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    Air Compressor Outside

    Here is mine before i put the door on, its on a 4'x4' slab, the door is a storm door, with about 1/2 the screen blocked off with aluminum, mine has been in there for 4 years, i do have a drain extended thru the wall, but no auto drain, i used leftover metal panels from my build to enclose it...
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    Shop air plumbing questions

    I used air blow guns at the bottom of my drops, no bending over flipping a ball valve, just orient the handle outwards and you can just tap it with your foot, i thought i had a pic but cant find it, and actually i think i got the idea off this site!
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    I finally got my G body wagon re-do off my Lift, been on there 3 months for this re-build, was finally able see what its "stance" looks like, since the front and rear suspension is new, and I was able to drive it around my yard, make sure it goes into gear and stops.. front tires are a little...
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    Zapper How come your putting the M21 back in er?
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    Thanks, Mike ya know i do this all this **** after working my day job, which is fixing cars! sick in the head!! I am
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    i installed the last part into my G body Wagon re-do.. the driveshaft. which is a chromemoly piece i had made with 1350 joints and billet yokes. Soon as we get some decent weather im ready to fire this thing up. its been raining all week. Over the last 3 months, I have rebuilt the front end...
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    Cryogenic treating? Anyone done it?

    Not on tooling either but..I had it done to the valve springs in my engine for my race car, I spin my big block Chevy 9000 rpm, thats hard on valve springs, mine have 1000 psi over the nose. Cryo treating them, is suppose to make them hold their pressure longer. its common on a race engine to...
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    Got my interior back together on my G Body, lots of new wiring, new gauges, switches, relays, A new 4L80 controller under the seat and Display on the dash..new shifter, raised up in a comfy position with my bench seat..new dash speakers.. just about ready to drive!
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    well i was doing some wiring on my project car, till the power went out.. sunn of a ***** ..was working on the dash rearranging some stuff, making some wire harnesses up for a new in- dash tach, and volt gauge, and a new mode switch to switch between different shift modes on my new 4L80-e in...
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    Since installing my 4 speed Auto(4L80E) in my G body last week, This weekend I got started on the wiring, mounted the ECU under the seat, ran the harness to the trans, still need to finish the other wiring and run the TPS to my Carb, I made my trans cooler Lines(braided stainless)and got the...
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    FYI there is an updated design valve cover For your Tahoe.. i would put the new version on over cleaning the old..as it adresses some pcv issues, just a heads up
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    After trimiming off the ears, I Put the 4l80 into my G body, fit like a glove, Needed some minor mods to the dipstick, and had to rework my trans crossmember, now i can measure to have a new driveshaft made and then get started on the wiring, Im using a CompuShift Controller to run it..
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    Scraping undercoating off the floor pans of my big block '78 Malibu Wagon, whoever did this back in the day( i think when it was new) did a hell of a job but some 30 odd years later that schitt is hardend up and a pain to remove, i got from the firewall to the rear axle done and painted. I...
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    Ever think of giving up the air compressor?

    OP must be a garage Newb, its ok fella someday your garage will be equipped, like a real garage, and it will include a air compressor!:thumbup:
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    Garage Landlords Responsibilities

    Not True!! it probably varies by state, county or township, etc; but to say a commercial tenant has no rights is a blanket statement. although a commercial tenant may not enjoy the full protection like a residental renter, But to the OP if you have no agreement or lease in writing its all...
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    Why small feet on lifts?

    A lot of them were missing the lift arm locks, on some the arms were bent, i said they were 25 years old but after thinking about it they were 29 years old, not that that makes much of a difference. There are 14 lifts in our shop, they replaced them all with Rotaries. they sold most of the old...
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    Why small feet on lifts?

    Sorry, but older lifts were built much better, sure a newer lift may be engineered for the load capacity and operate as rated BUT.. speaking from real world experience, there is a difference. and its not just small base plates on the newer lifts, i work on cars for a living and also as a...
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    Show me your stripes

    Just a thin red stripe for me, that seperates my OSB and the metal paneling in this shop, my other shop has the same color combo but that building is block construction and the stripe is about a foot wide
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    New guy that just found you!

    Howdy i didnt know there was mountains in Oklahoma?:dunno:
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    Materials for garage ceiling--Metal VS 4x8 panels

    Simple answer, No my 40x60 is done just like that.
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