Continuing Thread: What Are You Fix-It'ing Today?

[911 Rod]

Originally Posted by HobieMarty

It works!!! Yay!!! We have fire!!!
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Time to "spark" one up!

[HobieMarty]

^^^^ Hells Yeah!!!

Thanks Y'all!!!

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[bugstrider]

Does anyone have any recommendations on a good adhesive for upholstery applications for use on the seats of a side by side? The foam cushion has started to separate from the hard molded plastic base. It appears that the maker just used a liquid type of adhesive to attach the two pieces and the type can make the difference.




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[slow&rusty]

I turned this into THIS.

Before:


After:

[greglepore]

Wow. I need to do subframe mounts on my w140 and am dreading the task.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by john70t

What brand of spray bottle for bleach are you using? I bought several ZEP bottles in a row in which the pump failed.
They 'improved' it to last longer. Now the attachment caps break with little torque because it's made too thin.

...

Bleach eventually kills all my spray bottles, pump sprayers, etc. I consider them disposable items .
I alway flush them (even spray bottles) with plain H2O after each use .... delays their demise a bit...

Now that the rain is stopping....

I'm fixin' to go outside

[porsche930dude]

A very successful day of fixing. I got a pressure washer running. Revived two chainsaws with bad fuel lines and one had a messed up carb. Then i fixed a neighbors mower that he couldnt get going. He got a new carb and coil on it and said he checked the timing. I dropped the bowl and a welch plug fell out. I ended up putting the old carb back on. Drained the fuel incase there was water in it. Still didnt pop. So I checked the timing key and it was broke and way off. Started up first pull after that. Then I revived a weedwacker that had bad fuel lines. The chainsaws and wacker were from the curb and I got the pressure washer from a rummage sale. I even put up a shelf for my mother.

[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by porsche930dude

A very successful day of fixing. I got a pressure washer running. Revived two chainsaws with bad fuel lines and one had a messed up carb. Then i fixed a neighbors mower that he couldnt get going. He got a new carb and coil on it and said he checked the timing. I dropped the bowl and a welch plug fell out. I ended up putting the old carb back on. Drained the fuel incase there was water in it. Still didnt pop. So I checked the timing key and it was broke and way off. Started up first pull after that. Then I revived a weedwacker that had bad fuel lines. The chainsaws and wacker were from the curb and I got the pressure washer from a rummage sale. I even put up a shelf for my mother.

That’s a great day!!!


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[porsche930dude]

Add two more to that list I just glued a stool back together and soldered a broken wire on a lamp. This must be some kind of record

[URY914]

I set my last post on my project to replace all the +50 year old 4x4's with proper embeds and upsized lumber. Today was the corner post which was a 6"x 6"x10' which must have weighed 200 pounds.

I put the 6x6 in the back of my truck, lined it up with the embed and dropped the bottom corner down to the catch the edge of the embed. I slowly backed up the truck and up stood the post. I clamped on some plywood to keep it lined up. A few taps with a heavy hammer and it was in place. Simple and pretty easy.
Now I ready for the next tornado or hurricane warning.


There's 14 bags of concrete there and it goes up under the slab about 6"















I swear it's plumb. I must not have been holding the phone right.

Next project: Expand the deck. Stay tuned.

[john70t]

As they say, back to the old grinding board.
Took a couple days to do this last strip. Moved a few pieces around to fill in gaps without many extras to work with. Lots of dust and noise. Gloves. Mask. Eyes. Ears. Have to stop by 4pm when kiddies home and obviously not on quiet weekends. I'm sometimes "that one guy in the neighborhood" except for all the time their dogs going crazy throughout the day and night. I try to be positive karma. Pretty sure that is so.

How to do it all wrong:
1. Pick the wrong stone available. Pick a shale like material with sharp edges. Sure it's got the right color and looks good at the lot but is completely wrong.
2. Don't fill in the gaps with polymeric sand. Or even concrete like they do in Greece (too much movement here in clay-base land). Over a decade the tree droppings will turn into nice dirt and grow big weeds every week.
3. Many times I thought of removing it all and starting over with brick. ~$4k invested with waiting six months for the second batch and too much time and physical stress putting the pieces together.
4. (Man if there was ever a prompt to say f-it..and start over from scratch)
5. Most importantly, don't ever put down the recommended 6"+ layer of base. Go cheap. It doesn't matter in the long run right?

Canadian flagstone:


It splits horizontally after you've just worked with it and handled it gently. Random.


Big slabs even slit vertically.


HF grinder sputters and dies. Must be dust in the switch. Wall outlet is good. Blow it all out. Plenty of brush meat. No burnt wires. Spins easy. Nothing obvious. Bypass the switch with a couple screwdrivers (plastic grips and gloves!!!) doesn't do anything or even cause a spark. Resorted to a backup old Craftsman grinder-beast which is 3x as heavy. Tank. When using 1-handed, I nicked the skin on my left hand but was saved by reaction time and glove. The safety cover was angled for personal protection instead of dust in case of accident. Sweat and tears plus blood trifecta completed..unfortunately..but could have been joebob level. Where is that guy anyways? Taking apart grinders is easy. But I never got the question to why it failed.


This is only Step 1.
Step 2 is digging out the dirt then using base material to level the run.
Step 3 is filling gaps between stones and compacting. Polymeric sand is an expensive hack but should last longer than dirt.

[jyl]

Did some stuff on my son’s 1990 Jeep XJ. He and a buddy went to some offroading thing and rolled it. We had a body guy patch it back together - found a used door, rewelded door hinges, hammer and fill the A pillar, roof, fender back roughly into shape, replace shattered windshield. Cost about what a semi-beater XJ is worth (not much). So I had to patch up the remaining things. Replace drivers side mirror, replace broken-off control stalk, replace battery, find and fix drain. While I was at it I replaced his radio with a Continental head unit, and fitted a gearshift knob (not as trivial as I’d hoped, the threaded part of the shift lever was broken off). Tomorrow I’ll put in some cheapo speakers and the more-beater-now Jeep should get him through the rest of college. It is mechanically in great shape which is why we bothered.

[craigster59]

I was enjoying a nice relaxing Saturday when my Wife decided to wash some Queen size plush blankets in our 7 year old Maytag.

She does all the laundry so I have no idea how to operate and have been prohibited in touching the washer and dryer.

Well, that SOB started screeching and grinding (washer, not the Wife) and it seems the splines on the washer plate (no agitator) might be stripped. I must have spent 2 hours trying to pull the plate up, it is corroded on there. Going to HD later to pick up some airbags, they seem to be the go to when tackling this job. It's a MoFo....

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Original-Patented-Winbag-Air-Wedge-and-Leveling-Tool-Lifts-up-to-300-lbs-WB20-SR5-4-40/303979798

[HobieMarty]

Dang, y'all are getting a lot done on the weekends, all I did Saturday was drive a bunch a Kias around a track!!! Lol. Had to work, but I did listen to some games while doing so, I'm a multitasker, Lol!!!

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[A930Rocket]

Replaced the windshield washer reservoir/battery tray, and the right bank of spark plugs in the F150. I’ll replace the left bank next weekend.

[rsrguy]

Originally Posted by bugstrider

Multi directional “fixin” day….

Step-1:
Finished up the wiring in the Honda Pioneer 700 for the big battery upgrade. Only thing left is to install the battery, hook up the primary cables and pray it doesn’t explode in a great shower of sparks.







Everything is completely reversible if I ever need to remove things.

Step-2:
Honed up the starting procedures after the GRT avionics upgrade in a friends LongEZ. Also working on the computer programming so the sensors all talk to each other. With that being said, we are continually being vexed by no RPM indication on the display…..





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Love it awesome bugs!

[Baz]

Touched up the Tikis out front. The paint fades over time.......

[Ayles]

Originally Posted by bugstrider

Does anyone have any recommendations on a good adhesive for upholstery applications for use on the seats of a side by side? The foam cushion has started to separate from the hard molded plastic base. It appears that the maker just used a liquid type of adhesive to attach the two pieces and the type can make the difference.




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I would try using DAP Weldwood yellow. I used it when replacing the upholstery in my 911 and it's held up for something like 8 years now. One thing though is that it will I guess reactivate the old adhesive so you will need to make sure it's clean of the old before you use new. Be sure to also follow the guidelines and not join the two pieces before the suggested time has elapsed per the instructions on the jar.

[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by Ayles

I would try using DAP Weldwood yellow. I used it when replacing the upholstery in my 911 and it's held up for something like 8 years now. One thing though is that it will I guess reactivate the old adhesive so you will need to make sure it's clean of the old before you use new. Be sure to also follow the guidelines and not join the two pieces before the suggested time has elapsed per the instructions on the jar.

Thank you very much!!!!!

Just want to confirm this is the product you used?

[rsrguy]

Just about have these wings done. Installed the micro vg's today and painted the leading edges black, wet sand and a second coat tomorrow.