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This morning I did a 5K mile oil and filter change on my wife's 2017 Ford Explorer.... While I was under the vehicle I spiritsd Fluid Film all around the engine sub frame member... Saw very little rust.... Ordered 5 quarts of XT10QLVC Mercon Motorcraft transmission fluid for a 90K miles change...

Vise Grip Handle

Look in the box for one with a "H" on it...

Got the shelf installed this morning... A little help from my "Helping Hands" assistant... Klein approved... done...

Cleaned off the top of my workbench today so I can have a place to stand, when I get ready to hang another wall shelf...

Just use some A15 40W incandescent oven light bulbs. They are rated for use up to 500F. Can be found at any big box store...

I was expecting blood or severed body parts...

Menards In Appleton East, Wisconsin has 3 Woodlife CopperCoat in Aisle 78, section D...

My 2009 MINI Cooper got a new in tank fuel filter replacement today... This was its first filter change in 17 years, so I guess it was about time... I had to go in through the access cover... Lots of dust and dirt needed cleaned up... Had a few critters hitching a ride I see.... I used the...

Today I slid under my wife's 2017 Ford Explorer and did a 30,000 mile front diff 4WD fluid change... Current odometer reading is at 90,000 miles... This was the 3rd fluid change since new...

Can't tell from your photo, but it looks like the upper wheel is missing the urethane bandsaw tire... That and there should be a tension adjustment mechanism at the axle on the upper wheel...

Workpiece clamp... Used to prevent the drill bit from grabbing the part and becoming a Craftsman Bass-O-Matic blender... Here's mine, Welch 1100 Cam-Lock Drill Press Clamp, should have a similar operation... The loose silver fitting needs to be installed into the hole at the end of the blue arm...

At quitting time at the shop after the guys left for home, I'd always walk back to the welding area and check the welding bottles... Invariably, I'd find the valves not turned off and this also included the tank on the forklift... Would bring this up to the guys... It'd work for a while and then...

I replaced all my shop faucets with T&S Brass, sourced from McMaster-Carr... Still running drip free for over 25 years now...

Makes working on my MINI a breeze... Depending on which end I'm working on I'll position my wood ramp blocks under the wheels for safety... I've considered adding grease zerks, but the outer sleeve is too thin of a wall thickness or the threads on the grease zerks would bottom out on the pivot...

Worked on the JD garden tractor yesterday... The ignition switch was being temperamental... Original 40 YO switch... Tight space with my big hands... Cleaned up the plug connector on the wireing harness that plugs into the switch... The contact cleaner did a nice job on the female spade...

Looking at he size of that drive drum on the motor... I bet that belt flys...

Today in my garage... Cleaned the MINI today and applied Opti Seal to the paint and plastic trim... I had a few paint chips on the Cayman bonnet that were bugging me... I had a touch up bottle of the OEM paint with the small brush inside the cap... I knew I didn't want to use the supplied...

As you probably know, Porsche is pretty good at recycling parts and they will use some parts forward on new models... As an example, if you look up the door seal gasket "Weather-Strip On Body 981-537-076-06", it's used on 2014 thru 2024 Caymans... Based on this part, I'd say your door opening is...

Did the poolboy scream?