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Did a 5K oil and filter change on my wife's 2017 Ford Explorer today... I went with the 5W30 Valvoline Restore and Protect... Supposed to slowly remove carbon buildup... Want to keep the Ford "Valvetronic or whatever it's called" clean and free of buildup... It's supposed to keep carbon out of...

It's just a piece of 1/4" thick hot rolled steel, cut to size to fit the dimensions of the 42" x 22" U.S. General Roll Cab... I didn't bother trying to remove the HR scale... I ran a bead of urethane caulking on the top of the cab, and dropped the plate in place... That should keep the oils...

For the last few days I've been cutting a gazillion miter cuts on the garage door panel trim... Yesterday I applied a coat of primer to all those same miter cuts... Paint dried and today I installed all the panel trim pieces on one garage door... Tomorrow I'll need to get some putty to fill 2...

You are somewhere in California I'm guessing.... Maybe call one of those car dipping strippers and get a quote...

Today in the garage I spent a little time futzing around with my 1938ish Atlas 612 lathe... It got new belts and I installed the motor and connected the power switch and I replaced all the wiring with oil resistant SOOW... The frame and motor is now properly grounded... I decided to just clean...

As far as I'm concerned they are a master force at making Chicken Tikka Masala with garlic Naan...

Whoo Hoo... I've been thinking about getting back to finishing my garage door refurb all winter... Wanted to tackle it before the hot humid weather hits... Lots and lots of miter cuts are required... Will task that operation to my old Black & Decker "Professional" (Ha Ha) saw... Set up my B&D...

This PDF might help with getting the proper spacings during your reassembly...

Vieux... Nice progress with your tractor... Amazing creative work... I applaud your ability to find solutions and workarounds to fixing things... I look forward to your progress updates... I'm amazed that you are able to still get posts out with what you are faced with... Stay safe...

MY 2009 JCW MINI Cooper rear (Boot?) badge was showing some sun damage to the red inlay paint... Used some dental floss to saw through the adhesive tape to remove the badge Had a bottle of Tamiya Italian Red lacquer I used for some inlay paint work... I just realized all the black inlay...

I picked up this New Iceberg a while back on FBMP... Cleaned it up... Now I store my antifreeze in it...

But will it carry the weight of the three full kegs on your next camping trip...

It's also known as a motor shaft condom... :dunno: My RI motor has the double shaft, but it's of an older vintage that doesn't have the screw holes to attach the "condom"... Before the condom, the early designers came up with a different form of protection (Far right of the motor image)... So...

DIY Evaporust

Not much to it really... I followed this Video for the setup and the making of the solution... I found it easier to use my ultrasonic cleaner for temperature control of the solution and removal of the gas bubble that can interfere with the plating finish... My plating solution goes into a glass...

Mine was loaded with many years of sawdust... I first blew all the loose sawdust particles out of the stator as best I could... There was a lot of dust that came out... I then used a couple of cans of CRC Lectra-Motive.. Worked great and no risk of damage to the wire insulation... Got it clean...

Very nice results, I've wanted to try zinc plating... Care to share your formula and procedure?... I've been doing nickel plating and instead of an aquarium bubbler, I put my solution in a glass jar and then use my ultrasonic tank... I fill the tank with tap water and use the built in heater to...

Mine had a RI motor, and I was able to carefully grind down the drive screw heads and then used a punch to drive the stem towards the inside... Here's a photo where you can see open areas between the stator and the motor shell that let the drive screw drop out... I then tapped the holes and used...

I would buy my punches from American Punch Co. when the shop Whitney Duplicator tooling would wear out... They should have your missing punch and dies... My contact there was Jovan... Excellent service...