What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[PhantomEB]

Dish soap works just fine as long as the soot isn't greasy/oily.

I brought 6 small bottles of Dawn Platinum from Dollarama, then a 4L jug from Costco. Then I just fill up the spare and switch out. One in shop, one at pressure washer, one in kitchen and one in my shower lol…. Even moms room at the home has a bottle.

 

[PhantomEB]

Raised up the front 1 1/8th total and drove the truck out to look, don’t care if it’s not perfectly level but I want visually level.

painted the primered quarter panel then back it in. Love this view so much more! But then again i do like rear Ends more than the front.


been a long time I have had her backed into the garage but easier now to clean up wiring and work on the back half. Time to fix missing wheel studs and raise the back up 3/4“.

 

[Beerhippie]

Try living at the end of an international airport runway.lol

Been there, too. My parents kept a sailboat moored directly under the take-off path of PDX. The noise was one thing, the inch of black soot we had to wash off before boarding every time,,,,

But then again i do like rear Ends more than the front.

 

[dwasifar]

Made a shelf for the bins in my new bench:



Not strictly necessary, because the bins are stackable, but I really hate having to move something to get to something else. There are rails at the back, both for stability and as a back stop for the bins.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Been there, too. My parents kept a sailboat moored directly under the take-off path of PDX. The noise was one thing, the inch of black soot we had to wash off before boarding every time,,,,

Ya, the house roof doesn’t like diesel fuel either, but oddly the grapefruit tree grew soccer ball size grapefruits. The airport eventually bought the whole street.

 

[dwasifar]

Garage-adjacent: stacked a cord of firewood.

 

[rktinc]

Finshed up another valve cover. So much fun. My paint skills are challenged to say the least.

 

[Shiftless]

Finshed up another valve cover. So much fun. My paint skills are challenged to say the least.

Interesting painting tool. Do you use the syringe to flow in the cream colored paint right up to the lettering that is red from the “all over” main paint job? Or what?

 

[Beerhippie]

I turned this:



into this:




Just don't look too closely.

Masking is hard. Trimming around the wheel arches is really hard.

I used 1 1/2 cans of the rubberized undercoating. Need to get another can. Maybe ACE, but I won't hold my breath.

Beer required: 1 1/2 20 ounce mugs.

Now for the other side.

 

[OccupantRJ]

I brought 6 small bottles of Dawn Platinum from Dollarama, then a 4L jug from Costco. Then I just fill up the spare and switch out. One in shop, one at pressure washer, one in kitchen and one in my shower lol…. Even moms room at the home has a bottle.

Have you tried Dawn Powerwash spray? Good stuff!

 

[2001ZR2]

Might be the misfire on my.wifes truck...damn AFM bull**** that GM used.

Might be time to look into the delete cam package.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Replaced a dead backlight LED in Charlie's TV.

 

[bulletpruf]

This.

 

[DGersic]

Bandsaw cuts for the hooks on the outfeed table. Mockup and measurements, need to take about 5/16” off the top of the side supports to get the top in the right place.

 

[DGersic]

This.

Wait, what? An easy out that didn’t snap off and make the problem worse? What is this sorcery?

 

[bulletpruf]

Wait, what? An easy out that didn’t snap off and make the problem worse? What is this sorcery?

I've had lousy luck with easy outs in the past, but today my luck changed.

 

[Beerhippie]

This.

Looks like a fifteen-minute job to me.

 

[bulletpruf]

Looks like a fifteen-minute job to me.

You funny.

BTW - the guy with the VW bus was back today. He said it's a '59. Got a picture of the back of it for you.

 

[swsman]

I piddle in garage a little here and there, still recovering from a broken ankle (just about 4 months in since the surgery).

Today I had neighbor drop by, gave him a bicycle. His girls are growing and are riding one that is too small.

We got to work cleaning it up, checking tires and other bits.

Front tire had to come off, tube was leaking right at the valve stem, tried to patch it but it did not take.

I remembered I bought a spare 26 inner tube 10yrs back or so, found it and we got that taken care of.

Look forward to see them ride it and enjoy it, I have others for me.

Felt good to turn the wrench, and just get after it.

Have a ton of garage/house projects once I have this injury behind me.

 

[LWB]

Finished the alignment. The sphericals make everything easier. Just have to hook up the sway bars and make sure there's no rubbing. Can't wait to get it on the track. I'll drive it for a week or two and go back under and check everything.

 

[Beerhippie]

You funny.

BTW - the guy with the VW bus was back today. He said it's a '59. Got a picture of the back of it for you.

Oh, yeah! La cosa verdad!

Many of them have had those tiny rear lights replaced with the later, larger, ovals for reasons we can all understand.

 

[rharman]

Cut a piece of 1/2" MDF to block up our new built-in microwave. Grabbed tools for said install and put away.

Did some piece work on a project in the works for the yard.

Microwave installed. New oven on the way for installation late next week. Old oven is original from our 1993 remodel. Still working but not matchy-match - yet.

 

[OccupantRJ]

This.

We don’ need no steenkin” floor jack!

 

[kaehlin]

Vacuumed, cleaned windows and floormats in my wife's car.

My daughter is planning to take her bike home with her. It's been sitting for a while, and has never been gone through, so I went to work.
The bike (Electra Townie cruisier) came with a hub generator and wired lights, with wires running inside the fender. One was broken and hanging out. I was successful re-joining the wires with heat-shrink solder connections. Not sure how long it will last, but it was gratifying.
Wire brushed rear cassette to remove rust
Cleaned up the bike in general
Adjusted front brake, was rubbing on the rim. V-brakes, I had never worked on those before.

It needs a bit more but it was a well-spent hour and a half. Felt very successful. Probably another hour or two to go. $0 investment so far, other than the heat shrink supplies, which I already had.

 

[OccupantRJ]

Beyond1 and I together hit the 301 endless yard sale to hang out and see what we could find, and gearhead1 and his daughter went together. She got lucky going a couple years back with dad and brought home a four wheeler ATV. We kept in touch by text while we were moving around mostly tool shopping. I picked up a full metric drill index and a few small metric wrenches in the smaller sizes that I only had a few of, along with a small quick grip clamp, and Beyond1 landed a new Craftsman vacuum cleaner with attachments that barely fit in the back seat area of his Camry. It would not fit into the trunk. All in all a good morning of rummaging, rambling, and socializing. When we got back I cleaned a mower carb jet, then removed a wheelbarrow tire to find a hole in the tube. That gets dealt with today so it can be used.

 

[PhantomEB]

yesterday called for a lot of beer To celebrate!

replaced all the studs I could and tapped what still needs to be replaced with these easily 3/4” longer studs on the 914 rear diff. The rest are on order for this week. Will have to pull the front D60 hub off to do its full replacement. Now I have all matching 9/16-18 studs with 3/4” chrome lugnuts.



Took the bronco out on a trip over to the beer store! What else would be called for…..even Brooklyn the ultra cute store manager heard me roll up, no one else was in the store so she came out the front as she sees me climb out. she goes holy **** so this is what fueled you to drink all that beer eh! Lol

Boss passed me in his new Corvette coming the other way, sees 42s rollin towards him and he flashed me the devils horns out the roof, I reciprocated. Texted me later and said so nice to see your work come of fruition, she sounds great!

what did I learn?

-fk a soft top, I rather have the breeze flowin every which way especially with no doors.
-I do need a Bikini Top though as I can’t see any guages when it’s bright out on the sniper.
-will need to adjust transmission linkages to get me closer to the selector positions. Then put the transmission kick down linkage in.
-definitely want to find an alternative spot to put either the sniper thermostat elsewhere or the Sport Comp gauge in the alternate spot. I do want the gauge in the front of the motor though.
-when I order front fenders, I will be ordering a dash pad too.
-also need to run the mufflers where the old fuel tank was then dump em out the back, me can’t hear the stereo!

And I don’t see her getting much Street time but a bit of dirt therapy she will be.

 

[jade97]

Wasted Saturday & Today trying to have a yard sale

Fixed the E-Z Up pop up tent that collapsed yesterday at said yard sale.

Soon time to pack the majority of the **** up for donation.

 

[Jgaz]

Finished the alignment. The sphericals make everything easier. Just have to hook up the sway bars and make sure there's no rubbing. Can't wait to get it on the track. I'll drive it for a week or two and go back under and check everything.

Love your alignment fixture. Very similar to what we used on a friend‘s Formula Ford

 

[bulletpruf]

Raised up the front 1 1/8th total and drove the truck out to look, don’t care if it’s not perfectly level but I want visually level.

painted the primered quarter panel then back it in. Love this view so much more! But then again i do like rear Ends more than the front.


been a long time I have had her backed into the garage but easier now to clean up wiring and work on the back half. Time to fix missing wheel studs and raise the back up 3/4“.

Looking good!!!

 

[PhantomEB]

25 years in the making, one ex wife, one ex-gf who all she wanted to do was shop on weekends, built up a successful millwright career and scored a keeper of a partner to have for life. She dont say no to shop time she just says stay out of the beer. Never wants to go camping but never tells me I can’t either!

 

[bmwrd0]

More cleaning of the lathe, followed with getting things ready for auction. Also, started on a hard purge of misc. junk.

 

[Beerhippie]

I used 1 1/2 cans of the rubberized undercoating. Need to get another can. Maybe ACE, but I won't hold my breath.

Like I was going to find another can or two of the Rusto Black Rubberized Undercoating in town... yeah, right.

On order from Amazon. I'm driving around in a half-painted rig 'til next weekend.

 

[rktinc]

Interesting painting tool. Do you use the syringe to flow in the cream colored paint right up to the lettering that is red from the “all over” main paint job? Or what?

Yes, special paint syringe technique. It worked great. Only issue was the debris that fell out of my hair as I leaned over it. (Don't scrap paint above your head before you do work like this) I saw this technique used o chrome emblems years ago and have used it on many things over the years. (might have seen it on GJ)

RKTINC

 

[Demon69]

Just don't look too closely.

Masking is hard. Trimming around the wheel arches is really hard.

I used 1 1/2 cans of the rubberized undercoating. Need to get another can. Maybe ACE, but I won't hold my breath.

Beer required: 1 1/2 20 ounce mugs.

Now for the other side.

Looks good from here
Fine line tape for the win for anything tight or detailed, demasks super clean

 

[Beerhippie]

Looks good from here
Fine line tape for the win for anything tight or detailed, demasks super clean

I wasn't exactly doing fine detail masking.



Most of the PITA was cutting the curves around the wheel arches. I settled on using an X-Acto knife and using one finger to maintain my spacing from the arch.

I used 3M "Sharp Lines" for most of it. Also easy to remove, except for those curves where it's bunch of short pieces--even 'though I did try to "unshingle" them.

Today, I deciced I needed to carry the black a little farther into the passenger door well so there was no white showing there, so I masked that area off and proceeded to F up my fairly nice work.





That part that looks like overspray is actually overspray.

Can't just leave well enough alone....

 

[Beelzeboss]

I ran some fuel tank vent lines and modified a rear guard for exhaust clearance.

 

[GrayFlattop]

Went to the garage to fetch some tools. Sadly the faucet in the (old) kitchen had started to leak. Surprised myself by having the original parts diagram from American Standard and the replacement ceramic cartridge is… discontinued- no longer available. Not from American Standard, eBay or any other online source. Bummer.

That’s a shame since it really was a beautiful piece of sculpture. One would think that parts would be available for a faucet purchased in 1984. Not sure who manufactured it as it was made in Germany - was actually labeled “West Germany”.. 44 years of service- not bad I suppose.

Removed faucet, put tools away and ordered a new one. If the replacement lasts half as long as this one did, well - I’ll probably be dead, lol.

 

[Beerhippie]

Went to the garage to fetch some tools. Sadly the faucet in the (old) kitchen had started to leak. Surprised myself by having the original parts diagram from American Standard and the replacement ceramic cartridge is… discontinued- no longer available. Not from American Standard, eBay or any other online source. Bummer.

That’s a shame since it really was a beautiful piece of sculpture. One would think that parts would be available for a faucet purchased in 1984. Not sure who manufactured it as it was made in Germany - was actually labeled “West Germany”.. 44 years of service- not bad I suppose.

Removed faucet, put tools away and ordered a new one. If the replacement lasts half as long as this one did, well - I’ll probably be dead, lol.

T&S Brass "Eterna" line. I've replaced damned near every faucet in the brewery and pub with them. Easy to source, inexpensive parts--and dead easy to service. I can interchange between ceramic and gasketed valve cartridges--handy as ceramic cartridges don't last long with our city water.

 

[larry4406]

Went to the garage to fetch some tools. Sadly the faucet in the (old) kitchen had started to leak. Surprised myself by having the original parts diagram from American Standard and the replacement ceramic cartridge is… discontinued- no longer available. Not from American Standard, eBay or any other online source. Bummer.

That’s a shame since it really was a beautiful piece of sculpture. One would think that parts would be available for a faucet purchased in 1984. Not sure who manufactured it as it was made in Germany - was actually labeled “West Germany”.. 44 years of service- not bad I suppose.

Removed faucet, put tools away and ordered a new one. If the replacement lasts half as long as this one did, well - I’ll probably be dead, lol.

Labeled “West Germany” predates unification in 1990(?).

So you have received good service.

 

[Snip's]

T&S Brass "Eterna" line. I've replaced damned near every faucet in the brewery and pub with them. Easy to source, inexpensive parts--and dead easy to service. I can interchange between ceramic and gasketed valve cartridges--handy as ceramic cartridges don't last long with our city water.

I replaced all my shop faucets with T&S Brass, sourced from McMaster-Carr... Still running drip free for over 25 years now...