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Magnum440d100

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Not many pics as some friends showed up. They’re pulling a 350 apart and needed a power steering pulley puller which I had.


But one of the things my grampa did apparently, was adjust this headlight ring to fit the headlight IMG_4838.jpeg



That’s actually the top. With this setup, and the new adjusters, the headlight was still loose in the bucket and the bucket was loose against the body.


So I found one that was NOS IMG_4839.jpeg


Put it in, and everything is nice and tight again. I’ll have to wait until night time to adjust the headlights proper, but maybe now I will be able to see down the road, more than 5’ in front of me!
 
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Magnum440d100 said:
Not many pics as some friends showed up. They’re pulling a 350 apart and needed a power steering pulley puller which I had.


But one of the things my grampa did apparently, was adjust this headlight ring to fit the headlight IMG_4838.jpeg



That’s actually the top. With this setup, and the new adjusters, the headlight was still loose in the bucket and the bucket was loose against the body.


So I found one that was NOS IMG_4839.jpeg


Put it in, and everything is nice and tight again. I’ll have to wait until night time to adjust the headlights proper, but maybe now I will be able to see down the road, more than 5’ in front of me!
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Next thing is to buy headlights that take a separate bulb. Then you can buy LED bulbs. Then you can see. Everything I drive has Morimoto LED bulbs. Lets me see the road, even through the cataracts.
 
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Tried to get the bike back on the road last weekend but the battery was shot. Messed around with it a few days before I broke down and bought a new one. About to pull it out this afternoon and no front brake. Got it ready to bleed and went in the house to solicit help from someone to bleed it and my wife volunteered. When we got to the bike I said try out the front brake and tell me what you think. She grabbed a lever and said it feels pretty good. I said it should since that's the clutch. Sure - I set her up but she had a 50/50 chance or should have asked if she didn't know.
It bled well with some trash coming out. I've had it lock up before and this time it stopped working completely. I'm thinking brake line on this since it's 33 years old.
 
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kaymccampbell said:
I spray mine with WD 40. Used to have something called boeshield, but it's long gone, and the WD works well enough.
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Yep, the much maligned WD 40 is perfectly fine for this. I have become used to the smell after many decades. Before my personal stash ran out, my go-to was LPS #1 as it doesn’t become too tacky. LPS rarely on sale, whereas WD 40 is.
 
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Garage adjacent...

Today I learned that being 64 & doing prep work, concrete & brick laying in 80+ temps wasn't one of my smartest ideas. Still have 4.5 bricks to do (ran out of mud), then pointing etc.
Actually went for a sit down in the garage, which became laying down in the garage.

Time for an 800 Motrin & a shot of rum.
 
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KwikFab said:
I opted to use only two legs in the 'back' to retain a bit of support and allow room in the 'front' for comfort.

I mainly did it to keep from hitting my knee when I'm working around a project and I've got my PPE on and whatnot, but also I could put a small tool cart underneath to hold my tools (if I don't opt to make a small shelf).

Although each "top" weighs +150lbs, there are some machined threaded inserts that bolt the faces of the fixture together.

The insert takes up the full length of the holes on both fixtures to act like a solid pin, and it does it well since I can sit right on top of the "unsupported" part of the table with no change.
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Ahh, I thought it was the front.
PassnThru said:
Tried to get the bike back on the road last weekend but the battery was shot. Messed around with it a few days before I broke down and bought a new one. About to pull it out this afternoon and no front brake. Got it ready to bleed and went in the house to solicit help from someone to bleed it and my wife volunteered. When we got to the bike I said try out the front brake and tell me what you think. She grabbed a lever and said it feels pretty good. I said it should since that's the clutch. Sure - I set her up but she had a 50/50 chance or should have asked if she didn't know.
It bled well with some trash coming out. I've had it lock up before and this time it stopped working completely. I'm thinking brake line on this since it's 33 years old.
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Over filling a motorcycle master can create pressure. As the fluid gets hot it expands, once the caliper starts to put a little pressure on the pads, the problem can cascade.
 
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ZRX61 said:
Garage adjacent...

Today I learned that being 64 & doing prep work, concrete & brick laying in 80+ temps wasn't one of my smartest ideas. Still have 4.5 bricks to do (ran out of mud), then pointing etc.
Actually went for a sit down in the garage, which became laying down in the garage.

Time for an 800 Motrin & a shot of rum.
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I found that taking the Motrin before on a full stomach, keeps my my muscles from getting inflamed. I'm a lot less sore at the end of the job.
Also start hydrating before, during and after.
 
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Relocating my new-to-me bumper. Drilled thru holes in the frame horns, 1.5" higher. Plan is to weld angle along the top to utilize the rest of the holes of the bumper mount plate, and add some additional gusseting from the inside of the horns back to the front frame.
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Had a fun little balancing act using the jack to get it in place
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Looks a lot better now without the ~2" gap between the grill and bumper

Before:
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After:
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Once I get the additional supports in, I'll paint the frame and work on cleaning up the rust on the corners of the bumper. Also need to remove my winch from my old mount and relocate it to the bumper.
 
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Actually, in the kitchen, not garage. . . .Its only a little leak. . . . 2 hrs later the drain is out after having the large drain nut cut off with the multi tool. Before that a trip to Lowes to get a new basin wrench, new plumber's putty, and some new gaskets. Made a new tool from scrap PVC pipe to hold the drain while trying to turn the drain nut. Still could not get the nut off. Should've got a new drain. Of course the drain is ruined. . . can't get a replacement because the wife is out and the new dog cannot be left alone. . .complications from being spayed. (BTW, the calipers were to measure the drain size, just to be sure.)
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So, when the final cleanup was being done, my 20 yr old daughter shows up. .. remember, dad, you were going to help me install the new engine splash shield on my car? Another couple of hours on my back, awkward postures, a trip to AutoZone needing different fasteners. My back and shoulder are sore. . uggh.
 
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jives said:
Actually, in the kitchen, not garage. . . .Its only a little leak. . . . 2 hrs later the drain is out after having the large drain nut cut off with the multi tool. Before that a trip to Lowes to get a new basin wrench, new plumber's putty, and some new gaskets. Made a new tool from scrap PVC pipe to hold the drain while trying to turn the drain nut. Still could not get the nut off. Should've got a new drain. Of course the drain is ruined. . . can't get a replacement because the wife is out and the new dog cannot be left alone. . .complications from being spayed. (BTW, the calipers were to measure the drain size, just to be sure.)
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It ain't a plumbing project without at least two trips to the hardware store :)
 
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Finally finished the timing belt/water pump job on the Highlander. Would have been SO much easier if Toyota had adjusted the location of a few items just a few millimeters so the upper timing belt cover didn't get jammed up so much taking it out and putting it in, and much more than that, if the spawn of Mongo and a 900 pound gorilla hadn't done the job the last time.

But hey, it gave me an excuse to buy some new tools, and I've got a bunch of new scabs that will turn into scars, and chicks dig those, right?

Next I get to replace steering rack bushings on the Tundra. I wonder what "might as wells" will pop up.
 
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I'm old, I'm retired, my back hurts, so I'm not gonna push myself more than 3 hours.

Water bed is mostly empty and cleaned out. Just need to pull the last slat, vacuum everything up, then start undoing the axis screws from the mounts since I already removed the Y axis motors.

#forbiddenmountaindew 🤤

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Will do all that tomorrow.

Then decide if I need to buy any new bearings for the bearing blocks.
 
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I really haven't been sleeping well these last few nights, so I spent a lot of time sitting in the shop as opposed to really doing much. Last weekend i started to wrap up the finishing touches on a wedding gift for a wedding we're going to (tomorrow). Today, I figured since the wedding is so soon, I should probably actually finish the project. So I mosied out to the shop and put the first of two coats of walrus oil on the bottom of the wedding gift. Then I sat back in my chair and whacked my head on the lumber rack... Not hard by any means, but I got annoyed enough for a small burst of "frustration-fuel".

That gave me just enough to slap some casters and a quick and dirty top onto a free cabinet that I grabbed from Facebook Marketplace last fall. It turned out that the entire unit of cabinets and shelves were far too small to be used in the shop in any meaningful way. I ended up giving most of it away to my sister and FMSBIL, but I did keep one drawer unit and one with cabinet doors that I intended to place beneath my main workbench. That hasn't happened yet, so this cabinet has floated around the shop generally being in the way.

Today I found a board that was almost the perfect size to cut in half and mount both pieces on top. Virtually no waste, which is what I try to go for in most projects.

Turns out that the short height of the cabinet makes it almost perfect, on casters, for my spindle sander!
 

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The TurnipTruck was running-when-parked 9 YEARS ago this month after moving to this new place.
New place got five years of remodeling.
New shop got three years of construction.
Another year of life and elder care.

Today I reassembled the ignition (so I could preprime) and it lit! And the transmission still works!
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So I rolled it outside so the shop wouldn’t smell of burning dust and washed it, mostly so I could see thru the mirrors.
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Then I backed it under the two post and took the Chevelle body off the bed where it has rested since 9/14/2015 when it was the last thing to leave my old shop.
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Then I took the freshly unencumbered TT for a mile drive to refresh my memory and see if it still stops and if it gets high gear. The ****** seems soft, hopefully it’s just a little low.
It is now stuffed back in the shop, under the Chevelle, jacked up on cribbing and draining the 9 quarts of hot oil out of the 509 Cad.
If the cam&lifters survive today’s oil and the neglect, great! Otherwise a tuned port Mercruiser 454 goes in, or maybe I’ll stumble across a complete LS.
 
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Just returned from a 900 mile, 6 day 'shakedown run' with my latest campervan build.
The shakedown revealed a couple overlooked issues, so today I start on them.

First is the turbo, seems the variable vanes are sticking... common issue on these powerstroke 6.0s.

First, peek underneath

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Make a mess....

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Admire the easy part...

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I guess Admire isn't the correct word. Maybe 'contemplate how to get aformentioned mess back in' would have been more appropriate.
 
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Started at 7:30 this morning and made a lot of progress on my "bar" in the shop. This 3,000 sq foot area is the storage area of my shop. Great to have a bar area for friends and family to enjoy in the future. This little area is pretty much done, but it will be shrouded in plastic while I start on the rest of the room this fall. Plumber is getting me an estimate for cutting in the sewer and water lines. That should be a fun project. I have done nearly 100% of this project myself, but now is the time to hire the pros to do the mechanicals.





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Driver's side headlight was out, had to pull the air box to swap it. Also blew out the air filter since it was off

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