Duker, what is your daughter driving that requires six lug wheels and dual piston calipers? A larger SUV?
And yes, pride in workmanship is a scarce commodity these days.
Ok so projects in the shop have been a little sparse as we were preparing to sell our house. Good news those house projects are done and it’s back to the ranch for more fun projects.
The only thing accomplished lately was a brake job and oil change for my daughters car. I mentioned in my Barn thread that I had never done a disc brake job which I knew I would catch some grief on and which I fully deserved. I have to say it was a much easier job than I thought it would be. I am not going to lie, I might have YouTubed for a little guidance in the reassembly part! Here is me test fitting parts to be sure I was on the right track and then I dissembled and cleaned up the new rotors and brackets. I will be doing my own brakes from now on as I dug through my daughters receipts in the glove box (one of the few rules of mine she follows) to see who did the brakes previously because I wanted to drive there and castrate the SOB. The rotor retaining screw was missing on both sides, which while not critical shows sloppy work so a trip the parts store fixed that issue. However, the bottom pad retaining clips on both calipers were missing. I don’t know if this was a safety issue but it certainly caused the pad to wear unevenly which is what was causing the sound and the pulsating she mentioned that made me want to check the brakes. I won’t name the company but let’s just say they had a scandal about their tires on Fords a few years back.
Anyway, I scored points with my wife and came a little closer to justifying my lift!
As an aside, I hope I am not violating any rules but I will be selling my Snap On 5HP 60 gallon air compressor as I bought a new 10Hp 80 gallon for the metal shop. If anyone is local or is willing to drive I will make you one hell of a deal as bonus for the pain and suffering of reading through this thread! I would rather not deal with Craigslist and if no one is interested I will give it to a friend of mine so I am serious about making you a good deal. Just PM me if interested.
Here is the compressor.
This is the replacement....
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Good show on the brake job D. Plus you’ve earned a holy hell man on the new compressor. What are you planning on doing that needs that much capacity or was it a GJ Duke the tool man moment
Hey Duker,
Just found this thread for the first time and enjoyed reading through it. You've picked up a lot of nice equipment at auctions over the years. I'm starting to keep an eye on the local auctions and picked up a few things at one last summer; it's amazing how little some stuff goes for.
I'll take your compressor off your hands; you deliver to Washington, right?
I'm curious what those wannabe thieves were thinking pulling the ignition out of your truck. I haven't researched new vehicles' anti-theft systems in depth but I know that without the right key or a hacked ECM the vehicle isn't going anywhere under its own power.
So how is that South Bend lathe coming along?
Man that metal shop is looking GOOD!
So whats this Gearwrench ratcheting tap wrench your speak of? And you can't just drop a teaser like that about the back of the steel rack and then leave us hanging
Working 70 to 80 hour weeks has killed most of my shop time. I thought being sequestered at the barn would give me some more free time but other than a sprinkler system for my wife most of my projects have come to a screeching halt...
I did manage to finish the wiring of the metal shop. One of my challenges was when I installed the electrical boxes I installed the wrong kind for the wall plates I had planned on using in the shop. Not being an electrician I didn’t realize the double gang boxes I installed would be a problem but my electrician said it would be challenging to find plates to fit. At the time I said I would worry about it later... we’ll later came...
After scouring the web the best solution I could find was these wall plates...
I had to take this plate and convert it to a four screw as I couldn’t find an adapter to work. Some drilling on the mill (which I finally got into place...)
and I ended up with this...
I was going to leave the chrome looking screws as I was tired of messing with it but my OCD couldn’t take it and I have ordered some stainless screws to replace them. See what you people have done to me....
So now I have walls of stainless plates...
I did make a little progress on my steel storage rack...
You might notice in the background my wife’s next project for me... a “free” boat... I told her there is no such thing...
Last but not least... the first shipment of my Christmas present arrived....
Looking forward to playing with it in the next couple of months...
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