What did you do "IN" your garage today?

mdbeck1 · May 4, 2012

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Russell said:
Today must've been the National Brake Replacement holiday- I replaced the brake rotors and pads all the way around on the daily driver. Then replaced the front pads and rotors on the Honda too.

Boy do I remember weeks like that. As a kid I'd change brakes on one car, then as if by magic the brakes would start acting up the rest of the daily drivers (all 5 of them). A couple days later I'd have to fix a starter one one of them. Again the other cars would get "sick". That happened all summer. When I started buying parts for all the vehicles it wouldn't do that....

NUTTSGT · May 4, 2012

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Cut a couple sheets of OSB, not much knowing the rain was coming sometime.

noggin · May 4, 2012

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Changed to air filter on my mower. Bored with not a lot to work on.

Mercy · May 4, 2012

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Took the front and rear racks off the littlest ATV and found a failed weld in the process. Now I need to repaint the racks and find someone to weld the frame.

flashman · May 4, 2012

Cleaned up a bit to put my toolbox in its resting location.

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welder4956 · May 5, 2012

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Changed 8 coil packs (COPs) and fixed the leaking heater hose quick connect on the 2005 Expedition. The last 2 passenger side COPs on the back are a booger bear to get at.

zbadass28 · May 5, 2012

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Brake job on the camaro. Cleaned a bit then took the camaro for a ride with the wife to get some ice cream.

Alchymist · May 5, 2012

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Boogered up the spindle retaining nut on my South Bend lathe getting it apart. But no worries mate, found a NOS one already. Might just get this thing up and running someday....

canuckian · May 5, 2012

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Helped my snappy guy wrestle my new 68" epiq :rocker:

out of his horse trailer into the attached garage. will be spending the rest of the weekend transferring tools from my old box once I roll it out to the shop.

MP&C · May 6, 2012

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One of the local Studebaker owners needed some panels made for the dash of his truck (1947 M5), he's revamping the dash gauge/radio arrangement and needed some fresh metal to work with. Here's the existing:

Where the factory panel has a recess, and since he has plans for installing a couple gauges in that panel, the new will be made without the recess. The flat panel above for the DIN radio will be replaced as well, with the sides tipped for uniformity.

The old panel has seen some previous holes, for whatever reason.

Where the rubber tire on top of the e-wheel does a nice job of forming a radius across a panel, the upper portion of the panel was a bit tighter than the 3" radius anvil will provide.

Having just set up my bead roller with the skateboard wheel for tipping, I thought to use this with a beading die to form the tighter radius.

Here's the results of "rolling" the panel

The panel has about an 1/8" lip around the perimeter, so the radius die was changed out to one for tipping.

With only just over 1/8 of extra to tip the flange, this process was not that effective. Hindsight, about 1/4 left over and trimmed afterwards would have been more effective. But since the panel matched so well, lets try other persuasive devices.

The tipping wheel did do an adequate job of marking the crease location....

And the "vice anvil" and a ******* was used to fold the straight lip over to a 90....

A different anvil was chosen for the radiused edges...

And a punch used to form the 4 corner radiuses...

And once complete, the comparison.........

Then the same process was used for the upper plate. The folded edges on this will make it match the lower panel a bit better and make it look more as an original piece...

And the two together...

For now, we are leaving the mounting holes out. It may even get some studs welded on the back side, for a clean look. But we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

andrewsnmorgan · May 6, 2012

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^^ WOW, Wish i could fabricate like that :\

KermitFrog · May 6, 2012

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Finally got the '30 Chevy up and going today. Looks like the reason it wasn't moving correctly was exactly what I thought, the transmission filter had fallen out. I put a new filter in and added a spacer (perfectly sized magnet) in the bottom of the pan to hold it in place.

The bad side is I added some oil to the blower but slightly overfilled it. It spit out what didn't want out of the weep hole. Since I didn't have any engine degreaser I used what was at hand - Purple Power. It sprayed on a lot of my polished aluminum which is now ruined. I have to remove it, strip it then polish it.

Car runs great now though. First it has run this great in a long time. Add stress cracks to the right fender for battle damage since I ran it up over 105mph for a brief time. Someday whenever I repaint the car I will make sure to add a flex agent.

My cheapo but attractive Dolphin gauges I added a few months ago work great. I need to add the sending unit to the fuel tank then the fuel gauge will work too. Still happy.

JMartel · May 6, 2012

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Alchymist said:
Need pics when it's done!

Missed some glue squeeze out apparently that I didn't notice till after I took the photos. Oh well. Live and learn.

Got that finished up this weekend, cleaned the garage (finally), made a taller sacrificial fence for my Table Saw with a pocket to hold the pushsticks/combo square/pencils that I usually use, finished up my router table, and made some cheap ugly storage for my magazines.

stioc · May 6, 2012

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andrewsnmorgan said:
^^ WOW, Wish i could fabricate like that :\

Some posses great tools and some posses great skills. I'm in the former category :lol:

Edstu234 · May 6, 2012

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Took the mowers out and did the yardwork today. Swept out the garage after putting the mowers back in.

NUTTSGT · May 6, 2012

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MP&C said:
And the two together...

I know material wise there's not much invested but labor has to be a killer. What's a job like that cost to do ? I'm assuming the better part of the day or all day to make those pieces.

MP&C · May 6, 2012

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Eric, Those two pieces were about 2-1/2 to 3 hours. I did have one more panel that was just a flat piece, cut it out and punch four holes, but didn't seem worth pictures on that one :lol:

Price wasn't too bad, I went pretty easy on him for the hours.

This was a referral from a local body shop. I do more rust repair and panel fabrications like this than painting, and always have someone looking for me to paint their 5 year old plastic car, so typically we send each other work.

BWS · May 7, 2012

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Chased down a minor problem that showed up in some paintwork.....well,even if wasn't.....was long over due.

Dang air filter on compressor was beyond nasty.......so instead of chasing down a filter for a 30 yo C-man 2-stage.Snagged a Mr Gasket 4" diameter "hotrod" airfilter,with housing.

Spent about an hour Tig'n/machine'n a rectangle to round adapter.AC is a little louder....but the way I engineer'd it,its easy-peasy to just add more round tubing to relocate intake......will see how it goes?BW

henrysgarage · May 7, 2012

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Great work Robert
Sat/ Sun. My JD garden tractor would only start when I poured gas in the carb and also the starter was troublesome, so Sat I pulled the starter and hooked the bat booster to it but it still would not turn. Took it apart and the 4 brushes were still in good shape, so I cleaned the commutator, lubed everything and reassembled the starter onto the tractor. Turned over good but still needed to add fuel so I called my buddy that had an old B/S vacuum fuel pump and installed it Sunday and after a few turns it fired up and runs great. Now to get a few years more on the 15 yr machine.

tskills10 · May 7, 2012

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Last night after a 12.5 hour overtime shift I spent about 3 hours out in the garage going through boxes. I had to empty a storage unit a few weeks ago and had to stack a bunch of the junk in my garage. Which meant that there wasn't any room in my garage for my Camaro. So I was trying to go through and sort the trash, the keepers and the recycle enough so that I could make space for the Camaro to get back into her spot. I still have a bunch to go through. I have 4 basic piles; trash, keep, recycle, burn.

NUTTSGT · May 7, 2012

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MP&C said:
Eric, Those two pieces were about 2-1/2 to 3 hours. I did have one more panel that was just a flat piece, cut it out and punch four holes, but didn't seem worth pictures on that one

Price wasn't too bad, I went pretty easy on him for the hours.

This was a referral from a local body shop. I do more rust repair and panel fabrications like this than painting, and always have someone looking for me to paint their 5 year old plastic car, so typically we send each other work.

Damn, that is impressive to somebody like me with very little fab skills.

HKB3 · May 12, 2012

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Attempted to replace the rusty leaking fuel tank in my jeep Comanche but fell victim to the local national chain parts store not having some simple fuel fill hose and fuel injection rated fuel hose.
Paitently waiting for it's new fuel tank

Old rusty leaking tank

Sparkling new fuel tank almost ready to go in

Tarheelgarage · May 12, 2012

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I had side work lined up today in the home shop.

Put CV axles (both) in 96 Suby Legacy. Also replaced from brake pads.

Diag broken wheel speed sensor in same vehicle, but owner will have to save up for the part since it is over $100 new.

Starting to get calls about AC repairs; I'm hoping for a hot summer and customers with plenty of $CASH$ :rocker:

Hawk Thor · May 12, 2012

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I finished tearing apart my 4WD Corolla parts car and moved some old Skoda parts around.

ATC · May 12, 2012

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I tinkered with my new toy for a little bit this evening...the rear brakes weren't working too well...

admranger · May 12, 2012

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I built these (primed in pic) and painted them and the shelves that go in them. They'll get doors too, but that's tomorrow's project.

Getting closer and closer to finishing this garage project!

davedriveschevys · May 13, 2012

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I installed wiring in preparation for my new Bend-Pak lift coming next week!

Aviatordoc · May 13, 2012

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Bought a HF 44" 13 draw tool chest and went all over the home to find stuff (tools) that needed to be in it.

My third tool chest and had stuff all over which needed a home.
Very happy.
Maybe it will grow up and get the top box?

dittle fart around · May 13, 2012

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Fixed my 99 buck Craftsman roll around tool cabinet. 25 years old and still going strong. OK not strong but still going.

tribbles · May 13, 2012

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Found a needlenose pliers I thought I'd lost, in a box of old 301 Pontiac parts.

trbomax · May 13, 2012

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I moved the chickens out of the shop for the summer.

JimVonBaden · May 13, 2012

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Fixed my bicycle. Added new brakes, and summerized it!

Jim

Lippyp · May 14, 2012

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Painted a couple of pieces of OSB to board up the broken windows on the old pig house that backs onto the garage. This is a temporary measure until I get around to de-rusting, fixing up and painting the recycled WWII airfield building steel windows and reglazing them as pretty much all the glass is bust. Should keep the worst of the weather out and make it more secure as its going to get used initially for storage asd I clean it out. Need to make a new doorframe and door first though.

COclaw · May 14, 2012

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This...

You can probably tell what I'm after. :gunfire:

just1more · May 14, 2012

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Worked on my 64 Correct Craft inboard.

Installed a new stainless steel prop shaft and trans coupler./ Repacked the shaft log, re-sealed thru hull bolts. Installed a new cutless bearing in strut and a re-pitched prop.

"Come on" summer!!! :thumbup:

sooperdave · May 15, 2012

Started swapping out old body to subframe bushings in camaro...

JMartel · May 15, 2012

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Fixed the fuel leak on my bike, so it can get back on the road.

NUTTSGT · May 15, 2012

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COclaw said:
This...

You can probably tell what I'm after.

Heater core or a quarter that fell through the defroster vent.

NUTTSGT · May 15, 2012

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Unloaded some lumber for the next stage of the garage refurb.

Goobzilla · May 15, 2012

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Trans and Tcase out of my GMC for resealing:

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