What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[khnitz]

Changed the fuel pump on the 95 ram p/u. next up will be checking play in the steering , I think the track bar is bad. we shall see. after that only 165 more issues to fix. that's what I get for owning a 2nd gen ram.

I had a '95 and later on a '96 second gen Ram. On the steering, it might not resolve your specific issue, but I installed the rock-solid steering fix and found that it helped the steering on our '96 - https://rocksolidramtrucksteering.com/index.php/about-the-fix/ . We now have an '05 Cummins.

 

[PelicanPines]

We just replaced all the siding and trim on the chimney 2 months ago. I haven't seen any bugs while working on it, but will spray it just in case.

A woodpecker would not waste his/her time poking at a strip of wood if there was not food there. They can't live on wood chips, they don't peck for the sake of peckering.

You got bugs.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I chopped up a Kiddies Corvette Bed and made a Corvette wall decoration out of it!

I'm guessing there is another one around somewhere that faces the opposite direction ?

 

[rayra]

Turned $14 of edge glued laminated clear pine into scrap wood, wasted my available / allocated time and completely failed to edge trim a new drawer front for a kitchen drawer. Company coming in 48hrs, trying to finish a few house projects, fixing some busted drawers in the kitchen (finally, we moved in ~10mos ago), new drawer glides etc.
Bought the 1/2" shank edge pattern bit months ago for this mini-project. Finally got my table router reassembled and something is wrong. router keeps lowering in use, no matter how I mess with coarse and fine adjustment and the clamp. Could not find a way to stop it, and cut and destroyed two drawer face blanks and several test strips, trying to overcome it.
Need to take it all apart, hit the collar etc with some brakleen (cough someone cough may have used an oily toothbrush to clean a lot of grit and grime off things) etc, but don't have the time to spare. Other things have to get done in the next 48hrs.

 

[niget2002]

Test cuts on the cnc in some foam.

(caution loud audio)

 

[65ranchero]

Snow blower on the lift ( used a 3.5 x 7 Ft 3/4 ply as a work surface)
So I don't get caught like I did last winter ,did the once over and made sure it started , changed the oil ,installed new fuel cap that arrived today.

 

[khnitz]

Snow blower on the lift ( used a 3.5 x 7 Ft 3/4 ply as a work surface)

That's a cool use for my new-to-me lift that I hadn't considered. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Prospecter]

A woodpecker would not waste his/her time poking at a strip of wood if there was not food there. They can't live on wood chips, they don't peck for the sake of peckering.

You got bugs.

Amazingly, I've had woodpeckers pecking away at aluminum gutters, steel posts, steel siding, and farm equipment. The advice to check is good, but it is not out of the realm of possibility that a woodpecker "Pecks for the sake of peckering."

 

[jrg]

Updated the fishing rod storage with some clips from Amazon. 2 car garage, so have to make use of every inch. Have space for up to 40 rods. Including 5 pre rigged ready to fish setups.

 

[rburke65]

Took the dead bolt lock set apart, and Marvel Mystery Oil to get them to operate like they were supposed to operate. That key didn’t even want to go in, let alone turn. What a difference!

 

[PWC Repair]

Did some odd looking remodeling on one of my garage doors. All together about 8 hours work and I still have a bit of trim work and caulking to do. I have 9 ft doors and some of these double jet ski trailers are VERY wide. I've torn the lower parts of trim loose several times and completely snapped one side off last week. This gains me another 2.5 inches I badly needed.

 

[lovetap]

Tacked up a rear rack for the fat cargo bike. Got some practice operating the pedal with my knee, not as responsive as using my foot but it works.

 

[PelicanPines]

Amazingly, I've had woodpeckers pecking away at aluminum gutters, steel posts, steel siding, and farm equipment. The advice to check is good, but it is not out of the realm of possibility that a woodpecker "Pecks for the sake of peckering."

Perhaps they hear the bugs under the aluminum.

 

[Copymutt]

A woodpecker would not waste his/her time poking at a strip of wood if there was not food there. They can't live on wood chips, they don't peck for the sake of peckering.

You got bugs.

I know for a fact if they detect a hollow, they will rip the snot out of T1-11. This happened on my garage w/i the first week of completion. Multiple strafes, every one there was a lamination gap.
Hawk got the offender.

 

[619DioFan]

I had a '95 and later on a '96 second gen Ram. On the steering, it might not resolve your specific issue, but I installed the rock-solid steering fix and found that it helped the steering on our '96 - https://rocksolidramtrucksteering.com/index.php/about-the-fix/ . We now have an '05 Cummins.

I have seen that kit. I have replaced the track bar before and it does feel like the same play. will get under it this weekend and figure out the problem. doesn't have " death wobble" this track bar has a lifetime warranty from autozone so if it's bad at least it's no cost ( the one on it is a moog and they are junk in my opinion )

 

[niget2002]

Finished a project over the weekend, so spent time tonight to clean a corner of the shop while burning stuff with the laser for the wife.

I won't show pictures of the rest of the shop.

 

[Outlawmws]

I believe he had knee replacement. I'm curious as to how the healing is going.

Hope it's going well for him!

 

[NUTTSGT]

Hope it's going well for him!

I believe he has a thread in Free Parking talking about it.

 

[budget76]

Amazingly, I've had woodpeckers pecking away at aluminum gutters, steel posts, steel siding, and farm equipment. The advice to check is good, but it is not out of the realm of possibility that a woodpecker "Pecks for the sake of peckering."

I read up after one was attacking my gutters last year. They will peck at noisy things to mark their territory and tell other woodpeckers to go away


Need to get a pic when complete, but started making a wood rack out of some scrap 14' angle iron pieces I had kicking around. Ran out of Mig wire, so finishing it tonight

 

[FMB4]

Got around to putting a number of my various herbicides in a large latching lid plastic tub up high in our garage for the season. Gonna miss them...

 

[My Old Tools]

Building a walnut end table from rough sawn. Got the top pieces cut, planed, tenons cut for breadboard ends. Got the ends cut, planed, mortised, fitted to top. Splined the top boards together with 1/4" walnut splines. Top and breadboard ends will get square pegged togther. Started hand planing and scraping the top. That's it for now. Next I'll be ripping and planing some rough 2" walnut for the legs.

 

[smackey05]

Brought a temporary resident into the garage (Skidoo) to get ready for the upcoming winter!

Needs carb slides replaced, carbs cleaned, and fluid changed.

 

[nadogail]

Conducted a flammability test on some ATF a previous tenant left behind, it burns satisfactorily for my purpose.

 

[Timpala]

Doing final adjustments to the S3L2 engine I replaced on my Cub Cadet 7265. I need to adjust the governor to maintain RPMs and cannot figure out how to get the anti-tamper cover off the adjustment screw. Ideas?

 

[PWC Repair]

Conducted a flammability test on some ATF a previous tenant left behind, it burns satisfactorily for my purpose.

Oh hell! I hope the tree huggin hippies don't see that you burned some fluid!

 

[kaymccampbell]

Milled and glued up 3 rough tread blanks.

 

[Bessy]

Drilled a pair of holes in the frame of the boat trailer for the strap to hold down the stern. In doing so the step drill bit kept skipping in the chuck of my drill, so I figured I better investigate.

The drill is some 10 years old or so, so it's seen some use. Pulled the chuck apart, hit it with some WD40 to free it up some. While looking online at replacements, I determined that shipping makes it unreasonable really to replace the chuck that works "ok" 80-90% of the time, so I gave up and put it back together. I should have used a shorter extension, and I had a 2" extension available, but alas I had a 4" on the ratchet from when I took it apart. Low and behold, as I'm giving it one final snug, I shear off the end of the torx bit in the screw.

I guess this gives me an excuse to buy a new torx set, drill and driver combo, right? Hoping for one of those Black Friday deals where I can put together a package of a few bare tools with some batteries. I'd love to replace my circular saw, grab a second impact and a new drill at minimum. A few extra batteries wouldn't hurt either.

 

[Mikeske]

Washed then waxed my larger tractor today. Yesterday Wash and waxed the smaller tractor. already did the end of season fluid changes as it appears that we won't be using them until April again.

 

[Snapped-off]

75k service on the TDI.

Oil & filter, air filter, fuel filter, cabin filter, DEF, leaf removal and some other minor checks.

I'll be flushing the brake fluid as well whenever it arrives. One of the previous goobers nearly stripped out the drain plug. I replaced that too.

Laptop to prime the fuel system.

The ZF8 trans will get a drain and fill at 80k.

 

[16again]

Removed the few items that were stored in attic above garage. Appears that the EX has found a buyer for our home. Needless to say, I'll be moving out.

 

[rd65]

Brought a temporary resident into the garage (Skidoo) to get ready for the upcoming winter!

Needs carb slides replaced, carbs cleaned, and fluid changed.

Carb slides replaced? How many miles on that thing? Never heard of needing to replace slides before.

 

[rd65]

Washed then waxed my larger tractor today. Yesterday Wash and waxed the smaller tractor. already did the end of season fluid changes as it appears that we won't be using them until April again.

no no no, leaf season has just started. will be removing the mower deck later this week so that the leaf round up can begin this weekend. the big wind storm helped things along nicely but they are not all on the ground just yet.

 

[Forgottonia]

Updated the fishing rod storage with some clips from Amazon. 2 car garage, so have to make use of every inch. Have space for up to 40 rods. Including 5 pre rigged ready to fish setups.

Nice! But at first glance I had a funny vision of holes in the wall and fishing rods sticking 10 feet out into your yard. I know, I know, I can see the rods on the right. But you have to admit, the holes in the wall is a pretty funny image.

 

[Mikeske]

no no no, leaf season has just started. will be removing the mower deck later this week so that the leaf round up can begin this weekend. the big wind storm helped things along nicely but they are not all on the ground just yet.

OH yeah but I am on a old pasture and all I have is 4 Douglas fir trees and 11 cedar trees so no leaf clean up at my place. I have a couple of alder trees on the edge of the property that drop leafs but out of sight out of the mind.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Trimmed, fitted, milled, sanded 3 treads. Varnished the bottoms.

 

[Outlawmws]

Kay, your getting faster at those!

 

[kaymccampbell]

Kay, your getting faster at those!

Seems so. I'm also at my limit for assembly. I only have clamps for 3 treads at a time. Then it's a couple more days for machining and finishing. So, like 1 per day overall. Only problem I have now, is that I can maybe make about 3 more treads and I'm out of wood. Then I need to wait for my 2x12's. That's gonna put a skip in my rhythm.

 

[smackey05]

Carb slides replaced? How many miles on that thing? Never heard of needing to replace slides before.

13,000 miles. The coating on them has been worn off and causing some air to sneak through causing a high idle.

The engine was replaced at the 10k mark, but the carb was reused.

 

[Perroflojo]

Put the 335i convertible and Chevy to bed for the winter, did a coat of ceramic wax on the Tacoma.

Amazing the "mid size" Tacoma compared to the full size Chevy.

What type of panel is covering the roof??

 

[khnitz]

Almost done with repairs on my daughter's Mini. A dead alternator required replacement, and that requires putting the front end (radiator, AC condenser and carrier) in a service mode to get access to the front of the engine. Since we bought it this summer and it has 160k miles, it is a bit of an unknown for us so I decided to handle a few other tasks while the engine was that exposed. This included:

• Alternator replacement (previously mentioned)
• AC clutch/solendoid replacement (this should cure the non-functioning AC, as the system has charge)
• Supercharger oil service (drain and refill the front and rear oil reservoirs - good thing I did this, as the oil was low in both)
• Crankshaft position sensor replacement (preventive; did it as it is behind the Supercharger/Alternator, and its oil o-ring was weeping oil - so I just replaced the whole sensor rather than just the o-ring).
• Knock Sensor replacement (located behind the Supercharger...might as well)
• Water Pump replacement (it's attached to the Supercharger)
• Replaced the spark plugs and air filter
• Leaky power steering hose replacement
• Engine Oil & Filter change. Had to go to 3 stores last night to find one, 5qt. container of Mobil1 5W-20...oof. Plenty of Valvoline on the shelves, though.

Since the power steering hose had to come off, I am cleaning out the electronic power steering motor and its cooling fan as they were removed to access the hose. I should have that wrapped up today. And I'll also drain and refill the manual transmission gear oil. Spending so much time with the car, I found some next items to tackle, but they are ones that can wait until Spring (there are other projects to get to in the meantime).

Non-car related, I also reattached a loose back bezel on my wife's Samsung Galaxy watch. The PSA they used had come loose, so I used some awesome 3M thin PSA that I've had on a shelf for almost 20yrs. There was a stack of sheets of this that was being thrown out many years ago at my work. I kept some and have used it many times for small repairs where a thin, cut-to-shape bond was needed (attaching sideview mirror glass was another application it was great for).