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

[porsche930dude]

I never had that problem before. Maybe I did and I just didnt know it or it wasnt as obvious. Im a small engine mechanic I swapped alot of carbs. Good to know always learning new things

[thingmon]

Originally Posted by porsche930dude

I normally dont do this much work for other people but this guy was kinda in a bind and its a cool car. Putting floor pans in this thing and patching up rust spots. It was at the last guy for over 2 years and he did very little. He is running out of time to enjoy it with his kids. Its so patched up and bondo'd already its fun because i dont have to do great work. I only had it a day and already got one side almost done.

Sweet! Nice save. I have passed up way too many of those to keep my handle.

Dave

[rsrguy]

Managed to get more paint down today...

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by rsrguy

Managed to get more paint down today...

Always a good day when there's another installment of "'In The Hangar' with rsguy"

[rsrguy]

If only you could smell it..... delicious...

[rsrguy]

Minor milestone today, the upholstery came in, ill need to build a seat base and back for the rear seat and add snaps to the front seats but they look fantastic.

[herr_oberst]

Nice color combination! And quilted for comfort and style. Is that leather or vinyl?

[A930Rocket]

I’ve got some kind of pop when I turn the steering wheel to the right on my 2014 F150. I checked the front end and could not find anything loose. The other day I took everything out of the pick up bed and the ball hitch as well. Still had the noise.

Today, I took out the rear airbags and took it for a quick spin … Pop pop pop! 🤬

I pulled back in the driveway and broke out the grease gun for all of the ball joints, and sway bar end links. I’ll see what happens tomorrow morning when I leave.

I don’t want something breaking catastrophically when I’m doing 60 miles an hour

[rsrguy]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Nice color combination! And quilted for comfort and style. Is that leather or vinyl?

It's leather, done by a local Columbian gal. The color is colloquially called old man tan by some. It didn't come cheap, but that's aviation, burn certs for everything.

[A930Rocket]

What a dummy. 🤪

After checking ball joints, springs, drive shaft, removing the airbags, etc, I greased eight zirk fittings late yesterday and when I drove it today, it was quiet as a mouse.

[rsrguy]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

What a dummy. 🤪

After checking ball joints, springs, drive shaft, removing the airbags, etc, I greased eight zirk fittings late yesterday and when I drove it today, it was quiet as a mouse.

It sux when that happens...

[oldE]

I guess I'm a fool. I have had a 4' length of 20" sonotube kicking around for a few years and the other week, my granddaughter asked if I could make her a chair with it.
Sure, Dear. You can paint it to match your desk.
So what you see is one of two. They have a plug glued into the bottom for strength and the pieces fit into the upper part will form the support for the glued panel pine seat (which will not be painted), once the scrap functioning as a spreader is removed.
Hey! I'm retired, what else am I gonna do?

Best
Les

[Evans, Marv]

Getting firewood split & stacked for the winter.

[porsche930dude]

Picked up this jd saber this morning from my frneighbor that does excavation work. His customer wanted it gone it was covered in hay and goat poo. I spent all day fixing the flat tires and getting the steering unstuck. Actually its in pretty good shape. Its getting no power so tomorrow i wil be going through the wiring. Already cleaned up the carb so it should be running soon. Even has the hood thats not smashed.

[greglepore]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

What a dummy. 🤪

After checking ball joints, springs, drive shaft, removing the airbags, etc, I greased eight zirk fittings late yesterday and when I drove it today, it was quiet as a mouse.

Yeah, my 04 was doing that -turned out to be shot swaybar link. Hadn't been greased in a long time and grease didn't help.

[Baz]

This is at my late parents' house, which my brothers and I are getting ready to sell. So Milton comes along and blows off some of the vinyl siding on one side.

I gathered up all the siding pieces.....luckily they were all there, although laying in a couple different yards.

Hired a contractor out of Port Orange and they came today and got everything re-attached. It wasn't easy trying to reassemble all those pieces so they'd all go back in the way it was. We didn't want to have to do any painting. Whew....great job, guys!

[CurtEgerer]

Built an Adam Savage (of Mythbusters fame) tool cart yesterday. The design is based upon his "first-order of retrievability" theory. I think I have been operating under 4th or 5th order - now which tool box, drawer, or cabinet is that tool I need located So I've condensed 4 tool boxes and a cabinet into this. I love it. Everything in one place, visible, and retrievable.

I used one sheet of plywood, 4 caster wheels and some scrap wood pieces I had laying around. $45, all in.

Adam Savage Tool Cart

[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by Baz

This is at my late parents' house, which my brothers and I are getting ready to sell. So Milton comes along and blows off some of the vinyl siding on one side.

I gathered up all the siding pieces.....luckily they were all there, although laying in a couple different yards.

Hired a contractor out of Port Orange and they came today and got everything re-attached. It wasn't easy trying to reassemble all those pieces so they'd all go back in the way it was. We didn't want to have to do any painting. Whew....great job, guys!

Nicely done Sir Baz. We were worried about you and the weather that slammed into your area.

T


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[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by rsrguy

Minor milestone today, the upholstery came in, ill need to build a seat base and back for the rear seat and add snaps to the front seats but they look fantastic.

Amazing work as usual RS!!! Bravo!!!


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[bugstrider]

Originally Posted by rsrguy

I pulled the durock down and added extra bracing into the ceiling joists.. then furred it down with 3/8" ply then put the durock back up. I also managed to get the tile set on the ceiling... 12 hour day. With the ceiling furred 3/8" the layout works with no cut tiles. 12 hour day. My neck and shoulders are killing me.

That looks freaking fantastic!!!


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