What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[Beerhippie]

Mostly, trying to stay in the blast of the swamp cooler. We're in a extreme heat alert condition, so I'm trying to follow the rules:

Stay inside in a cool place (the shop is cool, regardless how hot it is).

Avoid strenuous exercise--not a problem.

Drink plenty of fluids. Just checked, and, yep, beer is still a fluid.

 

[KwikFab]

PCV valve on the Crosstrek. Not having a problem with it, just preventive maintenance.

Such a commonly neglected item.

Cheap and easy to do too.

 

[oldman_pottering]

Today, I finally decided to complete the refurbishment of my catalogue #1426 1938 Delta Finishing sander with the period correct 864 Miter gauge and machine stand...
Before

Today




Spins up like new... This was a very satisfying salvage job...
I was forced to get this finished because it will be used to fine tune the 384 miter cuts needed for the trim on the garage door panels...
Putting her back to work as she should be...

Looks brilliant !

 

[2001ZR2]

Sigh...things were looking up

Didn't make that much noise until I pulled the ABS fuse. Was locking up before with the fuse but afterwards it ok until low speed. Will new rotors and pads....a pad slap isn't an option. The warrantied battery showed up and was installed.

The Suburban has made its final stand resisting getting on the road. Rear brake hose fell apart when the mechanism touched it to inspect. What I thought was a braided line for the rear was in fact a front left hose. Will be put on to match the front right hose.

My wife made to Des Moines but said the engine was ticking and there was a flashing light on the dash. Asked to pull over and check her oil level stupid AFM system uses it. Determined the she was at least 2 quarts low. She topped it off and engine noise gone. She now knows what check gauges light looks like. And that the driver should check fluids BEFORE hitting the highway.

Did hit an estate sale and got 12 wrenches for about 3 dollars each and a handle and Plomb claw hammer head for 3 more dollars.

 

[69charged]

Sigh...things were looking up

Didn't make that much noise until I pulled the ABS fuse. Was locking up before with the fuse but afterwards it ok until low speed. Will new rotors and pads....a pad slap isn't an option. The warrantied battery showed up and was installed.

The Suburban has made its final stand resisting getting on the road. Rear brake hose fell apart when the mechanism touched it to inspect. What I thought was a braided line for the rear was in fact a front left hose. Will be put on to match the front right hose.

My wife made to Des Moines but said the engine was ticking and there was a flashing light on the dash. Asked to pull over and check her oil level stupid AFM system uses it. Determined the she was at least 2 quarts low. She topped it off and engine noise gone. She now knows what check gauges light looks like. And that the driver should check fluids BEFORE hitting the highway.

Did hit an estate sale and got 12 wrenches for about 3 dollars each and a handle and Plomb claw hammer head for 3 more dollars.

Ah yes. Looks familiar…..

Changed rear brakes on the son’s dodge today. Caliper pin seized and took out the back side pad right to the metal and then took half the rotor off!! He said he didn’t hear anything. Right……

 

[50of4064]

Looks brilliant !

Dang, looks like it just came off the assembly line, awsome!

 

[imagineer]

Not the only thing I worked on over the weekend, but it addressed an annoying issue with the HF 12" Press Brake.

Among my workshop activities were several occasions to use my HF 20T Hydraulic press. Some of those occasions required only the press, and a few required the used of a 12" press brake. Whereas the press brake works fine for what I need, it's a pain having to move it onto and off of the 20T press. There's just no convenient way to pick this thing up.

I had a little time left before calling it a day, so I bent up some 3/8" round bar into handles and TIG welded them to the base plate on the press brake.

 

[rcktpwrd]

Spent a couple hours sweating profusely in the garage earlier changing out the rear leaf spring shackles from 'stock' ones to shorter 1" lift ones. I had to use a step bit to clean/open up the bolt holes a bit, mainly to clean out the powder coating. One zerk broke off, I was able to remove the broken part and install what was left of it but the spring and ball disappeared, otherwise a fairly straight forward parts swap.


The truck has a flip kit in the back so it sits 6-7 inches lower than stock but the original 200+K mile springs are pretty worn out so any load in the bed makes it sag and there is very little suspension movement left. On the plus side the worn springs make for a softer ride so I'm not too eager to replace them plus that's a big pain in the ***...

 

[Mike65]

Last week the driver's side power window regulator broke, the new one was delivered this morning. It took me about 1/2 hour to replace. The door panel was a different story, after fighting with it for 1/2 hour in the heat I gave up & will try again tomorrow. At least the window is fixed.

 

[Outlawmws]

The truck has a flip kit in the back so it sits 6-7 inches lower than stock but the original 200+K mile springs are pretty worn out so any load in the bed makes it sag and there is very little suspension movement left. On the plus side the worn springs make for a softer ride so I'm not too eager to replace them plus that's a big pain in the ***...

Too bad Air shocks are not readily available as the were in the past. I put a set in my 64 Ranchero as I routin;ey put heavy laods in it (I also put a 9" rear axle in it)

 

[rcktpwrd]

Too bad Air shocks are not readily available as the were in the past. I put a set in my 64 Ranchero as I routin;ey put heavy laods in it (I also put a 9" rear axle in it)

So, there is an air bag assist kit that is a bolt in for these trucks, but it doesn't fit due to the width of the rear wheels...

SlamAir - 59106BT | Air Lift Company

Air Suspension and Air Management

www.airliftcompany.com

 

[Outlawmws]

So, there is an air bag assist kit that is a bolt in for these trucks, but it doesn't fit due to the width of the rear wheels...

SlamAir - 59106BT | Air Lift Company

Air Suspension and Air Management

www.airliftcompany.com

Can you fabricate to move it slightly inward? does that clear other stuff down there?

 

[rcktpwrd]

Can you fabricate to move it slightly inward? does that clear other stuff down there?

If I had a welder I could probably cut up the brackets and make it work, but it would still be a very tight fit.

 

[69charged]

Spent a couple hours sweating profusely in the garage earlier changing out the rear leaf spring shackles from 'stock' ones to shorter 1" lift ones. I had to use a step bit to clean/open up the bolt holes a bit, mainly to clean out the powder coating. One zerk broke off, I was able to remove the broken part and install what was left of it but the spring and ball disappeared, otherwise a fairly straight forward parts swap.


The truck has a flip kit in the back so it sits 6-7 inches lower than stock but the original 200+K mile springs are pretty worn out so any load in the bed makes it sag and there is very little suspension movement left. On the plus side the worn springs make for a softer ride so I'm not too eager to replace them plus that's a big pain in the ***...

Beautiful truck. I grew up dreaming of owning a lowered 90’s Chevy. My dream was an extended cab long box with dually fenders and fatties under it. I still have a picture of one I wanted to copy framed somewhere in storage.
Thanks for the memories.

Found one similar. But the picture I have the truck has tapered stripes painted on it. And it’s black and purple.

The girls would have been optional!!

 

[Beerhippie]

I never got the lowered-truck thing--but I'm a country boy who'd rather be out bashing around on dirt roads and tracks. I have no use for gigantic lifts, either. 8-10" of clearance is fine where I go. Not sure why you need 37" tires to get groceries at Safeway.

A truck with no dust and no brush scratches... something just wrong there.

It's now 90F in the shop again, with the swamp cooler going full-blast. I don't handle heat like I did as a young man.

 

[Outlawmws]

I'm withTimm on the lowered truck and mostly useless for my uses. I convinced a friend to NOT lower his 59 Ford PU and instead convert it to 4WD. It was an awesome truck and I should have bought it when he offered it to me, but I didn't

One lowered truck I DID appreciate was a car hauler flatbed, used for a California Super modified (open wheel winged cars) and the bed was just big enough to hold the car. by being lowered it was easy to load the car.

 

[Beerhippie]

Want a crazy car-hauler?



How's that for "forward control"?

Undercarriage and engine are a M-B 300S.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Man that car.

 

[Beerhippie]

Man that car.

1955 M-B W196 Silver Arrow F1 "streamliner". It won some races.

I'm just left wondering "What kind of drugs did they have at the M-B plant in the '50?"

 

[Old Man Roger]

1955 M-B W196 Silver Arrow F1 "streamliner". It won some races.

I'm just left wondering "What kind of drugs did they have at the M-B plant in the '50?"

Right, there must have been some length limitation requirement.

 

[Crazyjake8493]

Wasted three hours trying to figure out a small EVAP leak code on the wife's car. No progress.

 

[Outlawmws]

The one I was familiar with was a Chevy, early 70's IIR.

 

[Beerhippie]

Right, there must have been some length limitation requirement.

I'm thinking more like recreational mescaline. Where's the engine of the hauler? Between the seats? Why that HUGE forward overhang? Why a road-car underbody instead of a truck? The wasp-waist? So many questions....

 

[CoogarXR]

Got my work bench mostly put back together and wired back up at the new place.

 

[Snip's]

Did a little bit of nickel plating in the garage today...
I have a column lock handle for my Delta DP220 drill press that was rusty...
It spent a day in my DIY rust remover...
Then wired it up for a dip in the nickel plating jar...


Chilling in the green bath...


A bit of hand polishing with some Mothers Mag & Aluminum polish...

 

[bulletpruf]

Stihl 026 Pro got used for several hours last week, so I cleaned it and blew out the air filter, sharpened the chain, took down the rakers a tad, cleaned and flipped the bar, and topped off the oil and pre-mix. Nice little saw and plenty of guts; I took 5 saws total to the job and the rest stayed in the truck.

 

[Old Man Roger]

I'm thinking more like recreational mescaline. Where's the engine of the hauler? Between the seats? Why that HUGE forward overhang? Why a road-car underbody instead of a truck? The wasp-waist? So many questions....

Imagine it being a car with a truck cab stuck out in front. My guess is the engine is in the same place it would be if it were still a car. Somewhere between the front wheels, behind the cab.

 

[oldman_pottering]

If I were you, I wouldn’t replace the mouse piss.

^^^^^this, is the voice of reason

 

[oldman_pottering]

Probably you tightened them onto fresh grease, and it goofed the torque. I overtighten mine a bit. Spin em a bit. Back to them off to just loose. Spin em. Then final torque.

this was how I was taught as an apprentice

 

[rcktpwrd]

It's my wife's truck, 1990 454SS, it's built to haul ***...

 

[Beerhippie]

Imagine it being a car with a truck cab stuck out in front. My guess is the engine is in the same place it would be if it were still a car. Somewhere between the front wheels, behind the cab.

But, then, wouldn't it make more sense to put a truck cab on a truck?

I'm sticking to recreational drugs as a theory. Look at those twin-bubble, negative-rake rear windows on the hauler--great if you want to see if the car is still there, but not for much else.

 

[LCE]

Wasted three hours trying to figure out a small EVAP leak code on the wife's car. No progress.

Did you check the gas cap?

 

[Ducky]

Spent a couple hours sweating profusely in the garage earlier

Man I hear ya. I ran a few errands before heading to my shop. By the time I got there, it showed 67 on the inside thermometer. I did what I could but by the time it hit 70 inside I was like, enough already! Had to sit down, grab a beer and contemplate my progress for the day (hours). I'll try again tomorrow. it's supposed to be in the mid 60's.

 

[Wrencher 160]

Want a crazy car-hauler?



How's that for "forward control"?

OneUndercarriage and engine are a M-B 300S.

One of the all time great race cars. They fire it up and drone once in a while.

 

[Old Man Roger]

But, then, wouldn't it make more sense to put a truck cab on a truck?

I'm sticking to recreational drugs as a theory. Look at those twin-bubble, negative-rake rear windows on the hauler--great if you want to see if the car is still there, but not for much else.

What I want to know is where are the ramps?

 

[Outlawmws]

What I want to know is where are the ramps?

Usually in the middle under the car being transported.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Usually in the middle under the car being transported.

That makes sense, I was thinking there was no room if it was a flat bed. Didn’t consider it might be more like a 4 post lift with two separate sections.

 

[y'sguy]

After messing around with my car a few weeks ago with a starter replacement, it resulted in what seems to be a miss. I've checked all the connections and made sure I returned the plug wires to the correct order and all the other stuff I could think of.
This evening, I went back out to the garage and pulled each spark plug on the passenger side and inspected and cleaned them. They didn't look bad to me. BUT, after reinstalling, I think it may be fixed! Did a drive around the hood, and the miss seems to have disappeared. Hope so. I'll check again tomorrow. I'll also go ahead and do the driver's side.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Found a toy model of it.

 

[nadogail]

Assembled 80% of four small planter boxes that will straddle balcony railings. I have the fixture that aligns the sides and bottoms all "dialed in" and will cut more end and side pieces tomorrow.

Getting better with the brad nailer, fewer misaligned brads.

Made an adjustment to one of my shop stools so I can cut pieces to length while seated.