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Camaro looks great Cody. Something about when the new glass goes in gets you excited. The Garage is looking great too. Looks like you did a bunch of cleaning and organizing.

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It's nice to roll the door glass up and keep the interior separated from the garage now!

I've been slowly throwing stuff away and getting rid of packaging material as I install parts on the camaro. Right now I'm working on the wiper system and recovering the front seats. Last night I sanded down some plastic pieces that goes on the seat that's not easy to replace. I need to sand the bottom seat frame and work on the seat sliders before I paint them with some satin black paint. Then I can put the seats back together.

Wiper needs attention. Seems something is not working properly. Either wiring was done wrong or the motor is junk. I'll run some power leads to the motor and see if I can bypass the wiring in the camaro for now just to confirm if the motor works.

With the good weather we've been having I been spending time out in the yard and fishing. Along with I got a big project going on but I won't be showing it off till 2 or 3 years from now. But for now I'm just staying busy outside. My goal for driving the camaro next month has been put aside as tires/rims and insurance is a big ticket items that I just can't take care of for now due to the big project.
 
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Really wish you were local to me or you made cross country house calls. The house we bought last summer came with two lawn mowers and neither are being cooperative in doing their calling! E328D27F-CD87-44A6-BD0F-86BFA5583E68.jpegAD952F10-1A7C-4B37-BAFF-30F40A47AF20.jpeg
The Poulan starts first pull but then promptly dies, almost like a car with a bad ignition switch, that runs in the crank position but dies when switch is in run position. I know how to fix that, but this is a different beast! The Troy-Bilt won’t even fire, pulled on it till I was blue. Pulled the plug, gas fouled. Cleaned it, still no Va-Room! Going to go into town and get some parts, plugs, air filter, and a can of “Lawn Mower Mechanic in a Can” (Starting fluid!) What is with these new mowers anyway? I spent 30 minutes on the innertube trying to find the oil drain plug on both of these until I finally got a YouTube video from Briggs & Stratton singing the praises of their “new” engines with FOREVER oil! WTF? Sounds like a great program to sell you a new mower every couple years! I’m thinking the only way to change the oil is to pull the dipstick and then turn the mower either upside down or on its side. Good idea or not?
Thanks for letting me vent, and let me know your ETA! 😂
 
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You got it on the oil change, I drain all mowers through the oil dipstick as the plug usually gets so corroded that it strips the threads if it did have one. Just tilt the mower over on the oil dipstick side and let it drain as much as you can get out without turning the mower upside down.

I would first check if you got spark by keeping the plug out and pressed against the metal part of the motor. If they got spark, then it's gummed up carburetor or water in the fuel. If you are by yourself, I usually twist a wire around the handlebar to hold the safety bar down and I would pull the cord at the block with my hand while I'm holding the spark plug against the motor to see for spark. If no spark then I would put a new or known good plug on it just to rule out the plug. If you still have no spark then check the kill wire that it didn't short out. It's rare that the ignition coil goes bad on these push mowers. It can happen but it's usually something else causing the no spark.

As for gummed up carbs, most of the time I can disassemble the carbs without breaking the gaskets and get the carb cleaned. Lots of videos on those mowers and how to clean the carbs are available on youtube. also, make sure you're getting fuel through the fuel line also, every once in a while it's gummed up fuel line or trash in the fuel tank that's keeping fuel from getting to the carb.

They are simple units, just remember the basic of needing fuel, air, and spark and troubleshoot each one individually.
 
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Oh and it’s too bad you’re not closer @SliverJimmy or I’d let you use one of these mowers lol.
Three of them runs great, one runs but needs self-propeller transmission work, and one needs a spring on the carb setup I think but I can’t seem to find the exact spring it needs to run right.

The tillers are customers and they are repaired, just waiting on the customers to come pick them up.
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After looking on the net for an idea of the going rate for a Lawn Mower Man, $100-$250 + parts, I decided that if it’s built by man, this man can fix it! Besides, I’m “thrifty” (cheap) and I can’t live with myself paying for someone to do that I can do. Watched a couple YouTube videos, laid out my tools, and got to work.
Basically it was the carbs on both mowers. Pulled them and the gas tanks. Dumped all the gas, pulled the float bowls on the carbs, sprayed them down really good with carb cleaner (note to self: wear safety glasses, that stuff burns when you get it sprayed into your peepers!) blew every passage with compressed air, and then put everything back where it came from. Both mowers started within a couple pulls on the rope!
Now my wife is terrified that when I’m on the next dump run I’m going to bring home a few mowers. I think she’s over reacting, I‘ve only brought home 3 BBQs from the dump!
Thanks for the encouragement, it truly is amazing what you can do if you just try.
 
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After looking on the net for an idea of the going rate for a Lawn Mower Man, $100-$250 + parts, I decided that if it’s built by man, this man can fix it! Besides, I’m “thrifty” (cheap) and I can’t live with myself paying for someone to do that I can do. Watched a couple YouTube videos, laid out my tools, and got to work.
Basically it was the carbs on both mowers. Pulled them and the gas tanks. Dumped all the gas, pulled the float bowls on the carbs, sprayed them down really good with carb cleaner (note to self: wear safety glasses, that stuff burns when you get it sprayed into your peepers!) blew every passage with compressed air, and then put everything back where it came from. Both mowers started within a couple pulls on the rope!
Now my wife is terrified that when I’m on the next dump run I’m going to bring home a few mowers. I think she’s over reacting, I‘ve only brought home 3 BBQs from the dump!
Thanks for the encouragement, it truly is amazing what you can do if you just try.
I had confidence that you would be able to do it. If you can work on a car, working on these little mowers is simple. The nice thing about the newer mowers is no issues with the diaphragm in the carb as the old mower used. If the diaphragm was weak then you had to order parts and wait. The newer ones as long as they weren’t corroded, and the gasket came loose without tearing, you could just clean the carb and reassemble the mower.

As for bringing mowers home, as long as you fix them and sell them then I don’t see why the wife would be too upset!
 

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Out here in the west Lawn Mowing isn’t quite the religious experience here as it is where you’re at. Lawn mowers aren’t as hot a seller as maybe a chainsaw or a BBQ! I actually call them weed trimmers cuz I can’t afford to water that green stuff! If it hasn’t rained within the last 24 hours a dust mask is highly recommended!
 
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Out here in the west Lawn Mowing isn’t quite the religious experience here as it is where you’re at. Lawn mowers aren’t as hot a seller as maybe a chainsaw or a BBQ! I actually call them weed trimmers cuz I can’t afford to water that green stuff! If it hasn’t rained within the last 24 hours a dust mask is highly recommended!
Reminds me of my childhood of sandcutting, I mean Lawncare business I had in west Texas. I kept multiple junk mowers due to the random rock I would hit in the thick tumbleweed patches.
 
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Not finish but currently recovering the front seats. Dealing with these hog rings are really irritating my tennis elbow I got going on.

Here is the starting point.
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Just workout in general.

Here is the seat bottom that I sanded and painted just to clean it up some.
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New foam.


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Trying different spacing of the hog ring and trying to get the cover winkle free.
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This one was bad,
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Removed the rings and tried different locations and was able to get most of the winkles out.
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Here is the back and lower parts propped together. Not finish but getting there.

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I had to stop for the night as my left arm was killing me. Seems I’m over working my left arm muscles and making my elbow hurt too.

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Maybe I can work on it some more tonight.
 

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Cody, I did the vinyl seats in my Fiat X1/9 and the leather ones in the '87 Corvette. I remember doing the hog rings with the cheapest tool I could find. Since then I purchased a better tool but have yet to use it. I did the Corvette seats when the car was 8 years old (29 years ago) and they are still holding up. Because I knew no better, I did the convertible top around the same time. I tried my best but there were still some wrinkles. If the car sits in the sun for a while, they mostly disappear.
 
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Cody, I did the vinyl seats in my Fiat X1/9 and the leather ones in the '87 Corvette. I remember doing the hog rings with the cheapest tool I could find. Since then I purchased a better tool but have yet to use it. I did the Corvette seats when the car was 8 years old (29 years ago) and they are still holding up. Because I knew no better, I did the convertible top around the same time. I tried my best but there were still some wrinkles. If the car sits in the sun for a while, they mostly disappear.
If I wasn’t so close to being done, I’d be investing in a new plier for those damn hog rings.
 

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Arrrgh!! Hog rings!! You've given me nightmarish flashbacks to doing the interior in my car Mustang about 10 years ago. Doubt I'll sleep very well tonight.
 

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If I wasn’t so close to being done, I’d be investing in a new plier for those damn hog rings.
Arrrgh!! Hog rings!! You've given me nightmarish flashbacks to doing the interior in my car Mustang about 10 years ago. Doubt I'll sleep very well tonight.
Cody and Geoff, sometimes I buy tools just so I can sleep at night. The free (I don't think anyone pays for them) hog ring pliers are wrong in so many ways. They are too short to get any leverage and the jaws don't hold the hog ring very well.
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The other time I really really needed a specialty plier was replacing the EGR pipe clamp on the '87 Corvette. It's a really heavy duty oetiker clamp and it's installed on the exhaust manifold about an inch from the A/C/Heater box.
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I tried diagonal cutters but couldn't exert enough pressure. Next up was a Dasco 328 farrier and nail nippers, which was better but still couldn't put enough pressure on the clamp. Bought a longer nipper and still no luck -- the pipe still leaked. The solution was a pair of Knipex Oetiker pliers that have front- and side-facing jaws.
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Knipex pliers are normally the most expensive solution but hold my beer. I replaced the stock manifold with a set of stainless headers and welded a matching flange to the EGR pipe.
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Just some small updates.
I was able to get the seats recovered and now they can wait till I get the seat tracks restored. I think they came out good, not 100% perfect but being this is my first time recovering seats I'm happy.
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I got the seat tracks on the tail gate to get to work on them soon.
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One of the issues with the wiper system is the blades hit the hood as I was suspecting. So I ordered this narrow wiper blade assembly, so hopefully they gain me enough clearance that I don't have to raise my hood in the back so high.

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And me and the youngest worked on the garden. It's been a few years since we had a garden so I went ahead and tilled the area to plant some jalapeno, tomatoes, cucumber, squash, zucchini, and maybe cantaloupe.

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Other then that, it's just been busy with family stuff and other task that's boring.
 
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Thanks Marc! They were a learning curve to them but I'm ok with them. I'm ready to get them in the camaro but I I got afew things I need to do first.

nothing much to report really. Just getting cleaned up, spending time with the family and taking care of other negelated projects.

Went fishing this recent Saturday. With the recent cold front it seems to cause the fish to develope lock jaws as they didn't bite. But it was a nice day.
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While on the water, I've been deealing with a poor startup of the motor as it just don't want to fire off without giving it some throttle. I'm not sure if the choke is just not engaging or I got pour spark. I might change out the ignition switch cause it's been giving me some issues with contacting for the starter due to corrosion most likely. I'll get one ordered since it also control the choke and I wonder if the choke is just not engaging at the first start up when I push the key in for choke. I inspected the spark plug and it looks ok, alittle build up on the plug electrodes. I looked up for a et of these plugs and apparently NGK discontinued them. These are surface gap plugs and alot of the recommended alternatives are j-style plugs. I'm leary about putting j-style plugs in place of surface gap plugs.

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Ebay has these surface gap plugs for $24 each for NOS and I need 3. Maybe I'll try the ignition switch first as it's alittle iffy.

Then I tested the wiper motor and was evenutally able to figure out the proper wiring of the motor and was able to confirm the motor works. Now to test the wiring and make sure it's wired up before I put the motor back in the camaro.
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A fellow Camaro fan on a forum group provided me a section of the fisher body manual that had almost 80 pages of testing process for these wiper motors. Seems over complicated for such a small motor system. But, it was very detailed and I have a better understanding of these motors now.

Either, way maybe I can get the wiring tested tonight as long as the chores don't taake too long!
 
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Been busy with graduation of the oldest from high school activities, going to Alabama, and working on other people's junk.

The wiper system has finally been fixed with new thinner blade holders and cleaning all the contacts on the wiper pump and so on. No issues with the wiring was discovered. But even with the thinner wiper blade holders, I still have to raise the rear of the hood to clear the wipers. Seems it's not an uncommon problem.

I did get the seat tracks cleaned and painted, along with moving freely and new springs on the tracks. Then got them installed on the seat. The seats sit in the corner till it's time to put them in the Camaro. It's coming soon, as I'm almost done buttoning up the dash. I hope i don't have to work on anything under the dash when the seats are installed.
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I installed the gauge bezel for a test fit since I had the aftermarket gauges in the dash. I also held the lower dash assembly that goes under the steering column to see how it fits. Now to refinish the gauge bezel so I can install it and finish up the lower assembly.
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There's a bunch of little things that needs to happen as I keep installing the dash pieces. I also need to pick a steering wheel. I'm not finding anything that I'm really happy with from the photos. I might just have to drive to the summit store and check the wheels out in person.
 
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Took the time to tape the aluminum trip on the gauge bezel off. Was going to prep and paint the black section but turns out I was out of SEM Landau Black and as per order statement the new cans won't be in till Monday. So, the gauge bezel will sit till Monday.
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Went through the process of using my copper pipe and heating torch to cut the carpet for the seat belt bolts and the seat bolts. Once I got all of the holes punched I installed the new seatbelts and then the seats. The Dash is mostly complete minus the gauge bezel. It was strange to sit in the camaro looking at a mostly complete dash now.

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Playing with the steering wheel, I put the old one back in just to get a feel for the size and look. They still sell this style but my understanding is the horn button has a lot left to be desired as others complain about it popping out. Make since as this car has never had a functional horn button.

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Since I have several trims waiting for the cans of SEM paint to come in, I'll probably do some cleaning and then I should pull the carburetor off to give it a cleaning and make the adjustments to it so I'm not chasing my tail when I start it back up. Oh, and I should get some transmission fluid as the transmission is still low, I'm sure.
 
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Cody, maybe I missed it, are you wanting an aftermarket wheel or have you considered finding an OEM wheel?

Interior is looking great!

As much as I like the look of the original rope steering wheel that came on the 1979 camaro, I hate the feeling.

So, I found an aftermarket wheel that I plan to install once it comes in the mail. I had 5 picked and was going back and forth with which one to get. Ended up going with a forever sharp steering wheel.
 
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Cody, interior looks great. Can't wait to see the new steering wheel installed and some smoky burnouts! :ROFLMAO:
You and me both!


so update from last night. I took the carb off and overall it was clean, other than stale fuel but not varnish and a stuck electric choke gasket. So, I rinsed out the old fuel from the bowls and replaced the electric choke housing gasket. I also adjusted the idle screw to only have a square of the idle transition slot exposed and set the idle mixture screws at 1.5 turnout. The way it was currently, almost all of the idle slot was exposed and the idle mixture screw was not uniform, so left idle screw was out 3 turns and the right was out half a turn. after reinstalling the carburetor, I checked to make sure timing was good and when the harmonic balancer was set at 0* I pulled the distributor cap to check the rotor's location. Apparently, the timing is advanced a good bit and I'm expecting that with the long duration (230/236 at .050") of a cam I have installed in the engine. Crossing my finger that I can get this engine tuned but we will see. Another issue with having a project started from 25 years ago is I lost the distributor springs to adjust the mechanical timing. So I had to order a new distributor spring kit for the MSD distributor so I can adjust the mechanical timing. I'm sure with the long duration cam, I need to get more timing in the system upon start up. I will pick up non-ethanol fuel today after work to pour into the camaro fuel tank.
 
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So, we took a trip to Yeelowstone the past 2 weeks. Something we have been planning for a couple of years. It was a great time and I enjoyed the site in Yellowstone. So much that I took almost 2,400 photos. So i need to do some deleting of junk photos and keep the good ones in a folder. But here are some random photos.

Here we are at the eastern entrance,
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A grizzly bear was spotted on our first day. This was a photo taken through my spotting scope.
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View,
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Spotted several Sinclair dinos.
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Lots of Bisons.
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Old Faithful during a cold snowy day,
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Here is a black bear cub that crossed the road in front of our car, maybe 10ft away. Momma bear already crossed the road and was looking back at the cub telling it to come on!
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We spent 8 days in wyoming and Montana but only spent 4 days in yellowstone due to others in the party wanting to see other site that I feel was a waste of time. But, that's how it goes when you travel with multiple people.

Of course I came home to a list of things to do cause nobody else was doing it while I was gone. So lets get back to normal routine.
 
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Upon returning home, I was greated with my new steering wheel in the stack of mail. So I took the time to install the steering wheel over the weekend. This is a Forever Sharp 14" double barrel maghogany, very nice unit and the installation kit was a great quality unit. I like the horn button as it's a better made unit then the old grant steering wheel button I had.
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I also hooked up my shop vac to the exhaust system via the discharge port of the shop vac to create enough air volume pressure in the exhaust system to find the leaks I was hearing during tuning. I got a couple header gaskets on order and also collector gaskets. The header to head gasket were installed back when I was in high school so I can only guess what brand they were. So I'm just going to replace them and also inspect the sealing area of the headers.
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While under the car looking at the bubbles I saw that transmission fluid had leaked out. So I need to put the car on jack stands again and look at the transmission closer. I'm unsure of where the leak is coming from but this thing is starting to wear me thin with it's leaking issue.
 
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Your wheel matches the shade of your dash inlay for sure!
I wanted something that could bring the aluminum, tan, and black all together and I think the wheel was a good choice. Now to see how I like it when I'm driving the camaro.


THis weekend though is filled with activities, but I'm hoping I can get the header gaskets replaced so I can get back to tuning the car. The exhaust leak was making me concerned that I was having a lifter issue.
 
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Lately I got a rash of lawnmowers in the shop and so I was busy getting those mowers repaired and sold. I'll be selling the last one today and then I need to strip the junk mowers for parts to put in my collection for future mowers.

But, I've had a project that's been nagging me for awhile and I wanted to get it knocked out while I was burnt out in the garage with mowers. I had my mother mail me a box of scouting stuff I had kept in my parent's closet. According to the marking on the box it was 13 years ago when she mailed it to me. So, it was time to get the project done or else throw everything away as I'm still purging the closets.

Here is my shadow box for my Boy Scout badges and patches I've collected from my scouting days. I want to get a small plague engraved for the upper left corner with my name, year I got my eagle, and possibly troop and town. I'm still brainstorming but I'll get it figured out when I get the plague made.

I used a shadow box from Michael's craft store as I was just wanting to knock this project out, instead of over complicating it. This stuff has been in a flat rate box for 13 years so it's a major improvement.

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Photo is kind of dark, but I also cut my scout belt down for the top border, kind of hard to see. I also have my cub scout and Weblo stuff too. I'm not sure that will get in a shadow box though. I wanted to get the winkles out of the neck chief but that vinyl is old and what little heat I did put on it was giving me a bad feeling, so I aborted on anymore ironing.

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So being hard of hearing, I tend to have an issue of not being able to hear people coming in the garage. It’s worst when I’m watching the tv during breaks cause I’m facing away from the door. So, I decided to move the tv and put it on the wall where I can still watch it while working but also see the front door.

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New location,
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Boom! Tv mounted on the wall!


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Still a work in progress, yes the wall is unfinished, but future plans says the unfinished wall don’t matter and I didn’t want to spend too much time on this project. I’ll clean the wires up some and build a little shelf for the cable box though.

Also, I started stripping junk engines for bits and pieces to keep and get the blocks ready for the scrap man. Just trying to condense the amount of junk I have in the shop and throwing anything useless away.
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None the less, I’m slowly eating away at the organizing elephant project that’s bugging me these days. Also, I have one more lawnmower to tend to and then I’ll pull the headers to swap the gaskets out on the camaro.

Progress is progress though!
 
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Just some update, garden is starting to produce some vegetables. Been getting a few jalapeños a day and a bunch of cherry tomatoes. Took the the to stake the plants up today as there’s a bunch of large tomatoes growing that’s been on the ground.
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On Forth of July I smoked a brisket and some ribs, here’s the start of 18hrs of cooking time. Started at 9pm Wednesday night and was up several time during the night.
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I found my SK 1/4” ratchet and craftsman breaker bar that I picked up while in Cody, Wyoming. Mother in law wanted to go to a pawn shop and of course I mossy over to the tools. Found these two for $2
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I got the header gasket changed out, apparently I had copper gaskets in place but sadly my headers are warped enough that I needed to double up on Fel-Pro 1426 gasket to get them to seal. I still need to reinstall the driver side spark plug wires and the ac compressor. Then change out the collector gaskets or inspect them closer to see why they are leaking.

Old copper gasket
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Passed the leak test, with new gaskets.
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I also sold one of the 30 gallons air compressor over the weekend. Now there’s just one 30gallon air compressor.
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Need to clean out that shelf assembly and get rid of what’s no good and clean it up for other parts that’s scattered around the garage.

That’s not everything but that’s the highlight of the weekend.
 
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Afew updates.

As i mentioned in another thread, I had to replace the battery in my truck. It was dated in 2017 so I say I got 7 good years out of it. Replaced it with an interstate battery but still need to paint the hold down bracket. I needed the truck, so it got put to work as soon as the new battery was installed. The old one seems to have developed a leak and some corrosion was happening.
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If you ever have a chance to buy a PowerSmart lawnmower, just run away. It has to be one of the top 5 crappy designed lawnmower. It's a horizontal motor that was converted into a vertical mower via gears, pulley, and belts. Apparently, this lady hit a tin can and it caused the bearing carrier to self-destruct. Very crappy design for what I think is a use up what we have situation.

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Went through the shelf area and got rid of some **** and placed some of it out to sell. Still need to purge some more but this is what my mind wouldn't allow me to get rid of yet. One shelf is still a bunch of parts I need to install on the camaro so it will clear itself in the near future.
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Dishwasher in the kitchen was not cleaning the dishes well. So, I sat there while the washer was running, and I would randomly open the door to see what was happening inside. I figured out that the upper two arms were not spinning. Based on my knowledge of dishwasher I knew it was all about pressure that would spin those arms. So, after careful inspections of the sealed area that carries water to the arms, and not seeing any defects I decided to pull the washer out to inspect the pump assembly.
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In my hast to get the washer back together before the wife came home, I didn't get pictures. But basically, there were some little bits of trash in the inlet filter that was keeping the inner piece from spinning freely.

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The whole point of this assembly is you don't have to deal with small food particles as this was supposed to chop it up before it went down the drain. I guess this little bit of paper and gunk is all it needs to stop spinning and allow proper pressure to be achieve.
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Oh well, at least now I know what to look for and how the dishwasher comes apart.

Then I took the time to clean out the wood room as this area has been bothering me.
What I started with,
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After pulling out junk and cutting up random wood that's good for the fireplace I was rewarded with an area that I can now walk into and pick what I need. I still need to go thru the stuff on the wall but, this was a good start in the room.

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This weekend is full of activities and chores, so I might not get much garage time. We will see.
 
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A task that I’ve not looked forward to, setting the timing up.

Took the time tonight to pull the distributor and adjust the timing advance and limits. First let’s take off the cap.
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Then I marked the rotor angle and vacuum advance canister location.
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On the table to make it easier to adjust.
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Changed the bushing for the fat black one to limit timing advance to 18*.
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Took a picture of the PN of the distributor as I forgot which one I had.
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Good thing I kept this old gutted distributor housing, it makes adjusting the oil pump shaft alignment a breeze.
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I got the distributor back in place and all attached. Just forgot to get a finished picture. The setting is now 16* initial timing with 34* total timing by 3,200 rpm.

Was going to start it to set initial timing again but the battery was weak. So I just disconnected the battery and put the battery tender on it. Maybe tomorrow I’ll tinker with it.
 
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This morning before I took off to pickle fest with the kids, I got to tinker with the camaro and found the distributor was off by a tooth. So I need to pull the distributor again and reset the timing. 🤦🏻‍♂️
 
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