What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[16again]

Nothing too exciting. Installed a new mailbox on front of house.

 

[bugnut]

@kaymccampbell many thanks off to amazon!

 

[kaymccampbell]

Disassembled, cleaned and reassembled the valve body (which has a lot of parts inside it) on the turbo 350 rebuild. This is my first transmission rebuild, the complexity of an automatic transmission blows me away, and people infinitely smarter than me came of up these.

I love the comment in the book about how you'll never get it back together again if you don't keep it in order. Weak minded weasels.

There was a time when I used to spill the guts of a valve body into a basket and run them through the parts washer. Then I'd rinse it all in varsol and lay it out on a white rag in order for assembly.

One time, my coworkers dumped a fordomat, a powerglide and a THM into a single basket and gave me the washed n rinsed basket. It took me a little longer but I got there, and didn't buy lunches for a couple weeks.

 

[imagineer]

Made a smoke / fume enclosure for the laser engraver. It has a 4" dust collector port that will be, via a small in-line fan, piped to a dryer vent through one of the basement windows. (go easy on the welds...it's .070" 3003 aluminum and is a ***** to weld).

To the left of the enclosure is the powder coat oven and to the right will be the 'yet-to-be-built' paint booth. Both of those will also be plumbed to the smoke/fume extractor.

 

[kaymccampbell]

BTW are these dead areas in the bulbs repairable? I have quite a few like this.

If you can figure out how to tease the covers off those LED bulbs, then yes, they are repairable. What's inside is just a row of discrete LED modules. They are often laid out in strings like Xmas lights.

If you have an LED tester, then you can find out which exact module in the string is dead. Though sometimes you can see the black dot in the middle of the dead one and don't need the tester.

 

[BreeStephany]

Disassembled, cleaned and reassembled the valve body (which has a lot of parts inside it) on the turbo 350 rebuild. This is my first transmission rebuild, the complexity of an automatic transmission blows me away, and people infinitely smarter than me came of up these.

These are truly a fun adventure in learning about hydraulic pressure controls... I did one of these about a decade ago and realized I had a LOT more to learn about automotive work... but with a little guidance got it up and running.

Cleanliness is everything when rebuilding a severely contaminated automatic transmission valve body. I learned that when you think its completely clean, clean it some more.

 

[racecougar]

Stuck the radiator into the '73 Mustang, then started in on the front body wiring harness.

Sniper EFI and original air cleaner resting in place just for mockup purposes here.





Completed the repair/restoration of the front body harness. The modification phase will begin next.

 

[Real_PhillBert]

Put a new water pump in my 2016 Focus ST this weekend.

It went so smooth I dont think I even used any expletives!

 

[413dan]

Snowblowers fueled yesterday and this morning at the 2 locations I manage the snow at. Experiencing a Blizzard here on the East Coast of the USA today. Cleanup will be fun as winds are expected to stick around a bit after it officially stops coming down.

 

[GrayFlattop]

Sounds like a fascinating experience.

It absolutely was and I learned so much over the decades.

 

[GrayFlattop]

These are truly a fun adventure in learning about hydraulic pressure controls... I did one of these about a decade ago and realized I had a LOT more to learn about automotive work... but with a little guidance got it up and running.

Cleanliness is everything when rebuilding a severely contaminated automatic transmission valve body. I learned that when you think its completely clean, clean it some more.

For the components that go directly into transmission without subsequent processing, there were specific cleanliness standards that had to be met. Parts had to be tested several times per shift (fail and you don’t pass “GO” - start over). Sample parts were washed down with a specific filtered solvent of a specific volume and then captured in a cleaned stainless tray. The solvent was then poured through a special funnel that held filter media of a specific mesh. The filter media was then moved via tweezers into a lab oven to evaporate the remaining solvent. Once the timer went off, you would place the filer media in a particle counting electronic microscope that would scan the entire test filter surface and the software would report the results. IIRC, there were six or seven categories of particle sizes (in microns with a couple of decimal places). You were allowed so many particles of each size range per the standard in the manual (which was at least 10mm thick).

We had a clean room specifically for this testing - crazy.

 

[Old Man Roger]

I love the comment in the book about how you'll never get it back together again if you don't keep it in order. Weak minded weasels.

There was a time when I used to spill the guts of a valve body into a basket and run them through the parts washer. Then I'd rinse it all in varsol and lay it out on a white rag in order for assembly.

One time, my coworkers dumped a fordomat, a powerglide and a THM into a single basket and gave me the washed n rinsed basket. It took me a little longer but I got there, and didn't buy lunches for a couple weeks.

Just more proof that you are not human.lol

 

[kaymccampbell]

Just more proof that you are not human.lol

I've often considered this.

 

[Outlawmws]

Holy Crud I hate dropping off a busy thread for a couple of weeks! 9 pages!

Got nothing big to report other than spending most of those 2 weeks keeping my right foot/leg elevated. I'm pretty sure at this point its a pinched nerve, (likely sciatica ) as the pain keeps moving around in weird ways, and then will suddenly stop - for a short time. so I'm hunting for my old PT instructions for sciatica.


Had some comments - sorry some are so late!

I assume its the reset button.

(Timm's camera project) Maybe its a test button?

I don't remember. I know I spent six hours doing something....

Posted way after beer thirty!

We had one of these gems too (a lot like this one), that still worked. I would play mom's records that i liked when i was a kid, like the 1812 Overture.

Totally different - the Shellac/Victrola is all mechanical sound reproduction. electronics came later@

Yep, that's what I was expecting to find in there. Seems like it should be pretty resistant to running dry for long enough to prime. I think I'll lube it with some silicone great, glue it back together with some ABS glue and see if it works.

They make peristaltic pumps that are self priming and uses the hose inside the pump. Want to pump a different fluid? swap out the hose!

Not as cheap as the MIC vane type, but clean.

Here is one example:

Jackson 4320-004-10-39 Chemical Pump W/ Squeeze Tube

Jackson 4320-004-10-39 Chemical Pump W/ Squeeze Tube.<br /><br />

www.webstaurantstore.com

 

[kaymccampbell]

Holy Crud I hate dropping off a busy thread for a couple of weeks! 9 pages!

Got nothing big to report other than spending most of those 2 weeks keeping my right foot/leg elevated. I'm pretty sure at this point its a pinched nerve, (likely sciatica ) as the pain keeps moving around in weird ways, and then will suddenly stop - for a short time. so I'm hunting for my old PT instructions for sciatica.

The knuckle down the calf thing didn't do anything for it?
You could try lying in a tub of the warmest water you can stand, and put your **** against the wall and your legs straight up, and not pointing your toes.

 

[Beerhippie]

FFS.

I need twelve 1 1/4" X 5/16" U-bolts--six per section--to attach the new basket to my roof racks. There were five to be found between three hardware stores. If I could even find one more, I could at least get the front half up--but noooooo.

I'd be finished with the job this afternoon, but now it's waiting... for parts to come. Or make a looong drive just to buy seven U-bolts.

There are downsides to living in a remote rural paradise.

Back to vacating the old office. It's amazing how much goes in the dumpster compared to the storage. Oooh! A great big box full of computer back-ups--on 3 1/2" floppies! Hundreds of back-ups on CD-R. Another hundred or so music CDs--those we keep.

The local non-profit thrift store was happy to take a couple of hundred unused CD-Rs and -RWs and some old desk lamps.

I'd forgotten I even had this:







From back in the old days when a gentleman was elegant and watches were slim. It's 5/8" wide. I need to get it up on Ebay to pay for more goodies for the Vanagon project!

Any Gruen watch collectors here?

 

[Beerhippie]

They make peristaltic pumps that are self priming and uses the hose inside the pump. Want to pump a different fluid? swap out the hose!

A little overkill for pumping sewage?

We have at least one with a variable speed drive for fine dosing of chemicals. It would only take a week or so to fill a five gallon bucket with it.

 

[Outlawmws]

The knuckle down the calf thing didn't do anything for it?
You could try lying in a tub of the warmest water you can stand, and put your **** against the wall and your legs straight up, and not pointing your toes.

Honestly,l I'd forgotten about that. I'll give it a try;

 

[Outlawmws]

A little overkill for pumping sewage?

I was thinking for your glycol or any other liquids/oils fuels, etc..

 

[Beelzeboss]

I made some progress on the weirdest fuel filler neck ever



And played with some spray foam

 

[Outlawmws]

I made some progress on the weirdest fuel filler neck ever

IMO those bottom 2 kinks need to be smooth bends, or you will be trickling fuel to prevent auto shutoff...

 

[Beelzeboss]

IMO those bottom 2 kinks need to be smooth bends, or you will be trickling fuel to prevent auto shutoff...

Unfortunately they can't be smooth bends, there's no room. We will see, it will have quite a lot more head pressure than a normal filler due to the height difference, but at this point it is what it is.

 

[stonesfan68]

I haven't done a lot for a while. I got a case of gout and could hardly walk. I finally was able to get out there tonight and started doing some organizing and labeling. I am looking for all of my wagon parts that are in boxes around my garage. I can't spend too much time on my feet so I roll my chair into the area where I'm organizing and sit down with a box in my lap. It hurts but I'm getting something done. In just an hour I have already organized and consolidated enough to gain a shelf and a half. I hope to be fully back at it by this weekend.

I feel for you! I had my first two bouts with gout last year. It hurt! I was able to knock it out with a steroid pack and colchicine. I figured out that shellfish was the "trigger" so unfortunately, no more crab cakes, lobster bisque or shrimp etouffee for me.

 

[BonzoHansen]

I don't like 18" of snow.

And it seems I lost a shear pin last time. Need to get some spares. Got through today with a non shear pin lol

 

[Itinerant]

Actually wrote a to-do list on the white board I hung a couple of years ago.

Started going through boxes and drawers pulling out duplicates, stuff I’ve never used and likely never will and stuff I once thought was cool but now don’t care about. I often wonder if I own stuff or if it owns me. I suppose I’ll try to sell some smalls but most of it is destined for the Restore.

A small pile.

 

[Beerhippie]

I've suffered bouts of gout since my late thirties. They are, fortunately, few and far between. I treat them with alopurinol, which doesn't work for everyone, but does for me--again, fortunately, as it's dirt cheap. What seems to trigger my gout is breathing.

I ordered a new, 75' cable and end pieces for our powered drain snake. Took care of some minor **** around the brewery for an hour, then knocked off for the day to do some me ****.

Got most of the **** out of the old office. I need to do a dump run and then clean. That'll be a load off!

Then worked on the Brick some more. I had half the roof rack basket done, so I decided to put it up. I needed six U-bolts to do the job, and 1 1/4" X 3 1/2" X 1/4" seemed ideal--but there were only five to be found in the entire town. I gave in and bought one 1 3/8" X 3 1/2" X 5/16 just to get 'er done.



I drilled the first two holes kneeling on the grating of the basket--then realized I'd be crippled for days if I kept that up and grabbed the plywood scrap. I blew the drill and grinder shavings off the roof with a leaf blower so they won't leave rust stains.



Lookin' rattier every day!

Moving out of the office reminded me of some features of the old building:



The wall to the right is the wall of my old office. Having a freight elevator just outside the door might be handy, but it no longer does anything. Back in the old days, businesses didn't want delivery wagons or, later, trucks blocking the main street outside (my office fronts on Main Street), so deliveries were in the alleyways. There were big-*** doors in the sidewalks with freight elevators under them. The deliveries would be lowered down below the sidewalks to the tunnel system that connected all the businesses in town, then moved to the proper place on hand trucks. When I first moved out here nearly forty years ago, the tunnels were still mostly intact. Going exploring in them was a great ate-night pastime! They're almost entirely gone now--blocked off or filled in by new construction.

This decal has been in this window for a bit:



I guess that's a good safety record?

 

[413dan]

1979 Ariens still throws snow like a champ, as does the 96 Craftsman. 11 inches in my area of operation cleaned and cleared over a 5 hour span. good to be back indoors.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Ran cable to link the laser burner tx and ground to the laser burner cam, so I can read the gcode coming through and make the esp32 cam update the web page, so I'll get a better indication of job done. Spent hours and hours fighting gremlins. They're still in there. The shop is a bigger ********* than before.

 

[Beerhippie]

Ran cable to link the laser burner tx and ground to the laser burner cam, so I can read the gcode coming through and make the esp32 cam update the web page, so I'll get a better indication of job done. Spent hours and hours fighting gremlins. They're still in there. The shop is a bigger ********* than before.

I wish I understood anything you wrote there.

No, on second thought, I'm fine.

 

[kaymccampbell]

I wish I understood anything you wrote there.

No, on second thought, I'm fine.

Imagine me taking apart electronic widgets, soldering components. writing code, testing, rinse n repeat for 10 hours.

 

[Firebird1975]

I replaced some shear pins on my snowblower. We got 18 inches of snow, with some drifting over four feet. My garage is buried for the most part.

 

[DGersic]

Sanded and stained the edges of my new WorkMate table tops.



Disassembled a couple of Craftsman ratchets.

 

[LeonardY]

Finished up the drawer for the chargers.
Did a quick let's see if everything fits.

It does. I don't know if I need three Greenworks chargers. I know I don't need four Bosch chargers.
The beauty about working from just a few dimensions and an idea, is that nothing can really go wrong. Because there is no real plan.

The ugly is to the left. But it is functional.

Need an eight outlet power strip and cord management.

I'm happy with the result. Moving on to the next thing.

 

[gearhead1960]

...technically, it was yesterday. Put together tool box for Ric. It's basis was some of the old tools the PO had left behind. I then supplemented with duplicate/triplicate sets I had....

 

[Arne73]

I've suffered bouts of gout since my late thirties. They are, fortunately, few and far between. I treat them with alopurinol, which doesn't work for everyone, but does for me--again, fortunately, as it's dirt cheap. What seems to trigger my gout is breathing.

I ordered a new, 75' cable and end pieces for our powered drain snake. Took care of some minor **** around the brewery for an hour, then knocked off for the day to do some me ****.

Got most of the **** out of the old office. I need to do a dump run and then clean. That'll be a load off!

Then worked on the Brick some more. I had half the roof rack basket done, so I decided to put it up. I needed six U-bolts to do the job, and 1 1/4" X 3 1/2" X 1/4" seemed ideal--but there were only five to be found in the entire town. I gave in and bought one 1 3/8" X 3 1/2" X 5/16 just to get 'er done.



I drilled the first two holes kneeling on the grating of the basket--then realized I'd be crippled for days if I kept that up and grabbed the plywood scrap. I blew the drill and grinder shavings off the roof with a leaf blower so they won't leave rust stains.



Lookin' rattier every day!

Moving out of the office reminded me of some features of the old building:



The wall to the right is the wall of my old office. Having a freight elevator just outside the door might be handy, but it no longer does anything. Back in the old days, businesses didn't want delivery wagons or, later, trucks blocking the main street outside (my office fronts on Main Street), so deliveries were in the alleyways. There were big-*** doors in the sidewalks with freight elevators under them. The deliveries would be lowered down below the sidewalks to the tunnel system that connected all the businesses in town, then moved to the proper place on hand trucks. When I first moved out here nearly forty years ago, the tunnels were still mostly intact. Going exploring in them was a great ate-night pastime! They're almost entirely gone now--blocked off or filled in by new construction.

This decal has been in this window for a bit:



I guess that's a good safety record?

How about an air powered diaphragm pump? They'll run dry, are self priming and move some solid ****.
I usually pointed out the distinction between a clogged drain and a backing up drain to the production operators. Clogged drains were usually jammed with the broken glass and labels that they tried to disappear by hosing them down the drain.

 

[Outlawmws]

Since we've recently reduced staff, I was informed that cleaning the grease trap weekly is now part of my job. Oh, joy.

Is this a scoop the goop out trap or? I assume it goes into a barrel for disposal?

If the above, maybe a dedicated shop vac and a custom top on the disposal barrel so the suction hose goes to the disposal barrel first and the shop vac just provides suction?

Here is a pic of Jay Leno's first toolbox. I took this in 2009 I think. This is the box he had as a kid, I think.

I had that same box once upon a time my fist "real" box. I gave it to a buddy after replacing it with 2 Kennedy's; a 6 drawer top and 2 drawer intermediate so we could actually move it. the Craftsman 10 was to heavy for 2 pretty strong guys to move to the truck for track days without removing a couple of drawers. My buddy still uses it.

Sanded and stained the edges of my new WorkMate table tops.

Do you have the 20mm(?) drill for the factory dogs, or are you planning on buying some 3/4" dogs?

Need an eight outlet power strip and cord management.

Couple Q's: does the drawer close when the batteries are being charged? If so maybe consider robbing an old comp power supply of its fan, and adding that as an exhaust fan with a switch for when you are charging? I'm thinking drawer front mount?

 

[DGersic]

Do you have the 20mm(?) drill for the factory dogs, or are you planning on buying some 3/4" dogs?

Haven’t decided. I have very rarely found the factory dogs to be useful, most of the time it’s just a portable folding work table. Sometimes things get clamped to it, or the table clamping mechanism is used.

I may just leave the table surface flat. If I find a need for dogs, I can drill it later.

 

[LeonardY]

Couple Q's: does the drawer close when the batteries are being charged? If so maybe consider robbing an old comp power supply of its fan, and adding that as an exhaust fan with a switch for when you are charging? I'm thinking drawer front mount?

No, it will be open. Most of the batteries interfere with it closing. I wanted it that way. It reminds me not to leave a battery sitting in the charger. The open drawer will not really be in my way but it will be obvious. All of the chargers are relatively fast chargers. An hour or so.

 

[Beerhippie]

Clogged drains were usually jammed with the broken glass and labels that they tried to disappear by hosing them down the drain.

That's why we have a sump in the packaging room. It collects all the stuff that doesn't play well with the drains. Sump pump sits about six inches above the bottom of the sump.

We don't have a bottling line (canning) anymore, so most of that problem is gone. Broken cans don't clog the drains.

 

[TheRealZeus]

Yesterday got more sidewalk dug up/reclaimed and some pine tree pruning accomplished. The pine was overdue, and I have been managing it in stages.