What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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cgall
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Repaired my fiberglas bumper on my Duster after it had been broken in a minor accident last year. Sprayed it with a $3.50 can of Rustoleum. Looks good from 10 feet.
Repaired my fiberglas bumper on my Duster after it had been broken in a minor accident last year. Sprayed it with a $3.50 can of Rustoleum. Looks good from 10 feet.
What do you have in that Duster?
John
Ran into it to grab the ladder. Had our first real downpour in 7 months, so the gutters all plugged up on the garage with all the old crud. I got soaked to the bone, but now they are 100% clear. Bonus: our mini drought is now ending, got over an inch of rain from two storms this week.
Strouty
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You mean you ran in, knew where the ladder was and got out before the storm passed? That sounds like an improvement!
devoncoolman
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Same deal. But this time i got the parts because i can get them cheaper through international. Not really fair for him to pay me if i own him money. Not morally correct.
Badasssapper67
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Doing some port work on my Mustang Cobra heads. Finished roughing in the exhaust ports and now working on the intakes....
Do you have a DIY flow bench?
DirtyWeRX
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I've got plenty of cars to detail
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Lippyp
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Cut up 210 feet of 6 x 1 PT timber and 32' of 2 x 2 and turned them into surrounds for our veg beds. Found out I'd miscalculated and I'm 30' short, ******! Now I need to go and put all the tools away I just chucked back in. We got two bed surrounds actually in and set plumb and square, the third which is bigger (about 9' by just under 20') is in but I need to set it a bit deeper and get the levels right on it. Then when I pick up the last 30' of 6 x 1 I can build the final bed and then fill the paths between them with weed fabric and gravel. Then they need one final run over with the rotovator and a bunch of shite digging in and they can finally be planted up.
djm999
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zcar751
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Got some work done on the Puma in the spare tire hold and engine bay. Lot of sanding and grinding to fix a PO "fix" in the tire hold where the patch they put in started to de-laminate. In the engine bay it was sanding and filling small holes in preparation of a respray of the bay before the motor goes back in and had to rebuild the battery tray. I'm planning on moving it to the front of the car when I pull the body of the pan, but for now it will stay in the back. The old tray was stamped out of 16 gauge and made it 30 years, mine is mad from 12 gauge so it should be good for at least 40 more.
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Outlander
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Got the gardening tools out for Mrs Outlander, cut down a small tree that was sick and planted a replacement. Swept the floor, re-strained my pulled back muscle (that I got golfing on Friday), drank gin & tonics and BBQed some lamb chops.
Standard lake house activity was completed when I had a nap
Standard lake house activity was completed when I had a nap
Scrubbing bubbles, no kidding.That is one clean engine.What do you use to keep it so spotless?
Too bad it was the garage on the house. It's the pole building that is the nightmare, but at least only one gutter to plug up on that!
The garage has been much better since I scrapped some car parts out of it last year and straightened it up a bit. Now I have my motorcycle that I never ride on CL for more space.
Ilikeike
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Took the old Columbian vise home from our cabin workbench to clean up a little.
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BentTy
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Which KTM? I washed my 690 today and moved my 300. Doesn't count as "shop work" I suppose.
2005 525 EXC setup supermoto.
kaymccampbell
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Picked up, swept up.
cgall
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Repaired and painted the fiberglas bumper on my Duster which had previously been held together with paint sticks and duct tape. Looks good from 10 feet!
zcar751
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Continued working on the Puma. Glassed in a patch in the engine compartment and then started glassing in the battery tray. Also did some sanding getting the front hatch ready for more glass and paint. 
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I've got plenty of cars to detail
OK, forgive my ignorance here but what car is this ?
OK, forgive my ignorance here but what car is this ?
Mercedes SLR McLaren. Kinda the descendant of the old gull-wings.
kjdhawkhill
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I loaded the grocery getter with work-a-day 
, went to 
and haven't seen the thing since oh-dark-thirty. Some days are better than others.
, went to and haven't seen the thing since oh-dark-thirty. Some days are better than others.buzz4041
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Pulled the alternator in the coupe and took it to get it rebuilt.
Thanks, I could see part of an emblem in the front and it does resemble the lines of the older gull wing stuff. I've never been much of a Mercedes fan so I don't follow their product lines. I do however think that's a ncie looking car and I love those wheels.
polexican23
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got the drywall patch in after repairing the busted water line with the Sharkbite products. Left it open for a week to make sure it wasn't gonna leak behind the wall again.
maybe no I can work on my new to me work bench.
maybe no I can work on my new to me work bench.
Lippyp
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Did a bit more work cleaning up the antique shotgun until my cheap dremel-like tool went a bit nuts and I used up my last mini wire wheel. I went and ordered a bunch from ebay and then took the tool apart, cleaned out a bunch of dust and the speed controller started working again, guess the dust was shorting the board out
Then I put a coat of primer on one side of two old cast iron garden bench ends. I refinished the wood last year but haven't gotten around to repainting the ends, will do the other side tomorrow and then a couple of coats of gloss black. Then it just needs bolting back together.
After that I drilled out the last two rusted in iron rivets that once formed the hinge for the top hung opening section of the WWII vintage steel famed "Crittal" window I removed from one of my outbuildings, the glass was all busted and the top section had broken off as the rivet hinge rusted solid and had snapped. I have a few more repairs to do, a bit of welding here and there then it all needs a good de-rust, paint, re-installing and then reglazing. Do I do it gloss black or go with some olive drab in homage to its origins (it almost certainly came along with the others from one of the many disused WWII airfields and army camps around us here)
Then I put a coat of primer on one side of two old cast iron garden bench ends. I refinished the wood last year but haven't gotten around to repainting the ends, will do the other side tomorrow and then a couple of coats of gloss black. Then it just needs bolting back together.
After that I drilled out the last two rusted in iron rivets that once formed the hinge for the top hung opening section of the WWII vintage steel famed "Crittal" window I removed from one of my outbuildings, the glass was all busted and the top section had broken off as the rivet hinge rusted solid and had snapped. I have a few more repairs to do, a bit of welding here and there then it all needs a good de-rust, paint, re-installing and then reglazing. Do I do it gloss black or go with some olive drab in homage to its origins (it almost certainly came along with the others from one of the many disused WWII airfields and army camps around us here)
Dusten
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I finally brought my dads tool box from his dealership to my shop. I also brought his tools from his house to my shop. Between his work, his house and my shop I had 4 tool boxes. So I have been sorting, cataloging and selling off everything I don't need.
Its depressing and exciting. I am using the money to fund my new lift.
Its depressing and exciting. I am using the money to fund my new lift.
Surreal001
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Re: What did you do "IN" your garage today?
Made a rack for my air tools inspired by GJ, of course.
Made a rack for my air tools inspired by GJ, of course.
I needed a clock for my garage office so I made one:
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Also installed a pair of ceiling mount 8" two way speakers I got for free from my gym.
Definitely sounds great!
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Also installed a pair of ceiling mount 8" two way speakers I got for free from my gym.
Definitely sounds great!
my brother bought a cheap truck {2002 s10 quad cab 4.3 4x4 with 180K on the clock for 700}, the bed has rot as do the cab corners, the truck was stalling because the oil psi was low and cutting off the fp, and the brakes sounded terrible..
Well he brought it up to put it on my lift since his is full of another project, he bought the truck to resell, I have no idea what he was thinking?
So he reattached the rear fender wells and it did cover a lot of the rot, lol... We put front and back pads and rotors in it, he replaced the 2 rear tires {they came with the truck not mounted, the fronts are brand new too but already mounted}, and we changed the oil {10-40 with a qt of the lucas high mileage additive...}, that fixed the oil psi issue, I watched that psi drop to 0 before the oil change, and the oil that drained out was cooked and thin, but the motor wasnt making noise, it actually sounds good...
He had to fix a few other odds and ends like brake lights, I welded the power window regulator to the door frame {the rivets were all popped and the frame was ripped, common for them, a few simple beads and its working better than new}, and air bag light was on, we cleared the codes and it never came back on...
Well he called me about 3 hours after we finished the truck and said the first person to come and look at it bought it for $2200, I guess them things are good property, he spent like $200 at aa for all the parts he used {rotors, pads, oil, filter, etc}, $700 for the truck and 3 hours of work, I guess $1300 isnt too bad for a profit... He said he owes me dinner too, lol, I told him ate breakfast and lunch while he was here, so he owed me a lot more than dinner...
Well he brought it up to put it on my lift since his is full of another project, he bought the truck to resell, I have no idea what he was thinking?
So he reattached the rear fender wells and it did cover a lot of the rot, lol... We put front and back pads and rotors in it, he replaced the 2 rear tires {they came with the truck not mounted, the fronts are brand new too but already mounted}, and we changed the oil {10-40 with a qt of the lucas high mileage additive...}, that fixed the oil psi issue, I watched that psi drop to 0 before the oil change, and the oil that drained out was cooked and thin, but the motor wasnt making noise, it actually sounds good...
He had to fix a few other odds and ends like brake lights, I welded the power window regulator to the door frame {the rivets were all popped and the frame was ripped, common for them, a few simple beads and its working better than new}, and air bag light was on, we cleared the codes and it never came back on...
Well he called me about 3 hours after we finished the truck and said the first person to come and look at it bought it for $2200, I guess them things are good property, he spent like $200 at aa for all the parts he used {rotors, pads, oil, filter, etc}, $700 for the truck and 3 hours of work, I guess $1300 isnt too bad for a profit... He said he owes me dinner too, lol, I told him ate breakfast and lunch while he was here, so he owed me a lot more than dinner...
