kaymccampbell
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There's a detacher. Debond? It's not perfect, but if you can get it starting under the 5200, it'll slowly creep in.
What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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Mike S.
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I got some more work done on the old Civic.
The power steering pump was leaking a bit at the seal behind the pulley so it was rebuilt with OEM seals, a new bearing and some new fasteners.
The A/C stopped working this past fall after I got the car running. There was a leak at one of the welds on the inlet port to the condenser. I decided to replace the condenser along with the compressor and the receiver/drier. Also, all of the o-rings from the firewall forward were replaced.
Old Sanden compressor next to the new Denso.
I stripped and powdercoated the fan shroud and welded up a simple bracket to support the inlet port on the new condenser. The inlet port is shaped a bit differently on the aftermaket condenser so the OEM support bracket wouldn't fit.
Then the car was taken up to the local A/C shop to be recharged.
I have to say, the aftermarket piston type compressors do put a drag on the engine that isn't as noticeable on the scroll type. I'm going to hang onto the old Sanden compressor and see if I can have it rebuilt.
The power steering pump was leaking a bit at the seal behind the pulley so it was rebuilt with OEM seals, a new bearing and some new fasteners.
The A/C stopped working this past fall after I got the car running. There was a leak at one of the welds on the inlet port to the condenser. I decided to replace the condenser along with the compressor and the receiver/drier. Also, all of the o-rings from the firewall forward were replaced.
Old Sanden compressor next to the new Denso.
I stripped and powdercoated the fan shroud and welded up a simple bracket to support the inlet port on the new condenser. The inlet port is shaped a bit differently on the aftermaket condenser so the OEM support bracket wouldn't fit.
Then the car was taken up to the local A/C shop to be recharged.
I have to say, the aftermarket piston type compressors do put a drag on the engine that isn't as noticeable on the scroll type. I'm going to hang onto the old Sanden compressor and see if I can have it rebuilt.
zmotorsports
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I got some more work done on the old Civic.
The power steering pump was leaking a bit at the seal behind the pulley so it was rebuilt with OEM seals, a new bearing and some new fasteners.
The A/C stopped working this past fall after I got the car running. There was a leak at one of the welds on the inlet port to the condenser. I decided to replace the condenser along with the compressor and the receiver/drier. Also, all of the o-rings from the firewall forward were replaced.
Old Sanden compressor next to the new Denso.
I stripped and powdercoated the fan shroud and welded up a simple bracket to support the inlet port on the new condenser. The inlet port is shaped a bit differently on the aftermaket condenser so the OEM support bracket wouldn't fit.
Then the car was taken up to the local A/C shop to be recharged.
I have to say, the aftermarket piston type compressors do put a drag on the engine that isn't as noticeable on the scroll type. I'm going to hang onto the old Sanden compressor and see if I can have it rebuilt.
Nicely done.
rd65
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How do you like the tires? I was thinking about a set of those on my CX30, but went with Hancook Dynapro AT2 Xtreme which seem to be working ok.Once I got the end links installed I decided I'd give her a wash and shine....the wife should be thrilled when she gets home.
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Overhead lights finally installed. Wow, what a difference. Now onto more cleaning and organizing as it comes together. Next up is a cabinet saw, and jointer. Plugs are all set for them so shouldn't be too long to get the shop running.
Jay__Dub
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Bet that is nice. That is a job I have to do. But I have to rent a Genie to get up there. I'm going to replace the old half working flor's with LED fixtures.
rzims
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The tires are great! Seem to be a decent option for the smaller SUVs since they're lighter than the KO3s or the Open Country AT3 that I usually run on my trucks.
Fairly quiet on road and good traction in the snow
Outlawmws
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What breed/brand are we talking about? I hate noisy AT's and the T-van will need new in the next year or so and the ones I have are discontinued. (why do they discontinue every tire I find that I like?)
JustVicingIt
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I have a normal height garage so installing some newer daisy chain led's was a treat. It's absolutely worth it.
rzims
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We went with the Nitto Nomad Grappler.
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Motorman55
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It's a rainy day, so lets start another in-door project. And why not, what the heck, I only have three other projects going at the same time...what's a fourth one gonna hurt.
Big change taking place in the garage office. Have to make room for the new HF 42", Black, Roll Cabinet I ordered last week. Today I started disassembling the drafting/art table. The table and the chrome drawer cabinet, as well all the office, art and hobby tools/supplies, etc., are all going back into our spare bedroom in the house. The spare bedroom (currently full of on going project stuff and more) will now become a multi-use room for the wife and myself. That's a whole 'nother project in itself.
This now frees up some additional work space for the shop. The garage office will still remain a display room for my motorcycle motormobilia collection and now also double as a clean workshop area too.
And you know what that means right??? ........BUY MORE TOOLS!!
Big change taking place in the garage office. Have to make room for the new HF 42", Black, Roll Cabinet I ordered last week. Today I started disassembling the drafting/art table. The table and the chrome drawer cabinet, as well all the office, art and hobby tools/supplies, etc., are all going back into our spare bedroom in the house. The spare bedroom (currently full of on going project stuff and more) will now become a multi-use room for the wife and myself. That's a whole 'nother project in itself.
This now frees up some additional work space for the shop. The garage office will still remain a display room for my motorcycle motormobilia collection and now also double as a clean workshop area too.
And you know what that means right??? ........BUY MORE TOOLS!!
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God I love seeing OEM parts going on older cars like this. It's very satisfying. Those bearings and seals are so mission critical that to go aftermarket/parts store could almost be considered irresponsible given the nosedive in quality of that kind of stuff over the last decade or two. Props for keeping that thing running with good partsI got some more work done on the old Civic.
The power steering pump was leaking a bit at the seal behind the pulley so it was rebuilt with OEM seals, a new bearing and some new fasteners.
The A/C stopped working this past fall after I got the car running. There was a leak at one of the welds on the inlet port to the condenser. I decided to replace the condenser along with the compressor and the receiver/drier. Also, all of the o-rings from the firewall forward were replaced.
Old Sanden compressor next to the new Denso.
I stripped and powdercoated the fan shroud and welded up a simple bracket to support the inlet port on the new condenser. The inlet port is shaped a bit differently on the aftermaket condenser so the OEM support bracket wouldn't fit.
Then the car was taken up to the local A/C shop to be recharged.
I have to say, the aftermarket piston type compressors do put a drag on the engine that isn't as noticeable on the scroll type. I'm going to hang onto the old Sanden compressor and see if I can have it rebuilt.
Had some fun at the estate sale today. These Eames aluminum group barstools were being used as garage/outdoor seating and were being sold cheap. They're in nasty condition but salvageable. These are wicked rare, so to find a matching pair is a real joy for someone like me who spent the first half of the 2010s deep in the mid century furniture world when it was at its absolute cultural peak.
The aluminum bases are dirty, pitted, and chalky with surface oxidation. I took a Scotch Brite pad and Brasso to it which cleaned it up and smoothed it out, but didn't polish it very much or bring out much of a shine. They have more of a dull sheen whereas I'd like to have them pop a little more and brighten up. Unsure of what method to go with given the awkward size and shape.
The original ball bearing casters are completely rusted out and totally shot. I found that the forked end of my (disassembled) ball joint separator and a few spicy hits with a 4 pound dead blow hammer were very effective in removing the press fit casters from their holes. I have an identical replacement set of casters on order from Grainger of all places--they were the cheapest by a mile and had the exact same spec as the OG units.
The shells are in good shape (except for one of the threaded inserts which ripped out of the loose hole it was in--will epoxy) and the vinyl upholstery covers are in okay enough condition to leave as-is. They are just getting cleaned up with Simple Green.
All mounting hardware is getting replaced as most of it is nasty and corroded. 1/4-20 x 3/4" screws and star washers are what the chairs use to mount to the bases. These should be all finished up and in service by this weekend.
The aluminum bases are dirty, pitted, and chalky with surface oxidation. I took a Scotch Brite pad and Brasso to it which cleaned it up and smoothed it out, but didn't polish it very much or bring out much of a shine. They have more of a dull sheen whereas I'd like to have them pop a little more and brighten up. Unsure of what method to go with given the awkward size and shape.
The original ball bearing casters are completely rusted out and totally shot. I found that the forked end of my (disassembled) ball joint separator and a few spicy hits with a 4 pound dead blow hammer were very effective in removing the press fit casters from their holes. I have an identical replacement set of casters on order from Grainger of all places--they were the cheapest by a mile and had the exact same spec as the OG units.
The shells are in good shape (except for one of the threaded inserts which ripped out of the loose hole it was in--will epoxy) and the vinyl upholstery covers are in okay enough condition to leave as-is. They are just getting cleaned up with Simple Green.
All mounting hardware is getting replaced as most of it is nasty and corroded. 1/4-20 x 3/4" screws and star washers are what the chairs use to mount to the bases. These should be all finished up and in service by this weekend.
Magnum440d100
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Did a lot of banging. Inside. Outside. Under. Laying down. Standing up.
Dunno if I did any good though.
Started with this
Ended with this
Really only worked on it about 45 minutes though. I ran out of usable daylight. So it’ll have to wait until the next good day.
Dunno if I did any good though.
Started with this
Ended with this
Really only worked on it about 45 minutes though. I ran out of usable daylight. So it’ll have to wait until the next good day.
Outlawmws
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Mothers Aluminum Polish.
JustVicingIt
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very nice findHad some fun at the estate sale today. These Eames aluminum group barstools were being used as garage/outdoor seating and were being sold cheap. They're in nasty condition but salvageable. These are wicked rare, so to find a matching pair is a real joy for someone like me who spent the first half of the 2010s deep in the mid century furniture world when it was at its absolute cultural peak.
The aluminum bases are dirty, pitted, and chalky with surface oxidation. I took a Scotch Brite pad and Brasso to it which cleaned it up and smoothed it out, but didn't polish it very much or bring out much of a shine. They have more of a dull sheen whereas I'd like to have them pop a little more and brighten up. Unsure of what method to go with given the awkward size and shape.
The original ball bearing casters are completely rusted out and totally shot. I found that the forked end of my (disassembled) ball joint separator and a few spicy hits with a 4 pound dead blow hammer were very effective in removing the press fit casters from their holes. I have an identical replacement set of casters on order from Grainger of all places--they were the cheapest by a mile and had the exact same spec as the OG units.
The shells are in good shape (except for one of the threaded inserts which ripped out of the loose hole it was in--will epoxy) and the vinyl upholstery covers are in okay enough condition to leave as-is. They are just getting cleaned up with Simple Green.
All mounting hardware is getting replaced as most of it is nasty and corroded. 1/4-20 x 3/4" screws and star washers are what the chairs use to mount to the bases. These should be all finished up and in service by this weekend.
Black300zx
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5200 quick cure is my go-to permanent adhesive for so many things because of a) how tolerant it is of surface prep b)how incredibly tough the bond is and c) the fact that I can drive 10min and get a tube at HD/Lowes.
My boat buddy made this mistake of installing his bilge plugs last season w/ 5200. They sure as heck didn't leak, but now he needs to pull his whole garboard fitting to drain his bilge
It also is quite paintable. When I installed an aftermarket lip on my factor Z bumper YEARs ago, I bonded it w/ 5200 before paint. Only downside to is it the fact that is that white 5200 fingerprints migrate around the shop worse than silver anti-size fingerprints.
My son's 1st birthday party is Saturday and when we got nearly 100% "yes" RSVPs we decided that we needed to use the garage as a staging area for food/beverages. Spent the morning giving my workbench and cabinets a DEEP clean from 4 years of sanding/grinding/paint grunge and turned it into a buffet
kaymccampbell
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Dumped some HSS on the bench.
nadogail
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Worked on the design and assembly of a rack to hold some 5 Gallon Buckets as a Planter.
Dug my Pneumatic Palm Nailer from the bottom of the Hammer Drawer, found it drives 3" nails much faster than I can drive screws. Because i exhausted my supply of 3" screws, i will be assembling the development model of the Planter Rack with nails; I will build any racks intended for sale with screws.
Dug my Pneumatic Palm Nailer from the bottom of the Hammer Drawer, found it drives 3" nails much faster than I can drive screws. Because i exhausted my supply of 3" screws, i will be assembling the development model of the Planter Rack with nails; I will build any racks intended for sale with screws.
micromind
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The green one right above the oil one, it almost looks like it wants you to smoke some weed.........
LeonardY
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Gave up trying to get a perfect print and just cleaned up the best one.
The irritating part is the very first one I did was almost perfect.
I need to do a little more sanding.
The irritating part is the very first one I did was almost perfect.
I need to do a little more sanding.
partsguy5768
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Installed a upgraded txk trans in my shop parts chaser/ drag and drive " pickup " as I hurt my last one in September. Test drove and started breaking in while running errands. Pulled the battery on my wifes mg midget went to Napa and ordered a new one. Dropped a hose of to have new ends put on for a 4000 gallon potable water truck. Met a customer for a excavation job. Bought a 4x6 trailer off of craigs list to use for drag and drive events. Was able to get about 100 miles on the new trans today...
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Ultradog MN
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Not In the garage or even near the garage...
117 miles away from there up at our property.
I got my deer plots plowed, disced and seeded with a clover mix. Am a little late in the season - had a lot of other stuff going on this year.
Photo shows the larger plot - about 1/3 acre, taken from my deer blind. The other plot, a couple hundred yards away, is only about 50'x75' but still draws the deer in for a tasty snack.
117 miles away from there up at our property.
I got my deer plots plowed, disced and seeded with a clover mix. Am a little late in the season - had a lot of other stuff going on this year.
Photo shows the larger plot - about 1/3 acre, taken from my deer blind. The other plot, a couple hundred yards away, is only about 50'x75' but still draws the deer in for a tasty snack.
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In the barn, I got this John Deere X 300 for free. Neighbor up the road said it wouldn’t start or anything.
Pushed it home and found this mess ! Pure neglect, just nasty. The hood is destroyed, his wife did a number on it.
That’s the choke plate lying on the muffler cover ! So far- new carb, 4 pushrods, plugs, air filter, oil and filter change.
2 new front tires also. It’s a work in progress. This is the second oil & filter change for it, sludge was seen draining out on the first change.
Made room for it , keep it out of the Rain- that won’t stop.
Pushed it home and found this mess ! Pure neglect, just nasty. The hood is destroyed, his wife did a number on it.
That’s the choke plate lying on the muffler cover ! So far- new carb, 4 pushrods, plugs, air filter, oil and filter change.
2 new front tires also. It’s a work in progress. This is the second oil & filter change for it, sludge was seen draining out on the first change.
Made room for it , keep it out of the Rain- that won’t stop.
Ben Buck
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Ooooop’s multiple photos.
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what is the little car in there?
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Wife’s 72 MG Midget
Black300zx
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Nice! I snagged a ~350hr X304 for $750 w/ intact hood and (relatively) good condition seat. Huge upgrade over my prior D100 (which I sold in a day for $400). Haven't done anything but put gas in it, scrape the deck, and sharpen blades. At some point this summer it'll get a proper full tuneup.In the barn, I got this John Deere X 300 for free. Neighbor up the road said it wouldn’t start or anything.
Pushed it home and found this mess ! Pure neglect, just nasty. The hood is destroyed, his wife did a number on it.
That’s the choke plate lying on the muffler cover ! So far- new carb, 4 pushrods, plugs, air filter, oil and filter change.
2 new front tires also. It’s a work in progress. This is the second oil & filter change for it, sludge was seen draining out on the first change.
Made room for it , keep it out of the Rain- that won’t stop.
landrover bodger
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Fitted the interior panel that I made and varnished yesterday and a drop down table to the rear door of my defender 90 project. I can now see the end in sight after many setbacks.
Outlawmws
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I like the drop down table.
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Finished the radiator project on the Jeep after having some issues with large hands and tight spots to replace bolts. The Rubicon Rides again.
I still marvel at the youtube videos that people have edits in all of the ****** spots that stuff gets weird doing this project, then they act like everything was awesome and easy.
You would need squirrel sized hands to easily do some of the parts of this job.
Oh well, all done. I will clean the garage up tomorrow and reset my tools.
I still marvel at the youtube videos that people have edits in all of the ****** spots that stuff gets weird doing this project, then they act like everything was awesome and easy.
You would need squirrel sized hands to easily do some of the parts of this job.
Oh well, all done. I will clean the garage up tomorrow and reset my tools.
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nadogail
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Made a lot of noise and exercised my Pneumatic Palm Nailer. That thing makes as much noise as a light machine gun.
niget2002
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Gave away some stuff.
A riding mower that leaks more oil than it burns in fuel.
A push edger and 2 stroke leaf blower that "ran when parked", but haven't been used in years.
And a fertilizer spreader that I replaced with a better one.
Also ran the 3d printer for the wife.
A riding mower that leaks more oil than it burns in fuel.
A push edger and 2 stroke leaf blower that "ran when parked", but haven't been used in years.
And a fertilizer spreader that I replaced with a better one.
Also ran the 3d printer for the wife.
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niget2002
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'for' the wife. Not 'of' the wife.
69charged
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Not in the garage exactly. But right beside. Pulled off the outdated decals off my boat. Gonna go blank for the year and see if I like it. Initial reaction is I don’t think I like it blank as much as I thought I would. I’ll get the newer years boat decals when it’s time.
