood to a depth of .18". I have some plywood and 9" solid pine stock I could "plane" down (multiple passes with a dado...
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Asphalt repair still soft
I had a big tree root growing underneath my driveway. I took up all the asphalt, cut out the tree root, and made everything all level again. I kept the small stone underneath as a base. I used a hand...
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13 years ago
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Any other use for golf-cart charger?
I have two 36 volt, 20 amp golf-cart chargers that no one else in town would be interested in repairing. One broke ten years ago, one two weeks ago, and the business which owns them have already...
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13 years ago
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Dishwasher power gone???
I have a Kenmore Elite DW and today is has no power. I checked the breaker for its dedicated circuit and it was not tripped. I reset it anyway. There were no other breakers tripped. I thought before I...
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13 years ago
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Charging Battery On Garden Tractor
Did a stupid thing and ran down the battery. Now it's on a 12V 2/6 amp charger. Every two hrs., I remove the charger from the AC source, negative ground clamp, and positive clamp and attempt to crank...
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Would someone please decipher these phone cables?
Would someone please decipher these phone cables? There are four cables going into the phone box. One of the cables' blue/dot blue conductors is terminated with a plug and plugged into a jack. This...
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13 years ago
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Tecumseh 6 horse 2 cycle.
1) clean up your language. This is open forum. Children, priests, nuns, and Mormons read here. 2) When an engine can't stabilize at a desired RPM, this is called "word deleted" and the problem is...
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Sealing 30 yr old double wide concrete driveway
Just got done power washing the bitch. Took 15 hours but it does look great now. Want to either spray or roll something on it. Suggestions?
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Wireless Burglar Alarm
I'd like some advice on Burglar alarms. I'd like to help secure a small 900SF rental house. I suppose a couple of wireless door sensors and a couple of wireless motion sensors. I'm confused about...
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13 years ago
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