Continuing Thread: What Are You Fix-It'ing Today? - Page 10

Baz · Baz's Garage

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Originally Posted by LEAKYSEALS951

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A little sappy, but had to be done. bittersweet. These things really are cool too btw...

Nice!

I have my late father's tape measure. It's not anything fancy but has his initials scribed into it - which of course makes it special to me.

You have something now to remember your Dad by, just as I do, whenever I use that tape measure.

I actually used it this afternoon, BTW. Thanks Dad!

Baz · Baz's Garage

New leaf springs on my landscape trailer - both sides. She's getting a little long in the tooth and has been a very good companion helping bring in much income over the 18 years I've had her.

Replaced some of the metal fabric a few years back as well as had a new tailgate fabricated.

She's always been an outside girl and the salt air and rain here really takes a toll after a while.

At some point she'll be put out to pasture, but for now trying to keep her going.

herr_oberst · 08-02-2019, 08:13 AM

^ Just keep it going, it will eventually be your own version of George Washington's hatchet!

Baz · Baz's Garage

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Originally Posted by herr_oberst

^ Just keep it going, it will eventually be your own version of George Washington's hatchet!

We've already passed George Washington....we're heading into the Julius Caesar era now.....

Evans, Marv · 08-02-2019, 08:15 AM

Cleaning and top coating the elastomeric coating on my roof. Washing in the mornings and applying the coating in the late afternoons. The original coating (2 coats) dropped the roof surface temperature from around 170 degrees (between 10 AM & noon) to 100 to 110.

aschen · 08-02-2019, 08:26 AM

Wheel bearings for my 06 wrx wagon which I hardly drive anymore. I can't seem to break my emotional attachment to it to get it gone.

A friend of mine made this little hydraulic press which works really well.

herr_oberst · 08-02-2019, 04:48 PM

I found a Workmate on the free pile with a badly warped top. Everything else checked out OK, so I cleaned it up a little and put a new top on it and now I have a big brother to the little feller that I've used for years....I still need to do a couple of small tweaks but it's been brought back from the dead and no money spent...FTW!

oldE · 08-03-2019, 03:20 AM

A few years ago, I had replaced the bearings in an old Farendlose (now Kuhn ) drum mower I had bought. After I got the spindle remounted, I managed to snap off a punch while reseating a locating pin. I remember thinking what a PITA it would be when I had to replace those bearings again.
This year it happened. The bearings failed and a drill bit wouldn't touch the steel in the broken off punch.
I was reduced to grinding out the punch and pin ends with a Dremel. Two and a half hours later I had the spindle out again.
The machine shop called yesterday to say they had the bearing races rebuilt but they need me to show them how it goes together. Oh oh.

Best
Les

wdfifteen · wdfifteen's Garage

The golf cart has been rattling and banging around for a few weeks. I ordered spring shackle bushings Saturday figuring I had a week to procrastinate before they arrived. To my surprise they arrived in the mail two days later. I guess that was a sign I needed to get it fixed now. I was kind of reluctant. I'm very busy. I need the cart and even with sloppy suspension it was working. I was afraid something would go wrong and it would be out of service while I waited for more parts or waited for one of my body parts to heal.
In the end all went well.

The spring bushings were completely gone.

5 minutes later - all apart.

10 minutes later - all better.

Baz · Baz's Garage

Not my project but happening behind my house on the ICW. Not atypical around this area. Homes bought, torn down, and replaced by newer - and usually taller structures.

This one story will be replaced (I suspect) by a 3 story, which is the highest allowable by code here.

Those huge rocks are being used for a new seawall.

Noah930 · Noah930's Garage

This guy is a mechanic. Be careful working on motors and machinery!

MBAtarga · 08-07-2019, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Noah930

This guy is a mechanic. Be careful working on motors and machinery!

That will NOT buff out!

reachme · reachme's Garage

Picked up an unloved Branick Spring Compressor that was rusting non uncritical places and cleaning that up for some upcoming suspension projects.
Then I go away for the weekend and my brother picked up 2 Vespas cheap with no records but visible deferred maintenance so I have been going through those.

Hugh R · 08-10-2019, 07:00 PM

U-Line wine refrigerator hasn't worked since I bought the place two years ago. Did a little research and figured out it was the thermostat, ordered one and a few hours later I've got 55 degrees in it. $65.

Bill Douglas · 08-10-2019, 09:32 PM

I've been practicing my car painting skills. Just on sections of flat sheet steel. It's quite a tricky art haha to get right. I find I make a slight mistake in one aspect of it, correct that, then make another slight mistake on another aspect of it. I am having a good time though.

pete3799 · pete3799's Garage

The drivers seat in my F-550 was ripped, foam missing, not at all comfortable.
There are 5 of our old ( rusted out ) rigs parked by the garage so.....
2001 Toyota Highlander power, heated, leather seat is now in the 550. Had to weld up new seat mounts and got the power functions working. Haven't figured out the heated part yet.

john70t · 08-13-2019, 06:27 AM

I received a rusty old-school beast of a filing cabinet but the legs were wobbly. I welded in some angle iron scavenged from a projector-stand someone had left in the trash, and repainted with a can of paint also from the 1950's that needs to be used up. Using a heat gun on the feet to dry faster.

Also repainted the (now deceased) stepfather's rusty tackle box for his grandkids to have in memento of him. They probably won't care. They are millennials and don't get dirty fingernails or return voice mails. Text only. Which I don't do.

(using byrons camera)

john70t · 06:46 AM

Painted a rattan elephant I think my parents brought from India in the 70's. It had sat on the covered front porch a decade and was starting to get a little soft.

The old can of paint used was half-solid half-liquid and needed a drill mixer for a bit and then thinned with acetone. I used a wide chip brush which was a mistake and most of the paint went on the floor. The spots where the rattan looked "glued together" by lumpy paint I blew out with the compressor to keep those nice intricate textures. I will use a heat gun on this as well to harden it up with the first coat and strengthen it.

The second coat will be reduced and sprayed to get as much surface as possible. Maybe I'll use a little Preval sprayer to get inside all the nooks and crannies. Other than dipping it in a bath of paint I'm not sure how else to get full coverage.

john70t · 08-13-2019, 07:02 AM

Finally installed a much-needed handrail which is both functional and looks good in that spot.

It was assembled on the floor to keep it square but I ended up cutting the end pieces 1/8" short. Doh. To fix the mistake I used a stack of paint-able cardboard as spacers and trimmed around the edge. The screw ends will get a little filler putty. I'm not a good carpenter among other things.

The rail is not parallel to the steep stair angle However, it is a small space and ended up being easier to grab and far more sturdy. Visibly, it also looks correct and only a tape measure reveals the flaw.

Skip Newsom · 08-13-2019, 07:12 AM

Turn signal rubber end thingie broke after only 46 years, gorilla glue held it for another year till it broke again (flashing high beams with a bit of vigor did it)

Ordered a new one, cut the remaining chunks off with a utility knife and gorilla glued the new one on. I hope it's good for another 46 years or so.