Recent content by ratto

It's more important to check your existing spring rating (by its color code if applicable). If the spring is too strong comparing with door weight, the opener motor would have to work harder when door is closed. That might not be what you want.

+1. Unreliable grounding rod connection can introduce "hot" spots in your wiring system. Normally, the AC current supply from the utility company should be pretty good in terms of voltage stability and waveform purity.

This happened to me once as well. The good news is that the insurance claim was approved. The bad news is that the wrong test was ordered and performed so that I had to have the blood drawn for the 2nd time. The bright side is that I didn't have to fast, nor was this some internal organ...

Of course not for that reason. I thought I would have a sleepless night because I was a little shocked by how far this target of retirement investment assets keeps going up. We only need maybe 2-3 mils. Any bit more would be nice. This reminds me of what Herbert Hoover said: "About the time...

I think I will have a sleepless night.

Per this article, Boeing: Cause of Dreamliner Fires 'Almost Doesn't Matter' | National Legal and Policy Center, the top engineer at Boeing, Michael Sinnett, told reports at Tokyo a few months ago: What could be possibly better than this?

If your car's mileage is high, then a little oil burning is normal. With the replacement dipstick, you can keep track how much oil is burned at what pace. At least with a compression test on all cylinders, a shop can get a preliminary idea on the engine's overall health considering its age...

Good for you! A very good point indeed. Just be sure the cap can stay on firmly. The last thing you want for turning belts and pulleys is something falling from above due to vibration. :(

As Haha said, there's no universal one to fit every make and model because each one's engine would have different specification. Trying to source a used one from some auction sites is a good idea. If the metal gauge piece broke off and left inside of the hole, you might want to give very cheap...

+1. Taking SS away could lead to social unrest. Instead, inflation will be a much more subtle and preferred way to get the dirty job done in conjunction of keeping CPI artificially low. We can potentially keep kicking the can down the road for a few more decades by doing so.

PINE came into mind. It's a great email and newsgroup client by University of Washington. I have used it extensively while at school and it's so compact and efficient. One thing I don't quite like Chrome is that it sends usage stats to Google if that feature is not disabled. It sends a lot...

A 3 year old Jetta TDI sports wagon could be a 09-10 model. Tell the seller that on the HPFP failure topic, there have been more than 5270 posts on TDI club forum since 2009. Also if the original faulty temp. sensor in DSG (auto trans model) hasn’t been replaced, nor hasn’t the ECU code been...

That's not a problem because you have to keep patching it anyway.

IMO, the worst part of Win8 is the UEFI. :nonono: Just google it and you will find out why. Basically, if your new computer motherboard does not allow you to toggle it off by changing back to the legacy boot mode (prior to Win8), then most likely you will be stuck with it forever. Even if you...

Based on the report I read, about 1/3 bank deposit in Cyprus belongs to foreign holders. There is also accusation that Cyprus banking system has allowed tax invasion and black money for too long. So asking whoever has over 100k euros in deposit for one-time 9.99% tax is not too far-stretched...