Wrench97
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Pack as a wheel bearing, it was standard procedure when we had to splice semi trailer harness using that type of box.
What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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PhantomEB
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Tinkering with the pressure washer then hosing off the dog kennels. Got the basement windows all wide open so maybe the wife shampoos the carpet.
Beerhippie
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Yesterday, I cleaned up some yard sale goodies.
The tiny door knob on the pub front door is pretty well shot. It's brass-plated with the plating worn through, so I thought I could clean that ornate knob up, paint it, and replace the old one. These are for a 1/4" square shaft of a mortise lockset.
I stripped the old paint with lye solution in the USC, zapped on three coats of Rusto Gloss Black primer+paint, then baked at 225 for an hour. Came out alright.
Of course, it no longer matches the latch. I could strip the knob and attempt plating it with brass--but I've never attempted plating with an alloy--or just paint the latch key black to match. Yeah, that seems much easier.
The tiny door knob on the pub front door is pretty well shot. It's brass-plated with the plating worn through, so I thought I could clean that ornate knob up, paint it, and replace the old one. These are for a 1/4" square shaft of a mortise lockset.
I stripped the old paint with lye solution in the USC, zapped on three coats of Rusto Gloss Black primer+paint, then baked at 225 for an hour. Came out alright.
Of course, it no longer matches the latch. I could strip the knob and attempt plating it with brass--but I've never attempted plating with an alloy--or just paint the latch key black to match. Yeah, that seems much easier.
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larry4406
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And replace the door, frame, and entry way while you are there.Yesterday, I cleaned up some yard sale goodies.
The tiny door knob on the pub front door is pretty well shot. It's brass-plated with the plating worn through, so I thought I could clean that ornate knob up, paint it, and replace the old one. These are for a 1/4" square shaft of a mortise lockset.
I stripped the old paint with lye solution in the USC, then zapped on three layers of Rusto Gloss Black primer+paint, then baked at 225 for an hour. Came out alright.
Of course, it no longer matches the latch. I could strip the knob and attempt plating it with brass--but I've never attempted plating with an alloy--or just paint the latch key black to match. Yeah, that seems much easier.
Its a slippery slope....
What is the round waffle pattern thing?
rktinc
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The last section of my 10,000 sq feet of ceiling restoration seems to be one of the dirtiest. It is fighting me with its last breath! Hope to have it (mostly) patched up and primed by the end of July. It a hot dirty mess. 
Beerhippie
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It's an old cast-iron carriage step that I was hoping to retrofit to my Vanagon. I'm beginning to question the wisdom of that, as it would probably hit the tire when turning under compression.
Outlawmws
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Maybe spring load hinge it on the lowest part of the door?
Beerhippie
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The door is open when I'm loading up. Vanagon doors open waaay out. It would also be at the same level as the first step of the door frame, which I can put my left foot on and sort of pull myself up with the steering wheel--kinda' like mounting a horse--but different.
Trying to get chores done around town today. The local PRCA rodeo, Chief Joseph Days, shut down last night so all the tourons are leaving en mass. The highway through town is a solid, unbroken line of tailgating trailers and motorhomes heading out--which is good to see, but makes it impossible to get onto the highway, which is the main drag though town. Testing my abilities to navigate entirely on back streets, or solely with right turns onto the highway when I need to cross it.
Remember folks, two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.
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swsman
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Was a busy boy today. Got up early to beat the heat.
Impala interior detailed. Exterior is next weekend - after car gets listed for sale.
Once that was done I started organizing garage and work bench area, new cabinets coming.
I repurposed one of the old cabinets for oil storage.
Once new cabinets made it, I assembled them, slid them under the work bench, and moved the tools over.
Cleaned up the cardboard mess, and called it a day.
A good friend referred to me as OPEC, told him this is not all of it
Impala interior detailed. Exterior is next weekend - after car gets listed for sale.
Once that was done I started organizing garage and work bench area, new cabinets coming.
I repurposed one of the old cabinets for oil storage.
Once new cabinets made it, I assembled them, slid them under the work bench, and moved the tools over.
Cleaned up the cardboard mess, and called it a day.
A good friend referred to me as OPEC, told him this is not all of it
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rcktpwrd
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Shuffled vehicles around and the wife moved her truck out of the garage and washed it.
Mean while I messed around unsucessfully trying to repair a Christmas decoration that got smashed by a branch. It's a white plastic shooting star. I was using my plastic welding iron to fuse the bits and pieces back together. Got a few done but the plastic became very brittle so I gave up on the repair. Fortunatly it's only the tail of the star thats broken so we'll probably keep using it with some of the lights dangeling...
She put the truck back in the garage and clay barred the hood and tonneau cover. Then I got out the D/A and did a quick polish of the hood then waxed the whole truck and she wiped off the wax.
Probably do an oil change on it tommorow and give it a quick once over for our trip to Carlisle is a couple weeks.
Mean while I messed around unsucessfully trying to repair a Christmas decoration that got smashed by a branch. It's a white plastic shooting star. I was using my plastic welding iron to fuse the bits and pieces back together. Got a few done but the plastic became very brittle so I gave up on the repair. Fortunatly it's only the tail of the star thats broken so we'll probably keep using it with some of the lights dangeling...
She put the truck back in the garage and clay barred the hood and tonneau cover. Then I got out the D/A and did a quick polish of the hood then waxed the whole truck and she wiped off the wax.
Probably do an oil change on it tommorow and give it a quick once over for our trip to Carlisle is a couple weeks.
swsman
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Get one of those spill moldable funnels.
My Miata engine oil filter placement tends to make a mess, and is a PIA to get to.
Bought one of the funnels mentioned and it has been a good thing. One I am linking is not exact same one, but they all function just like it.
Beerhippie
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I use heavy-duty Reynolds aluminum foil for this. Easily formed to fit.
M.Brane
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Replaced the trailer receptical on the Tool Box Truck™. Cleared the TBC fault code. We'll see if it comes back.
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DGersic
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Took the car out. Local car show today. Came home, pulled the car back in.
Sold an HVLP sprayer. Thank you FBMP for the freed up space in my shed.
Sold an HVLP sprayer. Thank you FBMP for the freed up space in my shed.
Beerhippie
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Damn--some of y'all are so ambitious I'm feeling tuckered out just reading this thread!
I'll have a beer for you....
Cooler today, but still smoky enough to discourage anything strenuous at all. AQI is stay in bed with the windows closed and AC on. I don't have AC. Few folks out here do. We're at 4,000' ASL and 45 1/2 North, fer cryin' out loud.
De-rusticated some more GS scores from the last few weeks--not too strenuous thanks to the miracle of modern chemistry.
I'll have a beer for you....
Cooler today, but still smoky enough to discourage anything strenuous at all. AQI is stay in bed with the windows closed and AC on. I don't have AC. Few folks out here do. We're at 4,000' ASL and 45 1/2 North, fer cryin' out loud.
De-rusticated some more GS scores from the last few weeks--not too strenuous thanks to the miracle of modern chemistry.
swsman
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I did as well, until I snagged the funnel cheap on the Jungle a couple years back or so.
Use it, hose it down with brake cleaner and its ready for another use.
Like you, I do McGyver stuff everywhere I can. Earlier today I had to remount my electric cord holder bracket due to rearranging old tool cabinet.
Quick drill job and some rivets - done.
I use this extension cord the most out of three I have set up in my garage. Located towards the front of the garage. My tool cabinets are to the right of the garage door upon entry.
Makes it a breeze getting tools, doing work on the bench top and what not.
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Wrench97
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Doesn't matter with those you get wet no matter what, some of the newer ones requires dropping the fuel tank to change the primary/water separator.........
Beerhippie
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I hate that phrase. I watched the show--not entirely by choice--and McGyver solutions were made-up BS, much like the [insert technical-sounding term here] dialog of old SF TV shows--looking at you, Star Trek.
My on-the-fly solutions actually work. Sorry, I can't make a laser from a BIC pen, aluminum foil and an AAA battery--but then, no one can.
How do you secure those flexy-funnel jobs under the rig? Thinking things like changing brake parts, where I can wrap the Al foil around various things to keep brake fluid off of painted surfaces and form it to direct any drips and dribbles into a pan.
Beerhippie
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Yeah, the Vanagon has a rail-mounted fuel filter that holds at least a pint of gas. No way you're replacing that without smelling like gasoline. Lots of rigs have fuel pumps in the tank these days, most of which require dropping the tank to service. Imagine how happy I was to discover that the '93 Toy Coralla has a nice plate bolted into the floor under the rear seat just to access that!
I replaced the fuel pump on a friend's Jeep Grand Cherokee without dropping the tank. Don't. Just don't.
Beerhippie
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Actually, I might just make a "goof plate" to cover the area around the handle and latch... SS or brass? I have SS on hand....
That will go on the "winter chores" list.
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This is my 2003 Ram 3500 CTD 6 speed, It started its run as vet truck for my bestie and stand by to drag a 12 horse trailer (not in any way legal here) as it had to do several times when his F450 broke and mine not available. I remember the day we put an extremely beefie under the box clamped to frame hitch. The 30k ball went into a 2" threaded socket and has been there for 23 years. To get the box off, needs to go, so I made an 8' wrench to try to screw it out. No joy. Tried heating the socket but massive hunk of steel too big for my Smith's airplane torch to get warm enough. The huge flat plate mounts to the frame clamps with 4 x 5/8 NFbolts with 15/16 bolt heads and 1 1/16 nuts (!). Only way I can separate the box from the frame is to get this hitch apart, so had to peel back box liner and holesaw 4 x 2" access holes to get 3/4 Milwaukee onto nuts. Wouldn't budge but once I got the gas ax back out and heated the nuts, off they came. Still took many whacks with big drift and 2# ball peen to get the bolts out. Took the whole afternoon to get those bolts out!
kaymccampbell
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You can make a UV laser from a celluloid folder, three sheets of tinfoil and a flyback transformer.
Beerhippie
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But you can't see a UV laser. What good is that for TV?
Wrench97
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Must be feeling better...you're scaring me again laser, tin foil, flyback transformer........
Old Man Roger
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Ya when she starts talking gobblygoo we know she’s good.lol
bmwrd0
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Digging out my shop mess. Again.
When you have a small shop, it is really easy to get things piled up, and when I work out in the back garage (unheated, drafty, oldest one in town) you tend to get sloppy in the main shop as it is easier to just set things down when you aren't working on anything directly. So, now I want to be able to work on something (Dalton carriage) early in the AM before the wife wakes, and that is best in the basement. Sooooo, I need to get to unburying it. Which is going slow, as I recover from my infusion the other day.
When you have a small shop, it is really easy to get things piled up, and when I work out in the back garage (unheated, drafty, oldest one in town) you tend to get sloppy in the main shop as it is easier to just set things down when you aren't working on anything directly. So, now I want to be able to work on something (Dalton carriage) early in the AM before the wife wakes, and that is best in the basement. Sooooo, I need to get to unburying it. Which is going slow, as I recover from my infusion the other day.
racecougar
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Whipped up the transmission cooler lines and plug wires, finished the remaining cables in the trunk, and bled the brakes on the '73 Mustang build. Fuel tank buildout next.
And yes, it's dirty and dusty. It'll get a bath soon.
And yes, it's dirty and dusty. It'll get a bath soon.
kaymccampbell
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It'll put a dot on a florescent piece of paper, and burn the retinas out of anyone you aim it at.
kaymccampbell
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All things I have in my shop. You don't?
kaymccampbell
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Today in my shop I put a broken filter binder strap in the trash.
zimman
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Finished a tower of power junk box stacker. LOL
Zim
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Beerhippie
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Yeah, but for McGyver-era TV, a laser has to have a red beam that is clearly visible from any angle in full sunlight, and causes whatever is touches to burst into flame/sparks. Must be able to cut through at least 3/8" steel like a hot knife through butter and be made from a BIC pen, aluminum foil and a triple-A battery.
rd65
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Moved some bikes and chainsaws around. Making space for daughter's old 4runner that needs a clutch & rear main seal. And a starter and a battery, an ignition switch, and, and, and. It's been sitting next to my shop for a couple of years, who knows what else it is going to need. The boyfriend is a bit of a hack. I say get it running and sell it. Just gonna cost them money they don't have.
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Motorman55
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Masked and painted the underside of the MGB's bonnet (hood) Matte Black to match the engine bay. Sun was low in the sky when I started, so I coudn't get a good pic because of the reflections off the garage walls.
Tomorrow I'll get a better look at the results. I'm sure I'll have to touch up a spot here and there. Here's a couple pics....
More pics/info on this MGB project here: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/the-flying-m-garage.557476/post-11707652
Tomorrow I'll get a better look at the results. I'm sure I'll have to touch up a spot here and there. Here's a couple pics....
More pics/info on this MGB project here: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/the-flying-m-garage.557476/post-11707652
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bulletpruf
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Wrassled with a grease gun. It was touch and go for a minute, but I prevailed.
Epic battle with John Deere bulldozer injectors, Part Deux.
Epic battle with John Deere bulldozer injectors, Part Deux.
swsman
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What I meant is I improvise and get it done.
Show was meh at best, saw a few episodes all in...
As far as holding those onto the vehicle parts, there is duct tape, zip ties and other things.
For brake lines I came across this recently via a post on GJ. Look forward putting these to use.
See attached image.
For small engine stuff I have those knob clamps to prevent fuel leaks and such, have heard of folks using golf tee or wooden dowels.
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Mike S.
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I got a screw in my tire driving to work on Friday, so I plugged that. Then I grabbed some 2x4's at Lowes and threw together some wheel cribs.
swsman
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My F250 has frame mounted fuel filter.
I have found if I pull the fuel pump fuse and crank it a couple times filter removal is a fairly dry process.
Not much fuel comes out.
Around 30k is when I service the filter, spare one sitting on the shelf.
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