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It might be the mower deck spindle(s). They have grease zerks on top into which I try squeezing a few pumps of grease routinely. However, I've heard the grease may or may not even reach the bearings inside. The spindles on our X300 apparently are notoriously loud and often need replacing or rebuilding. Mine has one that's very loud but not "squealing"...more of a "rumble". I usually attribute squealing to a slipping belt on a pulley or sheave. Too much or too little tension from the belt spring (likely too little tension if the spring doesn't keep the belt taut enough). Grease on a belt surfaces of sheave or pulley might also cause the belt to slip and squeal. The other possibility is the PTO bearing driving the mower deck belt directly underneath the engine. It has a clutch mechanism and might be worn out. I've not changed mine, yet, but I suspect it could also "squeal". Good luck and keep us posted what you find out! Thanks for watching!

Sadly, GM eliminated the Pontiac brand back during the financial crisis in 2008 when General Motors became "Government Motors" when they ran themselves out of business and had to take a U.S. tax-payer bail-out to restructure. Sadly, Firebird last rolled off the assembly line in 2002 so over two decades without the "Screaming Chicken" TransAm grumbling out of the factory. I like the Chevy Camaro but I always liked the front-ends on Firebirds and TransAms better.

@@WorksIRL I also liked the looks of the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky. They were basically the same car, but it was sort of sad to see them discontinued.

I liked those, too! I grew up and lived first part of my life in Metro Detroit Area of Michigan where you often see new models being driven by engineers before they'd hit showroom floors. One of our family was a GM engineer and drove a Pontiac Solstice long before it was released. Such a sweet car with a manual shift making for fun drives on a warm Summer night 👍

@@WorksIRL I knew someone who owned the Solstice, and I worked with someone who owned the Sky. You literally couldn't tell them apart, but they were cool looking cars. Rear wheel drive roadsters seem to be a thing of the past, unless you can afford a Corvette.

Good luck and keep us posted how it goes! Thanks for watching!

That sounds like a good plan! I was going to use a similar connection to the battery jumper cables from the external battery but the jumper cable's rather large clamps were so unwieldy it seemed like it may be a bit tricky to not accidentally short positive to ground or have the camps pull off as I was removing/installing the old/new battery. Good luck and work safely. Keep us posted how it goes. Thanks for watching and stopping by to leave your nice comment 👍

That's great to hear! I appreciate you watching and taking time to leave your nice comment! Good on you for gathering the tools to do the tasks yourself. Work safely and keep us posted how things go for you and what you're working on. 💪

I think that's a great idea! Check your user manual but if I remember correctly your Osmo Action4 is water-proof as-is down to 18 meters and 60 meters if you use the protective case. Even though it's already water-proof up to diving down 18 meters under water, I think having that protective case is a good idea in salty ocean water to save having that salt water residue on rubber door gaskets, etc. At minimum, I'm sure your user manual will suggest rinsing it with clean, fresh water after every underwater use. Even used in fresh water I think rinsing with fresh, clean water is prudent as you see in my video even "fresh water" can be a bit "dirty", too. Thanks for watching and sharing your nice feedback! 👍

@@WorksIRL with you help i have decided to get the case as an extra ptotection.. thankyou wish well

I can see stacking them would be a nice benefit of not bending in those tabs. I have a spot in my garage on the floor out of the way and usually carry these around the garage from their support arms so I like them staying in-place. When I post a short, I think I've seen some footnote stating they don't send out notifications for shorts but that may have been awhile ago, now. Thanks for finding it and watching! I've been out of the TH-cam cycle lately just due to usual "work and life issues" which seems to come in "waves" and I need to stop over to your channel to get caught up on your postings! Thanks for stopping over, watching and commenting as usual 💪🙏

@@WorksIRL I’m a little jealous. My garage is in such disarray, I have to move stuff out of the way just to get my jack stands off of the shelf. 🤣

@@DiligentDave1966 🤣I think you'd retract your comment when you saw my garage as I'm a classic example of "the more space you have, the more junk you have to fill it up!" 😆As I mentioned using the jack stand arms to lift and carry the jack stands is because they live in a gap next to the stairs from garage into my house along with a pile of "junk" I should throw away and those arms sticking up give me the chance to grab them from the sea of "junk" around them on that somewhat unusable floor space! 🤣At least you're using shelves which sounds much more organized 💪

@@WorksIRL My garage is supposed to be a 2 car garage, but the way it’s built only allows one car to fit comfortably. I thought that was great when we moved in. I can just stack stuff along the walls on either side of the car, and I will never need a storage unit again. Well, fast forward to about 2 years ago, and we had to get a storage unit. 🤣🤣

@@DiligentDave1966 I think that's "The American Way", brother 👍🤣🇺🇸

I can't disagree with you as it does seem the GoPro Handler has a bit more buoyancy. Thanks for watching and sharing your opinion 👍

I'm happy you found this helpful and I appreciate you watching and taking time to leave your nice feedback! 🙏 Best of luck to you on your channel 👍

First, thanks for watching and sharing your nice remarks and feedback.🙏 Regarding your 2-gallon fuel tank, I'd use two bottles in the 2-gallon container of fuel to get the 50:1 mix ratio assuming you're using the same Echo string trimmer model. If you have a different brand and/or model, be sure to follow the manufacturer's user manual recommendations for fuel mixture ratio. Thanks again for watching and joining the comments area. Keep us posted how things are going with your lawn equipment. 👍

I am so sorry but I don't want to mess up anything but can you tell me exactly how many to use in a 2 gallon container 1 or two please thank you so much and looking forward to more of your videos and you have a great day 👍👍👍

@@WorksIRL 👍👍👍👍👍 Thank you so much I don't know if I messed up anything but when I first got it I put one in not the kind you are using to two gallons but when it starts it will run but cut off I'll start it again and it keeps cutting off can you tell me please if I did damage to the machine thank you so much and have a great day 👍👍👍👍👍

@@jimmieduncan5671 To cause damage to the 2-stroke engine on a string trimmer, I think you'd have to run it awhile using an improper fuel-oil ratio. When you start your trimmer, you need to turn the choke knob/switch "closed" and after it starts and the engine begins to warm up, you "open" the choke. If you leave the choke closed, the engine can stall out and not start. The other issue may be water in your fuel. Gasoline can "go bad" in as little as 30 days just sitting in a fuel container and even sooner if the fuel container doesn't have a good seal or air-tight cap. Combine that with humid Summer air and condensation in the fuel container on cooler nights and a fair amount of water can contaminate the fuel in the fuel container. If you suspect the wrong fuel-oil mixture and/or bad fuel in the string trimmer, you could carefully pour the fuel out of the trimmer's fuel tank then get some fresh fuel to make the proper fuel-oil mixture. For a 2-gallon container, use two bottles of 2-stoke oil made to treat 1-gallon of fuel. Even with the fresh fuel-oil mixture, the trimmer may sputter as it tries to clear out the "bad" fuel in the line but if you have the choke closed and it starts to run, open the choke (turn it off) and hopefully it'll keep running. Good luck and let us know how it goes!

@@WorksIRL thank you so much that helped me a lot and thank you for your show it helps out a lot of people who don't know like me much success and looking forward to more of your awesome videos you are definitely the man 👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 thank you so much!!!!

I hate to sound negative but I do think you're observation isn't too far off...I'd call this day I recorded on this area of Lake Michigan a "Lake Erie type water conditions" based on historical Lake Erie water conditions. 😟Thanks for watching and I do wish I'd have recorded this in a cleaner-water area or at least not such poor water conditions in that area that day.

Thanks for watching and taking time to leave me your nice comment! 👍

Some older batches of HF jack stands were recalled some years ago. I checked mine years ago and found they weren't included in that recall. I'd like to think they've improved the design/manufacturing quality to avoid similar dangerous mistakes again. Thanks for watching and sharing your comment. 👍

Thanks for sharing that tip...I think that was one of the reasons behind the recalled batch of HF jack stands some years ago. I see the newest ones at HF are branded under their "Daytona" name and it looks like they include a "safety pin" to slip into a shaped hole to help lock the cam release lever. Thanks for watching and sharing your advice! 👍

@@WorksIRL no problem! I would hate if it in fact did fall for any reason..

That's a good point! I have a tendency to grab using their support arms from where I keep them to carry to the vehicle on which I'm working so I like having that tab keeping the arms from coming out completely. However, I can see what you're saying for storage it would be nice to pull those arms out and nest the frames together. Thanks for watching and sharing your viewpoint! 👍

You're definitely not alone and had there not been a high-visibility sticker pointing to this tab and a note in the instruction sheet, I'd easily have missed it, too. Thanks for watching and sharing your gracious feedback 👍

I'm sorry but I don't understand your comment. 🤷🏻‍♂

I'm delighted to hear my video helped you! Sometimes, I just get tasks done and don't take the time to record it but my wife always encourages me to take time to record and post it thinking someone else may appreciate the assistance. You made my day! 🙏Thank you and good on you for fixing it yourself! 💪

That's really interesting to hear! I'm curious how the your Stihl FS90 user manual states the topic of fuel. Thanks for watching and sharing your experience with your Stihl 4-stroke. 👍

Thank you for watching and taking your valuable time to leave me your positive affirmation!

Bummer! If you bought them from Amazon, I'd contact Amazon Customer Support and tell them. They should send you another set with keys or at minimum refund your purchase and have you send it back. You could also try reaching out to IssyAuto on their website but I've had decent experience with Amazon Customer Support via their mobile app and/or calling their Customer Support. I hope you can get it resolved. Let us know how it turns out and good luck! 🤞

I'm sorry to hear you're experiencing issues and hope you weren't stranded. I know this doesn't help but I sure miss good 'ol fashioned "keys". No chips needed and they worked for over a century and we didn't spare even one thought about them compared to all this "drama" and need for batteries and microchips instead of a simple, easy flat of tin steel. Life is definitely more complicated and expensive than it has to be. Good luck and I hope you can get where you need to go. 🙏

Thanks for sharing those details and I'm sorry hearing you've faced this issue so many times 😟Thanks for watching and sharing your additional, valuable details and best of luck with your channel success! 💪

@@WorksIRLit’s ok. It’s a small tax for opportunity to use a platform😂😅❤ all the best to your Chanel as well💪💪💪

No, the "old" 2-stroke internal combustion engine technology has no separate, dedicated motor oil lubrication system found in 4-stroke internal combustion engines. Decades ago, ALL small engines on equipment like string trimmers, lawn mowers and marine outboard motors all used simpler, smaller 2-stroke engines requiring oil mixed to the proper ratio with the fuel to provide adequate piston lubrication. However, these also exhaust more air pollution because of that oil-fuel mixture in the combustion process. Nowadays, even string trimmers and mowers have moved to using 4-stroke engines which have separate motor oil lubrication systems and no longer require oil-fuel mixtures. You have to pay attention to the model details to understand whether they've got 2-stroke or 4-stroke engines.

No, there is no Bluetooth connectivity, just the LCD screen.

My first few years into owning this house, I paid a professional irrigation company to blow-out my lines and they connected to the test ports of the back-flow preventer so there are some "professionals" out there that use those. Also, when I first started blowing out the lines myself, I only used the pancake compressor's 6-gallon tank without any external tank and it worked. I simply added the external tank to help give a little more "oomph" to the initial blow-out and it maybe delays the compressor turning on only about 20 seconds. Again, you have to use your own best judgement as this is all very "DIY" and use a professional if you're uncertain. Work safely around compressed air and good luck...keep us posted how it goes. Thanks for watching. 👍

GoPro definitely seemed to have rested on their laurels of inventing the "action camera" and is now in "catch-up" mode to its many competitors who have been so innovative in their own right. I'm such a GoPro fanboy I'm sticking with them but those others sure have some awesome quality and features! Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts! 👍

😆Glad it seemed like I was "acting" and all the more reason I appreciate you taking your time giving me one more view! 👍

I know, it's too sexy! 🤣

Hard to beat Milwaukee as I always see them as the "professional benchmark" 💪However, these Kobalt 24V Max power tools I bought over five years ago are still going strong and given their lower price, I have no complaints! Thanks for watching and commenting!

Gosh, that would be a great pair having the RT AND the AWD V6...perfect! I hope you can pull that off and hold on to the pair of them as I truly think these are super-unique, last of their era gems! Keep us posted if you do get an AWD V6 and I concur it would make a great daily driver giving you fun all year long! Best of luck and thanks for watching and commenting!👍

😆I noticed that, too! I sure wish we could select the thumbnails instead of leaving it to TH-cam to pick for us...I think they do it on purpose like catching a photo with your mouth full or picking my nose 🤣

@@WorksIRL I'm not positive, but you might be able to select the thumbnail as long as you do it before hitting upload.

Things may have changed as it wouldn't be the first time TH-cam added/changed something and I didn't realize 🤣. The last I remember, Shorts didn't allow picking your own thumbnail like you can with long-form videos where you can pick between three attempts by TH-cam...often those three aren't very good either at least in my case and then I'm forced to make a "real thumbnail" which I must say, I dread doing because I'm not very good at it and I'm usually tired from editing the video in the first place 😆

@@WorksIRL Maybe it is a change, but I have selected the thumbnail when I made a short from a clip from another video. I'm not positive about regular shorts, but it's worth a try.

@@DiligentDave1966 You know, I vaguely remember seeing something that said "Android" smartphone users' "Remix" may allow thumbnail selection whereas "iOS" users cannot...but I was thinking you have an iPhone...no? Sorry, I'm forgetting which you use. Could be I'm just not paying attention...I'll try to look more closely next time 👍

That's a very good question! I've already forgotten exactly where some lines are which I moved almost a decade ago. Surprisingly, the professional irrigation company that installed the system 18 years ago when I built my house didn't even provide any "map" or "schematic" showing where they ran the lines, where the nine underground valves are located or spray head placement. Sadly, I thought it was just my builder's poor choice of vendor to install the system but I've not run across any home owner, yet who was presented with any similar plan or locator either. I have my suspicions the "professionals" purposely don't provide such important information so homeowners are required to contact them to come out and "locate" the lines which professionals can do using a "listening" device that helps them identify where the lines, valves and heads are located. Again, that's just my cynical speculation but it does seem suspicious. In my case, I've tried to create a "hand-written" graph paper sketch but I've clearly not kept it updated. I have taken photos where I purposely include background reference landmarks which also helps but again, only if I can find those old photos on my computer hard drive. 🤣

@@WorksIRL Thanks for that. I installed our backyard system myself 30 years ago and only have an AutoCAD sketch that depicted where I "intended" to put all the lines and sprinkler heads, but I've had to move a few through the years due to reshaping the yard for trees and a trampoline and only vaguely remember the details of how I did it. Now I'm looking at changing over from sprayers to rotators and wonder if it's such a good idea. The original sprinklers are still working, but some need replacement and they are Lawn Genie, which was a DIY brand Home Depot used to carry that no longer makes any sprinkler parts and they're not interchangeable with any others. Without moving them it looks like I'll just have to replace them with the Rainbird 1800 series set to 12'.

@@tilu3303 That's fantastic you put in your system yourself and used AutoCAD to help plan it out! 👏Kudos to you for pulling that off 💪I think sprayers are better as long as they can reach what you want them to irrigate. I find the grass on my extension (strip of grass between sidewalks and the street) which is all fixed sprayers becomes some of my "best grass" with what seems like less "run time." My rotators are so high maintenance because I find they need subtle adjustments as the years pass as I think they slightly "shift" their spray radius and eventually, they need to be replaced and usually en masse! My system is about 18 years old and I've replaced over a dozen rotators in the past few years due to the seals are just full of grit and dirt and break down so water can start to pass through and bubble up around the pop-up shaft. I've not had much maintenance on my zones with fixed sprayers except as the turf/soil has built up and requires extensions to get them higher. Best of luck with whatever you decide and keep us posted what you end up doing and how it works out! 🤞

First, following the air compressor manufacturer's manual and recommendations is paramount. In the case of my air compressor, I'm simply portraying the steps the manufacturer states in their manual. I'm speculating the purpose of releasing the bulk of the air pressure using the emergency release valve is a way to routinely exercise that valve so ensure it doesn't seize up which would defeat the important function of that emergency pressure release valve. Leaving the residual pressure at about 15psi to help expel any water in the tank via the bottom valve apparently is good enough at least for my manufacturer's recommendations. Check your air compressor's user manual for the proper method. Good luck and thanks for watching and asking your important question! 👍

Thanks for watching and sharing your critique. I'm always open to learning and improving. Since you have your own channel, may I recommend you add a video to your own channel with ideas for improvement using my video as the subject. That way, I can more easily see what you have in mind and you may gain some additional views and it might even provide a new topic for your channel if it takes off...providing tips on how other creators could improve their videos. Just a thought...

I'm sorry my recording method and presentation didn't meet your expectations. I'll try better next time. Thanks for watching and sharing your critique.

I'm sorry you're having troubles getting audio signal from your DM-E100 to your Canon R50. I was just reviewing the specifications on Canon's website for your camera to confirm it has an appropriate 3.5mm audio input jack and I see that it does. Is it possible you've plugged the DM-E100 audio cable 3.5mm jack into the headphone jack on the R50? I say that because I did that the first time I used my microphone but was too embarrassed to show that in my video but in hindsight, I wish I had because I was initially disappointed having no audio on my first try of the microphone. If you do have it connected in the microphone jack, I do agree it's important to make sure you orient the jack connector itself to be certain it allows the jack to be fully inserted/clicked all the way in. Another thing to check is the external audio settings on the camera. Maybe the "gain" setting is set too low? I'll look at the R50 manual to see if you have a setting for that but there maybe a need to "enable" the external microphone. I just wanted to reply ASAP and will reply again if I find anything promising. Keep us posted if you find a solution, too. Thanks for watching and congratulations on getting your R50 as I love the size of your camera and it looks like a very promising camera!

I was reviewing the R50 some more and under "Shooting and Recording" then under "Movie Recording" and under that is "Sound Recording" which has a "Note" stating under the "Basic Zone" modes, settings for "Sound Recording" are "On" and "Disable". Maybe make sure it's not currently set to "Disable" if you're using the "Basic Zone" or try to set the R50 to a "Manual" setting and then check the settings for Sound Recording to be sure the recording level isn't set so low it's just not recording audio loud enough. If it's still not working, I'd recommend contacting Canon's Customer Support and ask for their assistance in case maybe you've got a malfunctioning camera and/or microphone. Good luck and let us know how things turn out! 🤞

Spot-on, Dave...you're so right! I suspect my aging has me appreciating the journey as much as the destination and just sitting back carefree as I did on this train ride was so relaxing 😎Thanks for spending a minute watching the world go by with me 🙏

@@WorksIRL I wish life could go by that slowly and carefree. 😬

Dropped 30lbs since and breathing is better! 😎 Thanks for watching and your concern 👍

Thank you for watching and taking your valuable time to leave your nice comment 🙏I'm eager to get my new kit to work and posting some new content with it...I hope you'll stick around. Have a great weekend! 👍

🤣 I should have over-dubbed some crank music box over that and it would fit 😆Thanks for watching!

Oh right, good point to mention! I definitely had to replace my PCV on this Liberty a couple times...interesting to hear that "tan goo" from that as well! Thanks for watching and sharing your experience! 👍

Hey, that's a great idea! You should invent and market that!! 👍Thanks for watching!

GoPro HERO5, HERO6 and HERO7 used to come with an exterior plastic cage which had the typical GoPro screw mount hole tabs on the bottom. The GoPro HERO cameras themselves didn't have any built-in mount so they fit inside the plastic cage which had the mounting tabs. Starting with HERO8, GoPro started the design concept of integrating the mounting tabs into the bottom of the camera itself. If you have a HERO5, 6, or 7 then you should be able to get these plastic cages still or at least from 3rd-party vendors as they made many different styles. You wouldn't need the cages if you've got HERO8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 since they have the mounting tabs built-in on the bottom. I hope I answered your question. Thanks for watching!

Man, I have to agree with you! I feel like I need to take a shower every time I see the thumbnail in my TH-cam content list! 🤣I promise, next time I'll pick a "clean water day" in that area or head a bit further North where you'll just have to trust me, it truly is clean, clear and fresh. Thanks for watching!

So very true, my good man! 🫡 I must admit, I found it hard NOT to use the strap that comes with the camera as I'm always one to use something until it's used through 'n through but sometimes us "old dogs" need to learn "the new tricks" 👴🏻🤣. Thanks for stopping by to watch this video as I'm experimenting with new topics/ideas as I try to find "hobbies" that are a bit less work-oriented as so many of my videos usually involve.

@@WorksIRL Regardless of the subject matter, you're putting out new content. That's all that matters. Besides, you know what they say about all work and no play.

@@WorksIRL I'm getting ready to learn how to use a pocket hole jig, for the first time, in the very near future. I can't believe I've never used one before, but it should be an interesting experience.

@@DiligentDave1966 I've always been curious about those, too...but never used one either. I'll be eager to see what you think! 👍

@@WorksIRL It was on sale at Home Depot awhile back, so I bought it in the hopes of improving my carpentry skills.

That's really wonderful to hear you have the wrist strap and enjoy the Slider, too! You should send them your desire for a dual camera strap! They might consider making one 👍. Thank you so much for watching and making time to leave me your feedback...I truly appreciate your kind act! 🙏