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Chevy72pu

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Finally got around to some maintenance jobs on the 1990 Snapper RER. New 33" blade, new air filter and prefilter, new friction disc and new left side axle boot. Bought this mower new in 1990. It is on it's third engine, third deck, and second rear diff but it keeps on going.
 

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Beerhippie

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Here's the stupid outdoor furniture repair o' the day:

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Another flat-pack, but this time, it was a complete assembly-required. Mostly #3 Phillips screws. Th wood appears to be balsa and lasts about as well. It was an experiment that we quickly rejected--staining (should have used paint) and assembly was an entire day.

The broken part I replaced is in the foreground. Maybe plywood wasn't the best choice for the replacement part I made, but it was what I had and maybe will even work better than the balsa wood original. Glued and 18 ga. pinned.
 
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LeonardY

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Retirement makes you do odd things.

I had forgotten about this rat box. Unfortunately, I had caught a rat and it wasn't a clean kill. It chewed through part of the box trying to escape.
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I'm sure it would work just fine as is.
But I bent a piece of thin sheet metal into a clip and riveted it to the side.
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The important part is I didn't have to dig around for the sheet metal. I just went into the shed. Where all the scrap is sitting neatly on shelves.
 
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Prospecter

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ericm said:
The other week my wife came home and complained that when driving her Golf Alltrack she got beat off the line by a Prius C. I ordered an APR Ultralink and it came in a few days ago. I've been really impressed with the APR tune on my Golf R. So today I did the tune. No big deal except that I needed to charge the battery for a while to get it up to voltage. APR says it should be 14v. My chargers wouldn't do that but I wanted the voltage to be in the 13s at least. Also it took forever to do the flash and it was like 90 degrees in the garage.

The Alltrack is peppier now!
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Not surprising. Those toyota hybrids are very peppy.
 
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Prospecter

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Beerhippie said:
Here's the stupid outdoor furniture repair o' the day:

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Another flat-pack, but this time, it was a complete assembly-required. Mostly #3 Phillips screws. Th wood appears to be balsa and lasts about as well. It was an experiment that we quickly rejected--staining (should have used paint) and assembly was an entire day.

The broken part I replaced is in the foreground. Maybe plywood wasn't the best choice for the replacement part I made, but it was what I had and maybe will even work better than the balsa wood original. Glued and 18 ga. pinned.
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If the repair doesn't work out, we always get a second chance.
 
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M.Brane

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Blue Chips said:
A neighbor gave me his old Echo CS-4500 chainsaw the other day. He said it ran fine, but the starter cord didn't recoil properly. A quick fix, or so I thought, until I started digging into it. This turned out to be one of those "as long as I've fixed this, I might as well fix that" projects. I found several issues, but the compression was still like new, and I like Echo products, so I thought as long as I started work on it, I might as well finish the job.

I saved some cash by installing mostly good used parts, but I still spent over 100 bucks. However, that included a new Oregon sprocket, clutch drum, bearing, bar, and chain. The saw runs great now, starts right away, idles and runs smoothly, and the automatic and manual chain oilers work fine. It even looks halfway decent. Here's what I did:

- Starter cord frayed (replaced)
- Starter cord guide chipped (replaced)
- Phenolic side plate for starter spring worn (replaced)
- Thumb-operated manual chain oiler broken (replaced)
- Outer chain guide plate missing (replaced)
- Spike missing (replaced)
- Rim-type sprocket, w/bearing & drum worn (replaced with new Oregon part)
- 18” Bar usable but worn (replaced with new Oregon part)
- Chain usable but worn (replaced with new Oregon part)
- Clutch cover casting usable but had a big chip out of it (replaced)
- Main Echo logo label torn (replaced)
- Starter cover mounting screw missing (replaced)
- Air filter dirty (cleaned)
- Chain catcher damaged (replaced)
- Grounding wire (shut-off wire) frayed (repaired)
- Carburetor (cleaned)

Chainsaw after some deconstruction and cleaning:

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Chainsaw after repairs:

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So now I have five chainsaws, but you can't have too many tools, right? :)
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Nice thing about that is if you've got lots of cutting to do you can just grab another saw, and work on sharpening later.
 
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kaymccampbell said:
You can kill mouse piss with 15% chlorine, like you shock pools with. I spray it on with one of those cheap chlorine sprayers. Sometimes it takes a second coat.
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I swear, my place is SO jacked.

I cant get the chlorine between the rodent barrier and the floor on my mobile home though. The posts on my small 1966 garage are all rotting off. Roofs gone, yards all weeds. Feeling kind of whooped lately but what can you expect for 35k?.
 
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Jgaz

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Worked today assembling a couple more pull out trays for my ongoing kitchen cabinet project.
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While waiting for glue to dry, doesn’t take long in Phoenix, I performed surgery on my old Porter Cable brad nailer case.
Repurposed it to fit my new Metabo nailer with a bit of help from my OMT.
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Not usually a fan of blow molded cases but this should give the new nailer more protection than the provided bag.
 
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50of4064

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50of4064 said:
A Dorman deal I just could not pass on!
Five-4 drawer Dorman parts units/cubes.
Just like the old Western Auto had when I was just a kid.
They are not in really bad shape, drawers had some rust, paint needed cleaning where there was paint. Overall, 80% was just cosmetic.
A few trays needed scraping, primer and top coat, nothing a few rattle cans couldn't fix. Planning on cutting some rubber matting to slide in the bottoms of the trays. There are possible upgrades in new vynal drawer stickers in the OEM style, but at $5 a pop???? I think I'll pass on the new front covers....they can stay crusty, just like me.
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Tray liners are in, and now the task of finding my stash's, organizing content, and going through the five gallon buckets of nuts, bolts and washers. The nicest part of this is the footprint. Go figure.
 

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50of4064

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Blue Chips said:
A neighbor gave me his old Echo CS-4500 chainsaw the other day. He said it ran fine, but the starter cord didn't recoil properly. A quick fix, or so I thought, until I started digging into it. This turned out to be one of those "as long as I've fixed this, I might as well fix that" projects. I found several issues, but the compression was still like new, and I like Echo products, so I thought as long as I started work on it, I might as well finish the job.

I saved some cash by installing mostly good used parts, but I still spent over 100 bucks. However, that included a new Oregon sprocket, clutch drum, bearing, bar, and chain. The saw runs great now, starts right away, idles and runs smoothly, and the automatic and manual chain oilers work fine. It even looks halfway decent. Here's what I did:

- Starter cord frayed (replaced)
- Starter cord guide chipped (replaced)
- Phenolic side plate for starter spring worn (replaced)
- Thumb-operated manual chain oiler broken (replaced)
- Outer chain guide plate missing (replaced)
- Spike missing (replaced)
- Rim-type sprocket, w/bearing & drum worn (replaced with new Oregon part)
- 18” Bar usable but worn (replaced with new Oregon part)
- Chain usable but worn (replaced with new Oregon part)
- Clutch cover casting usable but had a big chip out of it (replaced)
- Main Echo logo label torn (replaced)
- Starter cover mounting screw missing (replaced)
- Air filter dirty (cleaned)
- Chain catcher damaged (replaced)
- Grounding wire (shut-off wire) frayed (repaired)
- Carburetor (cleaned)

Chainsaw after some deconstruction and cleaning:

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Chainsaw after repairs:

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So now I have five chainsaws, but you can't have too many tools, right? :)
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That looks Fantastic ! You best be proud, nice job.
 
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PhantomEB

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Decided to move bronco back over so car could go in for investigation on why the little but infrequent overheating issues come around.

Cooling fan doesn’t come on. New relays, nope still don’t turn on when AC is turned on. ordered up a new fan control module as I only had 20 min to order for next day delivery. See I got power thru both ends of the module so last thing tells me it’s the fan that’s cropped out.

least I got progress and can put it all back together for my 10 min drives to work this week.

time to order AN fittings for my power steering box.
 
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Old Man Roger

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Palm Coast Florida
PhantomEB said:
Decided to move bronco back over so car could go in for investigation on why the little but infrequent overheating issues come around.

Cooling fan doesn’t come on. New relays, nope still don’t turn on when AC is turned on. ordered up a new fan control module as I only had 20 min to order for next day delivery. See I got power thru both ends of the module so last thing tells me it’s the fan that’s cropped out.

least I got progress and can put it all back together for my 10 min drives to work this week.

time to order AN fittings for my power steering box.
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A good smack on the fan motor can be a good diagnostic tool.lol
 
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niget2002

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Josephine, TX
niget2002 said:
Unloaded materials for another project into the shop. I should probably finish the other 3 I've already started.
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One down... The longest running project at our house was just completed. My wife bought the box for this shelf a month after we moved into this house, 6 years ago.

She bought the brackets a year ago.

She stained the box 6 months ago.

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CoogarXR

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Stuffed another van-load of junk into my tiny garage. Hopefully I only have one more trip to go, and I'll actually be done moving. Just the last stuff left at the old house; yard tools, garden hoses, trash barrels, ladder, weed eater, gas can, etc.

Cut some wood scraps to make some additional garage shelves too.

Burned some more moving boxes and wood nubs.
 
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