Recent content by khnitz

My neighbor had rented a man lift for the weekend and let me use it for a few jobs when he was done with it, so I added a solar light to the flagpole outside the shop garage. And yes, Old Glory is a little faded and needs to be replaced.

Before we left for our camping trip this weekend, I took care of an issue that was bugging me on my bike. The rubber of the grip shift's center section was getting all "gooey". Every time I would grab it, I would wind up with material from it stuck to my hands. I found large heat shrink...

I purchased this seal to replace the astragal (new word for my vocabulary! :giggle:) on the two single-bay doors on my shop garage. I only needed the seals, as the track was already on the doors. I would make sure to use stainless screws when you secure yours. Mine have been on for at least 2...

Just a further update: The first week's exercise cycle completed successfully, but at week two's, it came back with a low battery error light. I wound up charging the battery and replacing the battery charger board. Before being replaced, with the old board, the voltage at the charging output...

I got back to town yesterday after a week in Vegas at SEMA for work, and I was able to install the new intake valve cover gaskets. 60 inch-lbs worked great on the bolt torque (I had recently picked up a smaller torque wrench for just these kinds of values). I also double-checked the operation...

There is an on-board battery maintainer. I'll need to verify that it is still working correctly, though.

Any idea what the recommended bolt torque is for those?

So, I found time to adjust the valves ( this video was helpful as a tutorial). Adjusting the valves was good practice, as I have a '73 Fiat Sport Spider 850 that I'll need to adjust the valves on as I get it ready to go back on the road 😁 Here is the first start-up after the valve adjustment...

Awesome! Thanks for those steps/tips!

FYI - I'm getting good advice in a forum that is supported by generator techs to really look into the valve clearance. More detail on that is here in the "Ziller Electric forum". I found a lot of helpful generator info in searching those forums vs. others I tried when looking to identify a fix...

I wanted to be sure to document this somewhere for the next person having these troubles, and Garage Journal seemed like a good fit. Our house came equipped with a 16kW natural gas powered Generac stand-by generator (model 0052540 and serial 4643547) - for a Garage Journal tie-in, this...

Replaced the front stabilizer bar endlinks and rear CV axles on a friend's 2013 Escape. Also replaced the broken rear wiper (the plastic shrinks and cracks around the mounting boss, and then the wiper just drops). edit: I just wanted to add here, in case someone finds this post while working...

We made a trip to Home Depot last week :)

Added a strip outlet to the repurposed rolling worktop that I bought last Winter.

Well, it was at my in-laws' garage (2 states away), but I brought the tools from my garage :) ... Finished repairing the LF wheel speed sensor/tone-ring on their 2014 Dodge Journey. I had replaced the ABS sensor over Labor Day, but was still getting a DTC for a bad tone wheel signal. The...