What Did You Do In The Garage Today?

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Short Fuse said:
Sorry to hear that I hope it is still under warrenty. Another ECO Bomb goes off.
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over the mileage he has 78k, (lives in fayetteville and works in clinton)
the motor is gonna run 7900$ (so Im helping with the $$)
turbo is good as is a lot of the top end stuff

And to think I was bitching about the price a master cylinder and booster for the jeep.
 
SDIVER2006 said:
over the mileage he has 78k, (lives in fayetteville and works in clinton)
the motor is gonna run 7900$ (so Im helping with the $$)
turbo is good as is a lot of the top end stuff

And to think I was bitching about the price a master cylinder and booster for the jeep.
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Get a low milage motor from LKQ out of a wrecked car. Probably will not be over $1500. 8k is rediculous.
 
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Agree on the junkyard motor. Clearly a worth while investment. Just find a decent shop to do the swap.

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Bringing her home. The 41 is under its own power now. Took it over to our very first fire station where the truck was originally for some pictures this morning before the building gets bulldozed. It is coming out very well. Still have some testing and tweaking to do. Might plan on a motor rebuild next year.

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Very nice work. Good looking truck. My sis use to live in Park West and I've been to Patriots Point. Man that area has grown.
 
78k and they wont warranty it??? WOW

Ive had my Ford for almost 5 years now (5 on New Years Eve), and it's been a great car.
BUT I did have one issue, electrical power steering went out and my model was the only one that doesnt have a recall on it.
Ford ended up making it right, not charging me anything, but I was amazed that with about 60k miles they wouldnt cover it at first.
 
I’ve been working on my wife’s sewing table here and there.
Got to a milestone today with it.

Started with a pile of wood.

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Milled, cut, chopped, sawed, mortised

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Then glued.

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This is all recycled base molding, trim and crown molding that was heading for a dumpster.
Next will be drawer slides, drawers and fronts, front and back aprons and two more legs.
 
Picked up a replacement spring for the tractor Friday. It broke on the last job making the transmission not find neutral easily (hydrostatic drive). Let's just say finishing up the job and loading/unloading needed quite a bit of concentration.

Had some time after yard work to replace it. What a PITA! It needed to be stretched about 1.5" to go over the mount. It was all I could do in the position you needed to get into.

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Had to inspect the brake shoes on the crx after hearing a loud pop. The shoes came apart, high quality bonding...

Does nobody rivet these f'n things on any more???
 
Rotated the tires on my Tahoe. The dealer has been after me for the last two oil changes trying to charge me tons of money. Did it myself in about 20 minutes.

Been working a lot on cleaning up around the garage. Got a lot of stuff moved out that didn't belong there, trying to make enough space for a squat rack.
 
Last weekend I cleaned the detached, mostly just threw wood scraps and boxes in the burn barrel, but I can see the work bench I need to rebuild or replace again.

Yesterday I took on a job for a friend of the wife, bearings failing on a manure spreader, glamorous right? Everything was seized, HF gear puller fail, Snap-On and a little heat for the win, my Mac probably would've done it, but I forgot I had it... One bearing had to be torched. Whoever worked on it previously needs a beating, tightening a set screw into a key way is not an acceptable solution to a spit key, so drilled and tapped that mess. Still what I looked at and saw an hour or two in turned into to probably four including the trip across the county for a better equipped shop and rolled it from done before work into two days. This is why I don't do sidework.

Will add a press of somesort and a torch to my "shop" in 2019, it's time.
 
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Last weekend I cleaned the detached, mostly just threw wood scraps and boxes in the burn barrel, but I can see the work bench I need to rebuild or replace again.

Yesterday I took on a job for a friend of the wife, bearings failing on a manure spreader, glamorous right? Everything was seized, HF gear puller fail, Snap-On and a little heat for the win, my Mac probably would've done it, but I forgot I had it... One bearing had to be torched. Whoever worked on it previously needs a beating, tightening a set screw into a key way is not an acceptable solution to a spit key, so drilled and tapped that mess. Still what I looked at and saw an hour or two in turned into to probably four including the trip across the county for a better equipped shop and rolled it from done before work into two days. This is why I don't do sidework.

Will add a press of somesort and a torch to my "shop" in 2019, it's time.
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I was a service mechanic for farms and dairys back in the day. I've become an expert easyouter and torchman. Their crap was run into the ground and it was never worked on until it stopped moving... Which could either be in knee deep manure or mud. Neither was friendly to dropped tools, nuts or bolts. It was a happy day that it stopped on dry dirt.
 
New alternator, radiator, and thermostat in my 1995 tahoe. Also installed a new head unit and a low profile 12inch subwoofer with built in amplifier. Sounds good.

Now to install the new torsion keys, sway bar end links, new headlight housings, door hinge bushings and the 32inch LED light bar.... I wish I had a garage, I don't have a dry place to work! Lol
 
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Last season I replaced the needle valve and bowl gasket on my Craftsman Leaf Vacuum 3.5HP Circa 1985,
was always hard to start each season, this year after filling with gas and four pumps on the primer
it started on the first pull. :):):) I always run it dry before storage.
 
GoWolfpack said:
Ran my grinder for several hours last week. Tomorrow hopefully grinding some more and maybe even welding. Got to bevel off the edges of everything and do all my surface prep.
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Update: shocked myself welding because of wet gloves. Decided welding in freezing rain is best left to people who get paid for it, not me. I have about 3 inches of decent weld bead to show for about two hours of work. Which, if you're not familiar, isn't good.


Ran my generator to test it out. Turns out it needs ether to get going now, likely due to using old gas in it. Loaded it down with my air compressor and the generator really struggles when the compressor gets almost to full pressure.
 
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GoWolfpack said:
Update: shocked myself welding because of wet gloves. Decided welding in freezing rain is best left to people who get paid for it, not me. I have about 3 inches of decent weld bead to show for about two hours of work. Which, if you're not familiar, isn't good.
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The title of this thread is "In The Garage". What'cha doing outside in the rain?!?
 
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