What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[LS6 Tommy]

Not today, Sunday.
Moved in a used EZ Car Lift. Someone gave it to my friend. He's never used it and is not sure he even can because his Corvette has sidepipes. It wouldn't surprise me if he said to just keep it. He's that kind of guy.

I know since it's a screw drive unit, it's not as convenient as the electro-hydraulic portable lifts, but I really like the fact that it goes up 26" as opposed to the normal 18"-20" and you can stop it at any height, not just one of two preset points.

Tommy

 

[Kevkx125]

Put new grips on my pit bike

 

[gearhead1960]

Found a spot for my new HF 42" tool cabinet. On sale this month for $449, coupled with 10% off using HF CC for 1st time, made it a $400 purchase .

Plan is to frame in the new tool cabinet with the blue GE repurposed kitchen cabinet into one long workbench....

 

[Flat Thunder Channel]

Last night I wrapped up the video of the deck build. I changed things up a little and tried to do a voice over narration in the video. Check it out if you are interested in building a small deck and or front porch entrance. Project big MF'er makes an appearance hauling the fill for the posts.

I hope to get started on the pallet racking storage project soon. My garage is so packed with extra stuff these days it is like a jig saw puzzle. I picked up the pallet rack components (for the decking) last week, but got side tracked with the deck project.

Check it out:

Thanks!

 

[PhantomEB]

Added in 3 ultra slim LED lights over my bench. Still need 3-4 more to span the length of the cabinets. Side ones will get brighter ones since they higher up.

Gonna relocate the one that’s the motion sensed one so my GF has light out there when she leaves in the mornings (I let her park in there when I out of town).

 

[gearhead1960]

Added in 3 ultra slim LED lights over my bench. Still need 3-4 more to span the length of the cabinets.

Where did you source those and are they hard wired or plugs?

 

[ichabod]

replaced a broken torsion spring on the garage door. also replaced the cables, shaft and rollers. my helper wasn't much help, he kept taking parts. cant blame him too much, he is only 5 1/2 months. but he loves being out in the garage.

 

[d.mcfarland]

Thinking I may need to do this job on my 2015 Ford Expedition. Starting to make some noise back there. Not sure whether to go with Moog or SKF on the replacement parts.

SKF seems to be the consensus. I believe a lot of Moog, even the Moog "Problem Solver" line is getting a bad rap. I've had good success on most things I've use though.

 

[welder4956]

SKF seems to be the consensus. I believe a lot of Moog, even the Moog "Problem Solver" line is getting a bad rap. I've had good success on most things I've use though.

Thanks for sharing your experience. Sounds like you don't have a strong preference either way, so I may go with SKF. I think their price was a little higher than Moog, but not a lot.

 

[Ilikeike]

Since I'm out growing my main tool box, I picked up a Harbor Freight tool cart this weekend, and put it together IN my garage today.
I'm going to put some engine tuning tools and some other specific stuff for working on carbs, like jets, AN wrenches...and some stickers I have laying around.


Before sticker upgrade,
and after sticker upgrade pictures attached.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

Since I'm out growing my main tool box, I picked up a Harbor Freight tool cart this weekend, and put it together IN my garage today.
I'm going to put some engine tuning tools and some other specific stuff for working on carbs, like jets, AN wrenches...and some stickers I have laying around.


Before sticker upgrade,
and after sticker upgrade pictures attached.

Lol didn’t take you long to peel off the US General labels I see


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[Ilikeike]

Lol didn’t take you long to peel off the US General labels I see


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But I did leave remnants on front,

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

But I did leave remnants on front,

[emoji3] Lol yeah. Personally I couldn’t live with myself if I peeled them off lol I’m the type where everything has to be perfect.


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[16again]

Changed oil and filter and rotated tires on one of our Camry’s.
Also cleaned and mopped my RaceDeck flooring.



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[polexican23]

It has been a long time coming, but finally got the motor in....



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[PhantomEB]

Where did you source those and are they hard wired or plugs?

Power source is a plug for first one then linkable to seecond and third. I picking up a few more to see If I got to run a second powersource at the other end or can I link a few more into the run. They will only be on when I am out there.

Costco up here in Canada.

 

[Ilikeike]

I was wondering if I needed another extension at home,

So I connected them all, 1/2" thru 1/4" with adapters, no swivels.

82"

Yep, I was B O A R D, IN my garage.

 

[DuratecMan10]

Cleaned the tools I found last weekend.

While heading home, I stopped to look at stuff on the curb. Upon looking through stuff I stumbled across a tool box full of tools and water. The tool box was also covered in fireants. I fished out all the contents and brought the tools home and began a vinegar soak.

Some tools need to be soaked again and wire brushed, but they all cleaned up for the most part.

It's mostly Craftsman USA made items - I got the 10pc 3/8" deep 12pt sae socket set, some deep 6pt sae sockets, some 1/2" sockets, deep point metrics and a 26mm 1/2". 3/8" ratchet and 1/2" ratchet included, they are moving freely. I think they are Craftsman as well? Also got Kiein wire strippers, an oil filter wrench and some other tidbits.


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[DuratecMan10]

The box as I found it:







After soaking.


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[kaymccampbell]

Looks like some of yesterday's posts disappeared. Oh, well.

Yesterday, turned a whole bunch of big badly checked slabs into turning blanks.

Today. Cleaned up from that mess.
Gave the Dingo a Predator heart transplant.
And, cleaned up from that mess.

 

[Fix Until Broke]

It has been a long time coming, but finally got the motor in....



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What is it?

 

[kaymccampbell]

What is it?

A dune buggy.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Pushing those harbor freight dollies to the limit..lol

 

[NewShockerGuy]

I was doing basic maintenance a couple weeks ago on the daily driver (solara). Timing belt, water pump, thermostat, all belts, spark plugs, vacuum lines, radiator hoses/clamps, pcv valve, valve covers and sparkplug tubes, cam seals, crank seal, battery...etc. While I had the car in the garage on the lift I figured I might as well install the Pioneer radio I've been sitting on for a year.

I installed a back up camera several years ago that went through the rear view mirror which had a 4" screen in it. It was nice but wanted something nicer and easier to see, plus not having an auto dimming mirror was annoying. I had the camera so that it only turned on when you put it in reverse. The new setup I can now turn the camera on since it's always on with acc power. Makes seeing behind you especially nice with how the convertible is such a blind spot magnetic.

Took a while to find the right trim piece for the head unit. This is as close to OEM I could find. The scosche that crutchfield gave me was awful. Plastic mounting brackets, the front trim plate didn't match the silver at all, it was more of a gold tone. I even bought an OEM toyota navigation front plate to see how that would match. It fit nicely but it was way too silver (or my trim has faded after all these years with the top down). I used the oem metal brackets to secure the headunit to the dash kit so everything is 100% solid. Pioneer headunit is nice because it's Android Auto/Apple CarPlay. Added a usb port in the center console so everything is hidden away. Everything fit pretty nicely together.

Since I was redoing some things, I swapped out the rear view mirror for an auto dimming home link. Swapped the green led that was super dim on the driver side window switch to a white one. And I bought new steering wheel controls. My wife has the Solara SE so it did not come with a voice/call buttons on the steering wheel. I figured with the headunit since it's Bluetooth and the controls it would be a 50/50 adding new buttons would work. Sure enough they do (with the wiring harness/steering wheel control box). I can now use voice activation button and the answer/hang up buttons work perfectly. I also swapped out the leds in the steering wheel control which was an ugly dim green color to more of a matching white color that matches the climate control switches. Added OEM Toyota Solara s/s side sills as well.

When my wife bought her Lexus this became my daily driver so some things are nice to have when you are used to them in the Lexus or Mercedes.

About a month ago I also sanded and re-cleared the headlights using spraymax 2k clearcoat. They were yellowing and hazing. Now they look brand new.

-Nigel

 

[PhantomEB]

Bent the main boom on the engine crane my buddy offloaded to me last year (air over hydraulic ram vs a fence post in concrete was a fun battle).

So off to metal Supermarkets for a slightly longer boom for more reach when I doing projects like pulling the cage out of my truck. Little bit of cutting, welding and some holes drilled in the same place as the original ones were so I am not worried that I sacrificed anything other than I went to thicker wall.

Still want to incorporate a stiffening spine up the back side.

 

[smalltown]

I was doing basic maintenance a couple weeks ago on the daily driver (solara). Timing belt, water pump, thermostat, all belts, spark plugs, vacuum lines, radiator hoses/clamps, pcv valve, valve covers and sparkplug tubes, cam seals, crank seal, battery...etc. While I had the car in the garage on the lift I figured I might as well install the Pioneer radio I've been sitting on for a year.

I installed a back up camera several years ago that went through the rear view mirror which had a 4" screen in it. It was nice but wanted something nicer and easier to see, plus not having an auto dimming mirror was annoying. I had the camera so that it only turned on when you put it in reverse. The new setup I can now turn the camera on since it's always on with acc power. Makes seeing behind you especially nice with how the convertible is such a blind spot magnetic.

Took a while to find the right trim piece for the head unit. This is as close to OEM I could find. The scosche that crutchfield gave me was awful. Plastic mounting brackets, the front trim plate didn't match the silver at all, it was more of a gold tone. I even bought an OEM toyota navigation front plate to see how that would match. It fit nicely but it was way too silver (or my trim has faded after all these years with the top down). I used the oem metal brackets to secure the headunit to the dash kit so everything is 100% solid. Pioneer headunit is nice because it's Android Auto/Apple CarPlay. Added a usb port in the center console so everything is hidden away. Everything fit pretty nicely together.

Since I was redoing some things, I swapped out the rear view mirror for an auto dimming home link. Swapped the green led that was super dim on the driver side window switch to a white one. And I bought new steering wheel controls. My wife has the Solara SE so it did not come with a voice/call buttons on the steering wheel. I figured with the headunit since it's Bluetooth and the controls it would be a 50/50 adding new buttons would work. Sure enough they do (with the wiring harness/steering wheel control box). I can now use voice activation button and the answer/hang up buttons work perfectly. I also swapped out the leds in the steering wheel control which was an ugly dim green color to more of a matching white color that matches the climate control switches. Added OEM Toyota Solara s/s side sills as well.

When my wife bought her Lexus this became my daily driver so some things are nice to have when you are used to them in the Lexus or Mercedes.

About a month ago I also sanded and re-cleared the headlights using spraymax 2k clearcoat. They were yellowing and hazing. Now they look brand new.

-Nigel

NewShockerGuy that sure does look great in the dash. Nice job !

 

[ovilla]

What did you do "IN" your garage today?

This is on the other side of my garage wall - in my walkout basement actually. Just putting in a window. I had installed drywall a while back but then we decided to turn the space into a bedroom so that’s why it had to come down again.

 

[Black300zx]

Hung the IMSA 300zx sketch that just finished getting framed:

 

[PassnThru]

While I had the car in the garage on the lift I figured I might as well install the Pioneer radio I've been sitting on for a year.

I've never needed to have a car on a lift to install a new head unit
I'd like more details on how you do it.....

 

[kaymccampbell]

Took the Dingo out. Drove it back in, several hours later. Hung up my wet coat and gloves.

 

[Kent_B]

^^^ Sounds like fun. Tractor's lift cover is going back together and the Parker 39, my yard sale vise holds it quite nicely. I found a couple stray cap screws way down in the sludge in the bottom of the sump. That explains the two odd-size fasteners I found when I removed the top cover. Wonder how long they've been there?

 

[XR4ti_GuyinMd]

I’ve got one of those Yankee screwdrivers somewhere - from years gone by trimming out houses

 

[gearhead1960]

Replaced broken spring on garage door. Knew it was going for years after replacing the other one. Since you buy them in pairs, already had replacement spring.

 

[NewShockerGuy]

I've never needed to have a car on a lift to install a new head unit
I'd like more details on how you do it.....

lol, meaning while the car was on the lift and I was doing work via timing belt..etc. I decided to install the sterero. Being on the lift gave me incentive to install the headunit since I wasn't driving the car ;-p

-Nigel

 

[Ron_J]

Spent yesterday afternoon putting new shocks on all 4 corners of the truck. 102k miles and 15 years makes for getting some of the bolts off a bitxh. Had to use the flame wrench on a couple.

 

[Glemon]

Hooked up the lock and pinned down the wires on my jackshaft garage door opener. Hooked it up to WiFi (surprisingly simple) and configured to the app on my phone (all three doors on the same MyQ system) and figured out how to schedule them all to close at 9:00 at night if I forget. Also listed the fairly new center pull opener I replaced on Craigslist.

 

[PhantomEB]

Linkable up to 3 lights, my ***, that’s probably only cause 3 comes in a package!

Added in the last of 7 linkable lights under my cabinets. All controlled off of one motion sensor/dimmer control. Keeping the main power sourced ones out of the second and third packages for other places that need light, ie my moms place.

Now to clean the whole front area up as I hate seeing **** like that all lit up.

 

[Gigem]

Cleaned out the garage beer fridge and captured a small scorpion that I fed to my venus fly trap.

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[ZRX61]

Gave a bike a wipe down, checked oil level & tire pressure. Gonna go out tomorrow & introduce some people to hearing impairment.

 

[Ilikeike]

Cleaned out the garage beer fridge and captured a small scorpion that I fed to my venus fly trap.

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You fed a scorpion to your man eating plant and you show us a picture of an old refrigerator !
WTH is wrong with you man. lol