What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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Outlawmws
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With all due respect, the question was to another poster and completely retorical. re-read my further comments. Opening the cowl will NOT "improve airflow" at speed which is where the OP has issues.
Yes heat rises. But at speed that rise gets swallowed up by air flow, or lack thereof.
SILVERPLATE
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Finished my flashing school zone sign and lights today! Picked up sign at Pate Swap Meet this past April, lights locally off Craigslist, refinished them and bought a flasher unit.
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bczygan
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A lot of big projects in this thread, but the small ones are what get me.
Any kind of workspace can be beneficial for getting things done, even a table in a corner of the bedroom or a bench under the stairs.
I have a one car garage, turned into a shop.
It is finally cleared enough to be useful for some things.
Latest item is a bicycle mod.
Wife just bought a new bike, a Specialized Expedition Sport Low Entry.
Since Specialized doesn't manufacture and sell mirrors for their bikes, they made no provisions for a bar end mirror.
I had a Mountain Mirrycle bar end mirror I wanted to use, but it wouldn't work because the aero grips on the bike already had a mechanism inside the bar to keep them in place.
One solution that was suggested, was to cut the end off the grip and remove the internal mechanism. Then the mirror could be installed inside instead.
But this would leave the aero grip loose and able to rotate. Not good.
So I looked at the mirror itself.
It has a wedge against wedge method of gripping inside the bar end to hold it in place. This works with different inside diameters of bar, but not perfectly. It wants to mount at a slight angle. You have to be careful when mounting it. Here is what the parts look like:
http://www.mirrycle.com/instructions/mountain%20mirror%20assembly%20instructions%202008.pdf
This mechanism has a loose wedge with a barrel nut that the bolt goes through. The other wedge is molded as part of the plastic stem of the mirror. In addition, it takes a smaller and longer bolt than the grip that comes with the bike.
I determined that if I cut of the integral wedge, and then drilled and countersunk the mirror, I could use a bolt like the grip used, but about 25mm longer, I could mount the mirror on the grip and use the grips internal mechanism (With a longer bolt) to secure both the mirror and the grip.
So I took a hacksaw and cut off the wedge shape, filed the rough cut smooth, drilled and countersunk for the new bolt, and am going to go get a longer bolt. BTW, the "Bolt" is a M6-1 x 65mm socket head cap screw.
I love that having some basic tools allows you to solve problems that manufactures have failed to.
It's POWER!
Photos soon.
Bill
Any kind of workspace can be beneficial for getting things done, even a table in a corner of the bedroom or a bench under the stairs.
I have a one car garage, turned into a shop.
It is finally cleared enough to be useful for some things.
Latest item is a bicycle mod.
Wife just bought a new bike, a Specialized Expedition Sport Low Entry.
Since Specialized doesn't manufacture and sell mirrors for their bikes, they made no provisions for a bar end mirror.
I had a Mountain Mirrycle bar end mirror I wanted to use, but it wouldn't work because the aero grips on the bike already had a mechanism inside the bar to keep them in place.
One solution that was suggested, was to cut the end off the grip and remove the internal mechanism. Then the mirror could be installed inside instead.
But this would leave the aero grip loose and able to rotate. Not good.
So I looked at the mirror itself.
It has a wedge against wedge method of gripping inside the bar end to hold it in place. This works with different inside diameters of bar, but not perfectly. It wants to mount at a slight angle. You have to be careful when mounting it. Here is what the parts look like:
http://www.mirrycle.com/instructions/mountain%20mirror%20assembly%20instructions%202008.pdf
This mechanism has a loose wedge with a barrel nut that the bolt goes through. The other wedge is molded as part of the plastic stem of the mirror. In addition, it takes a smaller and longer bolt than the grip that comes with the bike.
I determined that if I cut of the integral wedge, and then drilled and countersunk the mirror, I could use a bolt like the grip used, but about 25mm longer, I could mount the mirror on the grip and use the grips internal mechanism (With a longer bolt) to secure both the mirror and the grip.
So I took a hacksaw and cut off the wedge shape, filed the rough cut smooth, drilled and countersunk for the new bolt, and am going to go get a longer bolt. BTW, the "Bolt" is a M6-1 x 65mm socket head cap screw.
I love that having some basic tools allows you to solve problems that manufactures have failed to.
It's POWER!
Photos soon.
Bill
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crewchief888
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Thanks. The handling actually improved with the V8 as it was a major weight reduction from the cast iron V6. Extra power and torque certainly helps.
The fans are not an issue. They are fine keeping it cool when not moving, the times it runs hot are at speeds 50 mph and over. No fan is going to move as much air as that. I wish I could keep the sleeper look and have worked hard to do so, but it's time to get it done.
just tossing out an idea, but what about an external oil cooler?
ClintNZ
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Been restoring some classic 1950's British machinery 
A Kenwood A700 mixer. This was my grandmothers & must have processed literally tons of baking products over the years. My mother really liked it for some jobs but was getting a bit worried that it was making funny noises & she thought she'd had a bit of an electrical tingle if touching it while running
So I got it all stripped down to find it in really good shape mechanically. The drivetrain is all quite beefy, they sure don't build them like this any more.
Bare metal re-spray on the cases:
Then on to the motor unit... not so pretty
Lots of cracked & melted insulation & some components missing Fortunately I had found a repair kit on ebay with the full set of replacement electrical components & seals & it came with a good dummies guide to rewiring the motor with the modern parts.
There's quite a bit going on in there with the speed controller adjusted by the dial then the speed is kept load independent by a governor mechanism on the motor shaft.
Now on to the re-assembly, will post more pics when she's done.
Clint
A Kenwood A700 mixer. This was my grandmothers & must have processed literally tons of baking products over the years. My mother really liked it for some jobs but was getting a bit worried that it was making funny noises & she thought she'd had a bit of an electrical tingle if touching it while running
So I got it all stripped down to find it in really good shape mechanically. The drivetrain is all quite beefy, they sure don't build them like this any more.
Bare metal re-spray on the cases:
Then on to the motor unit... not so pretty
Lots of cracked & melted insulation & some components missing
Fortunately I had found a repair kit on ebay with the full set of replacement electrical components & seals & it came with a good dummies guide to rewiring the motor with the modern parts.
There's quite a bit going on in there with the speed controller adjusted by the dial then the speed is kept load independent by a governor mechanism on the motor shaft.
Now on to the re-assembly, will post more pics when she's done.
Clint
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bshusted
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I've tried looking into an external oil cooler, but the problem is adapting the stock water cooled one to work with an external oil cooler. Nobody that I've talked to knows if there is a "sandwich adapter" that will fit. The filter on this engine is massive and holds a quart all on its own. I'll continue looking at this though.
I spent some time today making a new shifter knob for the Audi. The stock one is plastic wrapped in leather. While it was functional, it didn't look very good for being 16 years old.
Bought a chunk of Yucatan Rosewood and turned down the shape I wanted.
Bored out the center for a nut to thread on the shift lever and did some final sanding.
The remainder of the hole inside was filled with epoxy and lead shot. It's now almost twice the weight of the stock knob. Finish it off with some gloss polyurethane and voila!
LS6 Tommy
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I've tried looking into an external oil cooler, but the problem is adapting the stock water cooled one to work with an external oil cooler. Nobody that I've talked to knows if there is a "sandwich adapter" that will fit. The filter on this engine is massive and holds a quart all on its own. I'll continue looking at this though.
I spent some time today making a new shifter knob for the Audi. The stock one is plastic wrapped in leather. While it was functional, it didn't look very good for being 16 years old.
Bought a chunk of Yucatan Rosewood and turned down the shape I wanted.
Bored out the center for a nut to thread on the shift lever and did some final sanding.
The remainder of the hole inside was filled with epoxy and lead shot. It's now almost twice the weight of the stock knob. Finish it off with some gloss polyurethane and voila!
That's beautiful! May I ask why the added weight? Most times people want a lighter shift knob.
Tommy
bshusted
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Quite the opposite. Many aftermarket shifters are weighted to improve the feel when shifting.
LS6 Tommy
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No disrespect intended, I firmly believe in "it's your car, do what makes you happy", but that logic is kinda backwards. Look at real race shifter knobs. They're usually hollow or made out of light weight, low mass materials and it's not just for overall weight savings.
Cheap, "Ricer" shifters are often made extra heavy because the kiddies like the way the extra weight helps them to shift faster. A heavy shifter deadens the feel. It also beats on synchros. Lead shot is even worse as it absorbs shock and vibration. What do you think is in a dead blow hammer?
Again, I mean no disrespect and you did a beautiful job. If you like the results, I'm in no postion to judge. Please don't take it as if I am trying to. I'm always envious of you guys that have woodworking skills. I have next to none. I tell people the thing I do best with wood is burn it in my fire pit.
Tommy
Cheap, "Ricer" shifters are often made extra heavy because the kiddies like the way the extra weight helps them to shift faster. A heavy shifter deadens the feel. It also beats on synchros. Lead shot is even worse as it absorbs shock and vibration. What do you think is in a dead blow hammer?
Again, I mean no disrespect and you did a beautiful job. If you like the results, I'm in no postion to judge. Please don't take it as if I am trying to. I'm always envious of you guys that have woodworking skills. I have next to none. I tell people the thing I do best with wood is burn it in my fire pit.
Tommy
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LS6 Tommy
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Been restoring some classic 1950's British machinery
Clint
What model MG did that originally power?
Just kidding. Nice work!
Tommy
darwyn
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Nothing major here, just changed the engine oil in the lawn mower. The only thing that was worth mentioning is that I had ordered the filter online, and somehow managed to get the wrong one. Thinking I was done for the evening, I started cross-referencing on the internet for the right filter.
It turned out that the filter I had just bought today for my car was the right filter! Good thing I had bought an extra
It turned out that the filter I had just bought today for my car was the right filter! Good thing I had bought an extra
Dennis Leigh Henry
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bczygan
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A lot of big projects in this thread, but the small ones are what get me.
Any kind of workspace can be beneficial for getting things done, even a table in a corner of the bedroom or a bench under the stairs.
I have a one car garage, turned into a shop.
It is finally cleared enough to be useful for some things.
Latest item is a bicycle mod.
Wife just bought a new bike, a Specialized Expedition Sport Low Entry.
Since Specialized doesn't manufacture and sell mirrors for their bikes, they made no provisions for a bar end mirror.
I had a Mountain Mirrycle bar end mirror I wanted to use, but it wouldn't work because the aero grips on the bike already had a mechanism inside the bar to keep them in place.
One solution that was suggested, was to cut the end off the grip and remove the internal mechanism. Then the mirror could be installed inside instead.
But this would leave the aero grip loose and able to rotate. Not good.
So I looked at the mirror itself.
It has a wedge against wedge method of gripping inside the bar end to hold it in place. This works with different inside diameters of bar, but not perfectly. It wants to mount at a slight angle. You have to be careful when mounting it. Here is what the parts look like:
http://www.mirrycle.com/instructions/mountain%20mirror%20assembly%20instructions%202008.pdf
This mechanism has a loose wedge with a barrel nut that the bolt goes through. The other wedge is molded as part of the plastic stem of the mirror. In addition, it takes a smaller and longer bolt than the grip that comes with the bike.
I determined that if I cut of the integral wedge, and then drilled and countersunk the mirror, I could use a bolt like the grip used, but about 25mm longer, I could mount the mirror on the grip and use the grips internal mechanism (With a longer bolt) to secure both the mirror and the grip.
So I took a hacksaw and cut off the wedge shape, filed the rough cut smooth, drilled and countersunk for the new bolt, and am going to go get a longer bolt. BTW, the "Bolt" is a M6-1 x 65mm socket head cap screw.
I love that having some basic tools allows you to solve problems that manufactures have failed to.
It's POWER!
Photos soon.
Bill
So here is the finished product installed on the grip. Note the end of the cap screw is SS instead of the grips original painted black. Could do that, but this is OK. Will install on the bike in the morning. I think it turned out kind of slick.
Bill
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Outlawmws
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No disrespect intended, I firmly believe in "it's your car, do what makes you happy", but that logic is kinda backwards. Look at real race shifter knobs. They're usually hollow or made out of light weight, low mass materials and it's not just for overall weight savings.
Cheap, "Ricer" shifters are often made extra heavy because the kiddies like the way the extra weight helps them to shift faster. A heavy shifter deadens the feel. It also beats on synchros. Lead shot is even worse as it absorbs shock and vibration. What do you think is in a dead blow hammer?
Again, I mean no disrespect and you did a beautiful job. If you like the results, I'm in no postion to judge. Please don't take it as if I am trying to. I'm always envious of you guys that have woodworking skills. I have next to none. I tell people the thing I do best with wood is burn it in my fire pit.
Tommy
I had an odd thing with an aftermarket knob on the newest Samurai. I thought I had a linkage rattle (and this in an enclosed ball and socket shiftier) as on the freeway the sucker would rattle like crazy. After >6 months and several tries to eliminate the rattle, I finally decided it was possibly a loose piece inside the knob at the higher harmonics of freeway driving. I replaced it with a stock hard rubber knob and the sound is gone.
I checked the aftermarket (hollow lightweight) knob and nothing rattled. It finally dawned on me the thing was acting like a speaker and amplifying the harmonic from the shift lever.
So all in all, at least for street driving, I'd probably be a fan of that rosewood piece!
Beautiful work on that BTW!
Outlawmws
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Outlawmws
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Is the spin on interface a std "PH8A" (Ford) common oil filter interface? (probably 90 % of them are) If so, then getting a sandwich line adapter should be right off the shelf from most any speed parts supplier.
Lippyp
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Been restoring some classic 1950's British machinery
A Kenwood A700 mixer. This was my grandmothers & must have processed literally tons of baking products over the years. My mother really liked it for some jobs but was getting a bit worried that it was making funny noises & she thought she'd had a bit of an electrical tingle if touching it while running
So I got it all stripped down to find it in really good shape mechanically. The drivetrain is all quite beefy, they sure don't build them like this any more.
Bare metal re-spray on the cases:
Then on to the motor unit... not so pretty
Lots of cracked & melted insulation & some components missing
There's quite a bit going on in there with the speed controller adjusted by the dial then the speed is kept load independent by a governor mechanism on the motor shaft.
Now on to the re-assembly, will post more pics when she's done.
Clint
I have the next generation up from that from the 1960's/early 70's that we inherited from my mother-in-law, could also do with a rebuild. It's also missing the optional glass liquidiser that fitted on the top as it got dropped when my wife was a kid. Great machine though, powers through stuff like heavy dough.
Neighbor was working on his truck that has been sitting for a year. He was trying to change brake lines, but had the wrong fittings. I got him straightened out and sent him back to the parts store for the right stuff. He had a dead battery so I took my charger over and let it start charging. Then looked and he didn't have **** for tools. Went back to the garage again, found an older Stanley tool set that I kept in the wife's old car. It came with all of your normal sockets in deep, shallow, metric, standard, wrenches, 1/4" bits, etc and was never really used. I took that over and gave it to him as well. Told him if he takes care of it and puts everything back when he's done, he can have it. Gotta go back over this evening to check on him.
Jagmandave
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Good Karma there jshillin, well done!
PhantomEB
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Wasn't in my garage but moms filling up a moving dolly tire. Split rim exploded on me, throwing the tire to the side of my hand that was holding the stem in place for filling. Lucky my 74 year old mom wasn't in line of fire as no way she would of walked away from that rubber projectile that gave me a broken arm, fractured thumb and shattered knuckle.
Looking for a good quality air line attachment that has the clip on for tire stem and trigger valve 4' away. So far only 1' has been found.
Looking for a good quality air line attachment that has the clip on for tire stem and trigger valve 4' away. So far only 1' has been found.
GCncsuHD
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Ouch, glad that's all that happened, split rims can be deadly.
I've had good luck with these air chucks:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008PZ7LMW/?tag=atomicindus08-20
And then just build your own air line for it.
I used a 1/4" 4 way pipe Tee, put a ball valve with a quick disconnect air fitting in one hole, a gauge in another hole, and two air lines going out with about 10ft of hose on each with those chucks on the ends. I use this when I go out on the beach and air down, I can air down two tires simultaneously to the same pressure, and then air back up with both tires completely equalized (negating the little bit of air in the hose). If I desired I could do all four at onnce with another fitting. The options are endless. You could do similarly, and air up from as far away as you desire. Preferably with the split rim in a cage.
wes73
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Technically, it wasn't today, it was Sunday.
I installed a new rear rack on my WR250R, and crafted a key rack from a piece of scrap and some cup hooks. Sadly, the rack decided Monday morning that double sided carpet tape was insufficient for affixing it to it's designated location, so Plan B for Affixement will be developed and implemented.
I installed a new rear rack on my WR250R, and crafted a key rack from a piece of scrap and some cup hooks. Sadly, the rack decided Monday morning that double sided carpet tape was insufficient for affixing it to it's designated location, so Plan B for Affixement will be developed and implemented.
NICELY done. Two cases of adult beverage for payment?
Did you make a template for the oblong holes?
wes73
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Thanks BikerDad. Actually the payment was a 50" Plasma. I still owe him... The beer, well, I just got done restocking the fridge. Some how something beer always gets in my pics. I screwed the top and bottom pieces together to drill the holes. Then I just used my 6 1/2 circular saw to cut out the oblong holes.
aka Larry
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That's nice work man.
For me personally, wood has no place in a modern automobile, but that's just me.
Kevkx125
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Not much just replaced wipers on d.d. and got small leaf blower running.
patrickn
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Finally applied first coat of paint on the Bronco's frame. Tomorrow second coat and then the reassembly should start soon after (Friday or Sat). Enjoying this frame off restro....
thdewey
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Finished putting away and throwing away scrap wood. Yay!!! I'm getting my shop back.
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buzz4041
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I haven't been in my garage in a week and won't see it for another 9 weeks unfortunately. So post up some good activities for me to watch while I am in Australia working. Can't wait to get back and get back on my 40 pickup.
dslabuda
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Finally got around to cleaning/organizing this space so I can park more than one car in here. It's a 32x24 btw--small by GJ standards. I had bought a couple pieces of Gorilla Rack from Menards a few years ago to build a 8x8x2 4 shelf rack. It made a small (very small) dent in available floor space. I finally went back and picked up enough (kinda sad they changed brands and COO) to add two more 8ft and a 6ft section. I also picked up a cheap 8ft section of laminate counter to use on one of the 8ft sections for a bigger workbench. My previous was a small 4ft freestanding one.
I'm almost there, I have about a 8x10' section of stuff to organize.
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I'm almost there, I have about a 8x10' section of stuff to organize.
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toolman9w
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This morning at 1:15 I finished putting injectors in my 2007 GMC Duramax 6.6 C5500 work truck. Glad that's done. Hope to put more "stuff" on the shelves from the recent move. Tough moving from a garage you was in for 11 years.
I have to move because of my asthma and I have lived here for 25 years! I am dreading it.
JOhn
toolman9w
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That's to bad. Hope the best for you. I thought about moving due to my allergies. But immunization shots helped me considerably. I hope the move helps you maintain your asthma, I cant imagine the feeling of that.
Welded up a hanger for my air hose. This isn't my every day air hose but it's the 4 sections of 50 footers that I use during construction type work. I generally have it in a wood box, under another wood box, behind a couple of EZ ups. Time to get it out of there and more accessable.
Just waiting on the paint to dry to mount it.
Just waiting on the paint to dry to mount it.