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Owners or tenants pay you to replace broken window glass in their apartments or homes. This business idea can be either a part-time or a full-time way to make money, depending on the demand and your ambition. With the hard times we are having, people will be staying in their present homes longer, rather than trading up. This practice increases the demand for home repairs. (This is article #3 in a series of emergency handyman services.)

Requirements

This business idea is best suited for people who are physically fit and enjoy working with their hands. You must be able to remove and replace broken window glass and repair damaged window dividers. This refers to window panes held in wooden sashes with glazers' points and glazing compound (putty).

You should own a pickup truck or van to haul equipment, materials, supplies, and trash. You need to own or purchase the equipment and protective gear required for this activity. You should set up a home office with the basic office equipment and supplies.

Getting customers

Since this is an emergency type service, you should be able to make money without much trouble. Use a simple classified advertisement in the local newspaper or on craigslist.org to get customers. Also, advertise in any property owner's newsletter.

Preliminary job activities

After arriving at the job site and greeting the customer, inspect the damaged window(s). Use a tape measure to find the approximate inside width and height of the wood frame to receive the new glass. The customer may be in a hurry and want you to work on a holiday, weekend, or at night to get the glass replaced. In addition, you may be asked to come back later and paint over the cured putty bead to make it weatherproof.

You can use standard job bid forms to estimate your labor and the costs of broken window glass and any damaged window dividers. This bid should include the fees for any extra services to be performed, such as painting or staining, and hauling away any trash. If the customer accepts your bid, you both can sign the bid form.

Main job activities

Before starting work, put on goggles and heavy work gloves. Then use a wide trowel or shovel to pick up any visible pieces of broken glass inside and outside the damaged window. Place these pieces in a sturdy cardboard box. Then lay down a plastic sheet to catch any more pieces that may fall down.

After heating the old putty, remove all remaining pieces of broken glass. Place them inside a sturdy cardboard box. Then use a chisel, putty knife, or utility knife to remove all the old putty from the window sash. Replace any damaged window dividers. Use a whiskbroom or small paintbrush to clean the wood where you removed the putty. Then apply linseed oil to all the bare wood.

Use a tape measure to find the actual inside width and height of the wood frame to receive the new glass. Then deduct 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch from each measurement to allow for clearance when replacing the glass pane. If the wood frame is straight and square, use the 1/16 of an inch deduction. Otherwise, use the 1/8 of an inch deduction.

Have the glass pane(s) cut to size at your local glass shop, hardware store, or building supplies store. (Be sure the glass is the correct size before you leave the store.)

Roll lumps of fresh putty between your hands. Use these rolls of putty to form a thin bed all around the wood frame that will receive the glass pane. (If the putty is cold, warm it up first.) Then gently press the new glass pane into the wood frame. This should force some putty out behind the glass.

Use a putty knife to insert new glaziers' points every six inches or so along the wood frame. Force the point straight into the wood. Don't put pressures against the glass, or it may break. The points should not be visible from inside the house. Use at least two points for each side of the glass pane. Don't put a point closer than an inch from a corner of the glass.

Roll more lumps of fresh putty between your hands. Use these rolls of putty to form a triangular bead against the glass and the exposed wood frame. (If the putty is cold, warm it up first.) Then use a putty knife to flatten and strike off the surface of the putty bead. Shape this new putty bead to match any old putty beads near it. Also, the edge of the putty bead should not be visible from inside the house. Dip the putty knife in linseed oil if needed to smooth out the new putty bead. Use the putty knife to scrape off any excess putty around the glass pane and wood frame.

Follow the directions on the putty container as to curing and painting. When painting the cured putty bead, let the paint extend slightly beyond it (onto the glass and the wood frame) to protect the putty edges from the weather.

Final job activities

Inspect the premises to verify you have finished all required tasks. Remove all your equipment and supplies. Clean up inside and outside around the damaged window. Make sure you have placed all pieces of broken glass inside a sturdy cardboard box.

Collect your agreed upon fee from the customer. Haul the trash away, if part of your agreed upon services.

For more details on this subject go to the Replacing Broken Window Glass page on my website.

You can find many useful ideas on having more money, success secrets, starting a home business, and business basics on my http://www.moneymagic1-2-3.com/ website.

Charles Moorehead was a CPA (certified public accountant) for 40 years. Now he is devoting his free time to helping people improve their lives.

Copyright (c) 2010 Charles Moorehead. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.

Commentary: Yergin Sees Clear Road Ahead For More Fuel-Efficient Cars

The road is getting much clearer.

This week, legislation will emerge from committee, and almost certainly soon head to the floor of the U.S. Senate. It might not get that much notice in itself, but it ought to, because it tells you how much has changed on energy issues. And, given its probable passage (or that of something along its lines), the new legislation will have a big impact on the automobile industry, on gasoline consumption, and on what people drive.

The bill is the "Ten-in-Ten Fuel Economy Act," and it is coming out of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology under the joint sponsorship of Democratic Chairman Daniel Inouye and Republican Vice Chairman Ted Stevens. Whether it is the provisions in this bill, or something like it, fuel efficiency standards for American vehicles are going to go up.

It's no longer left versus right, Democrats versus Republicans, Congress versus the Administration. In this year's State of the Union address, President Bush cited the need to "reform and modernize fuel efficiency standards," and the Administration is working on its own proposals. Putting it simply, on this formerly contentious issue, bipartisanship prevails.

We even know pretty much by how much efficiency will go up. "The Great Mentioner" (to borrow a conceit that the columnist Russell Baker invented years ago) has decided on the "Four-Percent Solution." That is, fuel efficiency is meant to go up by about 4% a year (though, some of the time, by 3.5%). That translates into about a 10-mile-per-gallon improvement over the next ten years. That's your "Ten in Ten."

There are some key characteristics of this "Ten in Ten." First, it will apply not only to cars, but also to SUVs, vans, pickups, and medium and heavy trucks, all at the same rate. Secondly, it will be based on "attributes." That is, it will allocated across class of vehicles (measured by weight and size and functionality). This will help eliminate the rigidities of the current Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency Standards, which measure changes across a company's entire output - a problem when the public tilted to larger, less fuel-efficient vehicles, forcing companies to produce smaller, less-profitable or barely-profitable cars to meet the targets.

There is still one hot issue - the appropriately named "off-ramps." Tuesday's legislation would give the National Highway Transport Safety Administration the authority to reduce or waive the 4% target in a given year if it was proving not cost-effective.

Off-ramps are controversial, so expect much debate on that question before this is all over, but don't expect the debate to go off road.

Where did this consensus come from? The answer is clear. It's the coalescing of concerns about energy security, prices at the pump, and climate change. And it is a very powerful consensus.

In his opening statement at last week's hearing on the legislation, Senator Stevens captured the new tone: "The issue of fuel economy of our cars and light trucks is significant as our country faces an increasing energy crisis." He then went on to talk about the effects of climate change on his state, Alaska.

Retired Admiral Dennis Blair, formerly commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, testified at the same hearing. He was representing the Energy Security Leadership Council, headed by Former Marine Commandant P.X. Kelley and FedEx CEO Fred Smith, which has been one of the key players in helping to shape this consensus. Over the last few months, the Council had worked with Democrat Byron Dorgan and Republican Larry Craig to draft legislation that embodies many of these principles.

"Improved security," said Admiral Blair, "will require greater conservation as well as increased production of petroleum and alternatives here at home. Put another way, improved vehicle fuel economy will increase our military flexibility and our overall national security, not just our energy security."

The ESLC estimates that this improvement will end up saving 4.5 million barrels a day by 2030.

The fuel-efficiency standards were originally established in 1975, two years after the 1973 oil embargo, with the aim of doubling fuel efficiency levels within a decade. It was a furious battle to get them enacted.

"We do not want any handouts, we do not way any taxes, and we do not want any regulations," said the CEO of one of the Big Three in the midst of the battle. "We do not like that sort of thing."

But a few years later, Henry Ford II declared, "It is fair to say" that the fuel efficiency standards "moved us faster toward energy conservation goals than competitive, free-market forces would have done."

They certainly did work, saving about two million barrels per day, compared to what would otherwise have been consumed.

At the same time, two million barrels per day of new supply was added with the construction of the Alaska oil pipeline. That's the same point that the ESLC and others argues today, about the importance of both greater efficiency and additional supply.

Our study Gasoline and the American People shows that fuel-efficiency gains have flattened out in recent years as Americans' love affair with the automobile turned into a passion for SUVs. Low gasoline prices further stimulated the ardor. The larger, less-efficient vehicles also turned out to be the part of the market where Detroit had competitive advantage. Any significant improvement in fuel efficiency standards was stalemated by, among other things, fear for the impact on beleagured Detroit, struggling as it is with heavy legacy and health costs compared with its competitors.

But circumstances have been changing over the last couple of years. In 2002, for instance, the National Academy of Science argued that fuel efficiency could be improved by a quarter over a decade with "existing and emerging technologies." Right now, the momentum for higher standards looks unstoppable. Tying the changes to class of vehicles, rather than across an automaker's entire output, is meant to help troubled Detroit steer it way through the challenges ahead.

About the Author

Daniel Yergin, chairman of CERA, received the Pulitzer Prize for "The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power" and the United States Energy Award for lifelong achievements in energy and the promotion of international understanding. Vist CERA at http://cera.ecnext.com.

where is the oil pump on 96 dodge ram pickup located?

drop the pan off and its bolted to the bottom side of the engine,along with the pick up tube for the oil pump,changing it is about a 4 hour job,good luck.

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