Grease Monkey's Lounge

[grease_monkey]

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[DIC]

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[ratdoggy]

First post and it's a really good one

 

[GTO]

I think this post deserves a WTF

 

[TRC51]

Type and "S" for us if you are one those guys who studder online. I'll check back in a month or so to see if you have your first post finished.

 

[TONE]

Looks good! I like all those metal cabinets. What brand are they?

Its cool to see someone who has a grasp on design-function.

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[JC23]

OH, OH, He used you-know-what for air lines. That's gonna leave a mark...

 

[Shop101]

So you fell asleep on your keyboard?

 

[Hylke]

He even had to edit his post because there weren't enough d's??

 

[Kevin54]

OH, OH, He used you-know-what for air lines. That's gonna leave a mark...

OH NO!!!!!!!!!!! He said he used "you know what" for airlines Let the flaming begin

 

[RbrtAWhyt]

"You know what" will work just fine for airlines...

 

[grease_monkey]

hahaha I just came back and found this from 5 years ago... I'm going to finally update this. I've been lurking all along too haha.

I cleaned out the garage today got it to this point. Left side of the 2-car is what I get to work with.

 

[grease_monkey]

I currently only have a 1990 F150 while I'm searching for a replacement car. An E46 M3 should be in the garage come spring!

My old project car that I sold a while back.

Before I removed half of the loft storage in the garage. That opened up a lot of space for me!

 

[grease_monkey]

I like license plates too....got bored and made this:

 

[dubber]

Epic for post. Nice recovery though. Cool garage!

 

[rubberrodder]

Welcome back.

 

[JohnKal]

Love that map!!! You did a great job....

 

[grease_monkey]

Shooting for tomorrow to buy it!
2001 E46 M3 6MT w/ 50k miles

 

[grease_monkey]

Got the M3 home over Easter weekend. Got the old F150 running too but it needs new exhaust, suspension & brakes to be roadworthy.

 

[dubber]

Just went up a notch! Congrats on the German addition to your space.

 

[grease_monkey]

Just went up a notch! Congrats on the German addition to your space.

Thanks! It's a big upgrade for me!

Got a little better aquainted with the car yesterday. This thing is mint!

S54!

Trying to figure a way to add a aux input and bluetooth the the factory Harmon Kardon setup....think I figured out what parts I need to order.

 

[grease_monkey]

I was able to mess around with the car last night and was pretty productive.

Wired in my aux-in retrofit. Sounds pretty good and it's nice to be able to listen to my own tunes in the car! I ended up drilling a hole in the back of the under-radio dash pocket and thats where the aux cable comes out. I stuffed all the wiring behind the dash pocket and tucked everything away nicely.

Then I used some 3M adhesive goop stuff after cleaning up the interior trim pieces hanging on the drivers and passengers side. I used binder clips and painters tape to hold each side for ~1.5 hours to set. It held up overnight so I'm hopeful that this fix will last and I won't need to shell out the $$ for new OEM parts.

Before:

After:

Stupid, I know, but I hung my alien. This little guy was found in a parking lot many moons ago and has hung on the back of my last 3 cars. Can't see him unless you look for em. Keep hanging man!

 

[grease_monkey]

I made some progress on this coffee table I've been working on recently. It's getting there....just need to sand/stain/poly. Also might add some patina to the frame.

 

[dubber]

Sweet coffee table, i dig it!

 

[grease_monkey]

Coffee table update:
The "weathered oak" stain came out great. Just need to throw some poly on it before I can call it done. Thinking I should add a bottle opener to it somewhere too.