What did you do "IN" your garage today?

[rharman]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Ha ha, yeah that's been bugging the hell outta me too.
(Now that I look at it, the scratched paint and cob webs bug me too!)

You guys don't miss ANYTHING, do ya?

I'll do it and replace the photo so no one will know what a half-asser I was

Home Depot / Lowes sells some little plastic shims to push those out flush.

 

[phy6]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Well, my babies might come today or tomorrow so I'm in cleanup mode.

Mowed the lawn
Installed 9 lights above work benches--still need to wire them
Put up an old car audio banner
Swept the floor
Welded new casters on a Dolly seat.
Cleared and wiped down tables and lift.
Put away tools and organized tool box.
Filed down a vise I've been skim coating with jb weld.
Installed two air hose reels on the wall.
Cleaned up waste oil container area.

It may be a long time until I can play in the garage again.

 

[e-tek]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Well, my babies might come today or tomorrow so I'm in cleanup mode.

Mowed the lawn
Installed 9 lights above work benches--still need to wire them
Put up an old car audio banner
Swept the floor
Welded new casters on a Dolly seat.
Cleared and wiped down tables and lift.
Put away tools and organized tool box.
Filed down a vise I've been skim coating with jb weld.
Installed two air hose reels on the wall.
Cleaned up waste oil container area.

It may be a long time until I can play in the garage again.

Wow - quite the list! I'm sure you'll feel better about having it left in a clean state. Concentrate on those babies now!

 

[phy6]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Wow - quite the list! I'm sure you'll feel better about having it left in a clean state. Concentrate on those babies now!

Thanks Etek! I'll finally be a Dad within 4 days. It's amazingly motivating.
Hopefully we'll make it to the hospital, and I won't have to post our babies' birth under 'What did you do in your garage today?".

 

[zmotorsports]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Well, my babies might come today or tomorrow so I'm in cleanup mode.

Mowed the lawn
Installed 9 lights above work benches--still need to wire them
Put up an old car audio banner
Swept the floor
Welded new casters on a Dolly seat.
Cleared and wiped down tables and lift.
Put away tools and organized tool box.
Filed down a vise I've been skim coating with jb weld.
Installed two air hose reels on the wall.
Cleaned up waste oil container area.

It may be a long time until I can play in the garage again.

Enjoy the new babies and being a father. Try to get some rest as you probably won't get much for the next little while.

Mike.

 

[zmotorsports]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Had a client bring their Mazda 6 in for their 90k mile service. I love it when people actually have their vehicles serviced properly and keep them maintained. It makes life so much less frustrating.

I flushed and serviced the cooling system, serviced transmission, replaced spark plugs and both upstream O2 sensors. Replaced all four brake rotors/pads and found both calipers on the left side leaking so replaced them. Replaced T-stat, trunk struts which were toast, wiper blades and replaced the front struts and rear shocks.

They were contemplating a new car and I advised them that 87k miles was nothing on the newer cars if they have been maintained correctly (which I feel their had been). I told them by spending a couple of thousand dollars on it now would be advisable and they they should be able to get at least that many more miles out of it. They have four kids in college right now so I suggested they do a major service on the car and it should last until the kids are out of college.

Mike.

 

[concealer404]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Worked on a thing.

Sandblasted a bunch of stuff. (And painted, but didn't take pics of finished products, oops.)

 

[trbomax]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Started out putting away 300 bales of hay for the mules,then it started raining so we quit ans I welded up this gas tank strap for my buds 359 pete.

 

[trbomax]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Started out putting away 300 bales of hay for the mules,then it started raining so we quit that and I welded up this busted fuel tank strap for my buds 359 pete.

 

[quick60]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Repaired a pesky cabin leak on my 2008 GMC 2500. There is a plastic cover below the windshield that I guess is an access for the cabin air filter. Had a crack in it so I used plastic weld to close it back up. For good measure sealed the edges of the whole cover.

Also replaced the horn relay on the 93 Miata.

 

[Vegaman_Dan]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Showed off my newly epoxy coated floor in the garage to friends whom promptly stepped right out on it- before I had a chance to verify it was fully cured. Thankfully it had been done the day before and no harm done.

Then replaced a kitchen sink. Woo. While I would normally toss the old sink, now I'm pondering if I could make a parts washer or something out of it. Hmm.

 

[dtep]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Did my first car-related work in my still-under-construction garage when I changed the oil in my van. I haven't made that big of a mess at that task since I was a teenager. I pulled the drain plug and went to grab lunch. The breeze (no doors yet) blew the newspaper that was under the drain pan up over the edge of the pan. Of course the oil landed on the paper which channeled it over the edge of the pan onto my new polished, and thankfully sealed, floor. I broke the place in before it was even shingled.

 

[1507dennis]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Finished restoring an old oil lubester.....

 

[mothgrey]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Finished restoring an old oil lubester.....

That's awesome

 

[41ratrod]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Got started on my next project car a 1957 Hillman Husky two door wagon.
It been setting in a barn for years and still runs.

 

[lh4x4]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Did the 5,000 mile service on a 2012 Road Glide Custom. My cost for oil and filter under $40. Dealers charge for the same service is $305.

Used the HF high lift. I have used HF stuff since the mid 80's and have never had an issue or problem with them. From floor jacks to micrometers, my garage is loaded with HF stuff. Saved a fortune over the years.

This is my 10 Ultra up on the HF high lift for the 20,000 mile service.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Not exactly IN my garage but all the parts came from my garage.

I (finally) ran the conduits and wiring for my exterior patio fans. Damned near electrocuted myself in the process but that's another story.

A little hard to see in this photo but I'm pleased with it.

 

[don long]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

I finally found the time to reoriganize my workshop, my nut and bolt bins
put together in one place, move my tool boxes and gain some wall space.
Create a polishing area and discover my stainless work bench again.

I put primer on my Alemite work bench and every wednesday nite a few of my buddies come over to work on something so I moved my 55 cadillac baritz
into the shop to pull the gas tank and change a bad gasket under the sending unit.
before

after

before

after

 

[Kevin54]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

I don't know what's better, the Lubester or the chair beside it. I got yelled at so many time as a kid sitting in those chairs, leaning back and bouncing it. Man they were comfy fo an outdoor chair. BTW...The Lubster looks FANTASTIC!!!!

I see you have Jerrod from Storage Wars helping you out.

 

[zmotorsports]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Last night I replaced a bad harmonic balancer on a customers Buick LeSabre 3.8l engine.

I then had another customer bring by a rear subframe off of one of his quads that was broken. I was impressed that this guy actually thought ahead and took measurements of what it needed to be when welded back together. I tack welded a vertical piece to my welding bench to mock the sub-frame into the correct postion and then welded the broken piece back on. He called me back when he got home and informed me that it bolted right on.

Like an idiot I didn't take any pictures as I was just trying to get done to close up the shop. It was hot as hell last night.

Mike.

 

[BWS]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Found the difference between a metric 1.75 thread and a U.S. 14 TPI.....it ain't much.

But the blankety blank German,more blankety blanks,tablesaw taking up residence in assembly area found the difference.....in a rather funny way.Similar to stepping,blindfolded off a loading dock.Back to work,ya'll have a great afternoon.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Ok, its official...I HATE you!

Geez, I wish I had ONE of those bolt bin, organizer things let alone how many you have. I keep an eye on Craigslist but not only do I never see them if I did I probably STILL couldn't afford them.

 

[vartz04]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Pulled the truck out and went to work. It is so nice parking inside a garage. I can't wait until winter its going to be even better.

I really need to get the roof insulation done by then.

 

[FlyBy]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Reorganized some drawers in the toolboxes and realized that the depth of my drawers + number of drawers *****.

I'd really like a deep toolbox, anyone want to donate?

 

[MoparTrucks]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Is that steel chair a reproduction Kevin or did you redo an antique? It looks like new and looks comfortable.

 

[egnorant]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Repaired the door handles on a 1998 Oldsmobile Aurora.
Original plastic L-shaped pieces now have 2 pins and a metal back brace.
$38,000 car and the door handles are designed to break.

Also finished running circuit #4 and the switch wiring for the overheads and outside lights.
Then I realized I didn't like how Circuit 1,2 and 3 were run so I fixed 3 and 2 and eliminated circuit 1. Circuit 1 was really just a quick drop to an outlet so I could run a drill, fan and radio while I worked.

Bruce

 

[Shootingdad2]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Just sat and relaxed! Just spent last 2 days in hospital, fighting a bout of pneumonia.
Asking prayers for a high-school friend who is a Louisiana State Trooper and all folks being affected by Isaac! God Speed Trooper MT! Prayers for u and ur family

 

[pentavolvo]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Did Brake Pads on my 08 Durango then swept garage out

 

[dmw56]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Before:

After:

Rebuilt the carb:

Click on pic for video

 

[Nick-NY]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

I cleaned off the top of my toolbox before posting it for sale in the classifieds.
still have to empty the drawers.

 

[930dreamer]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

I have five days off starting tonight.

 

[tribbles]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Cleaned engine parts and chased threads in preparation to put that damn 3400 V6 back together this weekend.

 

[ATC]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

I made a bracket for my new lights. There's a company out there that sells them for $45 + shipping No way I am paying that. About 2 hours later, including cleanup, I have the bracket made for only $7

 

[BWS]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Got the Kawasaki all fixed,buttoned up and ready for customer to throw it down the rd again?Turned out pretty nice,all things consider'd.Little cast alum welding,paint/body and a mid-pipe...he supplied new endcan.Did a down N dirty check on frame alignment and....said,"ship it",haha.

 

[joemustang]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Well I cleaned it "the garage" to get ready for my new to me 4 post lift on Tuesday.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Threw the extension cord out the overhead door to plug in and charge the radar unit and put the black pipe fittings out there that I picked up today.

 

[930dreamer]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

I finally got around to these two repairs. I used the Legacy Industrial Super Duty Epoxy Mortar kit. The directions were a little vague 9# part A & 2.2# part B + aggregate. I measured out 9 oz. part A and 2.2 oz part B, added the aggregate until it was peanut butter consistency.

 

[KCarGuy]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

I picked up a Second Vehicle for My Son and His Wife, for Free. (well...did some electrical work for a guy and he was buying a new Car)
A 1998 Plymouth Grand Voyager SE with 116,000 mile on it.
Spent Yesterday, going through it, cleaning it up, fixing a few small issues.

Then my Brother-in-Law came over with his Lawn Mower that wouldnt start.
Took it apart and cleaned the carb, gave it a Bit of a tune up...Got it running again.
Drank a Few Beers with My Bro-in-law, Nephew and Son.

Later, Everyone took there stuff home and I started cleaning my Garage up.
Good Day when everyone is Happy!

 

[zporta]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

I added a sliding drawer to my toolbox, ran out of room in my plier drawer.

Had a buddy bend me up some metal and coat it for me

Ran some aluminum angle across the front and back for it to slide on

Sorry about the bad pics

 

[Scuderia-F1]

Re: what did you do in your garage today?

Changed a rear wheel bearing on the GF´s Fiat 500!