Previous thread became too stupid and had to be euthanized.

>>2928217

I'm getting an old-ish manual diesel (the notorious 6.0 Powerstroke) this week. I used to have a manual, that is not a problem.

I have not, however, ever driven a diesel. Is there some arcane knowledge that I don't know that would cause me to fuck this up somehow?

Also why the fuck diesel rebuild kits so expensive?

>>2932773
>sex.0 powerblow
drive that thing like you stole it. all the problem children 6.0s are the ones that were babied
farmer i knew bought a brand new 07 loaded lariat for a town rig. kept it in the garage. never towed with it or horsed it. by 2012 with only 18k on it hed had everything under the sun on the engine fail twice. he basically gave it to the dealer and got a new gas pickup then because he was so fed up
but on the other hand ever 3/4/550 workmobile that has been run like a rental is still clipping along at 300k+. my friend had a late 06 zf6 around 2010 @100k. he put an sct chip on it and set it to full race and never turned it down. it finally had the ficm and a bunch of non engine shit failed around 350k. i saw him hit 6k rpm several times and hed never shift it under 4k. that pickup cured my 6.0phobia

DIY faux travertine question >>2932738
I'll first do picrel for a half bathroom in my parent's house, most probably in white concrete. then I'll move to my bathroom with the bigger proyect.

How should I seal the edges of the melamine boards? will silicon work fine?

Ordered roller blinds but theyre too wide. Wiki says to cut them down with a hacksaw but I'm thinking a faster sharper tool might be better like one of those diamond cutting discs for an angle grinder.
Anyone have any success cutting these down? What did you use?

>>2933068
You could try with that but With using Friction, the high Heat could start making the blinds inside shrink and attach to one another.

Just use a Japanese Saw and press down and forward and pickup and pull away with each cut till it's done.

Good Luck Anon

Have some outlets that are only 2 prong, I read that replacing them with GFCIs was good enough as we don't want to do a bunch of expensive, invasive electrical work. Is that a good temporary fix?
Keep in mind the current solution is those housefire 2 to 3 prong adaptors so if it's suitable for even a few years it's good in my book.
Some outlets in the rooms are already grounded though, so there might be a ground already in the 2 prog outlets, how would I tell if I can ground an outlet or not?

>>2933068
I have learned time & again, often to my own detriment, that power tools are the best way to make mistakes faster. If you're doing something new to you, or something where a nice finished look is important, it's usually best to try it by hand first.
It's not *harder* to fuck up, per se, just *slower.*

I have a raccoon issue.
>I know, trap/shoot them etc is the only way etc
There's 5, I'm not interested in committing a raccoon genocide and traumatizing my wife, yet. I also don't want to be hauling raccoons around, I'd sooner holocaust them but I'm waiting until they do something more egregious. The main issue is that we leave cat food out for the stray cats. Those aren't the issue either, I enjoy them. But these fat fucking raccoons will steal the food, and the fattest one has the nerve to use our yard as his personal campground during the night.
>pic related
I've tried a few different methods throughout my war against them. Spraying them with an automatic sprinkler, making the food harder to access, flying a drone at them, etc. They know they can come back later and likely won't suffer consequences while I sleep. I was planning to electrify a food bowl using an electric fly swatter with the positive wire extended about 30ft so I could control it from inside, and my proof of concept works, but I think the Chinese capacitor is 2000V and once again I'd rather try less lethal avenues before potentially frying a raccoon and traumatizing my wife (if that's even a risk with the D batteries, not sure, and I'll probably get to a point where I don't care.)
>what next?
Well, I would like to modify the roof of this cat house that this obesity raccoon is enjoying himself on. I'm not sure what sort of actuator or motor would make this doable. My idea is to make it act like a springboard, where I can switch it on and have the roof violently catapult the raccoon into the air and across the yard. A good throws worth of distance like if I spun him by his tail and let him fly off into the sunset carried by his own excessive weight until he lands stunned, disoriented, and with his relaxing night ruined. Imagine a cartoonish style catapult flinging him off of the roof. Any suggestions on what to look for?

got black ants on my property, aggressive fuckers too
their hive is under old tree stump, how do I put them out of their misery?

>>2933500
NOO DONT NUT ON THE COON

>>2933501
Pour molten aluminum down there like that dude on Youtube

>>2933501
If you know where the nest is just pour a load of boiling water on it. Careful not to scald yourself.

I've got a slightly rusted bike frame and I'm wondering which grit sandpaper is best to use. I'm thinking 80?

>>2933501
>>2933525
If it’s an old stump, drill some holes into it, douse it in gas along with the dirt around it, and after a while of the gas soaking just burn it. If the gas doesn’t kill them the fire will cook them. More effective than boiling water and helps break the stump down.

would anyone be able to provide some guidance on how to repair this peeling varnish on my hardwood floors? i assume i can just sand it down and try to feather it in to the outside portions of the coating?(i have a small can of the stuff leftover) eventually im going to have to get my floors redone in the future since the guy i hired to do it like 4 years ago did a horrible job of it but i would just like to temp fix up some spots that look like this because it just sticks out like a sore thumb

>>2932772 (OP)
spectrometers.

would one of these fiber optic usb spectrometers be sensitive enough to measure the mineral content of hydroponic solution for plants? in my head, making some reference standards of varying ppm concentrations, then measuring them as calibration to the meter, then measuing a cuvette of sample water.

it is mostly for phosphorous and potassium, maybe some trace minerals. I don't want to have to mix up reagent solutions and do titrations by hand all the time. will a spectrometer be able to do that?

somewhere in the range of 1000ppm max with a +- 10ppm window is what I am thinking.

>>2933651
https://www.oceanoptics.com/spectrometers/near-infrared-spectrometers/

>>2933625
Well yes, the only temp fix is partial sand down and recoating.

>>2933579
80 will show through any new paint, get 80 to remove old shit and 160 and 240 to smooth it out for new paint.

I installed a rain catchment for my gutters to use for watering my plants. I was told A. To never drink it and then told "actually it is bad for your plants too."

Is any of that true? If so what purpose does rain catchment serve?

>>2933661
I think bad for plants is retarded. Try to store water in a light-isolated container though to prevent algae overgrowth and don't store water too long.

>>2933500
>the Chinese capacitor is 2000V and once again I'd rather try less lethal avenues

2000V means nothing
to cause harm, you need something that'll deliver large amounts of energy, which batteries dont have
think back to when you read news about someone being harmed by a fly-swatter

anyway, if noise scares them away, you can get security cams for around $30 with alarms that sound when movement detected

>>2932772 (OP)
I'm trying to rig up a new warm water reservoir for something, but I'm running into an unforeseen problem that I need help solving.
Alright, so I using a five gallon to hold and feed water. I chopped off the water spout on the front and ran a 3/8" NiCopp line through the hole. I then sealed it with JB weld marine. The problem I think I'm going to run into, is that the line can twist in the hole because of how smooth the line is. How do I solve this? I thought of maybe using a checkering file on the line to give the JB weld something to bite into, but I wasn't aware of this problem until I already put it together. I'll have to wait to see if it fails to hold water before I take it apart.

I replaced a bath tub faucet and it's still leaking as bad as the old one, wtf did I do wrong?
I cleaned the threads and put plumber's tape clockwise as per the instructions. It's a long 1/2 copper stud style.

>>2933693
It looks like it holds water, but I don't see it staying that way. Maybe I should have the outlet come straight out instead of sideways creating a lever.

>>2933701
Yeah, I broke the seal by wobbling the line. It didn't leak, but it won't stand up to a work environment. I'll have to start over. Ideally, I would tig weld something, but then I would have to learn to tig.

>>2933733
Clean all that crap off.
Get a bulkhead fitting with a rubber washer seal.
Plumb the valve to the new fitting.

>>2933660
Thanks. I'm not worried about the paint because I want to spray it a less gay colour.

>>2933761
>bulkhead fitting
THANK YOU
I feel very silly for not knowing that exists. Do they come with threaded sections 2" or more?

I’ll be taking down some high spots on concrete to install laminate flooring in a 11x12 bedroom this weekend.
I have an 8 ft aluminum level, but I’ve seen another method where you use a 360 laser level and a stick with some markings in it to probe various points across the floor and find high and low spots.

Should I spring for a laser and do it that way? Or is it doable with just a beam level?

>>2933660
This is what I started with. Found a roll of 60 grit.

>>2933841
Only took a bit of rubbing. About 5 minutes. Rust looks worse than it is, I suppose.

>>2933701
use a conduit clamp pop riveted into the outer shell of your cooler to help support the line. One of the two hole types of clips.

>>2933842
Use some ospho on. That pitted rust to help convert and neutralize it before re-painting.

>>2932773
>Is there some arcane knowledge that I don't know that would cause me to fuck this up somehow?
don't put petrol innit

>>2933842
That's chrome, not paint. You should be using steel wool, not sandpaper.