What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[rcktpwrd]

Wife and I started to properly put away the Christmas decorations that have been accumulating all over the garage... should be able to get it all finished up tomorrow.

 

[Beerhippie]

Got her all back together and took a five-mile test drive. Much better. Second gear, in particular, was difficult to hit before the bushing replacement, now it slides right in. Where I had about three inches of play at the shifter knob when in gear, I now have about a half inch.

Happy.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Cleaned, flung, put away, organized, purged. Repaired headphones for a friend. Added a lifting frame for the laser burner cover. Installed the laser alignment cam. Worked in CAD. Printed filler plugs for the CNC dog crate. Printed little retainer brackets for the cam. Vacuumed.

 

[Beerhippie]

Cleaned, flung, put away, organized, purged. Repaired headphones for a friend. Added a lifting frame for the laser burner cover. Installed the laser alignment cam. Worked in CAD. Printed filler plugs for the CNC dog crate. Printed little retainer brackets for the cam. Vacuumed.

Damn, you got one hell of a nice set-up there--looking for a husband, by any chance?

 

[kaymccampbell]

Damn, you got one hell of a nice set-up there--looking for a husband, by any chance?

Thanks. I'm taken.

 

[Old Man Roger]

That was awkward. lol

 

[cody1325]

In the basement shop and office (where the 3D printer lives).

3D printed a few organizers, as well as a new razor stand for my main razor--which was my great-Grandpa's Gillette from the '50s.

Finally got the replacement handle properly mounted (and wedged) on a Council axe I've had--while older ('70s or '80s I'd guess) they're the only company in my pile still making axes in the US, so I decided to retire one of my True Tempers and the Collins Boys Axe that's my yard work axe.

Now comes the hard part, putting a new bevel and edge on it--as I filed it down to just flat/90 degrees. The old was a wavy and uneven grinder-caused mess that was on it when I found it--and it'll take a while with a file. I may buy one of the Harbor Freight 1x30 sanders for the task- It's still fairly cheap at just over $50--and are often used by hobby knife makers. . Shouldn't make a mess of things, as long as I keep the head cooled.

 

[Beerhippie]

When I got my learners permit in 1971, I learned to drive in my dad's '56 or '57 Ford F100. Three on the tree!

I learned on a WWII surplus IH 6-ton. Three levers, 18 speeds, no syncros. I still double-clutch to this day.

 

[rd65]

Having spent over thirty years living in the Intermountain West, I'm aware that winter is never far off. Still haven't put on my summer tires, even 'though we haven't had significant snow in a month or so.

Hell, I've barely used the snowblower this season. I think I used it once.

Gonna be a dry one. I just hope I can gets some dispersed camping in before the forests close.

Probably going to be a ****** fire season

 

[LeonardY]

Sat in front of the garage because it was really nice out.

Replaced two cord strain reliefs.

First the framing saw. it took a little finagling to split the case without taking the whole thing apart.
Put the new one on.


New strain relief



Next PC router.

There was barely wire coming out of the switch to reattach the power cable.

I used Wago lever locks.

Also made the side edge of the drawer pretty.

 

[2drx4]

I got my other Husky mid boxes and installed them in my "Maximum" (Mastercraft) box. This was a little more of a screw around than doing the red box, but overall I think it was well worth it consider I'm under $300 CAD taxes in (keep in mind that's $215~ US) to add a bunch more space without losing floor space. I had some random brackets from a shelf unit that worked perfect for bolting the backs of them together, and I through bolted them vertically in the front; ol' tug test and she ain't going nowhere. The hutch is pretty high, but I'm going to try not to put much in it from now on out, probably just my bluetooth speaker and some random fluff. Everything now needs to be reorganized, but since my actual shop isn't done, at least half my tools are still in storage and it's hard to effectively do.

 

[landrover bodger]

baited all the mouse traps as later today i will be at work until thursday.

 

[Mike65]

Managed to get the fuel filter in my 05 F150 replaced. Holy s*#t those "quick disconnects" are anything but quick to disconnect. Why oh why does there need to a different one on each side of the fuel filter?

 

[DeeDubz]

Finished up my star link install. Found a router mount that sorta hides everything

 

[kaymccampbell]

Finished up my star link install. Found a router mount that sorta hides everything

That's a lot of cable. Any signal attenuation because of it?

 

[Fordguy1964]

Is that the original engine or a 302?

Original engine using all factory Ford parts. I did a lot of port work on the engine and put it on the dyno before I installed it. Got 303HP out of the 289.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Original engine using all factory Ford parts. I did a lot of port work on the engine and put it on the dyno before I installed it. Got 303HP out of the 289.

Wow. And I thought that getting 215hp out of my 289 EYT Interceptor marine conversion was a miracle over the stock 185. If only we had that tech 60 years ago.

 

[Wrench97]

Managed to get the fuel filter in my 05 F150 replaced. Holy s*#t those "quick disconnects" are anything but quick to disconnect. Why oh why does there need to a different one on each side of the fuel filter?

They're "quick connects" used because they are faster to connect on the assembly line, 2 different ones keep the brain dead from installing them backwards...........

 

[PhantomEB]

Amazon didn’t show yesterday so looks like today will be finish off the coolant system of the bronco with the last needed fittings and high temp tubing. Electric fan hooked up too.

Instead I got into the wtf isn’t this and that plug in the shop working….found out a 220 lug in the house main breaker panel was popped out. Fixed that then moved some wires in the sub panel around to for up some breaker slots.

now I got room to add in a second 220 outlet by the man door then reroute the current one up into the attic and down in the adjacent corner beside the steel rack. Since my welder extension cord is 20’ I will be versatile wherever in the garage. Not to mention I now got planned power for another compressor in the back corner.

I stupidly been yapping about extending my current 15 amp perimeter circuit with more plugs……now with the breaker panel clean up I got two slots that I can run 20-30 amp breaker and plugs down each side wall.

Sure can’t wait to run 60amps out there this spring!

 

[rcktpwrd]

We got all the Christmas stuff put away and she cleaned/organized the lower shelf next to the door too.

went from this:


to this:

 

[16again]

Moving mom out of her condo. She had 4 old desk top computers.
Popped them open, pulled the hard drives and drilled half dozen holes through each drive.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Fixed some minor sick widgets. Did my nails. They turned out iridescent metalflake flannel grey.

 

[twistedstang]

Yesterday I made the mistake of opening up my garage doors in excitement of a 60* morning. My well Insulated garage was 45* Inside so I spent the rest of the day wiping the condensation off everything including the drywall. Oooof. Lesson learned.

 

[GrayFlattop]

Picked-up a few things, then grabbed the hedge clippers off the hook to start cutting back some of last year’s perennials. Put the hedge clippers away.

 

[niget2002]

Worked on painting the sign.

 

[rd65]

Made some progress on the truck. Got the rad support out. It will need some rust attention. Should make engine/ trans install much easier. Had to break out the 1/2" aircat, the 3/8" Craftsman Pro didn't have the required grunt.

 

[Fordguy1964]

Wow. And I thought that getting 215hp out of my 289 EYT Interceptor marine conversion was a miracle over the stock 185. If only we had that tech 60 years ago.

Not a lot of tech really. Only "modern" thing I have in the engine that is different from 1964 factory parts is the roller camshaft with 5.0 firing order and the roller rockers. Otherwise it was just tuning. I guess the tech of the dyno helped too.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Not a lot of tech really. Only "modern" thing I have in the engine that is different from 1964 factory parts is the roller camshaft with 5.0 firing order and the roller rockers. Otherwise it was just tuning. I guess the tech of the dyno helped too.

So, just a carb and points ignition with vacuum advance?

 

[Fordguy1964]

This weekend I decided to move my second Fairlane wagon around and get it parked in front of the garage door. Seeing that in my face all the time will keep me motivated to get back at it.

Then I got back onto stripping down the engine compartment in my Sports Coupe. The belt and fan slung the battery acid everywhere! I'm glad I caught it before much damage was done though. I took the entire front of the engine and belts off, cleaned it and touched up the paint.

While I was there I decided to swap out the AC compressor. So I swapped the clutch pieces over and and painted the old clutch.


Just about ready for reassembly.

 

[Fordguy1964]

So, just a carb and points ignition with vacuum advance?

Factory Ford Autolite 4100 that got rejetted and the secondary springs adjusted, Pertronics electronic module in the factory distributor (I guess that's modern too), and a factory Ford distributor that I tuned up on my Sun Master distributor machine.

 

[Itinerant]

Spent the entire afternoon cleaning up my new to me bench. Straightened the handle on the vise that came with the bench and re-mounted it.

Before:


After:

 

[badmatt]

Cleaned out the GM emissions equipment that fell off a truck and swept up.

 

[Metallitubby]

Put a prototype offroad motorcycle in my shop and cleaned up a bit.

 

[cody1325]

Put a prototype, offroad motorcycle in my shop and cleaned up a bit.

I wonder if Hot Wheels will be doing that one? I've picked up most of the motorcycles they've done in recent years--including the Hondas.

 

[Beemer]

Ten minute no mess oil change. I love my ValvoMax drain plug.

 

[Metallitubby]

I wonder if Hot Wheels will be doing that one? I've picked up most of the motorcycles they've done in recent years--including the Hondas.

If they do, it'll be in a couple years when this bike is released to the wild.

 

[DGersic]

Ten minute no mess oil change. I love my ValvoMax drain plug.

That looks pretty slick. If I didn’t already have Fumoto valves on everything, I’d buy one of these.

 

[Mike65]

They're "quick connects" used because they are faster to connect on the assembly line, 2 different ones keep the brain dead from installing them backwards...........

The inlet & the outlet on the fuel filter are the same size & the same length so I do not see how it could stop the filter from being installed backwards.

 

[Wrench97]

The inlet & the outlet on the fuel filter are the same size & the same length so I do not see how it could stop the filter from being installed backwards.

Some are the same others different, you're the one that stated they were different on each side.

 

[Outlawmws]

All the way through and let the acid spray everywhere! Now the engine compartment gets torn down and redone.

I once had the battery break loose and go into the steel, crank-driven fan.

A buddy had a battery explode in a 66 ford PU once. That was a cleanup...

distributor that I tuned up on my Sun Master distributor machine.

This and removing drive gear end play and degreeing in the cam to the crank makes a huge difference in the older engines HP.