What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[Mikeske]

Took the backhoe and mower deck out the three point hitch on the tractor and then put on the box blade. Neighbor is getting three trucks of gravel for his driveway. So since the deck and backhoe are off I am taking the time to do the deep clean and shine to the deck and backhoe. The next few days with those implements off I can give them the attention and get all the grime off and polish them

 

[MikeOxard]

Depending on how hungry I was, I might have risked it..lol

Damn it man, there's just no good way to say ..That sux I'm gettin' kind of emotional here...lol

 

[69charged]

Depending on how hungry I was, I might have risked it..lol

I thought about the 2 far right ones…..the wife was like, um….no!
I did cut off a couple inches and mixed them in the dogs food after I scraped them good.
We had some leftover breakfast, and that’s always good for supper. Then I went out to the garage to finish cleaning up the tools while she threw them out. Couldn’t bring myself to do it. They were 60 bucks!!!!

 

[DGersic]

It is funny. I mean look at this **** lol



WTF is this? A 4 x 4 on a deck block holding up a piecemealed beam? This thing had like a 1-2 pitch. EVEYTHING was wrong. It must have taken forever to build this ****.



This giant post ought to carry the load. It sat on asphalt and wasn't even fastened

My wife and I are laughing are asses off right now just looking at this pic.

So that’s what the Shed of Doom guy has been up to…

 

[Old Man Roger]

I thought about the 2 far right ones…..the wife was like, um….no!
I did cut off a couple inches and mixed them in the dogs food after I scraped them good.
We had some leftover breakfast, and that’s always good for supper. Then I went out to the garage to finish cleaning up the tools while she threw them out. Couldn’t bring myself to do it. They were 60 bucks!!!!

60 bucks, ya I would have been running them bad boys under hot water.lol

 

[nadogail]

My hearing aids took almost all directionality out of my hearing. It can be squeaking right in front of me, or 20 feet away, and I won't know. Many times I'll take them out to track down a noise. At least then I'll have to be damn close to hear it.

I was able to hear every rustled paper and sigh when I wore hearing aides.
As a result I quit wearing them.

 

[Daedalus]

Been working on a car that has sat for 5 years. Starter went out and it was damn impossible to remove while on a creeper, and there were too many other projects, and a toddler in the house, so I let it sit...and sit...and sit. Picked up a 4 post lift late last year, and a few weeks ago realized I was getting real tired of pushing this heap around everytime I needed to re-jigger floor space so I decided to get it running. I had to assemble a deep socket and 3 6" extensions in a chain above the exhaust manifold squeezed in right behind the condenser just to get the top nut off. Pretty much working blind with just my imagination. Once I got the starter off, I realized I had to drop the steering rack to actually get it out, which the FSM failed to mention. WTF. Installed a new battery from Costco. Got the new starter in from Autozone, and....the terminal broke while I was installing the power lug...I barely put any torque on it! Had to replace the f'ing thing 1 more time. And it still wouldn't crank. 2xWTF! Pulled all the parts, checked all the relays, traced the wires, verified start signal and voltages...everything was good. 3xWTF! Put it all back together, and suddenly holyshititcranks!!! Then I had to drain the tank (> half full!) and flush out the fuel lines, and refill with a couple gallons of fresh gas. Changed the oil and filter. Charged the battery up overnight and today I primed the engine and fuel rail a few times, then hit start, and it fired right up immediately. HOLYSHITITRUNS!!! Leaks like a sieve, and the power steering pump needs a rebuild, but it drives now.
This car's a real beater, and still needs a lot of work, so I'm not sure what I'll do with it. I would love to keep working on it, and get it mechanically sound, but quite honestly it's a car that I could spend $2500 in parts and lots of my time on, and have a car worth $1500 when I was done. Clearcoat is toast, rims are toast, and it's got some body damage. 1 headlight ballast is out. It might be worth $1000 now. Maybe.

 

[hobie18]

Started tearing out this transmission from the sons truck.



Then it was supper time. Then it wasn’t supper time anymore!!

Glass everywhere!! Had to throw the whole works out!! I was so looking forward to these bad boys!!

Smart move. Too risky

 

[LWB]

So that’s what the Shed of Doom guy has been up to…

More than that. He had his hand in other places. I'm sooo glad his work is obvious.

It's a shame because this place is OLD. The floor joists are 3 1/4" x 12" on 12" centers. Solid wood siding on the inside and outside walls and straight as a pin. Anyways, it's a gut. We will put a new engine in this old house.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Been working on a car that has sat for 5 years. Starter went out and it was damn impossible to remove while on a creeper, and there were too many other projects, and a toddler in the house, so I let it sit...and sit...and sit. Picked up a 4 post lift late last year, and a few weeks ago realized I was getting real tired of pushing this heap around everytime I needed to re-jigger floor space so I decided to get it running. I had to assemble a deep socket and 3 6" extensions in a chain above the exhaust manifold squeezed in right behind the condenser just to get the top nut off. Pretty much working blind with just my imagination. Once I got the starter off, I realized I had to drop the steering rack to actually get it out, which the FSM failed to mention. WTF. Installed a new battery from Costco. Got the new starter in from Autozone, and....the terminal broke while I was installing the power lug...I barely put any torque on it! Had to replace the f'ing thing 1 more time. And it still wouldn't crank. 2xWTF! Pulled all the parts, checked all the relays, traced the wires, verified start signal and voltages...everything was good. 3xWTF! Put it all back together, and suddenly holyshititcranks!!! Then I had to drain the tank (> half full!) and flush out the fuel lines, and refill with a couple gallons of fresh gas. Changed the oil and filter. Charged the battery up overnight and today I primed the engine and fuel rail a few times, then hit start, and it fired right up immediately. HOLYSHITITRUNS!!! Leaks like a sieve, and the power steering pump needs a rebuild, but it drives now.
This car's a real beater, and still needs a lot of work, so I'm not sure what I'll do with it. I would love to keep working on it, and get it mechanically sound, but quite honestly it's a car that I could spend $2500 in parts and lots of my time on, and have a car worth $1500 when I was done. Clearcoat is toast, rims are toast, and it's got some body damage. 1 headlight ballast is out. It might be worth $1000 now. Maybe.

What year, make, n model is it, that got you to revive it enough to get it to the junkyard?

 

[Old Man Roger]

Been working on a car that has sat for 5 years. Starter went out and it was damn impossible to remove while on a creeper, and there were too many other projects, and a toddler in the house, so I let it sit...and sit...and sit. Picked up a 4 post lift late last year, and a few weeks ago realized I was getting real tired of pushing this heap around everytime I needed to re-jigger floor space so I decided to get it running. I had to assemble a deep socket and 3 6" extensions in a chain above the exhaust manifold squeezed in right behind the condenser just to get the top nut off. Pretty much working blind with just my imagination. Once I got the starter off, I realized I had to drop the steering rack to actually get it out, which the FSM failed to mention. WTF. Installed a new battery from Costco. Got the new starter in from Autozone, and....the terminal broke while I was installing the power lug...I barely put any torque on it! Had to replace the f'ing thing 1 more time. And it still wouldn't crank. 2xWTF! Pulled all the parts, checked all the relays, traced the wires, verified start signal and voltages...everything was good. 3xWTF! Put it all back together, and suddenly holyshititcranks!!! Then I had to drain the tank (> half full!) and flush out the fuel lines, and refill with a couple gallons of fresh gas. Changed the oil and filter. Charged the battery up overnight and today I primed the engine and fuel rail a few times, then hit start, and it fired right up immediately. HOLYSHITITRUNS!!! Leaks like a sieve, and the power steering pump needs a rebuild, but it drives now.
This car's a real beater, and still needs a lot of work, so I'm not sure what I'll do with it. I would love to keep working on it, and get it mechanically sound, but quite honestly it's a car that I could spend $2500 in parts and lots of my time on, and have a car worth $1500 when I was done. Clearcoat is toast, rims are toast, and it's got some body damage. 1 headlight ballast is out. It might be worth $1000 now. Maybe.

What year, make, n model is it, that got you to revive it enough to get it to the junkyard?

Beat me to it, I’m dying to know what it is.lol

 

[Olsa Tools]

SHO Miata? As In Taurus SHO Yamaha V-6? Got a link?

Yep, that's right! Not sure what you mean by link, but here are some more pics of what we got done last weekend. Finished fabbing up the transmission crossmember and getting the motor mounts done!

 

[Daedalus]

What year, make, n model is it, that got you to revive it enough to get it to the junkyard?

Beat me to it, I’m dying to know what it is.lol

2002 Infiniti Q45 Premium. It's a real shame. This car was a real nice car when it first came out. Leather everything and tech up the wazoo. Brightest headlights ever made. Reverse camera, GPS navigation, voice recognition, reclining rear seats, sunroof, Bose stereo, electric damping, 340hp...in a 2002 car. Stickered for around $54k back then IIRC. When I first got it running what struck me immediately was that I had forgotten how quiet and smooth the engine was...even with the hood up and after not running for 5 years. They were never popular cars and depreciated rapidly. I picked this one up in 2007 with 50k miles for $18500. But they are excellent cars. It was my DD until 2019 when the starter gave it up.

There's one of these listed in CL locally that just happens to be the same year, color and trim, and with only 4k more miles. Doesn't appear to have all the cosmetic issues my car has, and they're asking $2500.

 

[rd65]

Cleaned off the bike lift in order to make a box to ship some front fork cartridges that I am selling.

 

[kaymccampbell]

2002 Infiniti Q45 Premium. It's a real shame. This car was a real nice car when it first came out. Leather everything and tech up the wazoo. Brightest headlights ever made. Reverse camera, GPS navigation, voice recognition, reclining rear seats, sunroof, Bose stereo, electric damping, 340hp...in a 2002 car. Stickered for around $54k back then IIRC. When I first got it running what struck me immediately was that I had forgotten how quiet and smooth the engine was...even with the hood up and after not running for 5 years. They were never popular cars and depreciated rapidly. I picked this one up in 2007 with 50k miles for $18500. But they are excellent cars. It was my DD until 2019 when the starter gave it up.

There's one of these listed in CL locally that just happens to be the same year, color and trim, and with only 4k more miles. Doesn't appear to have all the cosmetic issues my car has, and they're asking $2500.

Sounds like a daily beater to me. If you've already got a good reliable sbox, then sell it cheap or give it away. I know we get attached to the better ones, but you can't have a herd of rusty dead iron crowding out your life cause it was a good one when it was good. I've been guilty of that, and when I couldn't get the DD in for critical maintenance because of the long past good ones, I woke up and gave away or sold or junked them.

 

[GreenIron]

Yesterday, in the shop:

I assembled the new-to-me 6' rear blade.



I bought this very old rear blade a couple weeks ago. The owner said it had been setting under a lean-to behind his barn for 30+ years. When I got it home, I disassembled it and brought it to a sandblaster friend of mine. He blasted and primed it.

Below is a pic of the primed parts in the bed of my truck.


I painted it Saturday.

 

[Daedalus]

you can't have a herd of rusty dead iron crowding out your life cause it was a good one when it was good.

I'm working on it. However, my wife will be quick to say, somewhat correctly, that I'm only getting rid of the old ones to make room for new toys.

I'll probably end up calling pick-a-part to haul this one away. If they would take rolling shells, I would have gotten rid of another 1 too. But the other projects are all cool cars worth keeping, and they're all indoors at least.

 

[Old Man Roger]

2002 Infiniti Q45 Premium. It's a real shame. This car was a real nice car when it first came out. Leather everything and tech up the wazoo. Brightest headlights ever made. Reverse camera, GPS navigation, voice recognition, reclining rear seats, sunroof, Bose stereo, electric damping, 340hp...in a 2002 car. Stickered for around $54k back then IIRC. When I first got it running what struck me immediately was that I had forgotten how quiet and smooth the engine was...even with the hood up and after not running for 5 years. They were never popular cars and depreciated rapidly. I picked this one up in 2007 with 50k miles for $18500. But they are excellent cars. It was my DD until 2019 when the starter gave it up.

There's one of these listed in CL locally that just happens to be the same year, color and trim, and with only 4k more miles. Doesn't appear to have all the cosmetic issues my car has, and they're asking $2500.

Looks like it might have been a little sleeper. At first glance I thought it looked like a ford taurus.

 

[B.Rad]

Hi Guys,
im currently extending my workshop. And today I got roller door number 4 installed. And completed a removable mullion and fitted it. Slow going. But in time it will be completed.

 

[GreenIron]

Hi Guys,
im currently extending my workshop. And today I got roller door number 4 installed. And completed a removable mullion and fitted it. Slow going. But in time it will be completed.

I see this is your first post. Welcome to G.J.

 

[B.Rad]

Thankyou Greeniron.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Moved the Mustang back in the garage and took the JD out to load up some dirt in the dump trailer.

 

[niget2002]

started shaping a small wooden block for the kayak. trying to make something I can bolt an eye bolt to for the clips for the seats.

 

[oldman_pottering]

Fixed a broken crate that Judy uses at craft fairs. Spent/wasted hours effing with TinkerCAD. I've actually got a semi-viable object. Maybe tomorrow morning.

sounds like the time I have thrown away trying to use SketchUp

 

[Beelzeboss]

I made baffles for my hot rod fuel tank

 

[Magnum440d100]

Local junkyard is cleaning up their older section. And they have a Lincoln Mark IV in there. Sadly it won’t be there by the time I can get there Saturday.

It had a steering box on it with a pitman arm


So I took a chance and had some friends pull the box with the pitman arm for me. They broke one mounting bolt. That’s not bad actually, considering it’s a Midwest car.

So, rocket socket to the rescue!


Box seems tight, and no leaks.

Pitman arm is a little loose. Not as loose as my old one. But it’d be a good “spare”.

Maybe this weekend I’ll clean it up and paint it. Install it next NEXT weekend.

 

[Jim_No_Garage]

I cleaned up a huge amount of cardboard for recycling. I also put some of the "new to me" speakers on dollies as they are stacking up in the garage. All 4 pairs of speakers were picked up from the curb and some of them need a little work to be flip-able but all sound pretty good..



I also started to repair a folding camp rocker/chair that popped a rivet. I need to get a proper nut/bolt and we are good to go!

Cheers

Jim

 

[nadogail]

Adjusted the Stop Blocks on my Miter Saw for more efficient cutting of parts for my Planter Boxes.

 

[Bessy]

Progress shot of my attempts to get reorganized and actually able to work in the shop again. Decided that since it was the smaller of the two spaces, that the single side of the garage was the best place to start. Ultimately I'd like for the single side to be solely parking, hand tools and hardware/automotive in nature, and have the double side set up for woodworking and light metal working, but that remains to be seen. I'm still working around two project boats, which take up their share of footprint.

The workbench I cleared off the other day is still clear, save for some hardware I purchased today for a project I'm doing for my aunt. She wanted these chairs stripped down and prepped for a repaint. I tried my cheapo sand blaster gun, but ultimately determined that it would be way less messy, to use chemical stripper and sanders to get it done. If I had a blast cabinet that would be a different story, but that's not in the cards right now (though I really would love one).

Going to finish tidying up the top of the toolboxes, and my hardware store, then call it a night.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Brought the tractor in for future surgery.

 

[Mikeske]

Well I finished for the most part of the clean and shine project on the mower deck for my JD 2305. I just need to get some 90 wt. gear oil and service the gear box. The gear box was last service 300 hours ago or ten years so I get into that in the further down the road. I just got to find out what gear oil is needed for it as the owners manual makes no reference to the required gear oil but I am going to assume it is 90 wt.

I started on the backhoe and cleaning it and took the top cover off the control levers. I had to start the air compressor as it had so much dirt, muck and **** on top of the control valves. I got those areas all blown out and sprayed degreaser on the control valves and then a stiff brushing got the area presentable again. That is now reassembled and I am on to the lower plate cleaning out the debris and degreasing the area. Man this was the dirtiest implement I have for the 2305.

 

[GrayFlattop]

Put tools away that I dumped on the table saw last night. Cleaned up the woodshop a bit more (epic mess), worked on organizing a few drawers. FINALLY hung up the half-dozen wood parallel clamps I own and rarely use. They belong to that category of items that always got moved around from the top of one surface to the top of the next for decades. Every other type of clamp I own had a dedicated place except for those. Check it off the list.

Put new wheels on the DJ-20 as the old ones were breaking down.

Replaced the air filters on the “new” car. A 12 year old car can be “new”, right? Engine air filter was easy, cabin air filter, not so much. I’ve come to realize that I no longer bend that way easily.

 

[DGersic]

Removed the old man door, and after some head scratching and carpentry, installed the replacement pre-hung door.

Figured out how to trim it, so that’ll get done tomorrow.

 

[oldman_pottering]

Put tools away that I dumped on the table saw last night. Cleaned up the woodshop a bit more (epic mess), worked on organizing a few drawers. FINALLY hung up the half-dozen wood parallel clamps I own and rarely use. They belong to that category of items that always got moved around from the top of one surface to the top of the next for decades. Every other type of clamp I own had a dedicated place except for those. Check it off the list.

It's posts like this that make me smile and realise I'm not the only one

 

[racecougar]

Chopped the suspension out from under the trailer and redid it all. The spring and shackle mounts were not well thought out by the person that originally built it.

Deployed the shop curtain and ran the heck out of the air scrubber whilst doing so. To illustrate how well the scrubber (top left in the photo) works, those pre-filters go from white to black after just a few hours of run time while doing metal work. I still wear a respirator, but I am impressed by how well it cleans the air. The Merv 9 pre-filters help the Merv 15 main filters last a lot longer.

 

[Outlawmws]

Put tools away that I dumped on the table saw last night.

Isn't every TS also a workbench? or a flat surface to put stuff on - FSD...)

It's posts like this that make me smile and realise I'm not the only one

Seriously! I have a tiny 136 TS and a mini 4" bench grinder wire wheel) lives on top when not in use...

Removed the old man door,

Maybe I missed it - what is an "old man door"?

 

[Old Man Roger]

Hmm

 

[zanyad]

Removed the old man door

Maybe I missed it - what is an "old man door"?

I read that as "the previous man door," as @DGersic's post continues with installation of a pre-hung door.

 

[Outlawmws]

I read that as "the previous man door," as @DGersic's post continues with installation of a pre-hung door.

 

[welder4956]

I read that as "the previous man door," as @DGersic's post continues with installation of a pre-hung door.

I dunno, could be a door for old men.