Above 1200 Sq/FT Garage Refurb®

[NUTTSGT]

"we have a nice garage and a dumpy looking house"

Hi
The house, garage & workshop have come a long way in that time.
You have done a great job, & i have enjoyed coming a long for the ride.
It makes me tired just thinking of all the work completed. LOL
Keep it up & have a

Thank you for the compliment Jeff, it's greatly appreciated. Even though the majority of the work is done, there's always a few odds and ends to do, nevermind the honey-do list.

 

[xtremek]

Eric, since you're done, and since you did such a fantastic job, I'd be really greatful of you dropped by my place and helped me out. Heck, I'd be willing to pay your gas and feed you. :

 

[NUTTSGT]

I'm sure something will come up before I can make that trip up north to give you a hand.

 

[Joe-R]

Re: Garage Refurb

Hi Eric,

I finally reached the end of your fine thread, so I thought I would make a comment or two. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing! You did a great job, stayed within your means and did most of the work yourself. You're living the American dream as best I can tell. I appreciate your service to your country and your community as a fire fighter as well!

I do have one smarty pants question though. How come a bleeds-Ford-blue kinda guy painted his air lines Chevy engine orange???

I'm working on my black iron pipe airlines in my garage right now. Your installation looks very clean!

Take care,
Joe

 

[NUTTSGT]

Re: Garage Refurb

Hi Eric,

I finally reached the end of your fine thread, so I thought I would make a comment or two. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing! You did a great job, stayed within your means and did most of the work yourself. You're living the American dream as best I can tell. I appreciate your service to your country and your community as a fire fighter as well!

I do have one smarty pants question though. How come a bleeds-Ford-blue kinda guy painted his air lines Chevy engine orange???

I'm working on my black iron pipe airlines in my garage right now. Your installation looks very clean!

Take care,
Joe

Thanks for the compliments Joe, they are appreciated.

As for the answer to your question, well, I guess since I don't have a cooler for the air lines, they're full of hot air. Chevy orange made perfect sense.



Honestly, one of the factories I worked at, the plumbing in the compressor room was all painted orange. I thought it looked good and decided to go with it and it adds a bit of color to the garage.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Added a little funnel storage out in the garage today, just another facet of doing little things to make life easier.

Simply nothing more than a piece of all-thread and a piece of steel bent just over 90°.

Funnels sit higher thna what the drain pan so as not to interfere with it.


I bent it slight more so that any oil that is still in the funnel will drip down off the end and not towards the wall. They are positioned so if they do drip, they do it right over the oil barrel...no fuss no muss.

 

[Rui Duarte]

Nice attention to detail. Well built!


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[dpljmurphy]

Added a little funnel storage out in the garage today, just another facet of doing little things to make life easier.

great idea: thanks!

 

[rmalkow2]

AhHa moment. Of all the ways I've tried to store funnels over the years I never thought of this simple and effective method. Stealing this one from you. Thanks for another simple learning experience on GJ.

 

[NUTTSGT]

AhHa moment. Of all the ways I've tried to store funnels over the years I never thought of this simple and effective method. Stealing this one from you. Thanks for another simple learning experience on GJ.

It was an Ah Ha moment.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Small little update and something I have been meaning to do for awhile. My compressor has always drained inside and leaves water on the floor. I was going to plumb it to drain outside but when I added the shed in the back corner, I didn't want to drain it into there.



The gears started turning and I looked at what plumbing supplies I had that i could make work. I came up with this concoction. I'll be going through the block foundation so the brake line will work great being small.

 

[NUTTSGT]

You might have noticed the hole in the wall in the post above by the compressor. I did that when I was working on the house and garage to get the air hose outside. This is what was outside to cover the hole, an outdoor electrical cover.



This is the area I had to span and try to keep it out of the way.

 

[NUTTSGT]

It just a matter of some 2 hole straps, an old air hose that was fraying at one of the fittings, drilling through a concrete block and getting to work.



Kinda hard to see the brake line but youcan see teh concrete dust where I drilled through the block.



Done, tested and it works. Mark that small detail off the to-do list.

 

[dpljmurphy]

Nicely documented, thanks! Do you manually drain the tank or do you have one of those programmable drain valves? David

 

[NUTTSGT]

Nicely documented, thanks! Do you manually drain the tank or do you have one of those programmable drain valves? David

Manual , I swapped out the petcock years for a ball valve.

 

[BuickFarmer]

Still stayin busy I see, good job as always! KUTGW

 

[NUTTSGT]

Been awhile since I've been able to do much. The new pup has kept me out of the garage and in the house or out back watching him. Something that has been bugging me since I sided the garage, is a couple of pieces of siding. On the back of the garage and around the corner, I put two pieces in rather than one piece.

I think my reasoning at the time was to try to save some siding to make sure I had enough. I bought some open box siding and was limited at the time but ended up needing more. Now that time has passed and I had plenty of siding leftover, I went up into the house garage attic and grabbed some out of the box.

"PB, where's my picture I uploaded?" EDIT: There it is...


Popped it loose and lifted up the next course..



once it was back in place, went around the corner to repeat.



What I didn't take a picture of was another mistake that I corrected on the back of the garage. I accidently put two short pieces atop each other. I never saw it until I was done, stepped back and saw it immediately. I was so pissed at myself, that I walked away from it. I used one of the pices I pulled off to remedy the problem.

 

[Motown 454]

Hi Eric! Isn't it amazing the little things that can drive you crazy!!

 

[Strouty]

I step away for a while and you have to go making fun of Chevy guys.......

Looking good, the funnel storage is simple and effective for sure. No more water on the floor from the compressor must feel nice too. Siding looks great, someday I hope to make my shop look a lot nicer, but I am working in stages right now and that is way down on the to do list. Have a great weekend!

 

[NUTTSGT]

I made this post over in the WTF pic thread.

A storm rolled through last night and I've never seen this happen, nor do I know where it came from. . . . Block wall, firring strips/insulation, covered with OSB and vinyl siding.

edit: As of this date, 10/22/17, I have never got water in this area again.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Hi Eric! Isn't it amazing the little things that can drive you crazy!!

I'm no professional siding guy by any means but once you do it, you can nitpick all the little mistakes. I've got a few items I'd like to change on the house but I really don't feel like opening that can of worms.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I step away for a while and you have to go making fun of Chevy guys.......

Looking good, the funnel storage is simple and effective for sure. No more water on the floor from the compressor must feel nice too. Siding looks great, someday I hope to make my shop look a lot nicer, but I am working in stages right now and that is way down on the to do list. Have a great weekend!

LOL, I believe I was only responding to a Chevy guy.

I've done all mine in stages. I used do do an interior project every Winter. Once I found GJ, poured the new floor, it started to steam roll. Making this thread is what really got it going, I owe the guys here for the motivation and keeping me going.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Hung the new air reel last night. Now it's time to do some more air line plumbing, well, atleast break that vertical line with a "tee".

 

[Vernmotor]

water leaks ****!! very hard to find at times.. maybe the wind blew it up under something and you will never see it again

 

[NUTTSGT]

water leaks ****!! very hard to find at times.. maybe the wind blew it up under something and you will never see it again

That's what I'm thinking. The fascia on that side of the garage isn't very straight and a little wavy...prior to me. When I trimmed it out and wrapped, I got some bows in the coil stock because of it. The result, I think there is a bow raight in that area as I saw no evidence of leaks in the attic.

I gues the cure would be to rewrap that fascia with shorter pieces rather than 10 footers. I think that would take some of the bow out of it.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I snapped this picture a little bit ago. I cleaned the garage up tonight and started to do a few things to the Mustang after having it back out since '07 at the track.



Sometimes, it's nice to work in the garage rather than on it.

 

[razrbak94]

"Sometimes, it's nice to work in the garage rather than on it."
I hear ya... lots of love for the four-eye.

 

[captain14]

Just sitting and driving the Mustang brings back some old memories I bet after 9 years!

 

[NUTTSGT]

"Sometimes, it's nice to work in the garage rather than on it."
I hear ya... lots of love for the four-eye.

Thanks

Just sitting and driving the Mustang brings back some old memories I bet after 9 years!

It does and I was hoping the new engine would last longer than a few passes down the track too.

 

[jbmatth]

It does and I was hoping the new engine would last longer than a few passes down the track too.

Does that mean the engine let loose on you? If so that is a bummer, buuuuttttt, now you have a good excuse to build it bigger, faster, and stronger!
JB

 

[Bob Heine]

Hung the new air reel last night. Now it's time to do some more air line plumbing, well, atleast break that vertical line with a "tee".

Eric, I see you are using Flexzilla hose on your reel. I bought one (a few years ago) and ended up replacing the 3/8" rubber hoses with 1/2" Flexzillas (50- and 25-foot reels). Now I look for opportunities to add to the collection. I think my garden hoses are next.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Does that mean the engine let loose on you? If so that is a bummer, buuuuttttt, now you have a good excuse to build it bigger, faster, and stronger!
JB

No, this motor is still together other an issue with the distributor. Basically, the last engine I had in the car I put together in 2000 and it lasted until 2007 when it literally came apart down the center. I'm using a stock 302 block again but this one has a short fill of hard block in it to strengthen it.

I was hoping not to see this again... this was a stock block (30 over) with a 150 shot and 10.5 comp.



This is the new one, which is bigger, better components with more comp.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Eric, I see you are using Flexzilla hose on your reel. I bought one (a few years ago) and ended up replacing the 3/8" rubber hoses with 1/2" Flexzillas (50- and 25-foot reels). Now I look for opportunities to add to the collection. I think my garden hoses are next.

Bob, that is a Flexzilla reel and hose combo that I bought at TSC. I have it mounted but still haven't got it hooked up.

I also bought a section of Flexzilla garden hose and it's soft and supple like their air hose.

 

[razrbak94]

Block failure! What did you go back with?

 

[rixtrix1]

I've never seen such a catastrophic incident with a 302, especially with only a 150 shot! Did the engine hydrolock, or bottom end just come apart at high rpm?

It is nice to see a car shot in your garage; Mustang looks nice.

 

[Bob Heine]

I've never seen such a catastrophic incident with a 302, especially with only a 150 shot!

Sadly, I think that is one of the more common failures. You get a fair number of similar pictures when you google "Ford 302 Cracked Block":

From what I understand it starts with the main bearing cap bolts and when the cam bore opens up, the block breaks right down the middle. There is no cure but a Dart block does prevent it.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Block failure! What did you go back with?

The new build is balanced with Probe pistons, **** crank and rods. It's a .030 over stock block with a half fill of HardBlock topped with a Vic Jr and ported TFS Twisted Wedge heads.

I've never seen such a catastrophic incident with a 302, especially with only a 150 shot! Did the engine hydrolock, or bottom end just come apart at high rpm?

It is nice to see a car shot in your garage; Mustang looks nice.

Well, keep in mind it was together for 7 years and it was a stock block, rods and crank. I did polish the beams and added ARP rod bolts. I swapped out the stock balancer for a Summit SFI balancer and now look back and think that may have created some balance issues. I had a few bolts back out after I made the balancer swap and never paid much mind to it at the time.

The bottom end pretty much gave up the ghost during a track rental. I generally run True Street in FFW(defunct), NMRA and NMCA. 30 mile cruise, no refueling, no tuning or opening the hood and using a DOT tire. You get a 30 minute cool down then make 3 back to back passes for a 3 run average.


I started this thread a few years back and there's more pictures to loook at.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92945

 

[NUTTSGT]

Sadly, I think that is one of the more common failures. You get a fair number of similar pictures when you google "Ford 302 Cracked Block":

From what I understand it starts with the main bearing cap bolts and when the cam bore opens up, the block breaks right down the middle. There is no cure but a Dart block does prevent it.

Unfortunately the block is pretty thin which you doesn't realize until it is too late. The general consensus is the block will handle 400 horsepower easily, move up to 450 and you better have a handle on your tune. At 500 flywheel horsepower, you can pretty much bet you're on borrowed time. I see two my pics came up in the Google search and have seen links to my Corral thread (same topic) on several other websites. I'm not the first to split a block, nor will I be the last, but many have said it's the best documented with pictures.

Granted, there are guys that have got away with alot more HP but they are mostly turbo cars with a good tune and bring the power on slowly. I've tried to adhere to the following....

Don't race it, if you're afraid to break.

 

[jbmatth]

I've heard of the 302's doing that but haven't ever actually seen one, but hanen't looked either. That is impressive, makes for some cool paper weights. Does the 351w have the same issues as the 302's?
JB

 

[dlcwent]

Eric, I just stopped by to catch up as it's been awhile and I haven't had to call on you for any help lately.

Thanks for sharing the trip down memory lane. I'm sure you are finding it hard to believe those pictures are from over a decade ago. Great job on all the reno you've done.........