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

[A930Rocket]

Fixed the horn on the 911 today. The relay was bad.

[HobieMarty]

I trimmed up the hedge in our side yard over yesterday and today. This thing is 120 ft long, 8 1/2 ft tall, and 9 ft wide!!! Lots of going up and down the ladder with the hedge hog electric trimmer. The hedge runs along the neighbor's chain-link fence and is too wide for me to be able to reach all the way across the top, so I always ask my neighbor for permission to enter their backyard so I can trim the whole top. My neighbor is in his late 70s and I don't want him to try getting up on a ladder and I know he would if I didn't go ahead and trim the whole thing. The hedge is mine so, I also feel it is my responsibility to trim it or not. I also cut up some leaves and washed the mower a little today as well. Pics of the hedge were taken from my 8 foot ladder and check out the tape measurer I used to measure the hedge!!!

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[ted]

So at the track with the 5 car.
New engine, new rear gear worked great.
2 poles 2 wins.
We chased small oil leaks Friday and Saturday.
-4 rocker arm oil squirter line and the power steering pressurized line.
Friday testing a rock got under the power steering belt and threw it off, that took the alternator belt too.
Unfortunately I did not have my spare alternator belt so ran the weekend without a charging system.
Saturday fixed a pin hole in the Power steering line but the -4 rocker arm oil squirter line was still filling the Pig Mat wrap.
After everyone helped so much on Friday during the race on Saturday I kept racing with a little smoke in the cockpit.
So after the Saturday win it killed the battery in the pits driving back after the race.
Saturday I wanted to stay out win the race and make the 6 guys helping me feel good about it too.
Sunday pole and win again no leaks no smoke.

[rsrguy]

Put the mask on Doug's cub today.

[911 Rod]

All my kitchen knives were very dull because my wife would abuse them and cut herself if I sharpened them. We are not together anymore and the dull knives were driving me crazy.
Using my Worksharp I went at my favorite knife that I bought a few years ago on the advice from my fellow Pelicans.
I chose the shiny sharp method. I can cut a tomato with the weight of the knife.
Sort of scary actually.

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by rsrguy

Put the mask on Doug's cub today.

Do you buy masks or do you have a giant cricut plotter in the shop?

[rsrguy]

Giant cricket! I love it! I have a friend that ownes a sign shop, he takes my sketches in pencil and converts them to scale digitally over a profile pic. I give him exact measurements from a couple of points on the airframe and he does the rest using his print program. When its finished he runs it on his vinyl cutter. The material is an actual masking vinyl.
I shot the gold today

[rsrguy]

Shot clear and pulled the masking... hours of masking tomorrow, for the white. Maybe green on Saturday, but more likely it'll be Monday.

[herr_oberst]

Wow, this is not the color I was expecting at all. I'm excited to see the finished product!

[rsrguy]

Ya, I agree... id love to see it finished!

[rwest]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

Fixed the horn on the 911 today. The relay was bad.

Chinese relay or an older German one?

Many many years ago, I was driving home from work late at night and my horn just started honking without me pushing on it. I quickly stopped, jumped out and pulled the relay!

[oldE]

Ten years ago I picked up a used angle grinder from a second hand store. It worked well until this spring when it didn't. I seemed like an intermittent fault. I bought a new one but of course didn't throw the old one away. Today I got to it. I had been thinking the brushes might be worn out, but upon inspection it turned out one of them was sticking in its holder. I cleaned it up and got the result I wanted!. Now I can keep cutting wheels in one and abrasive disks in the other.

[A930Rocket]

Chinese relay. I’m hoping it will last for honking the horn.

Do they even make relays in Germany?

Originally Posted by rwest

Chinese relay or an older German one?

Many many years ago, I was driving home from work late at night and my horn just started honking without me pushing on it. I quickly stopped, jumped out and pulled the relay!

[rsrguy]

I shot clear on the gold single stage paint, the ss metallic benefits from a little extra protection, which is needed due to the 2 more back mask sessions i finished the first season today... I started masking it yesterday. Prepping to shoot the white on Monday.

[A930Rocket]

Installed a Tarett shift knob to my modified shifter. It extends it a little bit and feels better.

[thingmon]

Trying to get a low mileage Ninja 300 back on the road after a few yrs parked in the garage. Replaced the battery. Pulled the fuel tank to flush it and remove some crystals from the filler port. Will change the oil. Not a bike guy... Not sure if I'll keep it or sell it but do want it to be road worthy.
What else should I look at?

[rwest]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

Chinese relay. I’m hoping it will last for honking the horn.

Do they even make relays in Germany?

Nope, the Porsche branded ones are from China. You have to buy old used ones to get German made. I do have a few I was going to sell at some point.

[A930Rocket]

Originally Posted by rwest

I do have a few I was going to sell at some point.

Raising Hand! 🙋🏼

[A930Rocket]

Installed bronze bushings in the shifter coupling. It seems to go in all gears while parked, but I’ve got a vacuum going on my AC and won’t be able to test it until tomorrow.

I’ll charge up the AC system as well.

[rwest]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

Raising Hand! 🙋🏼

I’ll send a PM.

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