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Is this the same rv- that you've had in your hangars for a little while now? (And refresh my memory; is this a 3 or a 4?)
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Its a -4, I had another friends cowling before this.
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A couple of small jobs this morning before the lady comes to cut hair. I used the tractor to tip the biggest water barrel so I could remove the bottom plug. Them got a jack stand under the front of a hay wagon so I could remove a wheel which was reluctant to hold air (a very undesirable trait in a wheel). I won't mess with the wheel, a friend has the setup.
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Went to a friends house today to help him bleed the brakes on his SILs van. One of the calipers was locked up, so he bought a new pair, mounted them, but was having a hard time bleeding them.
I took a look, and he had the bleeder screws at the bottom*. We swapped them and bled the brakes. *He’s a good wrench and it was just something he overlooked. I’ve been there and done that somewhere. |
Removed the awful boob lights in the basement unit and replaced with “canless recessed LED” lights. These things are great - only need 2” depth, three lumen levels, five temperature levels, tiltable, don’t need to mount anything to joist, just cut appropriate size hole in ceiling drywall, connect up the wires, and pop the light into the hole, then rotate and angle the light as you wish. They have a little box that you make the connections in, which serves as the code-required junction box, then stuff that box into the ceiling and plug the pigtail into the light.
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Installed a bunch of Yale Smart Locks. These are keypad-and-fingerprint replacements for a standard deadbolt. You can control who has access, give and revoke access, track who enters, etc. Standard key as well. Pretty awesome. Rather expensive. I’m going to replace all our deadbolts at home too.
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Installed some Blink security cameras. I’ve raved about these before. The basic camera is battery powered, a pair of AAs lasts over a year if there’s not much activity, so there’s no wires to run. Other cameras need power connection, like if you want to pan/tilt , motion detection lights, etc. Motion detection, two-way audio, clips saved to cloud, etc. My account is pre-2020 so I don’t pay subscription fees.
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Condo renovation update:
Bathroom re-plumbed to accomodate a double sink vanity. Old tub removed and new walk-in shower re-plumbed with thermostatic shower valve on the left shower entry wall and shower head and three body sprays on the opposite wall. Additionally, we removed the 50 gallon water heater in the closet behind the vanity to be replaced with a 27kw electric tankless wall mounted water heater to gain closet space. Kitchen design completed and cabinets to be ordered today with est 6 week delivery http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761590345.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761590345.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761590345.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761590345.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761590345.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761590345.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761590345.jpg |
Iv been building this shed. I got the base off the side of the road a few weeks ago its 8 x12 The lumber from the walls is all oak rough cut my neighbor had it all stacked down in his field getting rotten. I think his father had it all cut. Well they both died and i got the wood for nothing when the family was cleaning up the place. Its almost done i will park my jeep in it and have more room in my other shed for mowers and such. The roof is a bit lopsided looking because it is I made it a symetrical because thats the size of aluminum roofing I have to work with. Some of those planks are huge like 20" wide. Also worked on my forward control jeep a bit. The busted nut is all that was left of the rear u bolt nuts the other ones dissapeared they were even worse. I rethreaded the u bolts and put new nuts on. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761604060.JPG
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Got the dash shot today. There's a piece of the dash color from a donor truck in that last photo... I like the new color better.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761617319.jpg
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A week or two ago I bought a couple of saddles from a Bible camp. Cheap. I paid $40 for this one, the guy said it wasn't usable, but I didn't think it was too bad. But it was really dried out. I found out I couldn't adjust the fenders, that's probably why they stopped using it. I've been feeding the leather oil off and on for a week or so, and I finally got enough to loosen one side. This shows just how dry the leather was. Hopefully it will be usable once I get everything cleaned and re-oiled.
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Condo Renovation: Kitchen Plan. We are extending the kitchen into to dining/living room eliminating the table and chairs and adding an island. Unfortunately there is a 6" PVC vent line that runs through the old wall that now runs through the new island. Couldn't re-route it so we had to work around it. The last rendering pic is of a bar that will be in the far corner of the living room. The back splash is translucent Slate-Tile stone veneer that will be backlit.
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Looks real good... pricy but good.
Got the cab back on the chassis, and the white invasion stripes painted on the fuse.... Good day! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761703696.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761703696.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761703696.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761703696.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761703696.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761703696.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761703696.jpg |
Wow, all that masking. Looking great in pictures! Bet it's fabulous irl...
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Yes.... many hours of masking... most of the day. A few minor touch ups here and there(rivets and panel overlaps), but once all the material is on and scuffed it'll get clear so it'll really pop.
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Shot black today... I've taken to shooting the a/c bellies with dark colors, as even the best highest quality catalyzed paint will oil stain. We're using the p51 as an example for our cammo pattern, although we'll be using a blue candy mid coat over silver.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761784818.jpg
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Please do a checkerboard nose and striped spinner!
I'm in awe of your craftsmanship, but your ambition is a close second as an attribute. Painting complicated graphics in hard to maneuver places is one thing, but to be restoring a pickup simultaneously is next level, and juggling a few major projects at the same time would probably send me to the asylum. All those moving parts! "What did I buy this stuff for? The Cherokee or the Piper?" |
Ya .... the pile of projects is mind numbing. Will likely be doing a checkered spinner and rudder... the scheme as is in the pictures today is what my buddy wants... it could change.
Lou IV is another 51 some of the design was "appropriated" from http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761873123.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761873123.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761873123.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761873123.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761873123.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761873167.jpg |
Nothing like painting an airplane, but a big honey-do.
We took apart the garden fountain, cleaned it, drained all the water, pulled the pump. I was "allowed" to lift the 2,000 pound off the base and set it on the ground. Well OK, maybe 100 pound statue. Then I had to get the koi pond ready for winter. Thet meant pull the pump out, hose it off, and all the filters. The real mess was the bottom of the box the pump sit in. It had about 3 inches of fine crumbs of alga. Impossible to pick up bu hand. So out comes the shop vac. Hook up all that, get electricity to it, And suck out the crud. The put it all back together, fire up the pump, and lots more water flow! Score. Then I was pointed to the attic to pull down the pond cover we made 15 years ago. It does a good job of keeping the leaves out of the pond. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761942715.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761942715.JPG The Koi pond in summer http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761942937.jpg Said water fountain. |
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I was gonna post about rebuilding my address marker at my cabin until I saw the post about building a P-51. Never mind.
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Bracketry. It's a way to get through all the podcasts that I want to listen to, plus it gives me a chance to work out fixtures for glue-ups. (Not near as cool as painting squadron markings on an RV-4, or building pagoda-shaped gazebos, but it keeps me busy and gets s#it off the garage floor.)
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I like that they use a ladder and only use their shoe spikes on the very top of the tree trunk. Yes the pool was mess afterwards. ;) Lowered the CG and added mechanical grip to the race car. Race next week, new set up and new engine. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1762009546.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1762009560.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1762009588.jpg |
Washed and waxed my late Mom's '08 Taurus with only 21,551 miles.
Used the Griot's Garage spray on ceramic wax. Can't even tell a difference that original finish is so nice....lol...... Well, I know that ceramic wax is going to help with preservation anyway. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1762015073.JPG http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1762015073.JPG |
Today I did just more maintenance.
I did my 390,000 mile oil change, oil filter, chassis lube, fuel filter, and air filter on the El Camino. I took it on a test drive and I swear it felt like the engine ran better with more power. Gotta be my imagination. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1762032398.jpg |
I accidentally popped the front and rear trunk switches on the Cayman so they were unusable. Looked at youtube to see what removal looked like. Easy peasy partly because the last person in there did not tighten the two bolts that held the panel assembly in place. I fixed the switches by putting the dislodged white plastic caps back in place. Switches are now super light effort and the panel assembly is properly secured in place.
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I love getting crap off the floor! It is absolutely motivational.
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Installed my new kitchen cabinets this week. This is a small kitchen in my future rental property, so I have limited options due to space in this 96-year-old house. Next will be painting, flooring, countertops, backsplash.
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Simple and clean... the way it should be
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