Chevy 3.1 Liter Engine: Leaking Intake Manifold Gasket and Warped Heads

The Chevy 3.1-liter engine has a flaw that GM will not cover after the warranty expires. The lower intake manifold gasket fails and leaks coolant into the engine oil. I had the dealership replace the manifold gasket the first time, before it reach...

A 9 x 11 Patio Under 200 Dollars

A patio area is great place to sit and relax after a hard day's work. A front patio is an excellent place to sit and meet your neighbors. Imagine if you will coming home from an arduous day at work. All you want to do is relax with some peace and...

Unclog Your Drain with a Homemade Power Plumber's Snake in Seconds.

 One of the frustrating things about unclogging a pipe is the fact that a hand held plumber’s snake just can’t penetrate massive clogs.  You keep pushing the snake in and all it does is coil up behind the clog; nothing happens.   This was...

ESL for Beginners Present Continuous Tense an Being Verbs

This is a lesson for beginning ESL students who are looking for a website that has audio as well as written instructions. If the feedback is positive, I will gladly post more lessons. Learning to speak...

Using the OBD Scanner

  A trouble code reader or more commonly known as an OBD scanner (On Board Diagnostic) is a great tool to have in your tools box. It allows you to find out why the check engine light is glowing.  When the check engine light does come on, your...

Basic Tool Kit

How to Replace a Starter Motor

Health Care Reform is it Constitutional?

On January 31, 2011, United States Federal District Judge Roger Vinson, for the Northern District of Florida, declared the Individual Mandate in section 1501of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.”(PPACA) Pub. L. No. 111-148, 124 Stat....

Keith Olbermann Journalist or Charlatan?

What I could never understand was why a major broadcast news organization would let a "journalist” who constantly reverted to name- calling, ridicule, and outrageous emotional outbursts to stay on air?   Yet, Keith Olbermann, who believes he is,...

Confederate Pirates on Lake Erie: John Yates Beall and the Capture of the Philo Parsons

By September 1864, the blood bath which was the American Civil war had been raging for over three years. Union General Philip Sheridan was preparing to drive Confederate General Jubel Early out of the Shenandoah Valley. General William T. Sherman...