What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[JEFFREYWisconsin]

Things are proceeding... we will be having dinner in the eat in area for my wife's birthday soon... still haven't seen my garage or cars much lately.

Soon, maybe.

 

[Mikeske]

Removed, cleaned inside and outside of the wheels on my Ford Maverick and rotated the wheels and reset the tire pressure monitors.

 

[Beerhippie]

@JEFFREYWisconsin : If you remember a Blue Oster Cult concert, you weren't there!

And you're not deaf as as stone, like you would be had you been there.

 

[larry4406]

@JEFFREYWisconsin : If you remember a Blue Oster Cult concert, you weren't there!

And you're not deaf as as stone, like you would be had you been there.

I saw Blue Oyster Cult and Black Sabbath (Ronnie) at the Black and Blue tour Capital Center in MD in high school. Great show!

 

[Beerhippie]

I saw Blue Oyster Cult and Black Sabbath (Ronnie) at the Black and Blue tour Capital Center in MD in high school. Great show!

You claim to remember it? Bull. You just have the ticket stub and T-shirt.

I saw them with... someone... at the old Paramount in Portland back when pterosaurs blackened the skies. I know, because I have the stub and shirt.

Did you say something?

 

[Dancing Bear]

This morning before work, got the Focus up on jack stands and ran the ABS bleeding procedure from Forscan. Everything went without a hitch, except the LF brake line had a huge amount of air in it that would not bleed out. Thanks to my laptop being old and rarely used these days, a Windows update that took nearly an hour to complete ate up too much of my time before I had to clock in.

Later tonight or tomorrow, I'll get the GF out there in the driver's seat so I can try manually bleeding that side to see if it works. Thankfully, no leaks at the ABS pump or any brake pittings.

 

[Wrench97]

Yes - its a greasable ball in a socket with an heavy spring assembly holding it in place while still letting rotate. Replaces the sloppy and generally leaking big PS valve assembly. This guy goes through his steering and has a bunch of pics of the conversion, he did pretty much exactly what I did. https://67fastbackproject.blogspot.com/2016/05/steering-system-installation.html

I remember rebuilding those valves in high school, now you probably can't even get the kit for them......

 

[KwikFab]

Cleared up the table by finishing up this last minute order



Need to ship it out to WA, and have another customer pick up their stool

Got an order for a 12' x 33" shelf so I'll have to buy a couple sticks of square tube

 

[jawstight]

Tapped the four holes in the mounting plate for my drill press cross slide vise today

 

[WildBill]

I remember rebuilding those valves in high school, now you probably can't even get the kit for them......

You can get a kit, but also having done a couple a long time ago no thanks on doing that. And apparently no matter what you do leaks are gonna happen.

 

[welder4956]

Stepped in grabbed the riding mower key and spent the day cutting 4 week tall grass. Then had a cold one sitting in the doorway while listening to tunes on the radio for a bit.

 

[Beerhippie]

Rinnai #1 back up and running!

One more to do tomorrow, then I'll have two basically brand-new Rinnais.

While I was trying to get this project done, it seems everything else around the brewery and pub was breaking down. Our 5hp IR scroll comp couldn't keep up with the canning line--no idea what that's about and I just did the 2K hour maint, beer line chiller that keeps the two 45' beer trunks chilled wasn't--got the refer guy on it--and the evaporator for the pub keg cooler had iced over--hit it with hot water until clear.

Why does the feces always impact the air circulation unit on the hottest days of summer?

So the job that took 4 hours on Sunday with no distractions took 6 today.

It is now beer-twenty-seven. Warm beer, of course.

 

[harley jim]

Fixed some holes in my Nephew's truck!

 

[ed_]

About two weeks ago the switch on my 4x6 bandsaw broke so I had to improvise a solution to get it working short term.


But then that switch broke a few days ago so I had to fix it properly. I didn't want to replace the switch with the same unit that broke initially so I went custom and made a switch plate that'd work with an aftermarket unit from McMaster.


It works with the auto shut off and while I was at it I added some expanded metal to finish the bottom shelf.

Those thingies sitting on the bottom are material stands for cutting long pieces.

 

[Mike65]

Finally got around to cleaning up the garage & putting away the tools & jack stands I was using this past weekend.

 

[Beerhippie]

About two weeks ago the switch on my 4x6 bandsaw broke so I had to improvise a solution to get it working short term.


But then that switch broke a few days ago so I had to fix it properly. I didn't want to replace the switch with the same unit that broke initially so I went custom and made a switch plate that'd work with an aftermarket unit from McMaster.


It works with the auto shut off and while I was at it I added some expanded metal to finish the bottom shelf.

Those thingies sitting on the bottom are material stands for cutting long pieces.

Is your switch motor-rated? That's why the light switch died so quickly. If motor-rated, it will have an HP rating along with the amperage and voltage.

 

[WildBill]

I don't know how to weld good enough to mess with a car body and need to fill a ton of trim holes in my old Cougar. It had a vinyl top and is an XR7 version so it came with so many badge and trim holes, most that look dumb without the top which I am not putting back on. So I am soldering them shut. First I grind off and clean around the back of the hole, then clean out and taper from the front side, then use lead free solder with a water soluble flux to fill them. After cleaning off flux residue I grind them down. I will also seal the backside at some point when I am painting everything. The large bit I used to taper made the outer edges kinda stop sign shaped. Seems to work pretty well, I did not take any pics during but here is the end result of a couple of them. These were an 1/8" hole, I filled about 16 of them. I still have some larger trim holes (maybe 3/8") around the bottom edge of the back window that I am going to fill, probably using a little round backing piece that gets soldered on, will tin it first then use a magnet to hold it while soldering. After the first couple the small holes go really fast, seems to be a good option if your not a great welder or you are worried about warping issues.

 

[Mike65]

@WildBill nice work. I have been contemplating doing the same thing filling the vinyl top holes on my 69 Mustang Coupe. Any more pics?

 

[kaymccampbell]

I have the deafness. I don't have the ticket or T-shirt, but I crewed the Palace show in the mid 70s. I crewed at so many local venues for the music. I also saw them at Stonybrook when they went under a different name. Something with White in it.

They're going to be at the Empire State Plaza tomorrow evening, for free. I think Buck Dharma and Eric Bloom are still in it. Maybe I'll go.

 

[WildBill]

@WildBill nice work. I have been contemplating doing the same thing filling the vinyl top holes on my 69 Mustang Coupe. Any more pics?

Not really useful ones, I meant to take some during but got carried away. I will try to get some when I do the larger holes on Saturday. Its super simple and quick, you want a big old gun shaped soldering iron though, need lots of heat to get it done fast. Or a propane torch, but that's harder to control and could warp stuff. I was stressing about it but after a couple I had it down and hauled **** with hardly any grinding needed afterwards. You can always practice an some scrap metal. Home Depot sells a 1ft square chunk of weldable 22awg sheet metal that works great for practice and making little patches out of, I think it was $13. If you practice have the metal leaning on something almost straight up, it takes a little to learn to work the solder from the top of the hole down and control the heat on the vertical ones so the solder doesn't just melt downward out of the hole. I used lead free plumbing solder, also from Home Depot. I figure if it can stand up to 50 years of copper pipe heat cycling it will work on my car.

I also have a 70 Mustang coupe that had a vinyl top and it will get the same treatment soon, the 69s are cooler looking though. This is a decent video I found about it, there are lots of videos but this guy isn't trying to hype you up or sell ****.

And this one on bigger holes.

 

[Skyman]

Fought with a leak-down fault on my old floor jack. Lost the fight. Need to dig deeper into the issue.

 

[nadogail]

Plugged in my Mobility Scooter to charge the batteries.

 

[nadogail]

Cleared some stuff out of the van, moved some stuff around in the Workshop. Worked out with my Fitness Trainer.

 

[Fordguy1964]

Finally after over a month of having it sit on my bench I FINALLY bolted my vise down. I think this will do about any job that I need done.

I still have smaller vises for small jobs but honestly I think I may pull my old smaller vise in favor of more bench space.

The garage is slowly coming around. I've been working on getting the house right since I moved in. Because if the wife isn't happy then nobody is happy. The house is almost done. It's about time to dedicate more time to the garage.

 

[ed_]

Is your switch motor-rated? That's why the light switch died so quickly. If motor-rated, it will have an HP rating along with the amperage and voltage.

It wasn't but that's not what failed. I tried moving the saw one day when it was unplugged and the cord got caught on something and ripped out of the box. I figured that was a sign I should fix it properly later lol.

 

[Fix Until Broke]

Fordguy - is there something about mounting a vice on a table that I seem to be missing?

Many vices are not mounted as close to the edge of the table as they can be such that the fixed jaw is even with or even a little past the edge of the table so one can clamp something vertically and let it hand below the surface of the table. Is there some reason to mount a vice away from the edge to prevent this?

 

[Beerhippie]

It wasn't but that's not what failed. I tried moving the saw one day when it was unplugged and the cord got caught on something and ripped out of the box. I figured that was a sign I should fix it properly later lol.

Get a motor-rated switch. They're not expensive, but they are made to handle the back-current you incur when a motor is suddenly disconnected, which causes arcing across the switch contact. The most common--and least expensive--just use a spring action to pop the contacts far enough--and fast enough--open to prevent the arcing.

 

[M.Brane]

I have the deafness. I don't have the ticket or T-shirt, but I crewed the Palace show in the mid 70s. I crewed at so many local venues for the music. I also saw them at Stonybrook when they went under a different name. Something with White in it.

They're going to be at the Empire State Plaza tomorrow evening, for free. I think Buck Dharma and Eric Bloom are still in it. Maybe I'll go.

You should go. I saw them a couple years ago at The Canyon Club, and it was a great show. They did a lot of early stuff as well as the classics.

 

[oldman_pottering]

Finally after over a month of having it sit on my bench I FINALLY bolted my vise down. I think this will do about any job that I need done.

I still have smaller vises for small jobs but honestly I think I may pull my old smaller vise in favor of more bench space.

The garage is slowly coming around. I've been working on getting the house right since I moved in. Because if the wife isn't happy then nobody is happy. The house is almost done. It's about time to dedicate more time to the garage.

I love that little jewelers vice in the top photo

 

[aka Larry]

I replaced the pressure switch on my 60 gallon Campbell-Hausfeld air compressor again. Replacement wasn't difficult, but I did have to R&R the teflon tape on all the fittings, and R&R the electrical connections.

This is the third one counting the original. What causes these things to fail? The compressor is now 17 years old, but doesn't see heavy use. I might use it once a month, if that.

 

[DGersic]

Yes - it’s a greasable ball in a socket with an heavy spring assembly holding it in place while still letting rotate. Replaces the sloppy and generally leaking big PS valve assembly. This guy goes through his steering and has a bunch of pics of the conversion, he did pretty much exactly what I did. https://67fastbackproject.blogspot.com/2016/05/steering-system-installation.html

Ah, thanks. Picture makes it clear where it goes. I haven’t worked on a Ford of that age, so not familiar with the setup. Was thinking the adapter somehow went on the steering input side of the box, which wasn‘t making any sense.

So the steering is ok without the power assist?

 

[DGersic]

I don't know how to weld good enough to mess with a car body and need to fill a ton of trim holes in my old Cougar. It had a vinyl top and is an XR7 version so it came with so many badge and trim holes, most that look dumb without the top which I am not putting back on. So I am soldering them shut.

Well, lead is a traditional body filler, so it should work ok here too.

 

[WildBill]

Ah, thanks. Picture makes it clear where it goes. I haven’t worked on a Ford of that age, so not familiar with the setup. Was thinking the adapter somehow went on the steering input side of the box, which wasn‘t making any sense.

So the steering is ok without the power assist?

It's great, I think the roller bearing idler arm also needs done if you want a wife approved level of steering effort though. With both changed it feels better to me than a factory manual setup. I like the slightly quicker ratio PS box.

 

[micromind]

I replaced the pressure switch on my 60 gallon Campbell-Hausfeld air compressor again. Replacement wasn't difficult, but I did have to R&R the teflon tape on all the fittings, and R&R the electrical connections.

This is the third one counting the original. What causes these things to fail? The compressor is now 17 years old, but doesn't see heavy use. I might use it once a month, if that.

They fail because they are cheap switches and even though they state the motor HP, they are in fact, overloaded.

 

[Old Man Roger]

I replaced the pressure switch on my 60 gallon Campbell-Hausfeld air compressor again. Replacement wasn't difficult, but I did have to R&R the teflon tape on all the fittings, and R&R the electrical connections.

This is the third one counting the original. What causes these things to fail? The compressor is now 17 years old, but doesn't see heavy use. I might use it once a month, if that.

They fail because they are cheap switches and even though they state the motor HP, they are in fact, overloaded.

Isn’t there a rubber diaphragm that dry rots too? Especially when stored in a hot garage?

 

[ObnoxiousFumes]

It’s my daily driver.

60-80 miles each day via highway and residential roads.

Once it drops to 25 psi or so it just stays there.

So I think it’s going to be weekend pump up and keep running it till it wears out vs attempt a sketchy repair.

This one has been holding strong since May 30 this year, and it’s been my daily.

I heard they ****.

Yeah, and the lead singer is so annoying and whiny.

 

[CoogarXR]

The roofers came yesterday and started work on restoring my standing-seam roof on the house and attached garage. I had them remove 3 chimneys; two on the house and one on the garage. I thought they'd just pull the garage chimney up through the roof and leave the elbow where the stove used to connect (it was screwed to the ceiling). But they went in there and took it all down. Problem was, I wish they would have came and got me to move my stuff. Them wrestling with the chimney dumped a couple pounds of soot, wasp nests and dead birds all over my tractor. Some on my shelves too, and all over the floor.

So I spent the morning cleaning that mess all up. Moving everything out, sweeping, running the leaf blower, putting everything back, etc. The bonus is, I no longer have this strange stink in the corner of the garage. And every time I'd put the door up, tons of flies would come in. It was all those dead birds in the chimney! So I'm glad that's gone.

But I've been sick the last couple days, so just that little bit of physical labor kicked my ***. So here I sit, coughing all over my desktop screen.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Yeah, and the lead singer is so annoying and whiny.

Ya, constantly bugging people.

 

[SouthernIllinois]

Got a fairly long driveway that is kinda steep.
Every now and then the can gets overloaded and it is a PIA not let it get away from me going down the hill.

Got this from Amazon.
Didn’t like that it was just bolted together so I welded it up.
I love that Hobart 210 MVP!!

Now I have decided I don’t care for the steep angle the can is at. Tomorrow I’m gonna get some steel from Menards and lengthen the arm 18”

 

[nadogail]

Removed some unnecessary stuff from my van. Repaired a broom. Moved some buckets from the garage to the backyard.