Recent content by khnitz

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...

Our dog Nova helping keep me awake a couple of weeks ago as I installed new front struts and ball joints on our daughter's 06 Mini R52S. She did not appreciate going to bed at 4am (I had to get it wrapped up that night, as I had an appointment for the post-install alignment in the morning).