Recent content by OldTC

I'm gonna have to give them a call. A buddy runs an O'Reilys which takes oil but NO anti-freeze. I'm about ready to throw it out in the yard. They really need to make this **** easier to get rid of if they hate it so much.

Thanks guys,..I'm really happy with it. I'm pretty sure it'll be a never-ending work in progress. SiGmA X,....all three of the drops have a drain right next to them,....they are all on an 18"riser" above the main horizontal line, (which is on a slope). The pads I ordered are sold on ebay. I...

Got the lift installed yesterday! I'm in Heaven!

Mine rides around on the bottom shelf of a roll around work bench. It sets right beside it's cousins, my chop saw and a small bench grinder.

We all need to keep in mind all those little molten balls of steel if you do any cutting and welding. They like to roll around and sometime come to rest up against something combustible. I screwed up BIG time when I put cheap fiber expansion joint all around the perimeter of mine.

Mine: Compressor/tank: "on" @ 135 psi....."off" @ 165 psi. Pressure relief valve @ 175psi Aprox. 200' iron pipe system: one regulator near tank for entire system set at 90 psi. One pressure relief valve in system @ 125 psi.

:D Nah,....must be a coincidence,.....I worked in a Texaco station when I was a kid back in the early 70's and I loved it. So I thought I'd kinda bring part of it back by using the Texaco theme. I just followed the instructions for mounting the compressor. I certainly wasn't going to leave it...

Re: what did you do in your garage today? Never had anything with a blower on it......I need to change that one of these days. I gutted the Galaxie today.

Re: what did you do in your garage today? Yanked off the doors and front end sheetmetal this afternoon;

Re: what did you do in your garage today? Can't speak for everyone, but I'm retired! :bounce:

Re: what did you do in your garage today? Finally got things organized and put up in order to have enough room to start the de-construction of the Galaxie.

The first time I heard the term "man cave" I thought it was cool...years ago. Then it got old,....now I cringe when I hear it. The term is right up there with "rat rod", "what-ever" and "it is what it is".

Pex should not be exposed to sunlight. I know,....I'm replacing some sections in my home that were above the slab exposed to the sun for a couple months during construction. It becomes brittle and fails, and I'm only running 65psi from the pressure tank. Google it.

Re: what did you do in your garage today? Finally took the time and the effort to actually hang all three of my ten pound fire extinguishers and the red/white signs pointing to them. They've only been setting on the floor for the last 18 years.

After reading this thread,....I cut the coupon out of last months HotRod, and went to town and got one today. I'm a little hard to please sometimes,.....so let me tell you guys who haven't got one yet....this thing is not your typical HF junk!! I was amazed!! It's much larger than it looks in...