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I painted a car myself. Turned out "okay" and I wet sanded and polished it to make it nice and shiny. I ended up going through the paint in a couple of small spots and want to paint over it. The paint is single stage urethane. I don't want to make a major project out of this and ending up...

I hope your dad made it back. I've seen a lot of movies about WWII since I was a kid, many in B&W. I don't see the old movies around anymore. Some of them were very good. My favorite is the Great Escape. The movie was changed somewhat for the audience, but is still relatively close to the...

He worked on engines in Corvette ****** ships (that escorted supply ships across the Atlantic) while in port. I can imagine there were various large shafts or other parts that needed to be scribed before machining. He never ever talked about his service in the navy and all I know is that he...

These used to belong to my dad. The only clues I have are that he used to be a machinist in the navy in WWII and before the war, he had a bit of woodworking hobby. They don't seem to be machine tools? Maybe they are for woodworking and for use with a lathe? Any idea how old they might be?

I use it for various air tools and epoxy & urethane prime. Last year I used it for the final topcoat on a car via the dessicant dryer which of course has to be dry and clean. I think I'll be taking some of the fittings apart. Degreaser sounds like an idea. I'm curious if anyone else has had...

I've got a 5HP 60 gallon upright compressor. There's about 40' of copper pipe between compressor and pressure regulators. I've got two outlets with a water/oil separator and a couple more with a dessicant canister and Motorguard filter. My compressor head died last week and I replaced it with...

I tried the water based stuff once and never again. Maybe it's just me but I hated it. My favorite rust converter paint is Rustoleum Professional. I have to go across the border to get it a Lowes or elsewhere as I can't find it here. After having used the Rustoleum Professional stuff, I...

I agree with metlmunchr, if you are going to be doing this on a regular/daily basis to make an income, a pot blaster won't work. Just waaay waay too slow. Same with a floor standing media blast cabinet. You need commercial/industrial size equipment. If you had an auto custom fab shop and...

You want one of these pot blasters. Available at Princess Auto but it's rather pricey at $350. I have one that is pretty much identical that I got a HF for about 1/2 that. 'Course, the border closure precludes getting stuff from the US. I'd perhaps try CL and you might get lucky. An...

3m respirator & filters and "the virus"? First, I hope everyone is hanging in there as best as is possible and staying safe in these difficult times worldwide. Around here in BC, the risk of infection is currently relatively low compared to elsewhere but we are expected to stay at home and...

Are you going to be driving in a vehicle often that would track in water from raining or snow that'll melt and drop on the floor and end up draining in the wrong direction? Our 1800 sq. ft. garage/workshop is split into three rooms. Concrete was done be an experienced pro. company and done...

I'm an OSB hater. It's heavy to work with, the splinters are awful and it smells awful. Otherwise, once it's painted, your shop full of stuff and dusty from working in it, you won't really notice after a while. I used 1/2" sanded good one side plywood sideways to 4' up then drywall to the...

Short answer: get a garage door company to take care of it. Yes, garage door springs break all the time and IIRC, usually don't last past something like 6-8 years depending on useage. To get a replacement, you need to take calipers and measure the dia. of the wire and then the ID of the...

Not at all. Any help and comments are appreciated. Success! I ordered a new bushing yesterday (Thursday) and they actually machined it the same day. Now that's service! I got it installed today. I stared at it at it for a few hours and did some other stuff before getting up the courage to...

Oh, and they measured the harness at 40-something, well below the 50s range.

Thanks for the reply. Getting the bearing out was a real beach. :mad: I had to destroy it to get it out but didn't matter. It was stucker than stuck and took a lot of patience and anxiety. Seems like the bore in the crank was simply too small by about a few thou. I talked to a guy that...

Yeah, the 600 & 850 engines didn't last all that long. Mostly I believe, is because the gaskets/seals started to leak oil all over and you were faced with a total rebuild. With the 850 spiders being a sports car, owners tended to wring the sn*t out of them which didn't help (like I did back in...

Just came across a website called crankshaftcoalition.com and on the subject of pilot bushings, they state "You cannot use a roller bearing on a transmission shaft originally designed for a bronze bushing due to different type of heat treatment on the shafts." The test on my shaft yesterday...

Thanks, any help would be appreciated. I tried to remove the bearing using the grease, shaft & hammer trick but couldn't get it to budge. In the process, I damaged the bearing and little bits of plastic came out, sigh. Nobody in town has a pilot bearing puller so now I'll have to get the...

Thanks for that link! I did not think there could be an off the shelf bushing that would work. Only $1.80 too!! That would sure make things easier and I would just have to ream it out. Can a pilot bushing be reamed out after it's installed or can it be reamed before installation? Depending...