What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[bustedcrawler]

Confirming that the LS won't bolt up to the factory BH in my C1500? Or use its existing FW?

TIA.

Not sure. I know with the Gen 3 5.3 and the early NV4500 I have, the bellhousing didn't mate up. It was close and the NV4500 bellhousing would index off the alignment dowel pins but not all of the bolts lined up. If you have a later NV4500 (post 95, I think), it may work.

I didn't dig into making the factory parts line up as I want the slave cylinder on the drivers side to give more room for the front driveshaft

 

[Beerhippie]

Timm what happens to the wood? Does the pub have a fireplace, or do you at home?

Aspen isn't the best fire wood to begin with and the one tree that snapped off 6' up is so rotten it looks like toilet paper inside.

But we do have a Solo Bonfire firepit, so I'll save any wood that looks decent. We still haven't burned what I saved from the last tree disaster.

 

[Mezz2006]

Wired in a trailer plug to my John Deere 770 tractor. We are going to pull a trailer around trick or treating next weekend and I wanted to be able to have the flashers going on the trailer.

 

[stonesfan68]

2nd of two today.
- Took a lunch break
-Snugged up my jock strap
- Started the front brakes on the F350 dually

I'm neither small nor physically weak..but this is quite the task. It's a solid workout. It all went pretty good, its just all heavy and the bolts are damn tight. The torque specs on the caliper bracket bolts are 295 Ft Lbs with thread locker, rotors weigh 40lbs...ect Two caliper pins were seized...explains how it was performing this past few weeks. Anyway, had to order new pins, you can see the corrosion results. I have everything clean and ready to go back together once the pins and boots get delivered. Start the back once the front is wrapped up. Pics no order..

I did the front suspension on my Yukon a couple years back and it wore me out. I think I'll be outsourcing that work from now on.

 

[LeonardY]

So far...
Just walked through to take the Volvo to my mechanic.
Keeping my fingers crossed it won't be another arm and a leg.
I'm running out of those.

 

[Old Man Roger]

I loved the look of the car with the sidepipes. And I loved driving it. For the first ten minutes. After that, it quickly devolved into auditory torture for my horribly messed-up hearing.

The car is now a pleasure to drive for hours. It sounds great, but not exhausting (intended).

I would have built a resonator/silencer and kept the pipes.lol

 

[Brent T]

Moved my 4-post lift to the 3rd stall. I originally had it in the middle of the garage. I was ok with the two cars stacked, but I realized there was no way to ever have two open stalls next to each other. I think this is a better option, I just now need to raise the door tracks on that second garage door. I'm currently just using the lift for storage. If/when I get another vehicle I'll be able to stack cars again.

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[BonzoHansen]

Moved my 4-post lift to the 3rd stall. I originally had it in the middle of the garage. I was ok with the two cars stacked, but I realized there was no way to ever have two open stalls next to each other. I think this is a better option, I just now need to raise the door tracks on that second garage door. I'm currently just using the lift for storage. If/when I get another vehicle I'll be able to stack cars again.

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Looks nice. How much headroom do you have floor to ceiling.

 

[rd65]

Regreased the Mrs' Kitchen Aid mixer. That had been on the to-do list for awhile. Sharpened the blades on the 032 & Craftsman 2.0. Fitted a new fuel line on the 2.0, old one had snapped off at the fuel tank. I do need to source a couple of replacement bolts for it. Luckily the owners manual lists the bolt sizes with part numbers. It is so old that it is all SAE hardware. I have my metric stuff sorted but my sae stuff in just in bins.

 

[nadogail]

Did some more pitching and organizing. Managed to get another few square feet of open floor space. Managed to spill the box holding my stock of 18 Gauge brads and staples, picked them all up and put them back into an organized storage container.

 

[Outlawmws]

Did some more pitching and organizing. Managed to get another few square feet of open floor space. Managed to spill the box holding my stock of 18 Gauge brads and staples, picked them all up and put them back into an organized storage container.

Hate it when spills like that happen!

 

[Brent T]

Looks nice. How much headroom do you have floor to ceiling.

I'm 10'2" floor to the light fixtures. Could gain another 4" if I rearranged the lights. When I had my M Coupe, I could put either car on top and raise the lift all the way. It's a Backyard Buddy, so it doesn't go very high, but works great for my purposes.

 

[Beerhippie]

Applied a few quarts of Mess B Gone:



I'm fairly sure Mess B Gone is rebranded Elbow Grease.

Now for the repairs. I need a couple of cable grips for a come-along.....

 

[Wrench97]

Wrapped up the Saginaw power steering box rebuild, then started installing the front suspension and steering components into the '73 Mustang.





One slick trick to shrink the Teflon seals back down after you've stretched them into their grooves: wrap tightly with plastic, then with electrical tape, then snug a hose clamp down on it and let it sit for awhile. That trick made reassembly a cinch.



After shrinking the Teflon seal.

I've used silicone hose clamps(the ones with a smooth inside tail) to compress them in past on hydro cylinders.

 

[Beerhippie]

Used a 7mm socket today! Refrigeration stuff. I don't recall the last time I used one.

 

[Wrench97]

Used a 7mm socket today! Refrigeration stuff. I don't recall the last time I used one.

Ford and GM use them on trim pieces......

 

[Old Man Roger]

And blower motors too I think?

 

[LeonardY]

Used a 7mm socket today!

I used one a few days ago. When I installed the EV charger.

I don't know if it's an odd size. But I'm the type to take the whole socket rack over until I find one that fits snug.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Unwrapped a happy jungle bag. Installed the ferrite chokes. Installed the USB cables. Set up the powered hub as a charger base for the herd of rechargeable USB things.

 

[Skyman]

I would have built a resonator/silencer and kept the pipes.lol

That's very problematic to implement. Clearances are very tight. I spent quite a bit of time studying the situation in the hope of coming up with a satisfactory solution, and ultimately punted and put it back the way it was when the car was built.

 

[nadogail]

I did the front suspension on my Yukon a couple years back and it wore me out. I think I'll be outsourcing that work from now on.

Welcome to the Club

 

[LeonardY]

Stared at the dust chute. I need to make a spring to make it return to the down position. I've got a few ideas.
Setup the router and cut a couple of gage strips for the desk build.

 

[nadogail]

Hate it when spills like that happen!

I have a magnet glued to a length of wooden dowel, it saves me a lot of bending over and reaching all the way to the floor.

The floor seems to be getting further away every time I have to pick something up.

 

[Beerhippie]

I have a magnet glued to a length of wooden dowel, it saves me a lot of bending over and reaching all the way to the floor.

The floor seems to be getting further away every time I have to pick something up.

Magnetic rake w/release plate:

https://www.harborfreight.com/30-inch-magnetic-sweeper-with-wheels-93245.html?hftm_sc=&utm_source=google&hftm_source=google&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=21901739417&campaignid=21901739417&utm_content=173216753231&adsetid=173216753231&product=93245&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21901739417&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsPzHBhDCARIsALlWNG0rx3MlZyYekhKOrGG-zZdOfX1R1ozpnsF1XejRHdYNKdCVzdZC5xkaAqurEALw_wcB

Fill it up, park it over a piece of cardboard, pull the release. Simple. You're welcome.

I have coworkers who don't seem to understand why leaving our gravel customer parking lot full of "sharps"--nails, screw, etc--is not a good thing. I get a lot of use out of the mag rake and maybe someday I'll pick up a nice meteorite for a bonus.

 

[wolfhawk73]

I've been working on restoring an old railroad cart that used to be in my father-in-law's textile mill. It's probably from the 50's or earlier. The old one in the pic is similar to the one I have. I didn't get a pic of it before I took it apart.

The cast iron and steel parts are spending quality time in Evapo-Rust. I like the way they look when they're bare. Some gloss lacquer will make them suitable for indoors. Probably going to use if for a coffee table like everyone else, but at least I came up with the idea a couple of decades ago before I heard about everyone else doing it.

My father-in-law ripped off the original white oak boards 15 years ago, replacing them with 5/4 treated. It took a while in our area to find replacement wood, and I drove an hour and a half to get some 2" thick boards. I made a ton of sawdust to get them down to a true inch. I just need to figure out how to ding them up a bit to match the wear on the old frame boards.

 

[imagineer]

I made a base for a bench for outside the pack patio. I cut the uprights on my plasma table over a month ago, but wasn't until this weekend I had the time to start welding it together.

The uprights are 1/8" stainless with 1-1/4" x 1/8" stainless bar TIG welded (badly). The curved braces are 5/8" OD x .040" wall stainless tubing. I made the curve in the tube using a homemade slip roller. The 4 curved tubes are all welded to a 1/8" stainless spider plate at the top.

The bench seat will 36" x 15" x 2" thick and will be made using concrete countertop mix. I'll make the form and pour the concrete next weekend,

The plywood bolted to the base was there to keep all the parts straight and square for final welding together, then the same plywood will be used to hold and locate the fasteners embedded in the concrete.

 

[zanyad]

My new house and garage are still under construction

@Real_PhillBert, do you have a build thread?

 

[M.Brane]

That's very problematic to implement. Clearances are very tight. I spent quite a bit of time studying the situation in the hope of coming up with a satisfactory solution, and ultimately punted and put it back the way it was when the car was built.

Earplugs would have been much cheaper, and easier. I'd wear 'em in a convertible regardless.

 

[welder4956]

Back from a road trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway. I spent a few hours wire wheeling the workbench base and applying a coat of black paint.

 

[Outlawmws]

Smalls over the last few days:

Painting various cardboard boxes that have become "camp gear" keeps the cardboard from soaking up wet as easily. 4 down, one to go. Paint is not drying fast in this colder weather!

Added a top handle to a wood lantern box. -Made copper loop straps for the chosen handle.

Fixed the fuel fill station pump spigot handle for stripped wood screw threads (Drill , plug with dowel, drill, carefully re-thread without spiting it... (looked at making a "wood screw tap" but didn't have the right wood screw thread size...)

Making new "top spikes" for 4 tent poles for the "short wall" of the big canopy. Planing to nickle plate the nails used tomorrow.

Hardware store (Ace not BB) for various parts.

First major "raking" of the year in front. (used the blower for making a coupe piles). Oak trees are barely started!

Knocked a hardwood pallet apart for the wood.

Charged T-bird battery - Nope - "Its Dead Jim"...

 

[ObnoxiousFumes]

This was from Saturday, but I finally got a minute to put the second axle seal in the Ram, had to modify a worn socket-fusion die to make an adapter so I could pull it in with some threaded rod. I don’t have enough proper tools of that sort yet but luckily I have others, like a tiny lathe. Lol. I think this is the only time I’ve actually used it this year.

Then at the shop after work I pressed the new ball joints into the knuckles, and helped my coworker do a quick muffler delete on his Sierra. Sort of in payment for painting said knuckles.

 

[Old Man Roger]

That's very problematic to implement. Clearances are very tight. I spent quite a bit of time studying the situation in the hope of coming up with a satisfactory solution, and ultimately punted and put it back the way it was when the car was built.

I would have cut the pipe open if I had to, but that’s just me. I’ve spent more time and money making something the way I wanted it then if I had just bought new stuff.lol

 

[Skyman]

Earplugs would have been much cheaper, and easier. I'd wear 'em in a convertible regardless.

Yeah. Cheaper and easier. Perfect.

Except for the fact that they didn't solve my problem (hyperacusis).

Neither did the expen$ive ones I bought that have active noise cancelling.

When I was a young buck, there was no such thing as a vehicle that was too loud for me. That's now ancient history.

An unexpected bonus was that after putting some mufflers under the car, I could suddenly hear the heavy pinging under load that was previously impossible to hear and had thus gone unresolved. Fixed now.

 

[RonnieC]

Sharpened the chain on the m12 hatchet. Sprayed a few coats of shellac on some new wood turnings. Cleaned up after various projects.

 

[mrb1]

Getting the winter time daily driver ready. Noticed this summer that both the AM/FM reception went to hell. Found the mast had broken free of the mount. Quite the struggle getting the old one removed without breaking anything. Soaked overnight in PB. Wrapped it in some bare CCA speaker wire and taped her up. Better than factory

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[M.Brane]

Yeah. Cheaper and easier. Perfect.

Except for the fact that they didn't solve my problem (hyperacusis).

Neither did the expen$ive ones I bought that have active noise cancelling.

When I was a young buck, there was no such thing as a vehicle that was too loud for me. That's now ancient history.

An unexpected bonus was that after putting some mufflers under the car, I could suddenly near the heavy pinging under load that was previously impossible to hear and had thus gone unresolved. Fixed now.

Interesting. Thanks for the education.

After many years of exposure to high SPLs I have a surprisingly mild case of Tinnitus. I wear my plugs religiously now, and they work for me. By attenuating certain frequencies they also reveal things you wouldn't hear without them.

 

[Real_PhillBert]

@Real_PhillBert, do you have a build thread?

I did not, but I should have. I have almost 500 pictures throughout the process so far.

 

[zanyad]

I did not, but I should have. I have almost 500 pictures throughout the process so far.

No time like the present!

 

[Skyman]

Interesting. Thanks for the education.

After many years of exposure to high SPLs I have a surprisingly mild case of Tinnitus. I wear my plugs religiously now, and they work for me. By attenuating certain frequencies they also reveal things you wouldn't hear without them.

Yeah, I have that condition as well. I have become zealously cautious with hearing protection in recent years, in the hope of preserving what hearing I have remaining, for as long as possible. We don't miss it until it's gone. And I miss it now. I'm gonna miss it even more when more of it has taken its leave.

 

[niget2002]

Small progress on converting the govee spotlight's to WLED. The new WLED controllers and waterproof connectors came in, so I cut one of the spotlight strips in half and wired 2 of the spotlights to one controller. These two will go on the left side of the house. The other 2 spotlights will be modified for lighting up decorations in the yard. Then the second 4-light spotlight will be used to light up the right side of the house.

At some point I need to mount the WLED controllers to the house and run the wires to get to the lights.