What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[EOC_Jason]

Neighbor asks, "Can I borrow your router?"... and like an idiot I reply, "What exactly are you trying to do?"... Not knowing which bit he would need or if my little 1/4" shaft router could handle his task...

3 hours later... We finish his little project. He wanted to recess a decorative plate in a piece of wood and fill it with epoxy as a present for his mom. Instead of using the router to create the recess we used some forstner bits in the drill press to remove 95% of the material then used the router to finish up the edge.

At least he stayed and vacuumed up all the sawdust everywhere while I put the tools away. I hate using a router in my garage, I really need to get a vacuum attachment for it.

 

[stonesfan68]

Changed brakes (pads, rotors, sensors) on the SUV. The dealer wanted $3700 for the job, so I bought the parts at Rock Auto for $627 and did it myself.

Bonus: I also "had" to buy some tools (large Torx set - needed a T50, and a large triple square set).

$3700 for brakes ? Must be a German car. I picked up some tools doing brake jobs on my cars, too, and still saved money.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

My son's Miata was stolen just after Christmas. The cops found it a couple of blocks away. Stole the battery and a box of tampons.

No disrespect intended, but somewhere there's the makings of a joke in that...

Tommy

 

[HotRodHudson]

Got yelled at by my wife..... Then I drank beer & did a little organizing as I watched The Matrix!

 

[poppinjohnnies]

The wife’s car bellied up yesterday. The thing acted like it was out of transmission fluid, but it wasn’t. Fearing the worse, I popped it up on the lift tonight and removed the pan. Yeahhh! No chunks and shavings in the pan! It appears that the pan filter (this thing has 2 filters) was split at the seam where the plastic top is crimped to the metal bottom causing it to starve for fluid. That’s my best guess anyway. I’ll buy a couple of filters and fluid and find out tomorrow. Car is a ‘06 Durango.

 

[BoostAddiction]

$3700 for brakes ? Must be a German car. I picked up some tools doing brake jobs on my cars, too, and still saved money.

Yeah, Cayenne. This from the home of the $600 oil change. Maybe I should have been a Porsche dealer.

 

[bhonshell37]

Yeah, Cayenne. This from the home of the $600 oil change. Maybe I should have been a Porsche dealer.

Why 600 dollars for an oil change?

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[BoostAddiction]

Why 600 dollars for an oil change?

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Apparently, that is what they are getting away with locally for Porsche service. The Cayenne needs special diesel oil, but most of it is likely excess profit. For example, the local VW dealer charges $135 for the same service (Touareg TDis have the same engine).

Of course, the P-car dealers have nicer showrooms. But not that much nicer.

I'm just happy to be able to do it at home. There have been times when I didn't have a garage of any kind, and DIY work was much harder.

 

[bhonshell37]

I have a Ram. Changing the oil is easy even in snow. Plenty of ground clearance. Less than 50 bucks for full synthetic oil and filter

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[dittle fart around]

No disrespect intended, but somewhere there's the makings of a joke in that...

Tommy

The tampons belonged to his girl freind. If you haven't driven a Miata the jokes on you. Not only does it get 30 mpg but the top goes down. It's the 60's British sports car that doesn't breakdown.

 

[zmotorsports]

I got out of work late last night so I didn't have much shop time so rather than make a mess starting my next project I took a few minutes and recorded the last bit of my shop tour video that I have been working on. I hope to have it posted to my channel sometime this weekend if I can get it edited in the evenings.

 

[driftpin]

That should do the trick for you.

Do you think there is any value in using pivoting posts/poles (we firefighters refer to them as "tormentor poles") halfway-up the stiles of the ladder, to support the weight on the ladder in the use it gets? Pretty-simple to add, and I think it would reduce the ladder's tendency to 'bounce' as you walked-up. I envision the feet of the poles as-having rubber-faced pivoting plates, like an extension ladder has.

As the ladder was elevated, the poles would swing-free, and you would just use a short lanyard to secure them to the bottom stile pipe. When you were lowering the ladder, you would unhook them, and a stop would halt their swinging-backwards at the point where the foot of the ladder would contact the ground. If you wanted to get really-fancy, you could use pneumatic struts on them, and possibly tie the poles together, so they would be raised and lowered at the same time.

My retractable stair proof of concept works! This is a mock-up, but not far from what the finished product will look like. I’ll mount the electric hoist on a 5’ chain to drop the unit down, cut the junk off the bottom of the stair so it is level when lowered to the ground, then mount the top to the loft floor with hinges.

 

[jwh]

Wow, Tormentor Poles. Haven't heard that phrase in a long time. We had a 50' extension ladder a couple ladder trucks ago that had them. IIRC that was a 4 section ladder. Really needed those poles to help raise and lower it, was a HEAVY sucker.

John

 

[LS6 Tommy]

The tampons belonged to his girl freind. If you haven't driven a Miata the jokes on you. Not only does it get 30 mpg but the top goes down. It's the 60's British sports car that doesn't breakdown.

I have driven many and have nothing against them. Any one who hasn't is missing out. They are a well balanced little vehicle. I was just poking some fun at the stereotypical "Is that your Girlfriend's car?" remarks.

Tommy

 

[ambenz]

I had the truck washed at a touchless wash yesterday (good underbody wash) so today I got busy detailing the truck with Croftgate Quick and Slick and did the tires and bed cover with Croftgate Tire Shine.
I had some old turtlewax with cleaner and waxed the exteriors side windows and back windows. Waxing the exterior windows keeps them cleaner longer and the smoked windows look like mirrors!

I had the heat up to 64F and it was a big mistake as I was really sweating...wax on, wax off...

I also checked tire pressure on all my rides! Check your tire pressures people!...even the spares!

 

[CoogarXR]

I shoveled all the brown snow out of the garage that has been drug in over the last few weeks, lol.

 

[chrislehr]

Installed a new bandsaw to blade a neighbor tossed over the fence to me.

 

[C_F]

Ambenz, the Ranger is looking good as new!

 

[wirt]

Not sure if any of you are into other hobbies but I spent a few hours in the garage last nice working on my Falcon.

 

[MrSurly]

Clearly, that’s the Futura model


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[ambenz]

Ambenz, the Ranger is looking good as new!

Thanks, she's a keeper as I never want a car payment again!
I keep it in a temperature controlled garage...perform corrosion maintenance every year... it is buffed/ceramic coated...and I do regular maintenance on it prematurely.
I have to go by years instead of mileage when it comes to all fluid service.
You see, it will be 10 years old this year and it has less than 35,000 miles on the odometer.

 

[8200rpm]

If you haven't driven a Miata the jokes on you. Not only does it get 30 mpg but the top goes down. It's the 60's British sports car that doesn't breakdown.

Miatas are the most fun you can have with four wheels. I was completely blown away when I drove a NA (first gen) Miata. Much more fun than a C4 Corvette convertible of the same era.

 

[fordkid88]

Thanks, she's a keeper as I never want a car payment again!
I keep it in a temperature controlled garage...perform corrosion maintenance every year... it is buffed/ceramic coated...and I do regular maintenance on it prematurely.
I have to go by years instead of mileage when it comes to all fluid service.
You see, it will be 10 years old this year and it has less than 35,000 miles on the odometer.

God I wish my ranger was like yours when I had it, but being the third owner and having 250,000 miles on the clock that wasn't happening. But that beautiful old truck made me who I am today. No more video games and drinking all night, but a home owner with big *** garage who gets yelled at by the misses for spending to much time wrenching and fabricating late into the night. Although video games were way cheaper than my tool collection.

 

[ezriderga]

Miatas are the most fun you can have with four wheels. I was completely blown away when I drove a NA (first gen) Miata. Much more fun than a C4 Corvette convertible of the same era.

I totally agree. The Miata is the most popular best selling two seater sports car in the U.S. Usually those who are slamming them have never even driven one. It's not always about the power, it's about the experience. Just did a quick detail on my first year MX5 Roadster.

 

[adamgayton81]

Detailed the wife’s X3 and put a new coat of sealant on it. I’ll be putting ceramic on it in spring along with my 5 series.


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[crewchief888]

grabbed a couple of storage totes and got most of the lights and wreaths down, extension cords and timers all boxes up and put away.

still have icicle lights up, but theres still snow on the ground, and i'm not getting up on a ladder till it's gone.

i'm getting too old to be falling off ladders..... i dont bounce as good as i used to....

 

[kaymccampbell]

Swapped out the 3 circulator pumps. Exact replacement, my foot!
Cleaned up some messes. Recycled 3 gallons of transmission fluid. Fixed a flat truck.

 

[dneiding]

Started working on the new to me diesel, 4X4 side-by-side I bought. Me and my boys are going to adapt my old Western snow plow to it.

 

[Bad Eye Bill]

The tampons belonged to his girl freind. If you haven't driven a Miata the jokes on you. Not only does it get 30 mpg but the top goes down. It's the 60's British sports car that doesn't breakdown.

I've never driven one, I have driven a couple of British sports cars and wasn't that impressed with them but didn't hate them either.

I'd give the Miata a chance, never understood the general hate for them.

 

[schor]

I needed 3 hands to press out a bushing last week so this is what I did.

 

[JimVonBaden]

Cleaned up the paint and took off the overspray. The paint looks good overall, with a couple runs and a couple small dry spots.









Overall I am pretty happy with the paint. Not pro, but shiny and looks good.

 

[jpmmilner]

Took my Lowe’s (Kobalt) 26 gal 110v compressor head apart to install a new Reed valve plate. Recently replaced to motor that had frozen up with a reasonably priced used one locally. When it went back together it ran (yea!) but it would not make cut out pressure. Ordered a new reed valve assembly. It’s been cold here in NW Arkansas for about a week or two, and my garage is a carport, so today was above 50, and I grabbed a chance. Works better. Leaks a little at the head on the intake side while running, stops when it’s idle, but the unit makes cut out again, so I think I’m calling it a day.


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[poppinjohnnies]

Update: New filters and fluid cured my Durango’s ailment!

 

[DGersic]

Haven’t been able to do anything in the garage since November, but I’m finally getting better. Had nice weather today, mid 40s and sunny. So headed out to spend some time with my tools and get a few things done.

Checked the fluids and topped off the tires on the vehicles. Except the trans on wife’s new-ish Toyota. No dipstick? Or if there is, I can’t find it. Guess I need to RTFM on that one.

Thursday I went to adjust the damper on one of our heat vents and the handle came off. Sheet metal (22 ga) damper with 18 ga handle spot welded to it, but the weld didn’t penetrate at all. Figured this would be good practice at thin material. So rolled out the MIG, cleaned the paint off the area, clamped the handle to the damper with a long nose vicegrip, and quickly welded the handle to the vicegrip. Yeah, not the damper. Whoops. Got to spend some time cutting and grinding the handle off the vicegrip. Set up again, and welded the handle to the damper this time. Cleaned up and a shot with some black rustoleum, and I’ll put it back together tomorrow.

Then jacked up my 37 and dropped the trans pan. Working on figuring out why the torque converter on the 700R4 doesn’t lock up in 4th like it should. It’s not the solenoid, that tests ok. The lockup valve is present, and moves ok when pushed with a screwdriver. Confirmed that the wiring and connectors are ok. So now I don’t know what it is, but I know several things that it isn’t.

All told, a pretty good day.



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[bmxdad]

More cleaning. Replaced fog light bucket in daily driver. Resealed the gearbox on my Enco gear head lathe. Restacked my lumber.

Pretty much stayed away from wife, as she was deep cleaning house and getting grumpy.

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[zmotorsports]

Cleaned up the paint and took off the overspray. The paint looks good overall, with a couple runs and a couple small dry spots.


Overall I am pretty happy with the paint. Not pro, but shiny and looks good.

Paint turned out great Jim. Nice job.

 

[Mikeske]

Serviced my John Deere 2305 getting it ready for spring changed their, filters (fuel, air and oil) replaced the antifreeze and gave it a lubrication of its grease zerks. Now it ready for another years. Tomorrow I finish and change the gear oil in the mower deck and service the deck. Then it is on to my garden tractor a X590.

 

[Heavy Metal Doctor]

Spent a few hours on my commuter car replacing the HVAC blower motor resistor went bad giving me only 2 settings, off or high. Frustrating job since I'm pretty sure they built the entire car around the HVAC unit and working at home without access to some of my best tight space tools that reside on my box at work.

 

[mrramsey]

Installed a new ceiling fan in the garage today to circulate the air in the winter. Now that the new door and liftmaster 8500 was installed. I freed up the ceiling for the fan. Nice 9 blade 72" fan. Super quiet.

 

[DGersic]

Spent a few hours on my commuter car replacing the HVAC blower motor resistor went bad giving me only 2 settings, off or high. Frustrating job since I'm pretty sure they built the entire car around the HVAC unit and working at home without access to some of my best tight space tools that reside on my box at work.

I’ve replaced the resistor pack in my Dakota twice so far. Seems like they expected it to fail, made it easy to reach and replace. But last time it also cooked part of the wiring harness, so had to splice in some new wire and a connector housing.

The rest of the HVAC is hidden inside the dash, and is somewhat harder to get at. I’ve done that a few times so far, chasing leaks in the A/C.



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