Recent content by glen66

Oh I like that idea, gonna have to head to the dollar store and pick some up.

I have the same as most hobbyist, assortment of 4 1/2 grinders, 14" milwaukee chop saw, die grinder, sawz all, chinese plasma, and oxy torch. Thought the plasma was the cats meow when I first got it but find that I hardly use it much unless it is in a demo capacity. Am looking for a vertical...

Great read, really enjoyed it. Hopefully you get to keep the car and find a class that it fits in, would really **** to start all over after all the work you have put in so far. Glen

I second Streetbu recommendation, the experience will be invaluable when you do open your doors. Time is the most important thing to most customers, and time is the hardest to come by as a mechanic. Glen

Nice job! Looks very good and you are going to be oh so happy its insulated. Took me almost a year to insulate the same way on the same sized building.

Outstanding job with the garage, been following along since the beginning...keep up the great work. Glen

First of all insulate it, just finished mine, 30x48x12. I use a standard house heater off of NG, cost 250 a month uninsulated to keep it at 50 deg, looking forward to this winter should be less than 60 a month. As to your heater choices I would go with the forced air heaters, the heat will be...

Alright back to posting. Great job by the way on the restoration of your gas station, read both the current shop projects and the gas station resurrection. Outstanding work in both. I have been remodeling my shop also and borrowed a few of your ideas. Glen

Metlmunchr, got the 24" damper installed yesterday, it and the 12" that I had previously installed worked like a champ. Able to keep the walk in door closed with very little pressure build up in the building. Wanted to say thank you for your help.

To absolutly sure take TC set off, pull the plug on #1 cylinder, rotate crank by hand back and forth with a 6-8 dowel stuck in the spark plug hole resting on top and the piston, as your rock the crank back and forth will see the dowel rise and fall, rotate crank till the dowel is at is highest...

Not an expert on these year model engines, but am sure you can rotate the crank to line up the marks which should put you at true top dead center. As previously noted these engines were retarded 4 deg from the factory for emissions, with the TC set you got this will bring the cam/crank to 0 deg...

Metlmcher, I went a head and ordered the 24" damper, will update when it is installed with the results.

You Sir have been an inspiration! Have spent the last few days reading your thread and you are a machine. Very nice work, not only with this project but also your hot rod projects. Thank you for taking the time to document and the tutorials on most everything you do. I also will be doing the CV...

Thank you for the response, the information you posted is very helpful and agree it is an educated guess. Glen

Awesome work. Will be checking in often for further progress, headed over to check out the gas station resurrection.