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

[fastfredracing]

Took the last 2 weekends off from the rental houses to try to make some progress on my rollback project.
I should have the floors/rockers and cab mounts all welded up by days end today .

[fastfredracing]

I pulled this to replace it with a used motor 3 weeks ago. The motor I got from LKQ, was toast, oil chips in the pan, and beautiful blue/'purple on one bearing cap.
It took 3 weeks to find another one . LMU 225 hp motor.
Getting it dressed to go back in this week. what a pia .

2001 TT Quattro.

[porsche930dude]

Something is not right here

[Baz]

Nothing wrong with the valve - pipe broke right at the outlet so changed everything out.

[dan79brooklyn]

It’s Golden Week in Japan and we’re mostly just staying around the house...always some maintenance or projects that need doing.

Cut a lot of wood and fiddled with my old chainsaw
Kids rode the old go kart around the neighborhood until the brakes needed to be bled.
Thinking about trying to repair my used power washer.

[porsche930dude]

I got my wheel horse deck all put back together. The belt was bad and with the angle drives you have to take it all apart to get the belt on. When i got it apart basicly needed an entire rebuild. the bearings were bad the gears needed to be shimmed tighter and the cast iron plate on the bottom was broke so i had to add braces. I got it all done and mowed the lawn. stalled it out here by the pond and it wouldnt start again because the starter belt was chunked apart. Fixed that in the field and finished up. Parked it in the garage and now there is oil everywhere. Seems like the pan gasket is bad so i guess iv got to pull the engine out. One problem after another. No wonder it was free Im sure ill be leaking after 50 years too

[Baz]

Over at Mom's house today and in honor of Mothers day, I resolved an issue with one of her pavers that was sticking up from a rogue root from that Lady Palm. A 5-10 minute fix.

Then tonight I built a new leg assembly for a picnic table seat, which was a PITA because I'm not a very good carpenter and there were a lot of angle cuts needed! No pics...lol....

[jyl]

In LA staying with my "LA parents", two wonderful people who practically adopted my wife and I when we were young-uns living in the City of Angels. They are older now and some things in their house need doing. I've been polishing their copper pots, fixing broken lamps, little stuff like that. I also got her a sous vide machine, she's a fantastic cook and always likes learning new recipes and techniques.

[ckelly78z]

I'm installing trim (cutting all the angles) in the downstairs bathroom, and painting it to match. Last Fall, I tore the bathroom down to the bare studs, and widened the room, with all new floor, ceiling, fixtures, plumbing, and electrical, while also closing off a brick encased window, and insulating the entire room.

It now looks really good, and is so much more useable. I just need to build a sliding barn style door with hardware, to match the vanity, and it will be done.

[fastfredracing]

Cleaning up my parking lot. While no actual work was done here, I finally got rid of this huge piece of shat after 3 years of sitting in my lot .
My buddy Tod, lost 3rd gear , drove it home several hundred miles in 2nd gear, spun a rod bearing then let it sit .
His town flooded and this van went under . 2 years later, the township is complaining about all his junk cars in his yard, so he begs me to keep it at my place .
I tell him 6 month limit. It will affect our friendship if you abuse it. I work really hard to keep my place clean, and junk free.
3 years , and hundreds of phone calls later, he finally let me junk it. I feel like I just peaked everest .
There was so much mold, I would not even open up the doors

[Baz]

Originally Posted by fastfredracing

Cleaning up my parking lot. While no actual work was done here, I finally got rid of this huge piece of shat after 3 years of sitting in my lot .
My buddy Tod, lost 3rd gear , drove it home several hundred miles in 2nd gear, spun a rod bearing then let it sit .
His town flooded and this van went under . 2 years later, the township is complaining about all his junk cars in his yard, so he begs me to keep it at my place .
I tell him 6 month limit. It will affect our friendship if you abuse it. I work really hard to keep my place clean, and junk free.
3 years , and hundreds of phone calls later, he finally let me junk it. I feel like I just peaked everest .
There was so much mold, I would not even open up the doors

Thanks for sharing, Fred. I always look forward to your posts - especially those involving your work.

Isn't it amazing how time flies and you end up with so much stuff sitting around....accumulating?

Last month I finally got rid of two non-working pieces of equipment - an old irrigation trencher and a 32" walk behind mower that was taking up real estate in my side yard - so I think I know how you felt getting the van evacuated today.

This afternoon, I added a section of shade cloth along the front of my house where I have select plant materials in containers. It faces East and after losing my two big Queen Palms in that location to Fusarium Wilt earlier this year, I really needed to get some relief back from the sun. Sorry no pics.

I also trimmed some palms at one of my accounts this morning.

[otto_kretschmer]

Originally Posted by fastfredracing

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getting rid of junk can be one of the hardest things to do, or it seems like it at the time

I just replaced my old 93 suburban with a 2003 suburban and I'm having a problem calling the 1-800-cars for kids to take the 93 away

I replaced its tranny 12 years ago and last year it started slipping out of OD with only 38k miles. I got another beater but one that is a decade newer and now I'm in the process of debugging it

eventually the 93 has to go and its not worth anything

yesterday I threw out a set of 28 year old Metzler tires for my airhead, they still had tread and were not cracking but I kept asking myself "why am I holding onto these tires?"

still throwing out rubber bumper bits from my 76 911S

[A930Rocket]

Installed new upper and lower control arms, sway bar bushings/links, leveling kit, front rotors, brake pads front and rear on my 14’ F150.

New 20” Expedition wheels and tires scheduled for Monday.

[reefdiver]

Originally Posted by aschen

so cool

I too support Rocket Slide having its own thread...

[jyl]

Originally Posted by reefdiver

I too support Rocket Slide having its own thread...

I support Rocket Slide having its own thread with scantily clad models cavorting in and on the rocket goodness.

[1990C4S]

I want Fred to put that van on it's rear and and make a climbing toy.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by fastfredracing

Cleaning up my parking lot. While no actual work was done here, I finally got rid of this huge piece of shat after 3 years of sitting in my lot .
My buddy Tod, lost 3rd gear , drove it home several hundred miles in 2nd gear, spun a rod bearing then let it sit .
His town flooded and this van went under . 2 years later, the township is complaining about all his junk cars in his yard, so he begs me to keep it at my place .
I tell him 6 month limit. It will affect our friendship if you abuse it. I work really hard to keep my place clean, and junk free.
3 years , and hundreds of phone calls later, he finally let me junk it. I feel like I just peaked everest .
There was so much mold, I would not even open up the doors

One of my friends of a friend tried to do that to his grandparents at the farm. Some POS rusty pickup that had a blown engine and a bad transmission. He promised it would only be short time. It was, but only because the grandfather called a scrapper out to haul away for other scrap he had, and the scrapper gave him 30 bucks for the pickup. It was several years before the owner of the truck called and asked about it. The grandfather said he sold it for 30 bucks, and then bought some beer with that money and pissed it all away.

[dad911]

Originally Posted by Baz

Nothing wrong with the valve - pipe broke right at the outlet so changed everything out.

check youtube for the technique. Basically cut a relief, heat the pvc pipe with a torch, it softens and you can peel it off, leaving the fitting. I've done it to fix a toilet flange on a slab, saved me from cutting concrete.

[seafeye]

Originally Posted by Baz

Over at Mom's house today and in honor of Mothers day, I resolved an issue with one of her pavers that was sticking up from a rogue root from that Lady Palm. A 5-10 minute fix.

Then tonight I built a new leg assembly for a picnic table seat, which was a PITA because I'm not a very good carpenter and there were a lot of angle cuts needed! No pics...lol....

Saw saw. Best root killer I’ve ever owned.

[Hockey fan]

Originally Posted by jyl

I support Rocket Slide having its own thread with scantily clad models cavorting in and on the rocket goodness.

Might have to pull that off while the wife is at work! I'll be sure and start a thread. Got a little sidetracked the past few weeks Fix-It'ing both of my aging parents. They're back home now and hopefully on the mend.