What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[Burt Shaver]

Cleaned this carb on my friends wood splitter for the second time today, Homfs GX690 enginejust found a good video and I guess there is 2 idle jets below this screw that I hadn’t taken out. He was running regular gas and hadn’t used the splitter in 2 years.
I’m going to give it one more cleaning and take those 2 idle jets out that I missed this time. This is the fuel that we took out of the tank

Well, 4th times a charm. Went to my friends this afternoon with the intention of taking the carb off for the 3rd time and removing the idle jets that I missed the first two times and the emulsion tubes that were under the main jets.
Took it apart, cleaned the idle jets, couldn’t get the emulsion tubes out, put it back together, no go
Took it apart again, got the emulsion tubes out, they weren’t dirty surprisingly, cleaned them anyways.
We decided to take the plunger type thing off the bottom of the bowl that had a wire conne tor to it, don’t know what it does, but it wasn’t plunging very smoothly at all, cleaned the crude out of it, the plunger worked smoothly after cleaning.
Put it back together, at this point I’m not even expecting ring or to run but it does, fist pumps all around. First words out of my mouth I think were. “Get me a beer” lol.

 

[INSP380]

Getting ready, final detailing….heading back to the Norwood Assy plant for a show next week… Stop out & say hey if you’re in the area…

Steve

 

[Old Man Roger]

Well, 4th times a charm. Went to my friends this afternoon with the intention of taking the carb off for the 3rd time and removing the idle jets that I missed the first two times and the emulsion tubes that were under the main jets.
Took it apart, cleaned the idle jets, couldn’t get the emulsion tubes out, put it back together, no go
Took it apart again, got the emulsion tubes out, they weren’t dirty surprisingly, cleaned them anyways.
We decided to take the plunger type thing off the bottom of the bowl that had a wire conne tor to it, don’t know what it does, but it wasn’t plunging very smoothly at all, cleaned the crude out of it, the plunger worked smoothly after cleaning.
Put it back together, at this point I’m not even expecting ring or to run but it does, fist pumps all around. First words out of my mouth I think were. “Get me a beer” lol.

Electric choke? Some default to the choke on setting till they warm up. I’ve seen them with wax activated switches.

 

[Burt Shaver]

Electric choke? Some default to the choke on setting till they warm up. I’ve seen them with wax activated switches.

I looked it up tonight, it was a fuel shut off solenoid.

 

[Old Man Roger]

I looked it up tonight, it was a fuel shut off solenoid.

That’ll definitely make it not run.lol

 

[DGersic]

“Pilot bushing” is that what the grease gun was for?

Right. Pack the cavity with grease, insert a “tight” fitting shaft of some sort, and smack shaft with hammer. The resulting hydraulic pressure pushes the bushing out.

That particular grease gun, the HF air driven one, is a piece of junk. Doesn’t develop much pressure at all, so won’t force grease in to a joint worth a d@mn. Still had a third of a tube of grease in it, figured I’d use that up and even its lame abilities should be enough to fill an open hole. I was wrong. Ended up removing the tube and just scraping out a gob of grease to pack in there.

 

[DGersic]

fun project. Dial in the bell housing is next?

Done, yeah.

 

[OccupantRJ]

Done, yeah.

So what gets done if the bore is not centered?

 

[DGersic]

“Spa Day” #3.

Installed the new pilot bearing and flywheel. Wasn’t expecting ARP spline drive fasteners, but fortunately I had accidentally purchased a set of spline drive impacts at HF and never got around to returning them.




Bellhousing installed temporarily. Dial indicator in place. I made a mount for it from an HF magnet, two bolts, a coupler, and a bit of bracket bent in to a U. This allowed mounting the dial indicator in the hole directly. I have one of those adjustable magnet base things, but wasn’t happy with the way it mounted.




Reading a dial indicator on the back of the engine, while up front turning it over with a wrench, is a pain. My remote viewing solution works well for this.

One cheap phone holder, a HF magnet, and a jack stand. Point the phone at the dial indicator. “Call“ my iPad with FaceTime. iPad goes with me, and now I can see the back of the engine from the front.






Runout as measured. This caused a stoppage. Horizontal runout is 0, so that’s good. Vertical is .011”. The allowed max is .01”, or .005” when divided by 2. I’m at .0055”. A call to support to ask if I should stop here and get offset pins took a while. Support’s answer was that this is ok, and offset pins will likely make it worse, so run it as is.




Clutch installed.




Release bearing installed. Sort of.



The pin on the front of the case keeps the bearing from rotating. It replaces a stock bolt. No big deal.

The hydraulic lines sticking out do not fit through the hole in the the bellhousing. The directions don’t cover this, but after a bunch of poking around at it under the car, I fed the bearing in first, routing the lines through the hole for the clutch fork.

Now the challenge is getting the bearing on the input shaft, while simultaneously shoving the transmission forward. Lots of fun there, but I did get it on the shaft. Eventually.

I failed at this point. After several hours of pushing and pulling, lifting and wiggling, I could not get the input shaft in to the pilot bearing. Around 2am I gave up and pulled the transmission back out.

I have a lithotripsy scheduled for 9am this morning. I’ll get back to this another day. I really wanted to get the trans in, so I can measure for and order the new driveshaft. Now that’ll be something done later too.

 

[DGersic]

So what gets done if the bore is not centered?

Offset alignment pins. The bellhousing is located by pins at 3 and 9 o’clock. Normally just straight pins. But .007 and larger offset pins can be installed and rotated to move the bellhousing around to get it closer to centered.

 

[OccupantRJ]

Offset alignment pins. The bellhousing is located by pins at 3 and 9 o’clock. Normally just straight pins. But .007 and larger offset pins can be installed and rotated to move the bellhousing around to get it closer to centered.

Being a machinist type I figured that would be the case. Has manufacturing got that crappy these days? It would be interesting to know what the machining tolerances were on the bell housing relative to the bore centering. Clocking offset dowels should be a lovely experience unless they are slotted and could be done through a through hole. Each time one is rotated the other would also require that.

 

[DGersic]

Being a machinist type I figured that would be the case. Has manufacturing got that crappy these days? It would be interesting to know what the machining tolerances were on the bell housing relative to the bore centering. Clocking offset dowels should be a lovely experience unless they are slotted and could be done through a through hole. Each time one is rotated the other would also require that.

1974 cast block, 2026 cast bellhousing. Tolerance is pretty good, considering. I suspect that the bellhousing is correct and well machined, that the offset is in the block. The bellhousing locates the transmission, and the pilot bearing has lower tolerance than the old bushings this setup was designed for.

The offset pins supposedly include either a slot or an Allen head recess to allow them to be clocked.

They are visible from the outside of the bellhousing, so could probably be turned without having to dismount and remount the bellhousing each time. Maybe. It’s a tight fit.

 

[zimman]

I like that locking grip type pipe wrench! I have never seen that before.

I have some Vice Grip styles for pipes. Couple different sizes look like this.

I got these when managing a shop in Broken Arrow. The Snap On guy was well known in the sprint car world and his son was killed by his Grandfather oddly enough. Big deal in 2012. I've used them a few times. Most famous time was removed a bolt stuck in a bracket in the middle of a Autozone Store in Springfield Missouri with a dozen people watching. They thought it was a miracle. LMAO.
Zim

 

[Jgaz]

Right. Pack the cavity with grease, insert a “tight” fitting shaft of some sort, and smack shaft with hammer. The resulting hydraulic pressure pushes the bushing out.

That particular grease gun, the HF air driven one, is a piece of junk. Doesn’t develop much pressure at all, so won’t force grease in to a joint worth a d@mn. Still had a third of a tube of grease in it, figured I’d use that up and even its lame abilities should be enough to fill an open hole. I was wrong. Ended up removing the tube and just scraping out a gob of grease to pack in there.

I’ve used that method quite a few times with mixed and sometimes messy results.
Your iPhone method of reading the dial indicator is genius.

 

[bmwrd0]

That iPhone method is good, @DGersic. I would have just video'd it and gone back later to look at it. Real time is best!

 

[kaymccampbell]

Right. Pack the cavity with grease, insert a “tight” fitting shaft of some sort, and smack shaft with hammer. The resulting hydraulic pressure pushes the bushing out.

That particular grease gun, the HF air driven one, is a piece of junk. Doesn’t develop much pressure at all, so won’t force grease in to a joint worth a d@mn. Still had a third of a tube of grease in it, figured I’d use that up and even its lame abilities should be enough to fill an open hole. I was wrong. Ended up removing the tube and just scraping out a gob of grease to pack in there.

I can recommend the DeWalt battery grease gun, with a locking tip. I use it to crack loose stiff loader pins and blow out congealed grease fairly often.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Now the challenge is getting the bearing on the input shaft, while simultaneously shoving the transmission forward. Lots of fun there, but I did get it on the shaft. Eventually.

You did try the bearing on the input shaft before installation? Right? Do you have a clutch centering tool? Even a ****** one makes a world of difference.

 

[930dreamer]

I asked the diesel repair shop up the road if they'd move this Cummins genset. They drove the John Deere loader to my shop and moved it 20 feet for me. I paid them $100, good to get that off my gangster driveway.

Tire shop mounted the Snap On roller tire.

 

[dcg9381]

I completed project "WFB" aka Work From Boat.
Every single ground in this boat was loose, so also preventative...

 

[Beerhippie]

Worked on the damned canning line again today. The labeler went ****-up and, after consulting with, and following the advice of, the tech from the company, our packaging manager managed to royally screw it up. Turns out, it wasn't our usual tech and this guy knew just enough about the machine to really dig us into the mud. Anyhow, I think we managed to get it straightened out after talking to the right tech. Hopefully, the parts we need will be here tomorrow. And yes, I do believe in faeries.

After all that herding of cats, I got to have some fun again.

The same packaging manager (all of us working on the brewery side are "managers") wants to go camping this weekend and wants to use his '80s-90s Coleman 413H Powerhouse two-burner suitcase stove. Of course, he hasn't used it since his father gave it to him, but he has memories of childhood trips cooking on that stove. I replaced the cap gasket and the neoprene pump cup with leather, oiled it up, and it runs like a top. I knocked a few dings out of the case while I was at it--these newer suitcase stoves are made from ridiculously light sheet metal, so I was able to fix the dings with my hands alone. My '60 426B required planishing hammers and dollies.

I was then able to convince him that he needed a Coleman lantern to go with it, and a real, vintage beauty this time. I managed to sell him a very nice nickel-plated late '48 228D--the Big Hat. It ran when parked and just needed a couple of drops of neatsfoot oil on the pump leather to start right up.

Gave him a quick tutorial on starting and using the appliances, had him start both for practice and he's happy and I have more gas money.

Now I have another employee's 222A Peak 1 lantern to work on. I think the problem with it is a clogged generator.

Thinking of places to go this weekend that might be out of this smoke--which isn't terrible today. I can actually see the silhouettes of the mountains behind town! I think I'll aim for somewhere fairly high, as the smoke seems to be hanging in the valleys.

 

[DGersic]

You did try the bearing on the input shaft before installation? Right? Do you have a clutch centering tool? Even a ****** one makes a world of difference.

Yes, the release bearing fits fine on the input shaft. It’s just really awkward to install on the shaft inside the bellhousing, and getting it lined up with the anti-rotation pin.

Also, yes, have a clutch alignment tool. It goes in to the splines and pilot bearing ok. Rechecked that to be sure before shutting down last night.

 

[DGersic]

I can recommend the DeWalt battery grease gun, with a locking tip. I use it to crack loose stiff loader pins and blow out congealed grease fairly often.

I’ve long thought about getting one of those.

 

[Outlawmws]

Like Timm, also worked on a bit of GPA after filling the green bin for tomorrows PU day.

I worked on the Mil-Spec-242 C genny to clean it well. Still not a roarer, but runs well with a soft start. And I still cannot find the effing NOS pump shafts I know I have. this fount is not Coleman, and I suspect the SMP (1984) fount is the newest major piece on the lantern. I'm guessing Coleman and SMP made that thread for the pump shaft cap 1 thread off? it goes about 1-1/2 tuns... (someone didn't follow the specification...) Time to check with a thread gauge.

 

[Bessy]

Retubed the wife's rear tire on her Trek because it blew out before she even got to ride it on our last trip. Weather was far too hot to ride at the beginning of July as it was so neither she nor I got out much during our vacation. The bikes came home and got stashed in the garage since.

I need to get the trainer tuned up and set one of my two bikes on it in the basement so that maybe I'll ride it more often during the hot weather, but I genuinely prefer riding outdoors whenever possible. Hopefully as the summer winds down I'll be able to put a few more kms on my two.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Yes, the release bearing fits fine on the input shaft. It’s just really awkward to install on the shaft inside the bellhousing, and getting it lined up with the anti-rotation pin.

Also, yes, have a clutch alignment tool. It goes in to the splines and pilot bearing ok. Rechecked that to be sure before shutting down last night.

I was talking about the pilot bearing. I've been to the well with the wrong pilot. I bet I banged that transmission into the wrong bearing for an hour before I measured. After that I learned to try the pilot bearing on the input shaft before installing it in the crank.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Drained a bit of refrigerant out of the Caravan. The AC performed perfectly afterwards. Cleaned the wall of refrigerant and lube when a line on the reclaimer blew.

 

[cannuck]

made dozens of trips between drafting machine and chore truck today trying to finish plan view drawing to pull a bill of materials to start building deck before doing dropsides. Yesterday pulled out the 255 and push/pull gun and welded up 2 x 3 - 4" LED boxes in 0.090 5052. That machine on pulse makes 90 degree but welds a breeze. Interupted the afternoon to run over to friend's yard and using my Galion 1250 to place a bucket elevator in wild rice processing plant. Left one door open and whacked it with counterweight cracking the window.

 

[ObnoxiousFumes]

After all that herding of cats, I got to have some fun again.

 

[DGersic]

I was talking about the pilot bearing. I've been to the well with the wrong pilot. I bet I banged that transmission into the wrong bearing for an hour before I measured. After that I learned to try the pilot bearing on the input shaft before installing it in the crank.

Oh. Yeah, I checked that too prior to installing it in the crank.

 

[bmwrd0]

Stacked up the boxes of **** that are going to the Restore soon, freeing up space they had been taking up on the shop floor. Now, I just need to empty the back of the truck of todays estate sale purchase, the dead microwave, and the random wood that is taking up residence back there.

 

[Fixr]

You can almost guarantee the new aftermarket rotor won’t be the same quality either. Ya I know, made to meet or exceed manufacturers specs. Uh Huh.lol

But did they say which manufacturer? Mighta been Yugo.

 

[Motorman55]

Yesterday....was our HOA's 'Bulk Pick-Up' day. You can pretty much throw anything out at the curb for the contractor to come by and pick up.

I started clearing out some stuff from the garage because I'm downsizing, rearranging for my new shop tools and making room for the MGB to park in.

Anyway, I noticed a young guy in a small Chevy S-10 pickup stopping and going thru the neighbors junk on the curb. I waved him in to our street. Told him I had a lot of garage stuff and misc tools he can have for free. Gave him some stuff and told him if he came back later today I'd have much more ready for him.

He came back about an hour later with his dad and a larger P.U. and 8' landscaper trailer. I loaded him up with a 1/2 HP verticle compressor, a rolling tool cabinet, 10 hp Craftsman table saw with extra blades, a Craftsman Miter saw, a new (used once) Skil Tile Cutter Saw, the never used spare tire/rim from my old chevy truck, a wheelbarrow, a extendable pole saw and several other garden saws and much more, plus my neighbor gave him a nice lawn mower and 2 full propane tanks from his old grille.

He's coming back because I have some tool boxes, 42" long steel shelving, steel workbenches, 30 drawer steel cabinet and extra hand tools to give him for free. Also the mext door neighbor will have a lot of stuff and tools to give him.

I think we made his day and he's helping me to clear out the garage some.

 

[rharman]

Toss a little more money at it and get a couple of those HF welding canvasses. They definitely don't melt or catch fire with the bigger hot blobs.

Lordy I hate spellfuck, it keeps turning blobs into *****.

LOL, It's not so much the welding but the grinding and coping. I can't stand that fine metal dust under foot. Drives me insane. I've looked at welding curtains and canvass is a great idea. Funny, I love the smell of canvass.
Zim

@zimman - I'm sure you know this but, just to reiterate.... Not just any canvas. You want the flame retardant one. Not going to smell the same.

Like this...

https://www.harborfreight.com/6-ft-x-8-ft-fiberglass-welding-blanket-95015.html

 

[kaymccampbell]

@zimman - I'm sure you know this but, just to reiterate.... Not just any canvas. You want the flame retardant one. Not going to smell the same.

Like this...

https://www.harborfreight.com/6-ft-x-8-ft-fiberglass-welding-blanket-95015.html

This is the one I was thinking of, but the fiberglass seems like it might be a better deal.

https://www.harborfreight.com/8-ft-x-8-ft-fiberglass-welding-blanket-67701.html

 

[Old Man Roger]

Yesterday....was our HOA's 'Bulk Pick-Up' day. You can pretty much throw anything out at the curb for the contractor to come by and pick up.

I started clearing out some stuff from the garage because I'm downsizing, rearranging for my new shop tools and making room for the MGB to park in.

Anyway, I noticed a young guy in a small Chevy S-10 pickup stopping and going thru the neighbors junk on the curb. I waved him in to our street. Told him I had a lot of garage stuff and misc tools he can have for free. Gave him some stuff and told him if he came back later today I'd have much more ready for him.

He came back about an hour later with his dad and a larger P.U. and 8' landscaper trailer. I loaded him up with a 1/2 HP verticle compressor, a rolling tool cabinet, 10 hp Craftsman table saw with extra blades, a Craftsman Miter saw, a new (used once) Skil Tile Cutter Saw, the never used spare tire/rim from my old chevy truck, a wheelbarrow, a extendable pole saw and several other garden saws and much more, plus my neighbor gave him a nice lawn mower and 2 full propane tanks from his old grille.

He's coming back because I have some tool boxes, 42" long steel shelving, steel workbenches, 30 drawer steel cabinet and extra hand tools to give him for free. Also the mext door neighbor will have a lot of stuff and tools to give him.

I think we made his day and he's helping me to clear out the garage some.

Damn! Happy scrapper.

 

[bugnut]

dropped amazon stuff on the workbench, fired up the 3d printer, and picked up a couple boxes headed to recycle.

Your iPhone method of reading the dial indicator is genius.

 

[Demon69]

Yesterday....was our HOA's 'Bulk Pick-Up' day. You can pretty much throw anything out at the curb for the contractor to come by and pick up.

I started clearing out some stuff from the garage because I'm downsizing, rearranging for my new shop tools and making room for the MGB to park in.

Anyway, I noticed a young guy in a small Chevy S-10 pickup stopping and going thru the neighbors junk on the curb. I waved him in to our street. Told him I had a lot of garage stuff and misc tools he can have for free. Gave him some stuff and told him if he came back later today I'd have much more ready for him.

He came back about an hour later with his dad and a larger P.U. and 8' landscaper trailer. I loaded him up with a 1/2 HP verticle compressor, a rolling tool cabinet, 10 hp Craftsman table saw with extra blades, a Craftsman Miter saw, a new (used once) Skil Tile Cutter Saw, the never used spare tire/rim from my old chevy truck, a wheelbarrow, a extendable pole saw and several other garden saws and much more, plus my neighbor gave him a nice lawn mower and 2 full propane tanks from his old grille.

He's coming back because I have some tool boxes, 42" long steel shelving, steel workbenches, 30 drawer steel cabinet and extra hand tools to give him for free. Also the mext door neighbor will have a lot of stuff and tools to give him.

I think we made his day and he's helping me to clear out the garage some.

Made his day!? I think you made his year!

 

[Bessy]

Yesterday....was our HOA's 'Bulk Pick-Up' day. You can pretty much throw anything out at the curb for the contractor to come by and pick up.

I started clearing out some stuff from the garage because I'm downsizing, rearranging for my new shop tools and making room for the MGB to park in.

Anyway, I noticed a young guy in a small Chevy S-10 pickup stopping and going thru the neighbors junk on the curb. I waved him in to our street. Told him I had a lot of garage stuff and misc tools he can have for free. Gave him some stuff and told him if he came back later today I'd have much more ready for him.

He came back about an hour later with his dad and a larger P.U. and 8' landscaper trailer. I loaded him up with a 1/2 HP verticle compressor, a rolling tool cabinet, 10 hp Craftsman table saw with extra blades, a Craftsman Miter saw, a new (used once) Skil Tile Cutter Saw, the never used spare tire/rim from my old chevy truck, a wheelbarrow, a extendable pole saw and several other garden saws and much more, plus my neighbor gave him a nice lawn mower and 2 full propane tanks from his old grille.

He's coming back because I have some tool boxes, 42" long steel shelving, steel workbenches, 30 drawer steel cabinet and extra hand tools to give him for free. Also the mext door neighbor will have a lot of stuff and tools to give him.

I think we made his day and he's helping me to clear out the garage some.

Probably a day late, but can I be your neighbor?! Just kidding, I'd probably have to clear out some space as well.

 

[zimman]

@zimman - I'm sure you know this but, just to reiterate.... Not just any canvas. You want the flame retardant one. Not going to smell the same.

Like this...

https://www.harborfreight.com/6-ft-x-8-ft-fiberglass-welding-blanket-95015.html

Yeah we had two of those at my buddies shop. Hardly used them but he didn't care about all the grinding dust. And there was a lot. LOL
Zim

 

[zimman]

This is the one I was thinking of, but the fiberglass seems like it might be a better deal.

https://www.harborfreight.com/8-ft-x-8-ft-fiberglass-welding-blanket-67701.html

Now I've got both bookmarked. I'm looking for cheap too. LOL
Zim