On 10/15/2016 7:44 PM, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 15 Oct 2016 14:42:54 -0500, philo
wrote:

On 10/14/2016 06:49 PM, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 14 Oct 2016 11:41:49 -0500, philo


I have to think about this a lot. I
think I need a bigger harddrive.




Glad you did not get upset with me for making a joke of it,

No problem.

I'd probably
obsess too.

I dont' think I'm obsessing. I'm just planning. Planning is half the
fun.

I have a 16# sledge I'd gladly lend to you...it might do the job?

how much would it cost to mail that and mail it back? Actually the
house came with a sledge hammer. I've used it more than I expected.

Maybe the problem with the sledge was that the dirt underneath it
absorbed some of the blow. Two years ago like an idiot I was pounding
on a rear control arm. I'm told one neighbor could hear the noise
inside with the windows closed. It didn't straighten out at all and
later someone pointed out the rubber bushing at one or both ends.
I looked again today. It's not quite as big as I remembered it, even
though I saw it two days ago. And it's not like lasagna noodles or
smooth. It's like little rough balls smushed together, but it does have
those cracks, and the ice technique sounds really interesting.



I have also heard of using wheat. Stuff the cracks full of wheat, add
water, wheat expands.