What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[Beerhippie]

This roof lived through a direct hit from a EF-2 tornado exactly one year ago tonight. Screws are straight into the purlins. The other roofs on the property did not fair as well.

Thanks for reminding me why I put up with the weather up here!

The area where I live--Grant, Union and Wallowa counties in Oregon and Asotin county in Washington, has the highest incidence of tornados in the NW--along the lines of five a year in an area the size of some East coast states! I've seen one in 30 years of living here--an F1 off over the horizon.

 

[bmwrd0]

"Noticed the (lathe?) hand crank to the left - you might consider dust collection on that grinder if its that close to the machine tools as grinding dust and machined tool ways don't mix nice."

It is a small mill, but yes, keeping the ways clean and dust free is very important. My shop is so small that there isn't any way to put things with out this issue, so I keep close tabs on it.

 

[rollinlower]

Just so I can keep some motivation going, going to try to sneak off to autozone this afternoon when the wife lays down for her nap just to window shop in person. Iv got to find some valve cover grommets that fit.

 

[rcktpwrd]

Yesterday
My wife spent a good part of the day washing, clay bar, waxing and cleaning the glass on her wagon.
After getting home from work.
I removed the replacement power window switch assembly that failed, that I installed a few years ago to replace the broken factory unit. I still had the original with a broken switch. I was able to take the 'new' shiny chrome switches off the bad unit and swap them to the original to replace the broken and bad looking switches.
Also installed a replacement used rear door window switch assembly that she sourced from a wagon/Impala group. The mounting tabs broke off the old one so it was hanging out of the door panel.

The drivers door switch assembly looks like this: https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=8823432&cc=1037483&pt=4624&jsn=575

Today
I got a bunch of tools from the garage and hung the second curtain rod in the bedroom just above the one I put up a week or so ago, now she can hang some sort of shear curtain over the blackout one to make it pretty.

I backed the wagon out of the garage and disconnected the heater hoses and flushed the heater core with the garden hose, then topped up the cooling system.

 

[mercracing]

So thankful for a heated garage today. Blizard outside. While I was blowing snow I realized I’ve never replaced the belts. Sounds like a good spring project. Well about 10 minutes later it was decided I’m replacing the belts today. Luckily the closest hardware store was open and had the belts I needed. It was very nice doing it in 65° temps.

 

[gearhead1960]

…visited the beer closet again….

 

[racecougar]

Thanks for reminding me why I put up with the weather up here!

The area where I live--Grant, Union and Wallowa counties in Oregon and Asotin county in Washington, have the highest incidence of tornados in the NW--along the lines of five a year in an area the size of some East coast states! I've seen one in 30 years of living here--an F1 off over the horizon.

Yeah, they are way more prevalent here, and only becoming more common.

 

[racecougar]

This snowball is rolling downhill on the '73 Mustang build. I was ready to start dropping the wiring and electrical components into the car and had Dad pull the rear seat to provide room for routing the harness. He texted me a picture of the wonderful hole he found in the rear seat pan. It wasn't visible from beneath the car as the hole was/is directly above the framerail/spring mount.

We stripped the interior out to find that the whole driverside floor is going to require replacement. There are holes in several places that were hidden by the frame or undercoating.

Along the way, we found that Ford had done a real bang-up job of routing the rear chassis harness; in fact, the car nearly caught fire some time in the past due to the dome light wiring shorting out on a sharp edge in the driverside C-pillar. Both the edge of the sail panel and the edge of the rear seat are slightly charred.

So yeah, this snowball is rolling down the hill.



We did find the build sheet under the sound deadening on the driverside rear footwell. Unfortunately, it's trashed.

 

[rcktpwrd]

The fun of old cars!

 

[M.Brane]

Finished the new covers on the Red Queen's™ driver seat. Had a few hiccups, but overall happy.

First was stabbing my L index finger with a screwdriver removing the clips from the front lower frame. Ugh.



After I took care of the bleeding it was pretty straightforward until I ran out of hog rings. They didn't include enough for 1 seat even though we bought covers for both fronts. No biggie these things happen. Jungle to the rescue. The new rings didn't show up until last evening, and by then I was done garaging for the day so continued on this morning. Got the driver's seat buttoned up, and reistalled around noon:



My girl is happy which makes me happy. Will tackle the passenger side, and center console next weekend. Hat tip to @zmotorsports for the source for the new covers.

 

[SMOKEYBEAR]

This snowball is rolling downhill on the '73 Mustang build. I was ready to start dropping the wiring and electrical components into the car and had Dad pull the rear seat to provide room for routing the harness. He texted me a picture of the wonderful hole he found in the rear seat pan. It wasn't visible from beneath the car as the hole was/is directly above the framerail/spring mount.

We stripped the interior out to find that the whole driverside floor is going to require replacement. There are holes in several places that were hidden by the frame or undercoating.

Along the way, we found that Ford had done a real bang-up job of routing the rear chassis harness; in fact, the car nearly caught fire some time in the past due to the dome light wiring shorting out on a sharp edge in the driverside C-pillar. Both the edge of the sail panel and the edge of the rear seat are slightly charred.

So yeah, this snowball is rolling down the hill.



We did find the build sheet under the sound deadening on the driverside rear footwell. Unfortunately, it's trashed.

Since the carpet is out, might as well add a 3rd pedal and put a T56 Magnum in it.

 

[Beerhippie]

Tore out the rear bench/ bed from the Brick:



to replace it with a bench bed kind of like this:



but made from aluminum 2020 extrusion to save weight.

See my Vanagon thread for details.

Extrusions should be here next week. I also need to replace the plastic side panels to clear up some more space.

 

[niget2002]

Carried some parts out that got delivered. Unloaded the truck and travel trailer from camping this weekend. Got 2 coats of paint on the sign.

 

[racecougar]

Since the carpet is out, might as well add a 3rd pedal and put a T56 Magnum in it.

I built and installed a 4R70W behind the 347.

 

[zcar751]

Working on some organizational items this weekend. I purchased a Bamboo lab PS2 3D printer and have been running it non-stop for the last couple of weeks.

 

[Beerhippie]

While tearing out the rear seat of the brick, I found the curtains I'd stuffed under there when I bought the rig. I decided to install them--but they're fixed, snap-in curtains, not drapes that you can just slide out of the way like I'm used to.

I guess they'll be fine for privacy in a campground, but the side windows are already heavily tinted....

 

[zcar751]

On the Puma GTC side I sprayed some black paint on the underside of the nose to seal the glass before I apply the rubberized undercoating.

 

[Itinerant]

Nothing big, attached a magnetic bar to the side of a cabinet.



Glued up a picture frame repair for my wife.



More cleaning, purging……

 

[Gangly]

Well, I had several plans/projects in place for today. However, once I finished the first project I just couldn't seem to get motivated to do the rest. It most likely had something to do with my first project being a hammock install in the shop bay door opening.



Just testing it out. If the image were wider, you would NOT see a beer in my left hand.

 

[Old Man Roger]

If you were in the garage sale thread you’d be getting some ****.lol

 

[Firebird1975]

looks awesome.

 

[Firebird1975]

Replaced some door and window trim with PVC and installed a "new to me" storm door.

 

[Overboost44]

Yes had some racing buddies with a Miata one of their drivers was 6'4". He barely fit. One of the reasons we built our own cage in the RX-7 was we had a similar sized driver for a while. Also weren't completely happy with the design of the kit cage. I believe the one we fabricated is not only more robust, but lighter as well.

I raced Miata's for years. There were several 6'4" drivers. With the race cars, we would put a race seating in mounted to the floor with no adjuster/sliders on it. That is one way to do it but not very practical. Makes it difficult to use seatbelts other than harnesses. There is/was a Marrad seat for sale on Miata.net. You can also put a Lotus Elise seat in them which helps.

 

[Overboost44]

Look at that…the entire top of the engine, all the valves and easy access. Today, I changed the oil on wifey’s new Mazda CX-90 inline 6 with turbo. What a ******** pain in the ***. Near half the engine is UNDER the fire wall, the turbo would be near impossible to service, the coils, 3 of them are buried under the turbo manifold and firewall. Oh, the damn oil filter and drain plug are buried right where you can’t easily get to them without jacking up the entire front end of the car and requires removing a shield with clips and bolts.

Rant off…OP, nice looking engine bay from my view

We almost bought a CX90 but this is one of the things that stopped me. Love the inline 6 but the turbo is at the back of the engine and I believe the timing chain is also?

 

[BonzoHansen]

Changed the oil in my avalanche; changed the oil in my kids challenger. which is also throwing P0455 and P0456 codes. EVAP codes. Points at gas cap and/or evap solenoid. We'll see. There's a weird roaring noise under the hood (3.6L), but damn if i can find it. nothing related to EVAP. almost sounds like its below the upper intake, but there isn't anything there. So yeah, i got cold and quit lol

cleaned up a bunch of stuff before i started, got a bunch of scrap wood cut and into the trash for tomorrow. Started both camaros and moved them w/o issue.

oh yeah. got a tiny splinter in the top of my right pinkie and it hurts. I cant even see the damn splinter.

 

[SRU1436]

I’m FINALLY at the assembly stage of the Turbo 350 rebuild.


And yesterday, installed a new stove, while it’s technically not in the garage, I used tools from the garage. The 30 year old stove finally bit the dust. I need to raise the stove about 1/2 inch. The legs ran out of adjustment, I plan to add 1/2 pieces of wood under the feet. Not really what I want to do, but the stove needs to be above the counter top.

 

[Beerhippie]

I need to raise the stove about 1/2 inch. The legs ran out of adjustment, I plan to add 1/2 pieces of wood under the feet. Not really what I want to do, but the stove needs to be above the counter top.

Consider some 1/2" plastic cutting board (UHMW). Cuts like wood with a carbide blade. Doesn't soak up water and get moldy.

 

[SRU1436]

Consider some 1/2" plastic cutting board (UHMW). Cuts like wood with a carbide blade. Doesn't soak up water and get moldy.

That’s a great idea, thank you.

 

[mopar66]

Put a stainless top on my Tekton toolbox. Repaired and old fan. Just puttering around.

 

[Crazyjake8493]

Cleaned up a bit, put some stuff in the attic and other stuff in the basement. Trying to make room to move the tractor over and pull in my wife's car later this week to change the belt tensioner and a couple other repairs.

Been working on remodeling the kitchen and I've been using my Packout boxes to store everything so the pets don't get into the tools and supplies at night or when I'm at work. Rolled those out into the garage and swapped out the framing and electrical tools for drywall knives, tape, joint compound, etc. and brought it back in the house.

 

[jshillin]

I picked up a set of wheels & tires for my good buddy's son. One of them was curbed up pretty good, so I wanted to take the time to make them nice for him. Here's a before and after shot of it and then a pic of all 4 after I fixed some spots and polished them. The after shot is still before the area was cleared again. He's super happy with them.

's a before and after shot of it and then a pic of all 4 after I fixed some spots and polished them. He's super happy with them.

 

[Overboost44]

I picked up a set of wheels & tires for my good buddy's son. One of them was curbed up pretty good, so I wanted to take the time to make them nice for him. Here's a before and after shot of it and then a pic of all 4 after I fixed some spots and polished them. The after shot is still before the area was cleared again. He's super happy with them.

's a before and after shot of it and then a pic of all 4 after I fixed some spots and polished them. He's super happy with them.

Excellent work. I would love to learn how you do that. I have always taken them to a repair shop. I have 4 GTI wheels here that I would love to clean up.

 

[bmwrd0]

Pulled all of the metric tools out of my box, and put them in a carry box, which I will throw under a bottom shelf. Just don't use them enough, and I need the room in the main box.

 

[M.Brane]

Pulled all of the metric tools out of my box, and put them in a carry box, which I will throw under a bottom shelf. Just don't use them enough, and I need the room in the main box.

I could do the exact opposite, but I won't.

 

[Beerhippie]

Excellent work. I would love to learn how you do that. I have always taken them to a repair shop. I have 4 GTI wheels here that I would love to clean up.

Has it occurred to y'all to just put some tires on those rims instead of band-aids?

 

[kaymccampbell]

Faffed about with the Adventurer. Got it running again. Modded the Sunlu dryer to directly feed the printer. Started things printing again. Ground the glaze spill off of one of Judy's kiln shelves. Yay angle grinder and concrete surfacing wheel.

 

[bugnut]

Got power back on about 11am. So cleaned and checked the generator, wheeled it back into storage in the shop. Put the riding mower away. Started putting the rubber olives on the gas line for the Ford tractor. Then quit as it was near 70 so time for yard work!

 

[NUTTSGT]

Started a fire as it's supposed to steadily get cooler as the day goes on. Kind of wishing I would have filled up a corner of the wood rack, but I was "done" after splitting the load of wood yesterday.

Also scuffed a section of trim for a small project in the house later today but a CPR class and a trip to Lowe's afterwards to pick up a new door.

 

[aka Larry]

What do you think of the brightness of the gauge? I'm installing one in my Vanagon and trying to decide where to put it--on the dash or down by the shift knob. I've seen some comments that the dimmest setting was too bright for line-of-sight.

As you may know, this gauge has two modes of dimming (day and night). I actually have mine on the lowest setting for both. It's not too bright IMO, but I'm the only guy on the planet who's never use the rheostat to dim my factory interior/gauge lighting. I like it bright.

 

[WisJim]

I got the snow blower out and spent a lot of time clearing about 10" of heavy snow off the walks and driveway. Charged the batteries 3 times to get it done--usually I can do it all with one charge but the heavier snow takes a lot of energy to move.