JustVicingIt
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Had new outlets installed. Two four gang GFCI, one car charger, and two 220v. Readying for some upgrades.
What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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Mike65
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Not today but yesterday I collected some HD bungee cords & a couple moving blankets & a furniture dolly to help my wife's girlfriend move a couch & loveseat.
landrover bodger
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Fitted the drivers door and wired the heated mirror on my defender 90 rebuild project now waiting for parts to fit the door internals 
69charged
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Small items on the boat yesterday. Changed the plugs out. They were iridium Delcos but I went with plain NGK plugs since I plan to change them every year or 2. Quarter of the price.
Then finished putting on the tinted windshield.
Maybe today actually get it out on the water for the first time. Couple small things to clean up before that though.
Then finished putting on the tinted windshield.
Maybe today actually get it out on the water for the first time. Couple small things to clean up before that though.
welder4956
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Did annual maintenance on the mower - changed oil and filter, replaced air filter and prefilter, replaced spark plug. Not to sure about the new plug I bought though. Old and new are Champion RC12YC, but the electrode tip is much smaller on the new one I bought yesterday at Lowes. Wondering if the new one is counterfeit. I mowed the yard after I finished and it seems to run fine.
I checked the Champion website this morning, the new plug appears to be genuine Champion. It looks like they have several versions of the RC12YC. The new one in my photo with a smooth insulator and Champion logo is a "Premium Small Engine" plug with a "fine wire center electrode" and the old one is a "Copper Plus" with ribbed insulator. The new one is a QC12YCX and the label showed is as a replacement for CHA RC12YC.
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PhantomEB
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packing up the Cargo trailer then cleaning up the work benches for my short week off left after getting back from camping with my brother.
just gonna leave brake stuff out on the table to tackle next.
just gonna leave brake stuff out on the table to tackle next.
afinepoint
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Straightforward. Have oil soak ready and use new pump to plug the tank line while removing the old as the FO will pour out. Pump plus bracket is faster but OEM is about $850. Same motorcraft on internet (Rock Auto) is about $340. I just replaced the pump using a Bosch for $90 Amazon. The identical at NAPA is $150. No brainer.
larry4406
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Adjusted fridge door switches so interior lights work properly.
niget2002
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In my mobile garage while waiting for my daughter to get out of her driver's Ed class...
I built a new fertilizer spreader using the tools it came with. The build did take around the 15 minutes the manual states, but most of that is fighting the really skinny wrench it came with.
I should have pulled the mini monkey wrench out that I keep in my pocket.
I built a new fertilizer spreader using the tools it came with. The build did take around the 15 minutes the manual states, but most of that is fighting the really skinny wrench it came with.
I should have pulled the mini monkey wrench out that I keep in my pocket.
Care to share what you used? Thanks!
Roger M
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rd65
Thanks for the heads up. Fortunately, I do have a sales invoice from the auction, and a notarized certificate of origin(looks similar to a title).
I did get the wiring harness in, and the lights work now. I will most probably upgrade the tail/brake/turn signal light to LED.
Old Man Roger
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So did you take your shoes off after leaving the store? Or are you the shoeless in the city kinda guy?In my mobile garage while waiting for my daughter to get out of her driver's Ed class...
I built a new fertilizer spreader using the tools it came with. The build did take around the 15 minutes the manual states, but most of that is fighting the really skinny wrench it came with.
I should have pulled the mini monkey wrench out that I keep in my pocket.
DGersic
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Graphite film from Amazon
Post in thread 'What did you do "IN" your garage today?'
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum...-do-in-your-garage-today.126997/post-11162286
niget2002
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The flip flops were under the tailgate. I don't wear them when climbing in/out of the bed because I had one catch one time.
Old Man Roger
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Ahh, safety shoes.
69charged
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No garage today people!!!!!
SweetD
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Replaced leaking differential case/axle seal and boot on my Snapper rear engine mower. Hopefully get me through mowing season and then I can do a proper teardown/clean/reseal of the diff case...
TRWham
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What did I do in the garage today, you ask? I will show you:
That’s a 1,540 piece assortment of O rings. Thank you Amazon. Screw you gravity.
That’s a 1,540 piece assortment of O rings. Thank you Amazon. Screw you gravity.
niget2002
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I mean... The flip flops are only there because you never know what's on the floor in some of these stores these days.Ahh, safety shoes.
I'm barefoot most of the time at the house. I only started wearing shoes in the shop after getting the mill and it throwing metal shavings everywhere.
goldtang
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I feel your pain , been them with a box of washers, it Did cross my mind to sweep the lot up and binWhat did I do in the garage today, you ask? I will show you:
That’s a 1,540 piece assortment of O rings. Thank you Amazon. Screw you gravity.
kaymccampbell
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Cleaned, flung, put away. Blocked the bike jack, so it doesn't dump it on the floor. Fixed and tested the big chainsaw that wouldn't start the other day. Discovered that I'm holding my breath for some inexplicable reason.
glider
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Was planning out what is going on garage walls in the toy hauler. Found out you shouldn’t put E-Track over carpet. Made he rethink it and drop the carpet all together. What a shame, carpet and trim was donated by the neighbor. Back to him it goes. Looking at DC Cargo for all the E-Track.
TRWham
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That’s what my wife suggested, but I dug through to find the one O ring I really needed (for the tachometer drive on my Norton) and boxed up the rest. I figure I’ll spend the rest of my life with calipers sorting them out, because I’m too cheap to throw them away.
Outlawmws
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Like sizes with like sizes while watching TV its not that hard. Worry about which pocket they need to land in later...
cody1325
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Unless there's just a few bolts/screws and I'm leery of the typical cheese grade Chinesium hardware, I tend to just ignore what they supply and grab my own tools. Even when I decide NOT to use the drill (clutched down to near-nothing I might add), a decent screwdriver (ratcheting or not), socket set, and/or Pocket Wrench makes the job so much easier than some tiny cheese grade wrench and tiny cheese grade Allen key.In my mobile garage while waiting for my daughter to get out of her driver's Ed class...
I built a new fertilizer spreader using the tools it came with. The build did take around the 15 minutes the manual states, but most of that is fighting the really skinny wrench it came with.
I should have pulled the mini monkey wrench out that I keep in my pocket.
I think cheese grade tools serve as a fail-safe for the cheese grade hardware.
DGersic
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Replaced the body computer in my Dakota with one of the ones I snagged from the junkyard yesterday (the one that wasn’t flooded). Everything works again.
Replaced the missing “deflector” on the Camry. It looks like it was missing because the piece of plastic rocker trim it was screwed to is also missing. The end bit is broken off. Added some new screws to hold it in place. Not perfect, but at least no longer missing.
Replaced the bubbling chrome trim strip on the trunk, too.
Replaced the missing “deflector” on the Camry. It looks like it was missing because the piece of plastic rocker trim it was screwed to is also missing. The end bit is broken off. Added some new screws to hold it in place. Not perfect, but at least no longer missing.
Replaced the bubbling chrome trim strip on the trunk, too.
TRWham
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That’s what I was thinking. Gives me another television multitask along with sorting socks, folding laundry and priming cases for reloading.
Outlawmws
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I do al my reloading except the charging of powder adn bullet seating on autopiolet.
Size and knock the primer,
flare the mouth for pistol cases
seat the new primers,
Each step is its own "production run"
niget2002
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This spreader is from Taiwan, but I don't think the hardware is much better. It does look like decent grade 5 hardware.
What did I do in the garage today, you ask? I will show you:
That’s a 1,540 piece assortment of O rings. Thank you Amazon. Screw you gravity.
I also feel your pain, I once knocked a 200 piece gage pin set off the workbench. The set started at about 1mm and went up in tiny increments from there. I had to measure each one with a micrometer.
LeonardY
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Get an O-ring size cone . It will make quick work of it. And you can make a drinking game out of it.
SRU1436
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My Muncie was stuck in reverse. I pulled it out of my 66 Chevelle. I removed the tailhousing and found the rogue speedo gear floating around. Going to fix some small damage, clean the mating sources, new gaskets and throw it back in the car.
PWC Repair
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I started today by putting the show truck up on jackstands and pulling the wheels........why YES, it WAS built in the 90's!! Then I cut these ridiculous huge bumpstop brackets off the frame to gain some extra suspension travel. I changed the engine oil, then mixed some 'Awesome' cleaner into a bucket of water so I could start cleaning. Got everything I could reach cleaned up. This was about 6 hours of work and 6 wash bucket changes EWW! Then I also changed the oil in my wife's F150, and bled the rear brakes. And before I quit I managed to repack the toolbox on the car trailer.
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Old Man Roger
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66 Chevelle is my favorite car ever, and a 4 speed to boot, gotta love it.
1991 Honda Accord oil change. Ryobi/Honda motor pressure washer oil change. I didn't see a drain plug so I used the tip it over method. And yes the rear wheel is in line with the filler neck so it was soaked.
Magnum440d100
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Finally just said “eff the weather” and started finishing this one 
Got the driveshaft seal put in yesterday which was its own hassle (damaged housing)
But today, got her all buttoned up I think. Went for a short shake down run just to see
Not too bad. Shift points seem off, but I’m used to the Cummins truck with a shift kit. I’m gonna drive for a bit, and hope the computer does a self re-learn maybe. Hopefully. Otherwise it’s gonna need hooked to a cornputer and manually adjusted.
Got the driveshaft seal put in yesterday which was its own hassle (damaged housing)
But today, got her all buttoned up I think. Went for a short shake down run just to see
Not too bad. Shift points seem off, but I’m used to the Cummins truck with a shift kit. I’m gonna drive for a bit, and hope the computer does a self re-learn maybe. Hopefully. Otherwise it’s gonna need hooked to a cornputer and manually adjusted.
PWC Repair
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kaymccampbell
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Fiddled with little dead things. Straightened the jack plate ram on the press. Assembled the press brake. Tested it on scrap. Works a treat. Cleaned up.
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Old Man Roger
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This is how Jeffery Dahmer started.
Outlawmws
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Minimal garage work - Watched one of the weirdest Indy 500's ever! Things didn't settle down until the last 200 miles or so, but even then some odd things. Incredible driving and pit strategies won it.
After the race noticed some dead poplar branches and knocked those down.
After the race noticed some dead poplar branches and knocked those down.
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