Recent content by toomanyrocks

You might want to reconsider the 3/12 roof, anything under 4/12 is prone to leak, and may not be allowed under your local code without a membrane type roof. Shingles are easiest and cheapest and you can do that yourself, membrane...not so. Talk to your building/zoning guy, it may be that the...

Next up: I had not been looking forward to this project, timing belt replacement on wifey's Subaru. Actually, since the engine is not the usual sideways placement of most small cars, the job was way easier than I had anticipated, everything was right up front and easy to get at. Found a...

Some projects for the new lift: 1989 c10 that was previously fitted with a crate 350 and 700r4 automatic transmission. It was sitting dead in my daughter's driveway for a couple years, the wiring just smoked when the key was inserted....The lift made it easy to pull the starter and rewire it...

quick followup on the little electric heater....-5 degrees and it failed. opened it up and the full current goes through a little overheat cutoff. (rated at 25 amps, the unit draws close to 24 amps at 5000 watts setting 208 volt.) Not surprisingly the overheat cutoff cooked itself as it was...

I think it is called retirement boredom. Worked 60 to 70 hour weeks for 30 years, retired and got bored the first day.

nice work...from another DIY'er

Love the t180. Just big enough for everything I want to do, but still small enough to be able to park in some unused space between bays in the old garage. It is pretty tough and powerful for its size. Replaced the tracks last year(I thought I could finish up the project before having to do...

I have a similar heater set up to keep the storage area above my garage from freezing. (this size unit is in a 1000sq ft area. ) I put a standard electric baseboard heater wall thermostat on the wall instead of using the thermostat in the unit. It will need a 30 amp 220v circuit, but does a fine...

Thanks, its a 2007. Wifey refuses to ride in it...."can't get in, hurts my back." My grandson (2yo) has to peek under the cover every time we go out to the garage, get in it, and "drive". I think he is lobbying for a notation in the will. I love the cans, just a ***** to cut all those holes.

I'm still looking for an electric hoist, most I find are either too expensive or 3 phase. I have thought about how to modify the type of trolley you have by putting in a longer cross bolt, but then I got these CM trollies. I could still hang an electric hoist like yours from my trollies. CM does...

Lift in and working, all oil leaks chased down and repaired, thinking about the first job for the lift: daughter's truck with a bad starter...at least I think. Hauled the trailer over to her house and winched the truck up and brought it home. I had previously thought about that steep hill...

Successful test run.

The second ramp was a lot easier since it just sits on top with no cables or pulleys to clear, just the bracket that it slides along to adjust the width. Too bad the lift didn't come with the pneumatic/hydraulic rolling jacks, but these were worth the investment, rated 6000 pounds each...

I had to think about this next part a bit, since the ramps have to be inserted into the cross members and the cables threaded with little clearance and without knocking off all my pretty paint. I ended up hanging them from a chain hoist, balanced in the middle so I could get out of the bobcat...

Now came the nerve-wracking part. Aligning and setting up the uprights. This is the critical part, since I would only have one chance to drill my nice pristine concrete. There is interestingly, a fair amount of play when the lift is rising, but the uprights have to be aligned properly for the...