Fight Chaos - the Fix-It Blog

 You may not have heard, but Shop-Vac is in receivership. This was announced on September 18, 2020, but I only realized it when I needed a p...

I had the BMW wagon in the garage up on the quickjack for a few weeks at the start of September, fixing a Low Boost Pressure code , oil pan ...

I picked up a Quickjack portable car lift for the BMW turbo replacement project, and really took advantage of it. Very solid, good lift heig...

I've had an inexpensive tap and die set forever. I bought it from Canadian Tire, came in a blue metal case - and I'm sure there'...

This seems to be a common problem - first oil change on a late model Subaru 2.5L engine - and the oil pan drain plug head gets rounded by yo...

I've got a decent Black and Decker 120V heat gun, with two heat settings marked "1" and "2" on the switch. However, ...

My BMW 535xiT is my daily driver - use it for going back and forth to work every day and running all the errands to keep the household runn...

Back in March 2015, I converted one of my Ikea garage cabinets into a cordless tool charging station for my 18V Ryobi and Dewalt tools. It...

It's been a while since my last post - life has been flying by at a rapid pace - and I'd like to post how I verified my central vac ...