BajaScout
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Very nice!
What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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Very nice!
Outlawmws
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As mentioned earlier, a LONG day on tires; had to remove a wheel from the Donor sami, dismount the tire (all the old tires went to a neighbor that converted then to raised planters), Prep and paint the rim, replace with the "roller skate" wheels, and do the next...
So some time spent "watching paint dry" -Not really, lots of other things needed done...
On the front I had to trim a corner of the door, and then beat the body corner to match, as well as hammer a seam flange flat and make some space in the back. I got by with less than others have that have done this and I still haven't jacked the front torsion bars up.
Roller skate wheels off!
All the tire dismounting and mounting was done manually.
Paining the rims:
Ready to seat the bead:
As soon as my ancient Compressor comes up to pressure - Made this ages ago from parts, the little one lunger is WAY too small for this monster...
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=883704&stc=1&d=1555294707[/IMG
The Tire Balancer I use:
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So I went from this:
To this -I still haven't cranked the Torsion bars, probably needs about an inch?:
So some time spent "watching paint dry" -Not really, lots of other things needed done...
On the front I had to trim a corner of the door, and then beat the body corner to match, as well as hammer a seam flange flat and make some space in the back. I got by with less than others have that have done this and I still haven't jacked the front torsion bars up.
Roller skate wheels off!
All the tire dismounting and mounting was done manually.
Paining the rims:
Ready to seat the bead:
As soon as my ancient Compressor comes up to pressure - Made this ages ago from parts, the little one lunger is WAY too small for this monster...
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=883704&stc=1&d=1555294707[/IMG
The Tire Balancer I use:
[IMG]https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=883705&stc=1&d=1555294707
So I went from this:
To this -I still haven't cranked the Torsion bars, probably needs about an inch?:
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Magnum440d100
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Have a car that needs paint correction, so I thought I’d try on this junk bed.....
I didn’t think the paint under this spray bomb paint job was any good... May just do the whole bed!
I was going to use this bed on my shorty because it is set up for an under bed gas tank, but changed my mind because it needed paint/body work....
If I can do this much in about an hour, I figure a couple days work, and it would be “presentable” or at least down to the original paint coat so that a proper respray can be done. This spray bomb paint job is ****! Haha
I didn’t think the paint under this spray bomb paint job was any good... May just do the whole bed!
I was going to use this bed on my shorty because it is set up for an under bed gas tank, but changed my mind because it needed paint/body work....
If I can do this much in about an hour, I figure a couple days work, and it would be “presentable” or at least down to the original paint coat so that a proper respray can be done. This spray bomb paint job is ****! Haha
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The wheels and tires look great. What engine is in that? You should do a build thread if you are inclined. I live on the east coast and I don't remember these being common. You could beat out the dents and just use bed liner on the lower belt line of the van. You can get some brands of bed liner tinted silver or gray but I see you like flat black just fine. It will be a nice camper.
Outlawmws
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The wheels and tires look great. What engine is in that? You should do a build thread if you are inclined. I live on the east coast and I don't remember these being common. You could beat out the dents and just use bed liner on the lower belt line of the van. You can get some brands of bed liner tinted silver or gray but I see you like flat black just fine. It will be a nice camper.[/QUOTE]
Thanks,
if you look at yesterday's post, that's pretty much the plan for body work. And yes, a lower belt of flat black over the bed liner. I'm trying to tone down the silver a bit.
My understanding is the engine is based on a Toyota tractor engine, 2.2L 4YE-C fuel injected and makes 101 HP
the "build thread" is in my camping thread in my sig.
Legion Prime
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What did I do "IN" my garage today?
The old Craftsman table saw I picked up a couple weeks ago had a ton of rust. I got most of it off the other week but it's good for now, I'll get back to it later. Last week I'd remounted the wing and cut up a playing card to true it up with the table. Today I loosened up the table and trued the miter slots to the blade. Then I trued the rip fence to the miter slots. Previously it had wandered about 3/16ths over the length of the table, not anymore. I set the blade 90 to the table and reset it's indicator, then did the same with the miter gauge and made my first cut.
Perfection! I had an old wine crate from work plus some scraps from some lids. I trimmed a lid piece to fit across the bottom and tried my powershot stapler with it's first nails. I had to tap them down in with a hammer but hey, it's a stapler fer chrissakes!
I'm happy with it. I've greatly increased capacity over the old plumbing randomry bin and it has a smaller footprint. What more could I ask for besides a pound of 20s?
The old Craftsman table saw I picked up a couple weeks ago had a ton of rust. I got most of it off the other week but it's good for now, I'll get back to it later. Last week I'd remounted the wing and cut up a playing card to true it up with the table. Today I loosened up the table and trued the miter slots to the blade. Then I trued the rip fence to the miter slots. Previously it had wandered about 3/16ths over the length of the table, not anymore. I set the blade 90 to the table and reset it's indicator, then did the same with the miter gauge and made my first cut.
Perfection! I had an old wine crate from work plus some scraps from some lids. I trimmed a lid piece to fit across the bottom and tried my powershot stapler with it's first nails. I had to tap them down in with a hammer but hey, it's a stapler fer chrissakes!
I'm happy with it. I've greatly increased capacity over the old plumbing randomry bin and it has a smaller footprint. What more could I ask for besides a pound of 20s?
Magnum440d100
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Replaced the fuel pump on my magnum RT.
Finally got the owner of the civic to come get his car. They grabbed the civic but left the Toyota.
But to get them out, I had to to move my magnum. It was JUST running. I go to fire it up, and crank crank crank... nothing.....
After checking fuses and relays, figured out one of the pumps wasn’t turning on. Ran to the parts store, picked up a new one, and she fired right up...
Still don’t know how it can be working great one day, and then NADA. It does have 207,000 miles though.....
Finally got the owner of the civic to come get his car. They grabbed the civic but left the Toyota.
But to get them out, I had to to move my magnum. It was JUST running. I go to fire it up, and crank crank crank... nothing.....
After checking fuses and relays, figured out one of the pumps wasn’t turning on. Ran to the parts store, picked up a new one, and she fired right up...
Still don’t know how it can be working great one day, and then NADA. It does have 207,000 miles though.....
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Re: What did I do "IN" my garage today?
Nice job on getting your saw set up well.
What's shown in the picture with the saw is a scarily dangerous setup. The miter gauge should never be used in conjunction with the fence like that. It's a miracle that piece didn't shoot out of there like a bullet. Even if you were controlling the cutoff piece through the cut the chances of getting it bound up resulting in a kickback are extremely high when you're using both the fence and the miter gauge.
The only safe way to use the fence with the miter gauge is to clamp an auxiliary piece onto the fence in front of the blade so that the leading edge of the workpiece clears the auxiliary fence before it touches the blade. That way when the cut is completed the cutoff can't be trapped between the blade and the fence. If your auxiliary is 3/4" thick you set the fence to your desired size plus 3/4", start your cut with the material touching the auxiliary, and push through. At the completion of the cut the material is all the way past the auxiliary fence and sitting free in the space between the regular fence and the blade. I hope that's clear.
I don't mean to be a know-it-all and disparage your post--getting the saw going is great--but a kickback can be very nasty and can happen in a hurry.
If I'm misunderstanding something I'm seeing (maybe you're just showing how square everything is?) I apologize. But if you used the saw as it's set up in that picture count yourself lucky--you got away with something that could have bit hard.
The old Craftsman table saw I picked up a couple weeks ago had a ton of rust. I got most of it off the other week but it's good for now, I'll get back to it later. Last week I'd remounted the wing and cut up a playing card to true it up with the table. Today I loosened up the table and trued the miter slots to the blade. Then I trued the rip fence to the miter slots. Previously it had wandered about 3/16ths over the length of the table, not anymore. I set the blade 90 to the table and reset it's indicator, then did the same with the miter gauge and made my first cut.
Perfection! I had an old wine crate from work plus some scraps from some lids. I trimmed a lid piece to fit across the bottom and tried my powershot stapler with it's first nails. I had to tap them down in with a hammer but hey, it's a stapler fer chrissakes!
I'm happy with it. I've greatly increased capacity over the old plumbing randomry bin and it has a smaller footprint. What more could I ask for besides a pound of 20s?
Nice job on getting your saw set up well.
What's shown in the picture with the saw is a scarily dangerous setup. The miter gauge should never be used in conjunction with the fence like that. It's a miracle that piece didn't shoot out of there like a bullet. Even if you were controlling the cutoff piece through the cut the chances of getting it bound up resulting in a kickback are extremely high when you're using both the fence and the miter gauge.
The only safe way to use the fence with the miter gauge is to clamp an auxiliary piece onto the fence in front of the blade so that the leading edge of the workpiece clears the auxiliary fence before it touches the blade. That way when the cut is completed the cutoff can't be trapped between the blade and the fence. If your auxiliary is 3/4" thick you set the fence to your desired size plus 3/4", start your cut with the material touching the auxiliary, and push through. At the completion of the cut the material is all the way past the auxiliary fence and sitting free in the space between the regular fence and the blade. I hope that's clear.
I don't mean to be a know-it-all and disparage your post--getting the saw going is great--but a kickback can be very nasty and can happen in a hurry.
If I'm misunderstanding something I'm seeing (maybe you're just showing how square everything is?) I apologize. But if you used the saw as it's set up in that picture count yourself lucky--you got away with something that could have bit hard.
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Magnum440d100
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Re: What did I do "IN" my garage today?
I learned something new today!
Thank you for the explanation
I learned something new today!
Thank you for the explanation
zak77
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You dont need the receipt with Moen, just send them pics and they're replace whatever is wrong. I've gotten parts numerous times for my Moen kitchen sink and i dont have the receipt.
Steveodle
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Lifted mom into the Denali to visit dad in the VA hospital and my back! I hear ya brother!
If you do nothing right,you'll do nothing wrong!
If you do nothing right,you'll do nothing wrong!
Steveodle
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Put the jd430 back together, the rear PTO works.
Good thing I know how to bleed injectors, little diesel was dry locked.
Running now, only fenders and seat to re-install.
All fluids and filters changed.
Now mounting the new to me hydraulic roto-tiller, it's been sitting 10? Years
It's garden time and I loves me a fresh mater!
If you do nothing right,you'll do nothing wrong!
Good thing I know how to bleed injectors, little diesel was dry locked.
Running now, only fenders and seat to re-install.
All fluids and filters changed.
Now mounting the new to me hydraulic roto-tiller, it's been sitting 10? Years
It's garden time and I loves me a fresh mater!
If you do nothing right,you'll do nothing wrong!
niget2002
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Started packing the garage. I got through 6 boxes. Luckily 90% of my garage is already in plastic totes, so it's just the loose ends I'm packing now.
We got an offer on our house last night. Today we put an offer on the new house. If we get the house we want, it has a shop. Once we get the house, I'll start a shop thread.
We got an offer on our house last night. Today we put an offer on the new house. If we get the house we want, it has a shop. Once we get the house, I'll start a shop thread.
chrislehr
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Exciting times. Good luck on closings.
bulletpruf
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Triage, detail cleaning and minor disassembly of a gorgeous 93cc Stihl 056 Magnum II, a true "muscle saw" from the 80's.
Will finish tomorrow and off to eBay it goes.
Will finish tomorrow and off to eBay it goes.
Motorman55
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I needed to get my Harley down off the Handy-Lift motorcycle lift which was in the full up position so I could bring it outside in the driveway for washing before making repairs and maintenance to it.
But before I could lower the table, I needed to address the bad pneumatic valve in the foot control pedal which was not working due to a stripped/worn control valve.
After removing the pedal assembly from the hose, I disassembled the pedal from its base in order to get at the control valve, This merely required pushing out the roll pin that the pedal swiveled on. Once that was done I just pulled up on the valve assembly and with a couple twisting moves it came right out.
I shot some brake fluid into the bore to clean out the crud and then ran a plastic bottle brush thru the bore a few times. Gave it final shot of brake fluid then blow out with the air gun.
Next it was double checking the replacement valve measurements with the old one and then spray the the valve and the bore with silicone spray. The fit of the new valve is a little tight, so a push down by hand to get it started and followed up with some light taps from the rawhide mallet and it went right in.
I reassembled the pedal and then bench tested it by hooking it directly up to my small compressor and working the pedal up and down while putting my finger over each port.
On this pedal the pressurized air comes in from the left side port connected to the compressor. Pushing down on the 'UP' end of the pedal pushes the valve body down which allows the air to pass thru the main body and valve and out the right side port which then travels thru a hose and enters the large pneumatic cylinder located under the table lifting the table top up. Pushing down on the 'DOWN' end of the pedal pulls the valve body up which relieves the air pressure from the cylinder and blows out the bottom of the control valve via a small port hole located on the underside of the pedal base. Test showed it worked great.
Then I finished off the rebuild by wire brushing the rust off both pedal assemblies and applying several costs of bright orange and outlining the letters in black.
Hook up the hoses and the table was back to working like new.
Then I washed the Harley and the Chevy.
But before I could lower the table, I needed to address the bad pneumatic valve in the foot control pedal which was not working due to a stripped/worn control valve.
After removing the pedal assembly from the hose, I disassembled the pedal from its base in order to get at the control valve, This merely required pushing out the roll pin that the pedal swiveled on. Once that was done I just pulled up on the valve assembly and with a couple twisting moves it came right out.
I shot some brake fluid into the bore to clean out the crud and then ran a plastic bottle brush thru the bore a few times. Gave it final shot of brake fluid then blow out with the air gun.
Next it was double checking the replacement valve measurements with the old one and then spray the the valve and the bore with silicone spray. The fit of the new valve is a little tight, so a push down by hand to get it started and followed up with some light taps from the rawhide mallet and it went right in.
I reassembled the pedal and then bench tested it by hooking it directly up to my small compressor and working the pedal up and down while putting my finger over each port.
On this pedal the pressurized air comes in from the left side port connected to the compressor. Pushing down on the 'UP' end of the pedal pushes the valve body down which allows the air to pass thru the main body and valve and out the right side port which then travels thru a hose and enters the large pneumatic cylinder located under the table lifting the table top up. Pushing down on the 'DOWN' end of the pedal pulls the valve body up which relieves the air pressure from the cylinder and blows out the bottom of the control valve via a small port hole located on the underside of the pedal base. Test showed it worked great.
Then I finished off the rebuild by wire brushing the rust off both pedal assemblies and applying several costs of bright orange and outlining the letters in black.
Hook up the hoses and the table was back to working like new.
Then I washed the Harley and the Chevy.
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Magnum440d100
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So far, notta dang thing for the past couple days.
My allergies have been kicking my ***. No amount of Claritin or Flonase or any allergy pill or antihistamines has helped.
Only staying indoors has helped. Yesterday I did some inside chores, and felt GREAT! Then a friend begged me to go with him to get food, so I went. Immediate regret. Swollen itchy eyes, sneezing, itchy ears....
Got hone, back inside, and everything subsided after a couple hours. I was able to SLEEP the whole night through instead of waking up gasping for air.
This morning, I woke up feeling great. Walked down the hall, and insta sneeze fest. Someone left the windows open.
These allergies will be the death of me!!!
And what *****, is I have lived in this area for 32 years. I’ve NEVER had allergies. Only the past maybe 8-9 years have I had allergies, and they intensify each year it seems....
Gotta make a parts run here soon, so I’m gonna have to suffer.... ugh....
My allergies have been kicking my ***. No amount of Claritin or Flonase or any allergy pill or antihistamines has helped.
Only staying indoors has helped. Yesterday I did some inside chores, and felt GREAT! Then a friend begged me to go with him to get food, so I went. Immediate regret. Swollen itchy eyes, sneezing, itchy ears....
Got hone, back inside, and everything subsided after a couple hours. I was able to SLEEP the whole night through instead of waking up gasping for air.
This morning, I woke up feeling great. Walked down the hall, and insta sneeze fest. Someone left the windows open.
These allergies will be the death of me!!!
And what *****, is I have lived in this area for 32 years. I’ve NEVER had allergies. Only the past maybe 8-9 years have I had allergies, and they intensify each year it seems....
Gotta make a parts run here soon, so I’m gonna have to suffer.... ugh....
polexican23
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Start with a spoonful in the morning and 1 at night of local raw honey.
For meds i use two Zertecs and one sudafed when it is especially bad.
For meds i use two Zertecs and one sudafed when it is especially bad.
Changed rear shocks, front struts & sway bar stabilizer links on '02 Infiniti QX4.
Don't like working on modern vehicles... but a buddy needed help. Hey, he bought me an Earthquake impact gun & SAE / metric sockets, much appreciated on that!
Don't like working on modern vehicles... but a buddy needed help. Hey, he bought me an Earthquake impact gun & SAE / metric sockets, much appreciated on that!
chrismenke
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Today was a fun one...and I've popped a few Advil so tomorrow isn't a constant reminder of today.
Leave Garage A and go to Garage B. Fix (bodge) Mercedes transmission so I can move the 560SEC...back the car out, move triple bay toolbox from the back of the garage out the front, pull the 560SEC in enough I can shut the garage door. Celebrate small victories 1 & 2 (not having a blown transmission, moving triple bay box to the front of Garage B.
Drive 5 miles (30 minutes) across town to U Haul and rent trailer and head back to Garage B (Garage A is 4 minutes from U Haul). Get back to Garage B and single handedly use come-a-long to get full *** KRL1023 into trailer and tied down.
Drive back across town, 45 minutes because I'd rather go really slow than sort all my sockets, unload toolbox from trailer. Squeeze 30 inch deep toolbox through 31 inch space without scratching wife's Mercedes (1974 R107 450SL for the anoraks). Squeeze toolbox into Garage A workspace. Mount sidebox 1 of 2 with hydraulic lift table.
Rearrange wrenches, realize I need a second wrench drawer now.
Go to pub, get a beer. Think about whether my Snappy driver has a bigger boat than I do.
Leave Garage A and go to Garage B. Fix (bodge) Mercedes transmission so I can move the 560SEC...back the car out, move triple bay toolbox from the back of the garage out the front, pull the 560SEC in enough I can shut the garage door. Celebrate small victories 1 & 2 (not having a blown transmission, moving triple bay box to the front of Garage B.
Drive 5 miles (30 minutes) across town to U Haul and rent trailer and head back to Garage B (Garage A is 4 minutes from U Haul). Get back to Garage B and single handedly use come-a-long to get full *** KRL1023 into trailer and tied down.
Drive back across town, 45 minutes because I'd rather go really slow than sort all my sockets, unload toolbox from trailer. Squeeze 30 inch deep toolbox through 31 inch space without scratching wife's Mercedes (1974 R107 450SL for the anoraks). Squeeze toolbox into Garage A workspace. Mount sidebox 1 of 2 with hydraulic lift table.
Rearrange wrenches, realize I need a second wrench drawer now.
Go to pub, get a beer. Think about whether my Snappy driver has a bigger boat than I do.
I have heard this from a few people now. Makes sense.
PhantomEB
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Canadian Easter long weekend coming up..... so I shall be tidying up the garage first and foremost today then helping out the better half with the house...
.i have a feeling the black garbage bin will be full for next pick up. Hell I may even install my new filler tube in as well drop the tank for the sender install on the off-road truck
.i have a feeling the black garbage bin will be full for next pick up. Hell I may even install my new filler tube in as well drop the tank for the sender install on the off-road truck
smalltown
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Finally took my rear snow blower off the tractor, and moved it out of the garage.
Nice to have a little more space.
Nice to have a little more space.
niget2002
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kinda shop related...
our offer was rejected on the house with the shop. We're sad. We're pissed. But we'll move on.
Plan two is find a house without a shop and build one. Or maybe another house will come on the market with a shop between now and when we're done selling this one.
Reason why we lost the bid... the fact we're in a contingency with the sale of our current house.
It *****. It was a really nice house on 1 acre with a 40x50 shop that was well thought out.
our offer was rejected on the house with the shop. We're sad. We're pissed. But we'll move on.
Plan two is find a house without a shop and build one. Or maybe another house will come on the market with a shop between now and when we're done selling this one.
Reason why we lost the bid... the fact we're in a contingency with the sale of our current house.
It *****. It was a really nice house on 1 acre with a 40x50 shop that was well thought out.
Magnum440d100
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Mind if I ask how much something like that goes for out there?
Thinking of selling my house in California and paying cash for something else in a different state, but I’ll only have maybe $150k to $200k....
ptgarcia
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I'm itching to do the same thing. I'm so sick of southern California! Cost of living here will bleed you dry.
niget2002
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2300 sq/ft house single story 4 bed 2.5 bath. 2 car garage
outside of city limits
1-acre lot
30 minutes to nearest shopping
40x50 shop
septic system
city water
cable tv available
Seller is asking $380k
North Texas, outer Dallas area.
This area has gone up in cost the last 3 years because of Amazon and State Farm and the other large companies coming in. 200k will get you a house, but not much property and no shop... or it will get you a double wide on a little property, but we also have tornados occasionally.
chrismenke
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Reunited the big toolbox with the old side box and the new power locker. It's flipping huge, and I have to refactor the layout of the tiny garage to accommodate it. What a ****** problem to have!
Will grab some photos later when it's cleaned up and feeling photogenic.
Will grab some photos later when it's cleaned up and feeling photogenic.
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Lucky13driver
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I put the steel top on my on my workbench.
Here's a link to my workbench build:https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=408820
Here's a link to my workbench build:https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=408820
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BigSteve63
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Same thing here. Just started taking generic Singulair; turns out, they have found that this asthma drug works well on some allergies. So far, so good - been using this and daily saline rinse for just over a week and everything seems to be a lot better.
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WagonHo!
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How about couple more pics and tell us more.
yes, please! I can't spare a deep drawer for my pliers so I don't think any of the store-bought pliers racks are going to work for me, need to come up with a home-made solution - and yours looks promising!
KBigg
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I just cut the loop off of a metal coat hanger, straightened it out the best I could, and started bending. The most i got out of one hanger was 6 spots so I ended up with 4 racks. They're not the nicest but for the price (literally $0) and how they turned out I'm happy. They dont move around or fall over anymore and that was the main objective. It took me about an hour but the first couple “designs” didn't really work out that well.
Also the smallest pair of pliers in the pic are 6” linesmen. I made one smaller one for my mini pliers.
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x2 in MidCoast Maine
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Last fall, I started to re-power this Craigslist yard vac ($100) that blew its engine. But winter arrived before all the parts did, so it got shoved in the shed for the winter. Spring is here, the snow is letting up, so it’s time to clean up the yard.
HF Predator engine replacing the dead Tecumseh. Needed a shaft sleeve to adapt the output shaft to the vacuum wheel.
Added a generic throttle lever and cable from eBay. Adapted a mountain bike brake lever with parking brake button to control the engine brake. Had to make a cable ferrule to hold the housing, and a pinch bolt to attach the cable.
Still needs oil and gas, but it’s too late at night to be starting it up, so that’ll probably be Saturday.
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HF Predator engine replacing the dead Tecumseh. Needed a shaft sleeve to adapt the output shaft to the vacuum wheel.
Added a generic throttle lever and cable from eBay. Adapted a mountain bike brake lever with parking brake button to control the engine brake. Had to make a cable ferrule to hold the housing, and a pinch bolt to attach the cable.
Still needs oil and gas, but it’s too late at night to be starting it up, so that’ll probably be Saturday.
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