Above 1200 Sq/FT The Lone Beech Garage (60x46x16)

[sean Buick 76]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

LOL I hear ya Scott! What you can do is you can make a video of what work you are doing and then use a program like "moviemaker" which can take still photos out of any frame of your video... It is a safe way to get the PERFECTLY times photo without running around the shop LOL. I use this for the kids photos... Try getting two youngsters and your wife to all smile at the time time JUST as you click the photo??? Almost impossible... Take a 5 second video and you have a TON of photos in the frames to pic from.

 

[camarosrus69]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

I'm really impressed that you were able to set the camera, sprint across the floor, climb the scaffold, grab the spray lube, and start spraying, all in 12 seconds. That's speedy at any age!!!

 

[C_F]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

I'm really impressed that you were able to set the camera, sprint across the floor, climb the scaffold, grab the spray lube, and start spraying, all in 12 seconds. That's speedy at any age!!!

Agreed!

That post & corresponding excellent photo reminds me...I need to lube my door springs & rollers too. Although I only need to go up about 4 steps on my step ladder.

Good to see you are having fun in your Lone Beech garage!

 

[madoc1]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

nice score on the skinny locker. i too should lube my door. one thing i did a couple of years ago was to swap the steel rollers for nylon covered ones. it made an enormous difference in the noise of opening and closing.

jim

 

[drivesitfar]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

SB: our baby is getting married in a few months so soon we'll be empty nesters so i might need a little heads up on your visit, but would love to meet you in person and have something cool to drink and discuss old tools or STUFF.

I'm not sure you've seen Denwood's (Woody to me) garage thread, but he owns a company that makes the mountings for cameras so you can do time lapse photography and videos. not that you need one for the 12 second dash, but for some of your fun projects it might be nice to have one for yourself and to post up here so we can really see how a project goes from start to finish.

here's the link to Woody's thread and he's a great guy too so if you have any questions i'm sure he'd be happy to answer if he knows the answers: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=263351

happy to hear you didn't stumble and fall in your dash to finish.

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

LOL I hear ya Scott! What you can do is you can make a video of what work you are doing and then use a program like "moviemaker" which can take still photos out of any frame of your video... It is a safe way to get the PERFECTLY times photo without running around the shop LOL. I use this for the kids photos... Try getting two youngsters and your wife to all smile at the time time JUST as you click the photo??? Almost impossible... Take a 5 second video and you have a TON of photos in the frames to pic from.

I'm really impressed that you were able to set the camera, sprint across the floor, climb the scaffold, grab the spray lube, and start spraying, all in 12 seconds. That's speedy at any age!!!

sean Buick 76 & camarosrus69,

When I set up the camera I was thinking, "12 seconds is a lot of time" ...and then I pushed the button and started moving. I started counting when I hit the shutter release and as I was climbing the scaffolding I thought, "****, this might not work." It turns out 12 seconds was enough time but it wasn't as much time as I thought it was when I started. Ha!

I keep forgetting that my camera will do video. The "frame grab" makes a lot of sense!

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Agreed!

That post & corresponding excellent photo reminds me...I need to lube my door springs & rollers too. Although I only need to go up about 4 steps on my step ladder.

Good to see you are having fun in your Lone Beech garage!

nice score on the skinny locker. i too should lube my door. one thing i did a couple of years ago was to swap the steel rollers for nylon covered ones. it made an enormous difference in the noise of opening and closing.

jim

C_F & jim,

I have put a "Lube Garage Doors" memo in my calendar program or I'd never remember to do it. I have to say, my smaller house garage doors are much easier to do!

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

SB: our baby is getting married in a few months so soon we'll be empty nesters so i might need a little heads up on your visit, but would love to meet you in person and have something cool to drink and discuss old tools or STUFF.

I'm not sure you've seen Denwood's (Woody to me) garage thread, but he owns a company that makes the mountings for cameras so you can do time lapse photography and videos. not that you need one for the 12 second dash, but for some of your fun projects it might be nice to have one for yourself and to post up here so we can really see how a project goes from start to finish.

here's the link to Woody's thread and he's a great guy too so if you have any questions i'm sure he'd be happy to answer if he knows the answers: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=263351

happy to hear you didn't stumble and fall in your dash to finish.

DrivesItFar,

Good luck on the marriage plans! Having recently gone through that drill, I don't envy you the "drama" that seems to insert itself into what should be a straight forward event.

Thanks for the link to Denwood's garage thread!

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Saturday - November 19, 2016

I was hoping to get quite a bit done in the Lone Beech Garage today but there always seems to be something.






Today's something. Ha!
I think we have a front of some sort moving through today. The wind was moving the trees around pretty good and we're supposed to get close to a hard freeze tonight. (I think) Fortunately the tree missed the deck on the house that faces the back yard. That would have moved this issue from an annoyance to a real PITA.






I did manage to get one of the large garage doors in the drive through bay lubed today. We have a wooden 12-foot step ladder and that was easier to deal with than the scaffolding for these taller doors. (My son helped get it from the basement to the building & we rolled a couple of tractors out of the way.) I would like to have gotten both of the large garage doors finished and then I'd have been done with this chore but I had a flight simulator scheduled this evening and I had to get ready for that.

I lubricated the springs, all the contact surfaces of the hinges and the bearings in the track rollers. I try to be neat when I do this so it's slow going.


Scott

 

[Bogdan M.]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

That's a monster of a garage! Very cool sign and a lot of attention to detail.
Congrats!

 

[1949 caddyman]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

You may have mentioned it, but what lube are you using?

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

That's a monster of a garage! Very cool sign and a lot of attention to detail.
Congrats!

Bogdan M.

Thanks so much for the kind words!

I see you have a Tornado Shelter also. Ha!

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

You may have mentioned it, but what lube are you using?

1949 caddyman,

Actually I don't think I did mention it.




When I had my garage doors replaced in my home a couple of years ago, the installer recommended using this product (Liquid Wrench Lubricating Oil) a couple of times a year.


Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Tuesday - November 22, 2016

I completed the lubrication of the garage doors...

Now, with Thanksgiving coming this week and a niece's wedding thrown in to fill in any idle time that might present itself, I realized I needed to make some progress on the Festoon Cable power system that will serve the Electric Chain Hoist on the Yellow Beam.

I had previously cut a couple of 12-inch lengths of 2" x 3" x 1/16" tubing to serve as brackets for the Festoon Trolley Cable. The tubing had originally been the structure of a free Craigslist treadmill.

I moved to the Lone Beech Garage Annex (house basement) where a few of my stationary tools still reside.






I drilled 4 small holes in each "bracket". On one side these will be where a deck screw attaches the bracket to the wall. On the opposite side these holes will act as "starter holes".






Using a Unibit I enlarged the "starter holes" to about 1/2-inch. This will allow a drill with a 6-inch bit to reach through the tube to a deck screw that will mount the bracket to the wall. The middle hole is for the eyebolt that the Festoon Trolley Cable will loop through.



The next order of business was to machine a slot on one side of the bracket to allow a wrench to access, and tighten, the eyebolt nut.






I used my Mill-Drill to accomplish the milling of this access slot. This was my first attempt at using the Mill-Drill as a mill.






The finished brackets.
In order for the wrench slot to not be blocked by the Yellow Beam, there is a right handed bracket and a left handed bracket.



Further progress on this project will probably have to wait until next week.


Scott

 

[drivesitfar]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

SB: hope you have a good Thanksgiving and i bet you have plenty to be thankful for. AWESOME SHOP and also sounds like the family members are still smiling and talking to you do which isn't always the case when building and remodeling.

WELL DONE!!

i like TriFlow lubricant in case you might want to pick up a can and see how it compares to your Liquid Wrench.

speaking of basement shops are you still going to have a workshop down there or is that the new media room? also not sure you've seen the new Woodworking 101 thread, but with all the room and skills you have you might check it out and see if you can learn something from one of the members or teach us something.

cheers

 

[shortykorte]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Annex (house basement) where a few of my stationary tools still reside.


I forgot about basement. How long before moving all tools to the final home?

I was going to ask what the Mill-drill was but you answered that. Also was going to ask how you like it but you stated this was your first milling job.

 

[madoc1]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

that mill-drill is pretty neat. except for the head, is it all manual?

jim

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

SB: hope you have a good Thanksgiving and i bet you have plenty to be thankful for. AWESOME SHOP and also sounds like the family members are still smiling and talking to you do which isn't always the case when building and remodeling.

WELL DONE!!

i like TriFlow lubricant in case you might want to pick up a can and see how it compares to your Liquid Wrench.

speaking of basement shops are you still going to have a workshop down there or is that the new media room? also not sure you've seen the new Woodworking 101 thread, but with all the room and skills you have you might check it out and see if you can learn something from one of the members or teach us something.

cheers

DrivesItFar,

I do indeed have much to be grateful for!

However....

Spouse claims that when I proposed the plans for the Lone Beech Garage that I verbally abandoned all title to the basement. I think this is a misrepresentation of what I said as I do not recall her version of what was uttered.

I think she misinterpreted my pronouncement that my tools would be moved to the new building as some sort of indication that the vacuum that resulted from the tools leaving would not be filled by me with something other than tools. I respectfully disagree with her assessment of how this will play out in the future. I try to change the subject whenever this comes up.

This is why there are lawyers I suppose... Ha!

I certainly will be checking out the woodworking thread!

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Annex (house basement) where a few of my stationary tools still reside.


I forgot about basement. How long before moving all tools to the final home?

I was going to ask what the Mill-drill was but you answered that. Also was going to ask how you like it but you stated this was your first milling job.

shortykorte,

I hope to get all stationary tools moved to the Lone Beech Garage by the end of the year. With all the holiday activities and obligations staring me in the face, that is probably unlikely.

The Mill-Drill has been underused since it was acquired via Craigslist a couple of years ago. I hope to explore its capabilities more in the near future.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

that mill-drill is pretty neat. except for the head, is it all manual?

jim

Jim,

It does have an X-axis (left - right) power feed.

The work I did on the brackets was done manually.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Sunday - November 27, 2016


My family and I returned to Georgia from Indiana today. We had celebrated Thanksgiving with family and also attended a niece's wedding on Saturday.

I mentioned in Post 1628, in a response to Bib Overalls, that I had a rather odd item that I hoped to purchase for display in the Lone Beech Garage during the Thanksgiving trip to Vincennes Indiana.






During a bit of down time while at home, I made a trip to Shakers Landing Antiques. I had spotted something during an earlier visit that was of interest to me.






It was still there so I talked to the owner of this item and we came to an agreeable price.

So what the heck is that? This 4-foot wide item (and others like it) was located above the bowling pins at a bowling lane at the Ft Sackville Bowling Alley in Vincennes, IN.

Originally a movie theater, it had been converted to a bowling alley at some point. It was a bowling alley when I was in high school and college and, as it turns out, a bit over 40 years ago I had spent the evening there with my wife the night I proposed.

I know, I know... bowling on the night that I proposed?!? Well one is sometimes forced to do things for political reasons that normally wouldn't be on the radar screen.

My future in-laws had found out (that's another story) that I intended to ask their daughter to marry me at a party I was having to celebrate my 21st birthday the next evening. They were leaving on a trip on THAT day and would miss the event. This was a BIG problem for my future mother-in-law. My solution to keep the peace was to insert myself into an evening with my future wife and her friends. She was amazed - and a little annoyed - at how insistent I was in hanging out with "the girls" that night. They decided to go bowling so I went bowling too. At the end of the night - just after midnight - I popped the question thereby keeping my future mother-in-law happy and also meeting my goal of asking on my birthday.

So this "sign" has some significance to me. It's from my home town and it has some memories associated with it. I've got it in the Lone Beech Garage and I'm trying to decide where to hang it.

A little information about the original Fort Sackville.


Scott

 

[drivesitfar]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

SB: nice looking sign and better story. it's a good thing you started off on the right foot with your MOTHER IN LAW and good advice for the young guys. if they don't think the IN LAWS are important in you marriage THINK AGAIN.

do you have spot for the sign and does your bride already know you own it? guessing she does cause i bet she was on that trip to Indiana. was she ok with the purchase and smiling as much as i bet you were when walking out of the store with it?

WELL DONE!!

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

SB: nice looking sign and better story. it's a good thing you started off on the right foot with your MOTHER IN LAW and good advice for the young guys. if they don't think the IN LAWS are important in you marriage THINK AGAIN.

do you have spot for the sign and does your bride already know you own it? guessing she does cause i bet she was on that trip to Indiana. was she ok with the purchase and smiling as much as i bet you were when walking out of the store with it?

WELL DONE!!

DrivesItFar,

I had let her know that I might try to acquire something while in Indiana. This disclosure was made to lay claim to cargo space in our SUV. I kept the Ft Sackville sign details to myself until after I had it. When I showed it to her I explained that I was interested in it due to our history there. At first she seemed a bit skeptical at that story but then seemed pleased with it.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Monday - November 28, 2016


Although I had hoped to get back to working on the Festoon Trolley Brackets today, that plan was trumped by the arrival of a package.






A couple of Shock Absorbers for the rear axle of my 2000 Ford F-150 Pickup. After 17 years I thought maybe it was time to replace the originals. Ha!






I pulled the truck into the Lone Beech Garage and got it up on the 2-Post Lift.






The real issue with this task is accessing the top nut of the shock absorber. It is clear that during the manufacture of the vehicle that this was done prior to the bed being attached to the truck.






After I removed the very accessible lower Shock Absorber Bolt, I putzed around with trying to finesse the removal of that top nut. I finally resorted to slicing open the plastic upper sleeve of the old Shock Absorber and clamping a vise grip to the exposed shaft. The vise grip kept the shaft from turning and allowed the removal of the upper nut. Another vise grip was positioned on the lower shock absorber bracket to keep the shock absorber loosely in place so as not to flop around as I removed the upper nut.

With the old shocks removed, I examined the new shocks. I was startled when I opened the first "hardware bag" included with the shock absorber and found 3 rubber bushings and not 2. I puzzled over this for a minute trying to figure out how 3 bushings would be used - no instructions of course. I then opened the second "hardware bag" and found only 2 bushings. I assumed that I'd accidently gotten a "spare" bushing in the first "hardware bag" and installed the Shock Absorbers accordingly.

I attached the upper nut first and then cut the restraining tie (blue plastic strap) which allowed the shock absorber to extend down to the lower bracket.






Due to lack of access, I was unable to get a torque wrench onto the top nut so I just tightened to what seemed a correct amount.

I am expecting the front shocks to arrive some time next week.


Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Tuesday - November 29, 2016

Late last night we got the first rain we have had in 42 days. Somehow during the night my rain gauge got knocked over but there was still a couple of inches in it. I'm guessing we got between 2 and 3 inches and it must have happened in a short amount of time.

Last summer I was having trouble with the garage doors letting water in around the floor gasket and, of course, the Tornado Shelter had its issues. Neither of these issues had been tested with a significant rain since the building had been completed.

So I walked up to the Lone Beech Garage to see if the rain had caused any issues. An inspection of the floor near garage doors indicated that no water had gotten in.

Then I walked over to the Tornado Shelter...






Bummer... There was a bit of water in the bottom.






I stepped outside and looked at the area around the Shelter's Ventilation Duct Pipe.






I now was really glad that I had the concrete guys put a small depression in the floor of the Tornado Shelter. This allowed me to put a small sump pump in that depression and then pump out the water.





This didn't take long as there wasn't too much water on the floor.


So I've got that problem to deal with in the future. Although the plumbers were supposed to seal the area around where the ventilation duct penetrates the foundation wall, I suspect this didn't happen. I intend to dig down and have a peek at that some time in the future. While I have that dug up I'll probably add a French Drain in that area to give the water someplace to drain other than into my Tornado Shelter.

We're supposed to get some more much needed rain in the next 24 hours.


Scott

 

[Slo_n_steady]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

sbosecker, Now that you are in the shop and using it, how are you going about deciding on layout. I recently moved from a 20'x21' attached garage where layout meant little because all of my tools had to be mobile and rearranged based on the task at hand. I moved into a 50' x 30' shop and I have the burden/luxury of being able to set my tools up in a more permanent location. Of course, with the new shop, I quickly acquired new/larger tools that are a lot less mobile so I like to hear from others regarding their layout strategies.

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

sbosecker, Now that you are in the shop and using it, how are you going about deciding on layout. I recently moved from a 20'x21' attached garage where layout meant little because all of my tools had to be mobile and rearranged based on the task at hand. I moved into a 50' x 30' shop and I have the burden/luxury of being able to set my tools up in a more permanent location. Of course, with the new shop, I quickly acquired new/larger tools that are a lot less mobile so I like to hear from others regarding their layout strategies.

Slo_n_steady,

Cool! Your first post! Thanks for coming along for the ride.

Most of my stationary tools are in the Woodshop of my new building. I already had them prior to breaking ground. In the Auto/Metal Shop portion of the building I had some rolling tool boxes and the REAL stationary tool, the 2-Post Lift.

I used a 3-D modeling program to produce a mockup of my building. In Post 5 & Post 25 I have shown what I came up with and how I obtained the models of the tools.

So that's how I came up with my layout - I used SketchUp (3-D modeling software) to "play" with various tool arrangements.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Thursday - December 1, 2016

We got 1.1 inches of rain yesterday but, happily, no additional water in the Tornado Shelter.

I've been entertaining some folks who arrived from Germany yesterday. I suspect they may have gotten the sensation of flight as they approached Atlanta as a the line of thunderstorms was in the vicinity as they arrived. Anyway, attending to these folks has kept me out of my shop. I hope to get back to the Lone Beech Garage tomorrow or the day after.


Scott

 

[drivesitfar]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

SB: good news that you don't have water coming in through the garage doors any longer. sorry to hear you have a little work to do to get your grease pit that doubles as a tornado shelter to keep it dry.

good luck

I bet your bride had to smile about the sign and the story from so many years ago.

cheers

 

[jnkpile]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

I know that you know best but I have to toss my 2¢ in one last time....You're still lifting that truck unevenly. It needs to be positioned roughly about 12" back, maybe more. The middle of the cab is the approximate center of weight distribution.

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

I know that you know best but I have to toss my 2¢ in one last time....You're still lifting that truck unevenly. It needs to be positioned roughly about 12" back, maybe more. The middle of the cab is the approximate center of weight distribution.

Simon,

I'm pretty sure I don't know best. Ha!

With this lift and the arms I have, I have to locate my truck like this (a couple inches plus or minus) for the lift's arm pads to hit the recommended lift points.

I'm going to try to find a truck scales locally and see if I can determine my truck's font axle weight and rear axle weight. I'll calculate the CG with that info and see where it is located.

Specifications for the truck indicated it should weigh 4204 pounds (Base Curb Weight) although that's probably not with an 8 foot bed. Let's call it 5000 pounds which should be conservative. (I'll know more when I find a truck scales). The BendPak's capacity is listed at 10,000 pounds. (2500 per arm)

With weight-on-axle information to determine CG, I could probably use a little ballast at the rear of the truck bed to move the CG aft without exceeding the limitations of the BendPak's arms.

I'll know more when I weigh the truck.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

SB: good news that you don't have water coming in through the garage doors any longer. sorry to hear you have a little work to do to get your grease pit that doubles as a tornado shelter to keep it dry.

good luck

I bet your bride had to smile about the sign and the story from so many years ago.

cheers

DrivesItFar,

As mentioned above, no additional moisture in the Tornado Shelter after the additional rain we got. We're supposed to get another dose tonight.

I'm not a soil scientist but I've heard that clay expands when wet. I'm assuming the converse is true - that it shrinks when it is dry. With the extended drought we've had, the clay may have shrunk allowing water to get down to the Shelter's Duct Pipe - exiting the foundation - more easily.

If it is not, the foundation exit point around the duct pipe needs be sealed to prevent water from getting in. That's a project for the future. However, in the meantime it will be interesting to see if additional rain infiltration is thwarted by moist clay.

As to my spouse...

I don't think she really remembered - in detail - the events leading up to "the question". Since I was the one herniating myself to maintain peace in the world, I remember it vividly. Ha!



Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Saturday - December 3, 2016

Just before Thanksgiving the temperatures in Georgia finally dropped down to more seasonal (i.e. colder) temperatures. I figured it was time to switch the mini-splits from COOL to HEAT for the winter.

This I did and, although the downstairs units worked fine, I was startled to find the Mezzanine temperature at 73 degrees instead of the 65 I was trying to obtain.

On the Monday before Thanksgiving I called the HVAC sub that installed my units. He thought they might be able to get out to my place that day or the following day but when the gal called to schedule my visit she let me know that it was going to be the week after Thanksgiving before they could come out.






He arrived on a day when the ambient temperature had rebounded into the high 70's instead of the 40's of the previous week. As a result he really couldn't find anything wrong.

That was a week ago. The temperatures are now low again and I've walked out the past couple of days and found the Mezzanine Unit off - and a room temperature in the 50's - when I walked in. I used the Remote Control to "wake up" the mini-split and warm the Mezzanine back up.

Today I've been tying to figure out the Remote Control that tells the mini-split what to do. I'm hoping that I can determine if it is operator error on my part that is causing what's going on upstairs or if it a malfunction of some type.

Please see my Thread in the HEATING & A/C Forum for more information.


Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

Sunday - December 4, 2016

As mentioned in a previous post, "stuff" seems to get in the way of moving forward on the Lone Beech Garage's Festoon Cable Trolley System installation.

We discovered a leak in our house's roof. We old guys really shouldn't be crawling around on roofs but additional rain was moving in. I managed to find a couple of holes (nails?) and patched same. Seems to be working so far.

The refrigerator's cold water dispenser is leaking when it is used. A lot of troubleshooting time spent on that with no fix yet. We are hosting a couple of social events in the near future and I'm invoking the medical profession's maxim: "First: Do No Harm." So long as we don't use the water dispenser it doesn't leak. I'll wait until after Christmas events to pull the fridge away from the wall and avoid possibly opening Pandora's Box just prior to Christmas parties.

At least this last "stuff" (below) allowed me to use the Lone Beech Garage's amenities. My wife walked in the door a couple of days ago and announced that her 1997 Honda del Sol's red BRAKE annunciator light was staying on even with the E-Brake handle fully seated in the OFF position.






I opened the hood and saw that the level of Brake Fluid was low. Usually this is caused by the brakes being worn. It has been quite a while since the brake pads had been replaced so I assumed that this was the issue.






However, since I have the 2-Post Lift at my disposal, it seemed only prudent to check the condition of the pads and rotors prior to ordering parts.

I did have to switch forward lift arms from the longer items that I use to work on my truck to the shorter ones. A minor procedure that I'm getting more efficient at performing.






To my surprise the brake pads and the rotors, while not new, had plenty of life in them and were well within specifications.






I added just a bit of Honda Brake Fluid to the reservoir and called it a day. The question, of course, is where did the fluid go? I looked for any leaks while the car was on the lift - nothing seen. I have explained the situation to my wife so she will be vigilantly watching for any puddles under the del Sol. I had the brakes on this car done by a shop quite a while ago. I don't remember if the Brake Fluid Reservoir was filled with Brake Fluid to the MAXIMUM line at that time or not. We'll keep an eye on it.

Anyway, this addition of a couple of ounces of Brake Fluid eliminated the BRAKE light problem.


Scott

 

[drivesitfar]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

SB: everytime you post up pictures with a little fix like this makes me want to get a shop and a lift so keep up the great work and posts. also nice fix on the roof and doesn't it seem like the weather is always bad when we are having to fix these types of jobs?

i don't have a fridge with a ice maker or cold water tap, but guessing maybe a connection got loose. good luck with that and maybe put a pan under the fridge to keep any water from ruining your floor until you have time to fix it.

did you get any more water in the tornado (grease pit)? interesting story about the clay, but i like the idea of digging down to get to the pipe and seal it up better anyway.

cheers

 

[shortykorte]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

How are you storing and transporting lift arms back and forth?

 

[jbmatth]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

You will get to the festoon cable soon enough and will not think about how long it took to get to it. As for the fridge leak, I had water pooling on the floor 8' from the fridge, turns out there was a very small pin hole in the plastic line going to the fridge. This meant the water had been leaking for a long time and ruined the drywall and molding. All in all the fix for the leak was a couple dollars but lots of repair work for such a simple problem. Hopefully it isn't too major for you.

JB

 

[C_F]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

I added just a bit of Honda Brake Fluid to the reservoir and called it a day. The question, of course, is where did the fluid go? I looked for any leaks while the car was on the lift - nothing seen. I have explained the situation to my wife so she will be vigilantly watching for any puddles under the del Sol.

It could likely be the master cylinder. Once the seals around the piston start leaking, the fluid ends up in the power booster. If you see any wetness under the master cylinder where it meets the booster, there's the problem.
A certain amount of brake fluid will be sucked into the engine via the vacuum hose, but a lot of it will remain in the booster, sort of sloshing around.

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

SB: everytime you post up pictures with a little fix like this makes me want to get a shop and a lift so keep up the great work and posts. also nice fix on the roof and doesn't it seem like the weather is always bad when we are having to fix these types of jobs?

i don't have a fridge with a ice maker or cold water tap, but guessing maybe a connection got loose. good luck with that and maybe put a pan under the fridge to keep any water from ruining your floor until you have time to fix it.

did you get any more water in the tornado (grease pit)? interesting story about the clay, but i like the idea of digging down to get to the pipe and seal it up better anyway.

cheers

DrivesItFar,

Regarding the roof and the weather being bad... We had discovered the leak quite a while ago but there had been no precip here, to speak of, for a remarkably long time. Recently we started getting some rain and that allowed me to get into the attic and locate where the leak seemed to be. So a bit of rain was needed for the diagnosis.

We have had steady, but relatively light, rain for the past 3 days. Around 2-1/2 inches total - no additional water in the Tornado Shelter so far. Which is good news!

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Re: The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread (60x46)

How are you storing and transporting lift arms back and forth?

shortykorte,

They're pretty heavy so I have my wife pick them up and store them on a high shelf.

Ha!

Actually, for the time being, I'm picking them up and laying them on the floor next to "attached" arms. I hope to come up with a more elegant solution in the future.

Best regards,

Scott