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Yeah, thats exactly what my daughter thought we were going to do. When I showed up with a 2x2 piece of sheet rock, she was confused thinking we needed a much bigger piece

Not in my shop, but at my daughter's house. Electrician did some rewiring. Offered her a pretty good discount if he didn't have to have his buddy do the patch work. She said, "no problem, I'll get my dad to do the drywall work" Made her help me so she'd know how to do it in the future. First...

No, thankfully... it would have been a real pain to drill them out. Space is tight, they're angled upward and there are a couple that are tucked way in there behind **** on the driver's side

Not in my shop, but in my buddy's. He's a retired Dodge and Mercedes mechanic so he helped me swap out the exhaust manifolds on my 19 Ram 1500. They're known to warp and crack and sure enough, both sides were cracked. Dealer quoted 1200.00 parts were 500.00 and labor was lunch and a 12 pack for...

Love the cabin and the old Honda. I have my brothers 62 Honda 50cc in my shop for this winter's project.

They're rubber bushings at the end of the link. The installers solution was to just keep hitting it with an impact wrench which I believe resulted in them tearing. You need to hold it with an Allen and tighten with a wrench. My torque wrench barely fits in there and I'm wondering if I'm just...

Spent the morning on the wife's bronco sport. Lift kit has given me issues in the form of a front end squeak on and off for 2 years now. Installer "fixed" a few times but it always came back. In June I ordered new end links from the mfg and installed them. Now its squeaking again. Pulled off the...

It's been a busy week, finishing up a bunch of stuff.... Outside the barn, I finished up our rain harvesting project. Still need to tie in a CalFire hydrant, but for now have an outlet I can hook my HF water pump to for fire protection. Now just need some rain to get it full. I figure 2600...

We're on a well/septic and although we don't have arsenic, we have HIGH levels of iron. I was quoted almost $9k for a whole house multi-stage filter system by our local well company who I've worked with in the past. I found https://www.cleanwaterstore.com/ and had them design a system for me...

a couple of weeks ago we were in Yellowstone and it started snowing. I flipped the knob for 4WD and it blinked at me for a few minutes then went back to 2WD. Stopped, put it in neutral and tried again...same thing. Got home and went to YouTube university to find out the common issue is the 4WD...

We went with the Nitto Nomad Grappler.

The tires are great! Seem to be a decent option for the smaller SUVs since they're lighter than the KO3s or the Open Country AT3 that I usually run on my trucks. Fairly quiet on road and good traction in the snow

Thanks. I've actually been really impressed with this thing. We had a lot of snow the first year she got it and the thing just motored up our gravel road and steep driveway....

Once I got the end links installed I decided I'd give her a wash and shine....the wife should be thrilled when she gets home.

Spent the morning replacing sway bar end links on the wife's bronco sport. The guys that did the lift, didn't do a very good job installing it and buggered up the seals. It started squeaking a year later and when I took it back, I guess they just threw some threadlocker on there and hit it with...

Spent the day yesterday on the truck. Oil change, fluids check, general cleaning....then started in on a bed and drawers for the back of the truck. Hoping to get out into the sierras here pretty soon for some fishing trips. And then in the fall will use it for hunting excursions. Setting it up...

Yesterday was a good day. Started filling the new woodshed...Rain and thunderstorms put an end to that idea. Then went into the barn and worked on several of my ongoing project. Disassembled and reglued a couple antique chairs that my sister-in-law has, worked on a small knife for a friends...

Over the last few days I've been in and out of the shop cutting lumber for a woodshed. A neighbor mills it and although it's pine, I've sealed the heck out of it so it should last longer than I do...now to bring in a bunch of baserock to finish the area so its not a muddy mess in the winter

Brought home the little TT for an upcoming trip to the coast this weekend. Charged the batteries, filled the propane tanks and greased teh wheel bearings. Will give it a quick wash and clean the inside before we head out. Last week I smoked a bunch of cheese, so after letting it mellow in the...

Rehandled an old Craftsman hatchet I've had for at least 30 years....was our camp ax for years. Then started on a busted maul that I've had for many years as well. Not sure where it came from or when I got it, but I feel like I've always had it.... I'm going to rehandle this one with another...