What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[Jay__Dub]

I ran the compressor & aired up one tire that was flat on my old 2000 Ranger & towed it out from alongside the garage, so it is easily accessible for the tow company to pick it up on Monday. I am scrapping it since I will never repair it & my wife has been on me to get rid of it for a while now. We sold the 99 Explorer Sport & now the Ranger is going away.

I kept all my junk, surveyed ebay and scavenged all the parts I knew would sell, then I'd call the junk man. Made a few bucks that way over the years. Then she put her foot down, so I get rid of em now. I have to agree the lot looks much better not having junk cars laying around.

 

[madison069]

I just went in the garage this morning to get the valentine gifts for my wife and kids. The youngest one was very happy about her candies as I picked out her favorites.

 

[ToolsRCool]

Dirt bike maintenance.

 

[PassnThru]

Went out to the garage and got the portable air compressor as a friend of my oldest kid was coming by with a trailer with a low tire - just needed some air.
It escalated from there.
Drag the compressor out and I'm looking at the low tire on a jet ski trailer. Yep - it's low alright. Wait - where's the valve stem? Crawl under and it's on the other side of the wheel. I'm thinking that's strange - never seen that before but decide that I haven't seen everything yet so anything is possible. I air it up and then we go the other side and the valve stem is right there on the outside. Scratching my head now. Go back to the other side and notice that the dish is deeper on that wheel and it's not fitting in the fender quite right. So back in the garage for the floor jack and the battery impact. As I'm taking the lug nuts off I notice that they are installed flat side in - cone out. Scratching my head again. Wheel is not hub centric and the lug holes definitely look to be made for the cones in. So I reverse them on the reinstall. Go check the other side - same thing - flats in. Remove and reinstall.
He was taking the trailer to a local trailer place because one rear light was only half working. So I went ahead and took a look at that. It had been installed in a way that had pinched the wires and they were looking pretty bad. I might have spliced them but then noticed that the housing was half full of water so likely needed a new light anyway. So I sent him on his way.
To be fair to my son's friend - it's not his trailer so he didn't do any of that. He only owns one of the jet skis on it.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Dragged more **** inside.

 

[welder4956]

I have continued to work on the Elevated Raised Bed Planter Boxes, all those that are assembled have the 3/4" Drain Holes drilled into the bottoms. There are at least 4 holes in every 36" long box.
Sanded smooth on all the parts that show on 12 leg assemblies, reworked one leg assembly because the clamps did not hold the parts in position as the glue dried.
Worked out with my Fitness Trainer, visited the owner of the Hardware store where i worked for a few months 30 years ago; he wants to see my Planter Boxes, but all his store stock has to pass through the Ace Hardware system.
Picked up some stuff at Walgreens for Mrs Nadogail.

We're headed your way next weekend to visit relatives in Chula Vista. Please have some nice weather ready for when we get there.

 

[jblnut]

Decided I didn’t have enough projects started and finished halfway so I started to set up my lube station. I’ll have two tanks above that’ll house 15w40 and antifreeze. I have another tank that may hold HyTrans but it isn’t here yet.


There is a bottom chunk of an IBC tote under the grating that’ll catch any oil that may drip out of the valves from the tanks above. I’ll also likely stick my used filters on the grating to drain and keep oil cans, grease guns and oil pans on there to keep all the messy stuff in the same place. It can drip into the pan below and be emptied out easily if it ever needs to. I plan to have the bottom 12-14” of an IBC tote under the racking to use as an oil catch pan when doing oil changes. It’ll hold 50ish gallons and be plenty to catch even our largest tractors. When it gets full I’ll empty it into a tote outside.


These shelves were still hung up on the wall of my old shop and I’ll be using them to hold filters, grease tubes, oil jugs and anything else lube related. The skinny area to the right of the drip pan will hold cardboard to be put down under leaky stuff or to lay on when doing oil changes. I’m stoked to finally get this together !

 

[ed_]

I'm getting ready to do a rear disk swap on my XJ and wanted to give the calipers a quick paint job before they get all rusty. I've always had trouble figuring out how to protect the rubber around the piston when I realized I could 3d print some caps.




Not bad for about 15 minutes of design. They snap into place on the rubber seal thanks to a little ridge. (For the Jeep fans these are ZJ calipers that are going on a Dana 35)

 

[nadogail]

After returning from Grocery Shopping, I glued some more leg assemblies together and cut more boards to build some 48" X 24" Planter Boxes. I have all the 36 X 18 boxes assembled and won't build any more until I have an order for them.

 

[JEFFREYWisconsin]

Dirt bike maintenance.

is that like an 82ish mustang?

 

[SMOKEYBEAR]

Working slow, caught whatever flu/ cold and getting back moving again. Was down pretty good for a few days. I can't lay around but so long... Roughed out the tables and brainstormed some fence details. Pics , no order

 

[ObnoxiousFumes]

Not my garage but pulled the Buick in the shop after work to throw new plugs in it. Had an intermittent stumble under load and I’ve no idea when the plugs were changed last so figured it’s time. Also did the coil packs and I’m waiting for plug wires. Here are the plugs that came out:

Not sure where the tips of the first three electrodes went... lol
Anyway, fired it up and it ran great, or so I thought, so I backed it outside and cleaned up my tools but when I came back it was throwing a cylinder 4 misfire and running like ****. Hoping it’s just the wires, but either way I guess I have to take the truck to visit family this weekend.

 

[DGersic]

Yesterday, went out to retrieve the little cloth storage bag for my snowboarding goggles that I use when clearing snow with the snowblower. Walked in to the smell of gas.

Found the fuel shutoff on the snowblower dripping.



So I cleaned about a square foot of floor, using the nice puddle of gas and some paper towels.

A trip to the local stores found that straight shut off valves are common and easily available, but the way the line is routed, I need the right angle and those are less common. At the local small engine shop, the box that should have them was empty. Some hunting around in the back eventually found one on a workbench, part of a carb kit that hadn’t been used. I bought it, and a couple feet of fuel line, and went on my merry way.

A few minutes to install it, refill the tank, and watch as the NEW valve leaks worse than the old one I just took out.

Out it comes. Back to the small engine store. Some more hunting around in the back produced a very dusty NOS bag of Tecumseh valve.



Tossed the bad new valve in the trash, and home again with this one. Another few minutes, and it is installed, tank refilled, and not leaking.

 

[Snip's]

Many times it's the rubber grommet that is the cause for leaks, and not the valve itself...
Keep an eye to see if it starts leaking again and consider replacing the grommet...

 

[zak77]

Working on a trailer rehab. Started off as new decking but found a lot of rust on the frame so i've been cleaning that up so i figure out a fix. Also found the axle tube quite corroded so that needs to go so figure might as well put new axle, springs and hardware. Might need new tires on top of that so this easy redecking project got a lot more interesting.

 

[larry4406]

Stashed 10 5-gallon buckets of firewood in the garage after I filled the house wood bin.

Replaced the shear pin on the snow blower auger.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Washed the floor mats out of my truck.

 

[ToolsRCool]

I'm getting ready to do a rear disk swap on my XJ and wanted to give the calipers a quick paint job before they get all rusty. I've always had trouble figuring out how to protect the rubber around the piston when I realized I could 3d print some caps.




Not bad for about 15 minutes of design. They snap into place on the rubber seal thanks to a little ridge. (For the Jeep fans these are ZJ calipers that are going on a Dana 35)

When I had my XJ, I did a rear disc conversion using all KJ parts. Mine was the Chrysler rear axle, but I think the D35 was nearly the same, just an FYI, it worked great, loved it. Not sure what year yours is, mine was 99'. The 4 hole injectors from a Neon were a great low cost upgrade, same with the higher output alternator from a 5.9L full size Ram. Mine was a stick shift, and daily driver for 14 years. Awesome truck.

 

[ToolsRCool]

is that like an 82ish mustang?

Is. Zero rust 83' T-top GT, 3 pedal car. I'm back-dating it to an 80'-81' Cobra, black with green stripes. Aluminum 6.2L LS3 with T56 Magnum 6 speed manual trans, rear disc brakes, line lock, small nitrous whiff, resto-mod kind of 3 season driver. Turned 50, asked myself why am I driving a boring truck everyday? Save the truck for rain, winter, and towing the boat.

 

[GreenIron]

Note: I don't claim to be a welder or fabricator.

After working a few days on this in my spare time, I completed my simple homemade sheet metal Brake.




More photos of the Brake here

 

[DGersic]

Many times it's the rubber grommet that is the cause for leaks, and not the valve itself...
Keep an eye to see if it starts leaking again and consider replacing the grommet...

As far as I can tell, there is no grommet. There may have been one, back in the 70s when this was made.

The replacement is non-servicable plastic.

 

[DGersic]

More snow overnight, so more snowblower time today.

Broke the “cable, clutch” that goes from the squeeze handle to the drive disk mechanism. Spring end broke off. I had broken the other one, that goes to the auger drive, a couple of years ago. Had to order the replacement then, so I got two and threw the spare in my cabinet against needing it someday. Today was that day. Two minutes to swap it out, and back to work.

Cleaning up after, found a broken shear pin. The bolt head was gone, but it didn’t fall out. Another two minutes, new shear pin installed.

There’s more snow in the forecast, but it’s 37F out.

 

[niget2002]

Built a door for the server rack. I need to get some hinges and a clasp to hold it shut.

 

[nadogail]

Cleaned the shop a little, painted a 4X8 sheet of 3/4” plywood to make an assembly table.
Went to a rental to look at their window screen complaint, the complaint is unfounded.

 

[pcfithian]

Replacing Predator 212 engine on a vintage Toro 724 snowblower

 

[SMOKEYBEAR]

Weather keeping me from doing to much, but the "Keep Saw Sharp" decals @mattblast manufactured for my RAS project arrived today. They are simply fantastic! Hard to capture it in the pictures with the busy background but they are perfect in every way. These are on aluminum sheet,so they have a little standoff and give a good depth and texture. Way more than just a sticker.

 

[Jay__Dub]

Fastened the old cab to my snowblower. It ain't pretty, but it will stay on there.

 

[micromind]

These girls are naturals. Pointed them at it and grabbed myself a beer. Gave a few pointers along the way but they each did 95% of their own work. Took nearly an hour to get these two wheel bearings checked and back together but they had a good time.


They struggled getting the tires off alone and worked together to keep Alyssa’s from falling on her. I failed as a picture taker for the rest of the process as I was busy trying to both keep my mouth shut and let them do things and try and to keep them from getting covered in grease. It can be washed off but girl hair with grease in it is apparently “so hard to wash out Dad” so I kept watch for them lol.

Even if they don't go into a mechanical trade, the 'I can do this' attitude will serve them well their entire lives.

 

[sparky 1971]

Today I changed the oil in the wife's F150. Tomorrow I need to clean it up, tools are getting piled pretty high on the bench after having to screw around with the ATV three times for two different problems while trying to plow snow on Thursday.

 

[SRU1436]

Added a tachometer to my 72 C10.

 

[JEFFREYWisconsin]

Is. Zero rust 83' T-top GT, 3 pedal car. I'm back-dating it to an 80'-81' Cobra, black with green stripes. Aluminum 6.2L LS3 with T56 Magnum 6 speed manual trans, rear disc brakes, line lock, small nitrous whiff, resto-mod kind of 3 season driver. Turned 50, asked myself why am I driving a boring truck everyday? Save the truck for rain, winter, and towing the boat.

I used to beat on those mustangs of that era all the time as a kid, still fond of them, great project!

I learned to drive a stick in a 1982 LX with a 302 on a dealer's lot. I had never driven stick before and I lied to the salesperson that I knew how. By the end of our test drive, I actually felt pretty confident, sure a couple of gear grinding issues, but I wasn't gonna buy that car anyway, I just wanted to drive it!

 

[kaymccampbell]

Had great plans. My low back said NO.

 

[M.Brane]

Put the '32 Reed 204 back together with some nickel anti-seize on the friction surfaces. I may revisit it at some point, but it's nearly 100 already. It'll be fine.

Did some cleaning, and inspection on the '38 Craftsman drill press. Needs lots more cleaning, and I don't like the start cap.

 

[nadogail]

i Assembled another pair of ends for a 24' Wide Elevated Planter Box. Also sanded some more legs.
With the assistance of my helper a 4X8 Sheet of 3/4 plywood was painted on both sides and placed on a pair of horses to make an outdoor work table.
The helper lined several 18X36 Planter
Boxes with Landscape Fabric.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Changed the belt and the pressure switch on the compressor.

 

[PhantomEB]

headlights work on the 72! Some stuff ordered for turn signals but time to move to the back.

 

[sardonux]

Installing the brakes on my Tundra twice, because of course the first time I mounted this one it was the wrong side (directional). I like to practice to keep my skills in shape, obviously.

 

[TheClaw]

Almost have the '96 900CR parts bike broken down. Sold enough parts on the first wave to almost pay for it and I have the frame, motor and lots of other stuff left over.

 

[Jay__Dub]

Installing the brakes on my Tundra twice, because of course the first time I mounted this one it was the wrong side (directional). I like to practice to keep my skills in shape, obviously.

It happens. Reminds of all the photos I've seen of perfect flares, and forgotten nuts.

 

[bulletpruf]

Pulled the Yukon in the garage for an oil change, check fluid in front and rear diff, air up the spare, etc.



Cleaned and straightened the garage some and mopped the floor.



Realized that I forgot to clean out the shop vac the last time I vacuumed something wet. Had a nice science project going on inside. Ordered a few new filters for it while I was at it.