What did you work on today ?

[Too Many Projects]

Another forum I've been on for several years has one of these threads that has been running for about 7 years. Thought I would post what I have been doing the past few days at work.
1968 Mustang that had rust holes thru the frame rail ahead of the apron. Manager told the owner we could "slip" a new rail in. He ordered a complete rail and it was sent to me in the back room. I told him the first thing we need to do is pull the engine/trans. "Say what, can't you levitate them to replace the rail"? Um, no, this is a unibody and the rail is spot welded to the apron from the inside...where the engine is...:crazy:
Anyway, I removed the lower suspension but had to wait for the owner to get a new spring compressor, as someone had misplaced, or "borrowed" it and no on could find it in the building. After removing the drivetrain, I started drilling out the spot welds and removed the rail ahead of the shock tower. I had to cut open the outer rail at the tower, as there was ONE spot weld that wasn't accessible from the engine bay and that area was right behind the upper control arm.


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I then moved to the rear of the rail and analyzed the cobbled, patch job back there. Someone had been in there and replaced the torque box and toe board but only patched the rail and not all that well either.


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08276.JPG


I needed to get the patch out of the way to access the flange on the torque box to rail, so I cut that out.
Oh, yeah, nice patch job...


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08277.JPG

I cut the TB in half to access the rear of the rail that is SUPPOSED to have a weld flange at the toe board to drill out the spot welds, but the patch didn't have the flange... Oh well, the emplacement rail does, so I still needed to get in there to weld the new one in.


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The new spring compressor came the next morning, so it took all of 2 minutes to get that out. MAN this new tool is way better than the worn out old one !!


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Finished drilling the rest of the spot welds and removed the debris. Any of you Mustang guys notice what else the previous patcher didn't do with the replacement frame extension ?


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Did a test fit and tweak with the new rail and marked all the spot weld holes to remove the EDP.


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08291.JPG


THIS is the flange that should have been on the previous patch.


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I was able to get the 2 oval alignment holes to match up very well, so knew it was far enough back.


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08295.JPG


The crossmember is a very precise part that keeps the distance between the rails accurate. It has tapered head bolts that when tightened, holds that tolerance. I was pleased that the member and bolts when right in without any forcing, or movement of the rail.


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08298.JPG


As of 3 pm, when my "day" is done, the rail and car are all prepped and the rail locked in place, ready for welding when I go back on Monday. I usually work Monday-Wednesday, but I had to skip yesterday to work with an excavator who cut out a spot in my yard and built a gravel pad for a new 12X16 shed, so I worked today to make that up.
The shed is my home project for the next week or so.


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SO, what did you do "today" ?? :grin:

[Bill Pritchard]

Today?

1. Attempted to find a gallon of paint to repaint my bathroom. Apparently paint is in short supply at some stores, like so many other things. I was finally successful at finding the brand and color that I wanted, but it wasn't easy.

2. Continuation of my attempt to get my sometimes-malfunctioning cell phone fixed. Massive circle-jerk. Hours on the phone and/or waiting for a callback from my provider (Consumer Cellular) or the phone insurance provider. Fruitless trips to a local cell phone repair shop and a local Consumer Cellular retail outlet.

3. Consume adult beverages in an attempt to forget the frustrations encountered with #1 & #2.

[Too Many Projects]

My cell phone ringer doesn't work anymore. I've stopped into a local "repair" place twice and been told they will order a new speaker and call me when it's in. Been 3 months since the first visit and 6 weeks since the second. I'm not hopeful that they will ever call.

[jasonL78]

Another forum I've been on for several years has one of these threads that has been running for about 7 years. Thought I would post what I have been doing the past few days at work.
1968 Mustang that had rust holes thru the frame rail ahead of the apron. Manager told the owner we could "slip" a new rail in. He ordered a complete rail and it was sent to me in the back room. I told him the first thing we need to do is pull the engine/trans. "Say what, can't you levitate them to replace the rail"? Um, no, this is a unibody and the rail is spot welded to the apron from the inside...where the engine is...:crazy:
Anyway, I removed the lower suspension but had to wait for the owner to get a new spring compressor, as someone had misplaced, or "borrowed" it and no on could find it in the building. After removing the drivetrain, I started drilling out the spot welds and removed the rail ahead of the shock tower. I had to cut open the outer rail at the tower, as there was ONE spot weld that wasn't accessible from the engine bay and that area was right behind the upper control arm.


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08274.JPG


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08275.JPG


I then moved to the rear of the rail and analyzed the cobbled, patch job back there. Someone had been in there and replaced the torque box and toe board but only patched the rail and not all that well either.


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08276.JPG


I needed to get the patch out of the way to access the flange on the torque box to rail, so I cut that out.
Oh, yeah, nice patch job...


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08277.JPG

I cut the TB in half to access the rear of the rail that is SUPPOSED to have a weld flange at the toe board to drill out the spot welds, but the patch didn't have the flange... Oh well, the emplacement rail does, so I still needed to get in there to weld the new one in.


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08279.JPG


The new spring compressor came the next morning, so it took all of 2 minutes to get that out. MAN this new tool is way better than the worn out old one !!


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08281.JPG


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08283.JPG


Finished drilling the rest of the spot welds and removed the debris. Any of you Mustang guys notice what else the previous patcher didn't do with the replacement frame extension ?


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08287.JPG


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08288.JPG


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08289.JPG


Did a test fit and tweak with the new rail and marked all the spot weld holes to remove the EDP.


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08291.JPG


THIS is the flange that should have been on the previous patch.


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08293.JPG


I was able to get the 2 oval alignment holes to match up very well, so knew it was far enough back.


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08295.JPG


The crossmember is a very precise part that keeps the distance between the rails accurate. It has tapered head bolts that when tightened, holds that tolerance. I was pleased that the member and bolts when right in without any forcing, or movement of the rail.


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08298.JPG


As of 3 pm, when my "day" is done, the rail and car are all prepped and the rail locked in place, ready for welding when I go back on Monday. I usually work Monday-Wednesday, but I had to skip yesterday to work with an excavator who cut out a spot in my yard and built a gravel pad for a new 12X16 shed, so I worked today to make that up.
The shed is my home project for the next week or so.


https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.php?img=https%3A%2F%2Fhosting.photobucket.co m%2Fimages%2Fq752%2FStillwaterchevs%2FDSC08297.JPG


SO, what did you do "today" ?? :grin:

I read your post and need the manufacture of that awesome spring compressor you showed a picture of!

[SS427]

Besides all the other cars we are working on, we took a break for a one owner, original owner 70 SS396 M20 in for a laundry list of mechanical repairs. Extremely nice original car. I located 2 buildsheets in the rear seat while putting in a package tray so that made the owner's day. We also replaced the tires with the correct restoration tire for those that may ask.

[Too Many Projects]

I read your post and need the manufacture of that awesome spring compressor you showed a picture of!


OTC from Summit. I think the shop owner said Jegs was a little less cost, but was 2-3 day delivery. We called Summit and they shipped it overnight from Talmadge at NO extra cost...:biggthumpup: I got it Wednesday morning.

And guess what ??? The other part timer that works on Thursday and Friday on the frame racks up front came in yesterday morning and the owner asked him about it. He had used the old compressor the week before and didn't put it back. We looked EVERYWHERE for that tool, but he had buried it under parts of the car he was dismantling for repair...:rolleyes2:

No big loss, that one is so worn out, it is dangerous. I had another Mustang spring come out of it several years back as I was setting it down on the floor to release it. Luckily, the spring flew across the whole shop and hit some racking and didn't hurt anything. I hated that old compressor so am glad I have a new one to work with.

[MosportGreen66]

I read your post and need the manufacture of that awesome spring compressor you showed a picture of!

100% need the name of it...

[tom406]

I rotated the tires and successfully used 3M’s headlight refinishing (cut buff n chemical seal) kit on my 16yr old daughters recently acquired one owner low mile PT Cruiser GT.

[Lynn]

Have only spent about four hours at the office this week. We worked all week on a fundraiser for our museum project. Rescuing this building and all of the really cool artifacts us just overwhelming.

We raised almost $100k at our first fundraiser last night. That sounds like a lot, but it will take at least $10,000,000 to do justice to this old building. Third floor windows have been boarded up (sadly, from the inside) since the mid 60's. If we raise that much every year it would take 100 years to get to $10m. But, we have to start somewhere, and show folks we are serious before we can expect big money from the foundations and individuals with deep pockets.

Building was built in 1902. First pic is pre-1910. The second pic is from about 2005.

Last pic is from 2012.

Five minute video right here: https://publishingmuseum.org/publishing-museum-5-min-fundraiser-2020/

Lots more on the website.

[olredalert]

----Assembled a really cool 6 foot tall cabinet (3 feet wide by 1 1/2 deep) and on HD castors. Polished stainless doors, and really pretty good quality. Company name is Seville Classics. For once the directions were pretty good (that was a surprise for me). Started about 2:30 as I had a doctors appointment in the morning and just finished about 20 minutes ago! Look 'em up, they are all over the internet. Got mine at Sam's Club for $199.....Bill S

[Too Many Projects]

100% need the name of it...


https://www.summitracing.com/parts/otc-6494


https://static.summitracing.com/global/images/prod/large/otc-6494_w.jpg

[napa68]

Finished up some brake work on this Thunderbird......

https://i.imgur.com/Mmxxw4Hh.jpg

[Billohio]

We keep getting showers or fog and can't harvest soybeans, so I painted the grill in this thing today

[R68GTO]

Worked on cleaning, sanding and polishing my vintage 3.5" Fentons. Turned out pretty good, can't wait to get the tires mounted and get these on the car.

[njsteve]

When was the last time you got to brag about your engine's actual stump-pullin' power?

I had to pull out a 15 year old Weeping Willow that was tilting toward the back side of the house due to a rotten root. I had the tree service come in and cut the tree down but leave a 4 foot tall stump so I'd have something to lever against with a chain. I used a Sawzall and some pruning blades and cut the roots within six inches of the stump and then hooked the old trusty pullin' chain to the old 396 (Diesel) Turbo-Jet. Threw it in 4WD Low and slowly yanked it out of the ground.

I then spent an hour knocking all the dirt off the root ball so I'd have something to fill in the giant crater I left. At least the dogs got something new to investigate.

[dykstra]

----Assembled a really cool 6 foot tall cabinet (3 feet wide by 1 1/2 deep) and on HD castors. Polished stainless doors, and really pretty good quality. Company name is Seville Classics. For once the directions were pretty good (that was a surprise for me). Started about 2:30 as I had a doctors appointment in the morning and just finished about 20 minutes ago! Look 'em up, they are all over the internet. Got mine at Sam's Club for $199.....Bill S

Love my Seville Classics Bill!:biggthumpup:

[Too Many Projects]

Slow getting back to posting. Work has been progressing on the '68 Mustang at work.
I use drill screws to pull the toe board tight to the frame flange, so I'm not welding to air between.


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Blurry pic of clamping the apron tight to the rail for welding.


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I had to cut out a piece of the frame extension to slide the new rail in. The holes for plug welding are what was missing from the previous install. Not having a dozen welds to drill out made the removal easy, but there is a lot of structural strength here that was missing before too.


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Another blurry pic, looks like the camera focused on the exhaust pipe...sorry.


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Torque box that was installed. The flange was supposed to be welded to the frame too. It was barely tacked and then a patch put over it and welded to the torque box. I cleaned all the crap off and spent time properly fitting it to the frame.


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Holes drilled for plug welding.


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Welded to the bottom of the frame extension too.


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Locating the new radius rod bracket for welding.


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Rail replacement complete. New lower control arm, upper ball joint and radius rod bushings. I need to do that to the right side too, but AFTER I install the engine/trans. The left was a major fight with no weight to hold the body while installing the spring again.


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Got the engine/trans in today and motor mounts and crossmember tightened up. Installing the steering gear, center link, idler arm, tie rods and that danged power assist valve and slave as a unit was a lot harder than taking it out !!


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[Too Many Projects]

A week ago, I had a pad built for the new shed. Friday, I spent the day leveling it and setting the 4 skids for the floor frame and Sunday, built the frame and set the floor panels. 12X16, big enough to park one of my cars in, but it's for all my lawn care equipment that will fill it. I will section off a 5X8 corner for a potting shed.


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[touspude]

We keep getting showers or fog and can't harvest soybeans, so I painted the grill in this thing today

Wow! It's beautiful!

[Billohio]

Wow! It's beautiful!

It just got new tracks and I could have bought a decent camaro for that. Not much you can do.
It has a 500hp engine with a tune up!

[CanCOPO]

BP Tortue FPSO in Qidong China. Been here for a year and a year to go. Next module lift to the hull 4000T+

[Too Many Projects]

Getting ready for winter. Everything on the shelves and on the floor plus the shelves and pallet rack were in a 10X24 storage locker for 2 years after we moved. I brought it all home in late August and have been picking away at getting it "organized" and off the floor.


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I needed to get it all out of the way to get my camper back in the corner. It was away getting repaired over summer and is back now. Yesterday, I moved the majority of the "stuff" and got the camper in and today, I shuffled enough of the rest to the other side of the building to get my '54 inside and off my trailer for the winter.


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Still need to get the left side cleaned out so I can put all the porch furniture behind the '38. All the cushions got cleaned and put in the camper yesterday. Blast cabinet needs to get moved to the front shop so I can use it again. I miss not having that available.

[Lynn]

Put a clutch and slave cylinder in my 1983 BMW 745i turbo car.

Put on two new tires I had mounted and balanced yesterday, and set the toe.

[njsteve]

Installed a new set of LED sequential tail lights in my son's 2015 Camaro to match the LED headlights we put in a month ago. He is definitely liking this "carguy" thing now.

[Too Many Projects]

A month ago, I bought a shed "kit". I had a pad cut out behind the front shop and a gravel base made. I spent the past 4 weekends building it. My wife fell on the back steps of the porch in August and cracked a vertebrae and isn't able to help me with this, so thankfully, our son did with the heavier lifting, but I built the majority of this by myself. People ask me what "retirement" is like. I tell them I work 10 hour days and get re-tired every evening...:tongue:


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This shed is for all the yard equipment and gardening tools. Since this pic, it's nearly full now.


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[L16pilot]

Well, this might be a little different. Painted the fuel tank for a 1941 De Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth. For those not familiar...here's a pic. As I am getting my car ready for MCACN, this was a nice distraction.

[67since67]

Helping out my cousin, running this bad boy shuttling corn from the combine to the trucks. Getting a break next week for MCACN.

[olredalert]

----I've been getting all my parts, tables and chairs together for my MCACN swap space. Found stuff I had completly forgotten about. Stop by my 2 spaces all the way against the back wall and say hello!.....Bill S

[169indy]

Helping a Retired Co worker I started with in 1981, He retired in July (*ME soon In Dec).
We are getting ready to land the 389/M20 in this 66 GTO that his father Bought new in Groton Ct.

[tom406]

Rear axle seals and brakes (one side contaminated by gear lube). Seals themselves were fine, just undersized so they just loosened and spun in the opening instead of friction sealing. Found some slightly upsized replacements. I’ve been doing drum brakes every 3-5 years for the last 25 years, and it’s never been enough to keep me from having to re-learn it every damn time.

[scuncio]

Is that the Comet convertible you posted for sale earlier this year?

[Damien]

1984 yz 100 l

[tom406]

Yep. I was getting ready to run an online auction when I saw the gear lube running down the inside sidewall. ( I had to sit on my hands when you guys went on about how cool ‘65 Calientes are when one was spotted in the background of another ad, lol;). Another shot of unrusted quarters for all you guys in the Midwest….

[Too Many Projects]

( I had to sit on my hands when you guys went on about how cool ‘65 Calientes are when one was spotted in the background of another ad, lol;).


I looked hard at your car, but I'm just NOT a convertible guy. I've tried 3 times in my life to learn to like them and it just isn't going to happen...:frown:
And yet, I've had a motorcycle every year but one since 1967... go figure.

[Too Many Projects]

Here's something most people will never see done. The shop owner took in a 1969 Firebird that had been restored with a badly bent subframe and convinced the owners to buy a new "engine cradle" and he would install it. Once the subframe arrived he was a little perplexed as to how to proceed. I explained the car wasn't a complete unibody and the subframe held the entire front clip and engine in place. There was nothing to levitate the engine from, like a modern front drive car. He has been dealing with modern cars too long and forgot that. Sooooo, he dreamed up a way to suspend the engine and front clip from 2 of the towers on the frame rack and dropped the subframe out the bottom. He did all the removal work, just to prove it could be done and then handed the job over to me. Yippee, I love taking over a job someone else took apart, but I got it done. Gotta say it was a new experience. Major PITA getting the lower control arms/springs back in with the body so close to the rack. I had to compress the springs with an allthread enough to get the arms up in place and bolted in.



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[dykstra]

I replaced the slave cylinder in my 94’ Corvette.

[NorCam]

Travelled a couple thousand miles this past weekend to pick up a few more pinball games that I will restore this winter. Most of these are electro-mechanical games from the 70's including one solid state KISS game that I just had to have. I cleaned most of the contacts and switches on the playfield before assembling the cabinet yesterday. Over the winter, I'll put a bunch of time into this one to get it completely restored. Love playing these old games and have been collecting them for the past 10 years or so.

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[napa68]

I bought this all original numbers 65 365hp roadster the day before I came to MCACN. Starting to freshen a handful of items. This is always enjoyable work.

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[SMS]

Copper radiator for my shop air compressor. I think this is how I want it finally. Ready to start soldering.

[markinnaples]

Waiting on my carbs to be rebuilt, hopefully soon.

[Mr70]

^ Great Pic!

[DW31S]

I worked on my tan…I’m aboard the “Sky Princess” in St. Maarten today during our annual Thanksgiving cruise to the Caribbean.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!

[Too Many Projects]

I worked on my tan…I’m aboard the “Sky Princess” in St. Maarten today during our annual Thanksgiving cruise to the Caribbean.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!


Boy, you just HAD to rub that in, eh ??...:smile:

[njsteve]

Burping the excess air out of the cooling system on the old 93 Viper after changing the 20 year old coolant. It is a week-long process since the thermostat and heater hoses are the highest point in the cooling system on the car. They are mounted at the rear of the engine block up against the firewall. You have to disconnect a heater line from the heater core and trickle in the coolant a 1/4 cup at a time til you get to the full 16 quarts. You then reconnect the line, start it and run it up to temperature and then shut it off to cool down to room temperature. Wait 24 hours and do it again. It's day 5 and I am finally finished.

Dodge fixed the problem for 1994 by added a remote coolant reservoir and redesigning the system.

[Too Many Projects]

Do you drill an 1/8" hole in the thermostat to help air travel to the highest place ? I, also, have an Air Lift tool to put the entire system in a vacuum and that then pulls the coolant in. Leaving the system under vacuum for an hour will reveal if there is a leak too, that can then be addressed without needing to drain the system again.
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[Too Many Projects]

I bought this all original numbers 65 365hp roadster the day before I came to MCACN. Starting to freshen a handful of items. This is always enjoyable work.

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So, I'm looking ALL over this site and can't find where you started the thread on this treasure....:wink:

[njsteve]

Do you drill an 1/8" hole in the thermostat to help air travel to the highest place ? I, also, have an Air Lift tool to put the entire system in a vacuum and that then pulls the coolant in. Leaving the system under vacuum for an hour will reveal if there is a leak too, that can then be addressed without needing to drain the system again.

Yup, I always do that with all my cars, to let the air bleed through. The Vipers have a unique multi-chamber thermostat housing with a multi position thermostat. The housing has various internal passages that direct or bypass the coolant to an outer perimeter metal tube system that returns it to the water pump if the temp isn't in the proper range - too cool or too hot. One of the heater hoses is connected to this bypass system and the other is connected to the housing. This is one of the reasons why it is so involved to bleed the air out.

That looks like an amazing tool. Wish I had shop air or an air compressor. I'm still working with 19th century hand tools. Maybe one day I'll get some 20th century tools now that it's the 21st century.

[napa68]

So, I'm looking ALL over this site and can't find where you started the thread on this treasure....:wink:

I don't know that this particular car would interest that many. I certainly can?

Tim

[Too Many Projects]

I don't know that this particular car would interest that many. I certainly can?

Tim
Say WHAT ??? a 1965 L79 Corvette not being of interest ?

[Steve Shauger]

I don't know that this particular car would interest that many. I certainly can?

Tim

L76 solid lifter!!! very interested and congratulations!!!

[Crush]

Tim is starting to be the master of finding cool cars!!!

[dykstra]

Love me some 365hp!!

[Too Many Projects]

Tim is starting to be the master of finding cool cars!!!


NO KIDDING. When I win the lottery, I can just go to him for 1 stop shopping for 2 Corvette's and an L78 Camaro...:laugh:

[napa68]

Do you drill an 1/8" hole in the thermostat to help air travel to the highest place ? I, also, have an Air Lift tool to put the entire system in a vacuum and that then pulls the coolant in. Leaving the system under vacuum for an hour will reveal if there is a leak too, that can then be addressed without needing to drain the system again.
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That is a tool most everyone on this site should have! I have one and use it constantly.

Tim

[SS427]

Every Thanksgiving and Christmas, Annie loves to cook a full blown multi course meal for the (2) of us. Hey, more power to her. Every time this happens, she tells me to go somewhere outside the house to entertain myself and stay out of her way. A few years ago I went bow hunting and got a very large buck. It ran deep into a swampy area and down a ravine. Needless to say, no one was available on thanksgiving to help so Annie put our 1:00 dinner on hold to come help me drag it out. Dinner was served at 7:00 that night (she's a tree hugger and likes to eat when the meal is done, NOT when it is overcooked so needless to say, I was WAY WAY down on her list).

Soooooooo, this year I decide to go to the shop, stay out of trouble and work on Fred Cini's LS6 convertible that just came out of the paint booth and Jamie Cooper's magical spray hands and set it on the chassis. We need to get this done as we are way behind schedule so I need to work whenever possible. Should be stunning when completed with it's red interior.

[napa68]

Love me some 365hp!!

You Sir......are a good time!!

[dykstra]

Right back atcha Tim!!

[SMS]

Chilly day. Good for a workout and to do truck stuff.

[SMS]

Also finished my air compressor radiator. 50 soldered joints with no leaks. Happy shop builders here. :)

[69M22Z]

Also finished my air compressor radiator. 50 soldered joints with no leaks. Happy shop builders here. :)

Very nice manifold.

[67since67]

Chilly day. Good for a workout and to do truck stuff.

That's awfully nice to be a "Wood hauler"!!

[Too Many Projects]

That's awfully nice to be a "Wood hauler"!!


Did you notice how carefully the logs are stacked in there...:grin:

[67since67]

Did you notice how carefully the logs are stacked in there...:grin:

Yes I did, that's beautiful truck!

[SMS]

Yes I did, that's beautiful truck!

Thanks guys. I have a big canvas tarp folded 4 times to pad the bed and wheel wells. Placed logs easy, no throwing. Got it unloaded and split today, no evidence of doing truck stuff. 👍

[67since67]

Yesterday, enlisted my Grandson to decorate the tree. The '69 Hurst Olds was his favorite.

[67since67]

Today, gave the trailer a bath, then tucked it in for the winter :frown:

[SMS]

Today, gave the trailer a bath, then tucked it in for the winter :frown:

That is a gorgeous trailer.

[67since67]

Thank you, it has served me well. The truck will be put up as soon as I get it cleaned up.

[njsteve]

Hand-polished the set of rims for the Viper. I have a new set of tires coming in hopefully next week. I figure it's time since the newest set I have is 28 years old. These are the original BFG R-1 racing tires from the first year they were introduced in Viper sizes.

(Dogs for scale)

[Too Many Projects]

Hand-polished the set of rims for the Viper. I have a new set of tires coming in hopefully next week. I figure it's time since the newest set I have is 28 years old. These are the original BFG R-1 racing tires from the first year they were introduced in Viper sizes.

(Dogs for scale)


I'm thinking either you aren't married, or you have a SUPER understanding partner... there's NO WAY I would be allowed to have tires on a beautiful wood floor like that...:no:

[njsteve]

It’s not real wood, it’s Pergo. And we’ve been married 28 years! The dogs were the mad ones. I’m blocking their beds. He's even sticking his tongue out at me in the photo. :-)

[Too Many Projects]

It’s not real wood, it’s Pergo. And we’ve been married 28 years! The dogs were the mad ones. I’m blocking their beds. He's even sticking his tongue out at me in the photo. :-)


LOL, I saw the tongue. Our 13 yr old Cavalier's tongue sticks out a lot too because he only has a few teeth left and nothing in front to hold it in.
28 years...cool. My wife and I are coming up on our 27th in Feb. She is the best thing that ever happened to me

[njsteve]

LOL, I saw the tongue. Our 13 yr old Cavalier's tongue sticks out a lot too because he only has a few teeth left and nothing in front to hold it in.
28 years...cool. My wife and I are coming up on our 27th in Feb. She is the best thing that ever happened to me

He's 13 and was just being spiteful. The other dog has snake tongue. She walks around sniffing the air with her tongue just like a snake.

My wife is a keeper. Over in the Mopar section I restarted the Viper thread and showed the award that Dodge Management gave her in 1994 for attending the First Viper Owners Convention ON OUR FIRST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

Come on, what wife would ever pass up the chance to go to Detroit on her first anniversary? :-)

[TimG]

If the weather warms up, I'll bleed the brakes on the yellow car. The calipers don't appear to be leaking, but there seems to be a bit of air in the system. This is a J56 car and the front calipers were replaced by me about four years ago.

[napa68]

:Can-I-Have-It:

If the weather warms up, I'll bleed the brakes on the yellow car. The calipers don't appear to be leaking, but there seems to be a bit of air in the system. This is a J56 car and the front calipers were replaced by me about four years ago.

[Too Many Projects]

:Can-I-Have-It:
NO, you already have a Yellow Corvette. You need to share the toys...:laugh:

[olredalert]

----No pics, but I've been working on my latest winter beater. Some of you have seen my old 94 Caprice wagon (with LT1). I had it eleven years and it served me really well. It was approaching 200,000 miles and a lot of small stuff was irritating me. With that though it still showed well. Lee (from the sight and a good friend) found me a customer so down the road it went. I then went up a year and bought a 95 Caprice wagon with 75,000 miles. It needed paint and I couldn't take the wood so off to the body shop for paint. While it was a nice car in many ways it was really dirty, so I stripped the interior completly. It's back now and I'm putting in an SS Impala interior and a few other upgrades. I know I'm going overboard, but I figure, with luck, I'll have it the rest of my life.....Bill S

[njsteve]

Definitely start a thread! My first "work car" was a bubbletop police package Caprice with the Kaiser Manhattan rear wheelwells. Great car to cruise through the backstreets of Newark, New Jersey in, back in the late 1990's.

[BCreekDave]

Decided to take some wall art and turn it into something useful. Open element air cleaner with (I'm told) an L88 drop base on the compressor

[TimG]

Cool

[Too Many Projects]

My "shop" 2 years ago, shortly after we moved in.


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Summer of 2020, we spent the entire summer insulating the sides, stepping the front trusses for an overhead door, hanging a ceiling and blowing insulation in and installed a radiant heater. My wife helped me a LOT on this. She even drives the fork lift around with me on a pallet doing the high work. And the fork lift is a manual trans...:biggthumpup:


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This corner was the subject of this weekends work. It's hard to see, but there are 3 white switches over against the outside wall. The back 8' of the building was a previous owners work space and the switch of the lights back there is one of those. One other powers the exhaust fan in the peak and the other an outlet they had in the loft for a radio and party lights. WHY anyone would put the switches way over there has been a mystery an annoyance to me. I have 13 sheets of galvanized pole building siding I brought from my previous shop and decide this weekend was the time to use them up and fix the switch issue.



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Seems people in the past couldn't make up their mind where they wanted the door, as it appears they moved it not once but twice by the 2 added sections. And look at that professional carpentry...:eek2:


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I had already moved all the equipment from the outside wall and covered behind them yesterday. Today I got this mess put back together. I have enough sheets yet to go beyond the door another 6 feet, but that will wait for another day.


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[Too Many Projects]

I got my "NOS" tachometer back from Instrument Specialties today. I dropped it off with them at MCACN. Although there aren't any marks to indicate this was ever mounted on a panel, IS said it never could have worked, as the solder on the circuit board overran 2 circuits. No clue if it was an over the counter purchase that was returned for being defective, or a take out from a delivered car as defective. They rebuilt the circuit board, replaced the foam gaskets that hold the cardboard tube for the oil light and calibrated it. Now I know, when I get around to installing it in my car, it will work...:grin:
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[SMS]

Air Hose reel project started.

[Too Many Projects]

Air Hose reel project started.
Oh, yeah, you will like that ! I had one in my previous shop for 20 years and brought it with to the new place too. Hated having hoses running all over the floor before.
We had mild temps Saturday, so I brought my blast cabinet from the back storage building up to the shop and set it up. Except for the hose from the cabinet to the vacuum. I haven't found that yet...:(

[x77-69z28]

Wish I was smart enough to post pictures! After getting the body of my 70 Z project painted last week, I got the nose painted and hung. Haven’t seen it in one piece in a LOOONG time. Forest Green, black vinyl roof, green interior. Now my body guy wants it out of the shop and my Morton garage hasn’t gotten off the ground yet, and winter is right around the corner!
Buddy

[Too Many Projects]

Wish I was smart enough to post pictures! After getting the body of my 70 Z project painted last week, I got the nose painted and hung. Haven’t seen it in one piece in a LOOONG time. Forest Green, black vinyl roof, green interior. Now my body guy wants it out of the shop and my Morton garage hasn’t gotten off the ground yet, and winter is right around the corner!
Buddy


The easiest way to post pics is with a picture website. Most pictures are too big/too many pixels, to post directly from your computer/phone.

Lee Stewart uses this site https://postimages.org/ I THINK this site is free ?

I use photobucket. They are not free. I am grandfathered in at $35/yr. New accounts are much more. You can chose the size to copy and paste into your post here, so you don't get the message that your pic is too big.

If you want to send some to me, I will host them on photobucket and post them here. Shoot me a PM for my email.

[SMS]

Brakes on the Square Body dually.

[markinnaples]

Just FYI, I haven't used a website to host my pics, I just shared them from my computer and they worked on the site.

[cruiserofland]

Over the last few days I've been cleaning the intake on the Camaro, painted the front lift hook, replaced the worn-out gaskets and today reinstalled everything with new correct bolts. Been way too long with the car apart to fix a vacuum leak so should be on the road again soon. Always a battle between getting it perfect and just getting it running :burnout:

[1967 4K]

Buddy, Posting pics is easy now for me once Steve sent me some info how to do it. I use my I Phone 6S to take them . No resizing, photo websites or fees. If I can do it anyone can. Be glad to share info.

[1967 4K]

Buddy, Posting pics is easy now for me once Steve sent me some info how to do it. I use my I Phone 6S to take them and use it to post. No resizing, photo websites or fees. If I can do it anyone can. Be glad to share info.

[Xplantdad]

Buddy, call me and I can certainly help you! :biggthumpup:

[TimG]

I worked on getting the fuel line off of the fuel pump on my '67 427 Corvette. This pump has been on this car since September of 1966 and the original line doesn't want to come off. There's no room to move the line wrench once I get it on from the bottom and it's hard to get leverage from the top. Any ideas from the group would be appreciated. I continue to soak it with penetrating fluid.

[RPOLS3]

I worked on getting the fuel line off of the fuel pump on my '67 427 Corvette. This pump has been on this car since September of 1966 and the original line doesn't want to come off. There's no room to move the line wrench once I get it on from the bottom and it's hard to get leverage from the top. Any ideas from the group would be appreciated. I continue to soak it with penetrating fluid.

Better leverage from bottom side if accessible Tim?

[SMS]

I worked on getting the fuel line off of the fuel pump on my '67 427 Corvette. This pump has been on this car since September of 1966 and the original line doesn't want to come off. There's no room to move the line wrench once I get it on from the bottom and it's hard to get leverage from the top. Any ideas from the group would be appreciated. I continue to soak it with penetrating fluid.

Sounds like you can get the line wrench on it from above, but can't budge it. Do you have room to do this?

[169indy]

Crows-foot flare nut wrench & wobbly extension?

[TimG]

I got a vice grip on the end, but it wasn't too stable. Someone called me to say pull it off with the line attached since I have the carb end of the line off. Of course, that means pulling the radiator hose and heater hoses off. That is the route I'll go when our weather warms up. I don't want to damage the original pump or line. Better to remove it as a single unit.

[SMS]

New u-joints and carrier bearing. Also pinion seal and rear wheel cylinders and shoes on the dually. LOL 9’ of driveshaft.

[DW31S]

Polishing a pair of vintage rear Super Tricks. If anybody has any tips…I’m all ears!

[rszmjt]

I worked on getting the fuel line off of the fuel pump on my '67 427 Corvette. This pump has been on this car since September of 1966 and the original line doesn't want to come off. There's no room to move the line wrench once I get it on from the bottom and it's hard to get leverage from the top. Any ideas from the group would be appreciated. I continue to soak it with penetrating fluid.

Tim, I usually have been able to get the line off laying on the floor and using a line wrench from underneath with the car elevated, and using a 3/4" wrench on the pump line block to support it from buckling the underside of the fuel pump body. Of course this only works with the square block type 40482 pump.

Mike Thorpe

[Too Many Projects]

Last week, when it was 15 below zero, my heater didn't work and I had to replace the thermostat on my CR-V. It comes as an assembly with the plastic housing. Not too bad, as it sits on the front of the engine, but, of course, 1 bolt had to be at the bottom and was removed/installed by braille. That actually went so well, I decided to finally locate and change the trans filter I bought 5 months ago. It is inside the case behind the trans heater/cooler. The battery tray needs to be removed for access and THAT turned into an hour and half ordeal. Once the tray was out, it took 10 minutes to change the filter...:rolleyes2: Also, last week, I had our PDR guy push a dent out of the right front door that was up high from an SUV. He removed the door panel for it and after, the electric lock didn't function correctly. I messed with it for a short time last Wednesday evening, but I was leaving at 8 pm to drive straight thru to Tulsa OK and didn't want to get involved in a big hassle. Saturday I pulled the panel off and the door latch, as it seemed to be in that. Once I pulled the cables off the latch, it worked perfectly. OK, lets go back upstream from here, and I found he had put the cable end on the wrong side of the retainer at the inside handle.

Always something to do on our cars to entertain us...:grin:

[njsteve]

I confiscated the wife's Charger so I could be behind the wheel to document the epic, awe-inspiring moment when it rolled from 99,999 to 100,000 miles.

I made the mistake years ago of leaving the keys to my Suburban hanging around when I had it staged in driveway at 99,998 so I could drive the kids around to watch the analog odometer roll over. She of course, borrowed it to go shopping and it came back at 100,015 and wondered why I was not happy.

[Too Many Projects]

Oh for crying out loud, Steve, it's just a car and an odometer...https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/q752/Stillwaterchevs/laughing(1).gif?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds

[njsteve]

Oh for crying out loud, Steve, it's just a car and an odometer...https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/q752/Stillwaterchevs/laughing(1).gif?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds

Have you been talking to my wife?

[Too Many Projects]

Have you been talking to my wife?
Don't need to, I have one of my own...:wink:

[mssl72]

:haha::haha:

[SMS]

Bump for today’s project. Dicor RV roof coating on the Chaparral. .

[big gear head]

A little pre assembly work.

[Too Many Projects]

New engine for the Camaro, Freddie ??

[TimG]

We installed a new lift at a friends house out in Lakeway, TX. I'm taking the photo and there was one more guy out of the photo. If you notice, the car on the lift was for sale on this site about 60 days ago. It's a beautiful 1970 Corvette.

[Too Many Projects]

Storage lifts are great, but there doesn't seem to be much room under that one. Will another 'Vette fit under it ...:wink:

[TimG]

Barely, he needs a side mount garage opener.

[dykstra]

Barely, he needs a side mount garage opener.

I love my Liftmaster side mount garage door opener. When we were building our house I put a cathedral ceiling in the garage, in order to fit the lift.:flag:

[Too Many Projects]

I love my Liftmaster side mount garage door opener. When we were building our house I put a cathedral ceiling in the garage, in order to fit the lift.:flag:
I wish I had been aware of these when I finished the interior of the pole building a couple years ago. I didn't leave enough room beside the tracks for one...:hmmm:
It's not like I don't have enough over head though at 13.5 feet for a traditional. The side mounts seem to be a better way to go now with no track or chain.

[olredalert]

I love my Liftmaster side mount garage door opener. When we were building our house I put a cathedral ceiling in the garage, in order to fit the lift.:flag:

----Dave,,,I have 7 Liftmasters. They are terrific, but a guy needs to find the best installer around.....Bill S

[Crush]

We installed a new lift at a friends house out in Lakeway, TX. I'm taking the photo and there was one more guy out of the photo. If you notice, the car on the lift was for sale on this site about 60 days ago. It's a beautiful 1970 Corvette.

Curious how hard it was to install and any tips and tricks?

[Too Many Projects]

Took the Christmas lights down from the front of the garage...:biggthumpup:
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[Crush]

Took the Christmas lights down from the front of the garage...:biggthumpup:
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Is that setup OSHA approved?

[Too Many Projects]

Is that setup OSHA approved?


It is at my place...:grin:
2 years ago, removing the slider doors off the shop shed.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/q752/Stillwaterchevs/DSC06671.JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds

[Crush]

It is at my place...:grin:
2 years ago, removing the slider doors off the shop shed.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/q752/Stillwaterchevs/DSC06671.JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds

Lol I have been known to do similar stuff…. My wife thinks I’m nuts

[Too Many Projects]

Lol I have been known to do similar stuff…. My wife thinks I’m nuts
That opinion extends far beyond my wife about me...:laugh:

[SMS]

Taking out a heavy but unknown capacity hitch in the 86 Dually. Putting in a B&W 30,000 lb turn over ball. Taking out the auxiliary tank also long enough to Line-X the bed.

[Too Many Projects]

Leaving soon for Sabetha, KS to fetch the first of my 2 prize C10's...:grin:

[Lynn]

Have a gantry crane that is really handy. 10 x better than a cherry picker for pulling and installing engines.

But... it wasn't quite wide enough to fit either my car hauler trailer or my 49 Studebaker dump truck under it. Couldn't find a small I beam to replace the 9 footer. So, I bought some 1/4 inch thick 3 inch angle iron. Already had some 1/4 inch thick steel plate in 20 foot lengths. Cut pieces to 130 inches long. Welded the plate between two pieces of the angle iron. Then I welded on two end plates cut from the end or some C channel I had left over from a previous project. That means the new "web" is 3/4 inch thick. A bit of overkill, but it is what I had available.

Got it done last Sunday. The pics will probably post sideways, as they were taken on my cell phone. Even though I load them on my computer and rotate before downsizing and saving, they still come out sideways most of the time.

[Too Many Projects]

I haven't seen pics of your shop in a year. It looks good and all those LED lights ready brighten it up.
The crane should be more usable now.

[Lynn]

Almost like daylight, and very well spaced, so no shadows or dark spots.
70 lumins per sq. ft. of floor space. Draws the same amperage as two traditional 300 watt bulbs.

Yeah, I need to update pics on my shop thread. Getting pretty close. Have a working toilet and deep sink. Just cut a piece of granite to put in my kitchenette with the beer fridge and microwave.

[Tommy]

I spent the last few weekends cleaning out a garage. By cleaning out, I mean completely emptying it. It's part of a property I am renting out to someone and they wanted that space too so I figured it would be a good reason to get rid of a few things. It was a lot more work than I thought it would be and I hope I don't accumulate that much "stuff" again. When I got through and looked at the now empty shop I thought, hey a guy could build a car in there...


Tommy

[Too Many Projects]

I spent the last few weekends cleaning out a garage. By cleaning out, I mean completely emptying it. It's part of a property I am renting out to someone and they wanted that space too so I figured it would be a good reason to get rid of a few things. It was a lot more work than I thought it would be and I hope I don't accumulate that much "stuff" again. When I got through and looked at the now empty shop I thought, hey a guy could build a car in there...
Tommy
I feel for ya. When we moved I spent 3 WEEKS 10-14 hrs/day 7 days a week emptying out my 2,000 sq ft building.
I got rid of a lot of "junk", but didn't really downsize. Everything is now in the 2 buildings at our new place and I just bought 2 '67 C-10 project trucks...:tongue:

[Too Many Projects]

What I did yesterday, was remove the 292 and TH350 from my '54 210 2 dr sedan. The car will be going to a local swap meet on May 1st and the engine/trans are now destined for a couple C-10's.


https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/q752/Stillwaterchevs/DSC07829.JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds

[SPEEDYB]

Went over the mechanicals on possibly the best unrestored
original 55 nomad known to exist, original everything, paint, interior , drivetrain

[MarcDant]

That nomads a beauty.

[mssl72]

Nice one SpeedyB!!

[SMS]

Finished up my new trailer hitch project. Irritating detail is that the pre-drilled holes for the safety chains hit on the edge of the ribs. I called B&W about drilling new holes and they said that will void the warranty. So I scalloped the ribs around the anchors then finished it all off with a Line-X installation.

[Crush]

Finished up my new trailer hitch project. Irritating detail is that the pre-drilled holes for the safety chains hit on the edge of the ribs. I called B&W about drilling new holes and they said that will void the warranty. So I scalloped the ribs around the anchors then finished it all off with a Line-X installation.

Looks like a cool truck! What year is it?

[SMS]

Looks like a cool truck! What year is it?

86. 47k miles. Original paint.

[CanCOPO]

Couldn't get back to China due to Covid so I'm now in Singapore. Will soon tow to Israel. The flare tower is telescopic to get under the Suez Canal bridge.

[njsteve]

Pulled the old 1992 Pace trailer out to get it ready to pick up my Hellcat next week. Tried out the brake controller and it is bad (only 10 months old) Luckily I kept the receipts and Drawtite is sending me a replacement under the 1 year warranty.

I then went to clean out the trailer and sweep it out. Of course the mice have been at play. I actually chased one up the side railing and it ran down the rafters to the other end and disappeared between the wall panels. Most of the interior has been removed after years of dealing with mice so there's not a lot of places to hide anymore.

Then I found out why it had stuck around. After moving around the old rags, I found two tiny baby mice on the floor. Ugh! It wouldn't be right to just toss them out in the cold. So I got a little box and put them in it with the stuffing they had collected. I cut a little door in the side and placed a Ritz cracker with some peanut butter on it just inside the little door of the box. I put it back in the same spot I found them and closed up the trailer.

I checked back after 1 hour. No change
2 hour mark: no change
3 hours: the cracker had a couple bites taken out and was moved away from the entrance. I checked the box and it was empty. Mommy Mouse had moved her babies out.

So I left the entire trailer empty with all the doors open overnight so hopefully they will find a place to relocate to.

I also moved the peanut butter box a few feet outside the trailer in the yard, hoping that entices them to move.

[Too Many Projects]

You are too nice, Steve. Young mice around me don't reach breeding age, but I do feed the adults...Tom Cat pellets.

[earntaz]

Lawn tractor ... my hips and knees start raising hell if I use the push mower ... UGH!@#$%

[njsteve]

Pulled the old 1992 Pace trailer out to get it ready to pick up my Hellcat next week. Tried out the brake controller and it is bad (only 10 months old) Luckily I kept the receipts and Drawtite is sending me a replacement under the 1 year warranty.

I then went to clean out the trailer and sweep it out. Of course the mice have been at play. I actually chased one up the side railing and it ran down the rafters to the other end and disappeared between the wall panels. Most of the interior has been removed after years of dealing with mice so there's not a lot of places to hide anymore.

Then I found out why it had stuck around. After moving around the old rags, I found two tiny baby mice on the floor. Ugh! It wouldn't be right to just toss them out in the cold. So I got a little box and put them in it with the stuffing they had collected. I cut a little door in the side and placed a Ritz cracker with some peanut butter on it just inside the little door of the box. I put it back in the same spot I found them and closed up the trailer.

I checked back after 1 hour. No change
2 hour mark: no change
3 hours: the cracker had a couple bites taken out and was moved away from the entrance. I checked the box and it was empty. Mommy Mouse had moved her babies out.

So I left the entire trailer empty with all the doors open overnight so hopefully they will find a place to relocate to.

I also moved the peanut butter box a few feet outside the trailer in the yard, hoping that entices them to move.

UPDATE: And this morning the Ritz cracker and peanut butter was gone from the carboard box in the yard. So maybe I coaxed them out of the trailer over night.

Hey you never know when God is testing you! So treat all the critters out there nicely. Did I mention I saved a bumblebee this morning that was stuck inside our patio screen door?

[big gear head]

I finished up this 496 for my uncle's boat.

[SMS]

Fuel tank back in the dually after doing the Line-X.

[AnthonyS]

I made some goulash and mashed potatoes from scratch tonight. Used some authentic Hungarian paprika that we picked up in Szeged when we spent a month in Budapest a few years ago... good stuff if I do say so myself... the kids weren't as thrilled though.

[RPOLS3]

Nothing that exciting here - I got the horns working again on the Chevelle. When I took the brake booster off I knocked off the wire to the horn relay, easy fix for once.

[WILMASBOYL78]

I decided to do a refresh on my 25 year old utility trailer. We use it to haul the ATV to the camp, lawn tractor to the shop and junk to the dump. It is the typical 5 x 7...steel mesh unit. It had mini tires from the factory, so that was the first upgrade...bigger wheels/tires. Had to move the fenders up and reweld...lot more rubber on the road.

Next step was the cosmetics....cleaned it top and bottom....rustproofed under the fenders and painted the rest. A friend custom cut some southern yellow pine boards [they were treated]...and I painted them all a nice green. We then drilled holes and used carriage bolts to secure the boards and sides to the steel.

Last step was a nice new LED lighting setup...we are ready for the road now :wink:

[69M22Z]

I made some goulash and mashed potatoes from scratch tonight. Used some authentic Hungarian paprika that we picked up in Szeged when we spent a month in Budapest a few years ago... good stuff if I do say so myself... the kids weren't as thrilled though.

Looks delicious

[Lynn]

Apologize for the long post, but there is no short way to tell the story.

Had a busy day today.

Have to give you a bit of background. Some of you will remember my post about the Publishing Museum that Sherri and I took on as a project a few years ago.

Posted about it here: https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=143727&highlight=huge+museum+project


We are still hard at it. We have made about $70,000 worth of improvements to the building. I have an architect that has donated about $25,000 worth of his time and a structural engineer who has donated somewhere around $15,000 of his time. I have the preliminary structural report (should have a final in another month or two). Happy to report we have zero structural issues on this 120 year old building where Statehood was announced for Oklahoma on Nov. 16, 1907. What is amazing is that the 3rd floor windows have been boarded up since sometime BEFORE 1965!!! Even with all the water intrusion, and all the neglect this building has suffered in the last 60 plus years, it stands firm waiting to be restored.

We raised a net $93,000 at our first fundraiser, fighting with Covid all the way. My fundraising chair (a fairly new board member who is a bonafide heavy hitter in the non profit sector) tells me we will raise at least $250k this coming October. She is incredible. Still, we are a LONG way from our current goal of $10 million to bring this building fully into the 21st Century.

So, what does this do with what I did today. Our former Governor, Frank Keating (he was Gov here during the OKC bombing in 1995) and his wife Cathy have been incredibly supportive. Gov. Keating is speaking at our next fundraiser. His son Chip, a great fundraiser in his own right (he has a Foundation that supports families of fallen troopers) has started working on Oklahoma lawmakers trying to get the State of OK to put up some matching funds. Although our local Senator has not expressed much interest in introducing any such legislation, we haven’t given up hope. I have now shown the building to one former Gov, the current Gov, the Lt. Governor (who spoke at our first fundraiser, and is also very supportive) several lobbyists, and 46 different State legislators. They are all blown away by the amazing artifacts we have, and some of the now working machinery we have mechanically restored. After I explained the field trip experience we wanted to create for Middle School kids, he said: “every school child in Oklahoma needs to make a field trip to this historic building before they graduate.” Chip immediately started pitching the idea of State matching funds. Gov. Stitt looked me in the eye and said: “you get these guys to pass it (pointing at several legislators that were present that day) and I will sign it.”

Today, I was able to show our US Representative, the Honorable Stephanie Bice, through the building. We spent an hour looking at the artifacts. I demonstrated one of the presses (it has been in the building since before 1911) and showed her the party favors we printed on that machine. Like everyone else, she was blown away by this significant piece of Oklahoma History and Publishing History. Really neat young lady whose father is a first generation immigrant to the US. We are lucky to have her in Washington.

As soon as she left, I went to work replacing some dilapidated letters on the third floor balcony. The phrase “ESTABLISHED 1889" was prominently displayed on the front of the balcony. Most of those letters were metal. Two had been replaced with wood. As you might expect, the wood swelled up, rotted, and was falling off. The two missing letters were the first “E” and the “L”. I had already replaced the letters on the second floor balcony (also wood) with laser cut aluminum letters anodized silver. Those we were able to get to with my scissor lift. The third floor balcony is 35+ foot high, and my scissor lift was useless. A few months ago one of my neighbors was painting windows on her downtown building. She and her partner had rented an articulating boom lift. She called me and asked if I needed it for an hour or two, as it wasn’t get picked up until the evening. Hell yes. So, I went up and removed the deterioration wooden letters, and also removed the one good “E” that was still up there. It was metal, painted black on the sides and bottom and yellow on the front. I could tell from how some of the tabs that were tucked into the mortar, that it was original to the building. I have since confirmed that, sure enough all the letters left up there were original to the building.

Looking at the back side, it sure looked like galvanized steel. So I bought some galvanized steel sheet metal and hammered out a new “L” and a new “E”. Had to get special low heat solder and flux to solder the pieces together. As soon as I finished I started sanding the front surface of the original “E” which quickly revealed ..... copper. Crap. Made them out of the wrong stuff. Oh well, it was good practice. They weren’t quite dimensionally correct, as I ended up making them about 1/16 inch too wide.

So, bought some copper sheet and made new letters out of copper. Sandblasted them to make sure the paint would stick. Painted the sides and bottom black.

How the hell am I going to get these up there? I had no idea. I was thinking that I may be dangling in a harness from the balcony. Sherri wasn’t crazy about that idea. Then I heard that OG&E had donated a bucket truck to the City of Guthrie. This is where it pays to live in a small town. Two weeks ago I go see the City Manager. I take my new copper letters into his office and tell him we need a way to get them up there. He calls one of his maintenance guys and says: “Hey, I am giving your cell phone number to Lynn. He is going to call you when he needs the bucket truck. We need this done before the 89er day parade, so when he is ready, make sure you have someone at the Museum with the bucket truck.” Doesn’t get much easier than that. Then I ask him if they have any street striping yellow paint we can paint the front of the letters with. He says sure. Also says it takes months to get that stuff because of EPA restrictions.

Bottom line: I show the Congresswoman around for an hour and spend the next hour and a half putting up letters and painting them with the paint the City donated. They look awesome. Yes, the “L” is slightly crooked. But by the time we were done, the wind was coming from my left at 30 mph with 35 mph gusts. All in all a good day.

Enjoy the pics.

OH yeah, and we were still at the office for a 1:00 pm appointment, and worked right up til 5.

[Lynn]

Last two pics. Painting and finished product.

Went down and looked at them this evening. They really show up great with just street lights on because of the reflective quality of the striping paint.

[Too Many Projects]

Dang, Lynn, that is really cool that you are doing that... https://s3.amazonaws.com/emoticon.activeboard.com/49782?AWSAccessKeyId=1XXJBWHKN0QBQS6TGPG2&Expires=1653696000&Signature=lo7Ygu3%2Fzz3e9wyqZni%2BU8D0%2FE0%3D
Hard to believe the state hasn't pursued this much harder, being the location of the original proclamation of Statehood...:flag:

[Tommy]

I made some goulash and mashed potatoes from scratch tonight. Used some authentic Hungarian paprika that we picked up in Szeged when we spent a month in Budapest a few years ago... good stuff if I do say so myself... the kids weren't as thrilled though.

Looks outstanding. My Aunt used to serve Goulash and it was always a favorite of mine. I'll have to try making it myself soon.

Tommy

[Too Many Projects]

Thursday, Friday my wife cracked the whip and got me to finish the trim in the overhead door cove we made in the shop. We were sitting around, watching the non-stop drizzle and wind and she brought this up, so we went out and did it. Looks much nicer now. She is really good about offering to help, even though it is limited to driving me around up at the ceiling with the fork lift. She was diagnosed with Osteoporosis last year and has to be careful with how much she lifts now.

Friday, I sold my 1954 Chev 210, so...

Today, we went tree shopping in the rain/drizzle. Frikken weather is driving us nuts. We bought a Prairie Expedition Elm and a Hakura Nishiki Willow. We want a Prairie Gold Aspen too, but the field the B&B trees are in was way too muddy for our street shoes. We will be going back next week with the truck and trailer to bring the trees home and will bring our Sorrels with to pick out the Aspen. Might get a Prairiefire Crab at that time too. We have 2 acres of mostly open yard that needs a LOT more landscaping and trees.

[67since67]

Mounted a new Eley hose reel and Pit Products hand soap shelf. My third Eley reel and I have some PP products in my trailer, excellent products!
I used stainless socket head cap screws to mount the shelf, with fiber washers to insulate the aluminum from the stainless wash sink.

Up next is remounting the vise on the freshly powder coated Equipto bench and morning the fire extinguisher.

I determined that a re-organization of my shop was in order before starting another Chevelle project. -Bill W

[Too Many Projects]

If it was me, I'd cut that 4x4 under the bench leg back most of the distance to the leg. I would be tripping on that every time I used the vise.

[67since67]

If it was me, I'd cut that 4x4 under the bench leg back most of the distance to the leg. I would be tripping on that every time I used the vise.

It extends only to the front edge of the bench, never tripped on it. Aside from raising the bench height, (I'm 6'2") I had trouble with heavy stuff, like an automatic trans in a trans cradle, trying to tip the bench forward. - Bill W

[Too Many Projects]

OK, it appeared to be even with the front and it sounds like it's been there for some time. You are probably not as clumsy as me either...:grin:

[Lynn]

The office and the Museum have been hogging a lot of my time. But did get some work done on my shop today.

Just about finished with my suite of add ons to the warehouse side. I did not want to take up any shop space. Entire suite is only 17 feet long. Mob/broom closet, kitchenette (no sink... but a beer fridge), water closet (just a toilet and a mini deep sink) and a utility room to house the "water heater". Water heater is a point of use design. Just enough hot water to wash up. I had purchased a gas tankless, but didn't need it, as I nixed the plans to include a shower.

Got the granite countertop put in the kitchenette. Was going to do a backsplash, but seeing there is no sink (just the mini fridge and a countertop microwave) decided to just caulk it. Will paint the caulk wall color when it dries.

Used black pipe for the toilet paper and paper towel dispenser. My grandsons asked how I change the paper roll. Showed them that you just unscrew the flange on the end.

Did more sheetrock work today. Still need to trim everything.

[Too Many Projects]

Late March I bought 2 1967 C-10 trucks, 1 in NE Kansas and the other in Wheeless, OK. Look that up, it may as well have been NM. I wanted other parts the seller had and he kept putting off getting them ready for me, so a week ago I said I was coming down for the truck and he said he would have "everything ready". I left home at 8:45 am Monday April 25 and drove thru to Hutchinson KS and had a room for the night. I left there at 3:30 am and was at the location, after some terrible directions, at 10:45 am. NOTHING was ready and we spent the next 5 hours dismantling another truck for the parts I wanted and still didn't have time to get them all. His family runs cattle and he was supposed to be helping them round them up for market that day. As it was, I left at 4 PM and went to Boise City, OK. I was caked in dirt from the wind blowing like the dust bowl days, as they are extremely dry in OK. I bought a shower at the Love's truck stop in Boise, ate some pizza and hit the road at 6PM. I arrived home at 8:15 PM Wednesday. 2,022 rt miles in 60 hours. All that for this prize...:wink:


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[Lynn]

Sometimes I wonder about the things we put ourselves through in this hobby.

Really getting hard to find a 67 these days. Eventually, you will probably be glad you did it.

[SMS]

Refinishing counter tops. We have an extra kitchen in the basement and want to update the white p-lam tops but didn’t want to spring for new stone, so let’s see how the Rustoleum kit does. Just like doing garage floors. ;)

Tonight’s episode will be sanding smooth and top coating. Wish me luck, hate to screw it up now after all the initial phases seemed to go ok.

[Lynn]

Looks good.

[SMS]

Finished the tops tonight. This actually came out better than the picture on the box so that makes me quite happy. Was a lot of work but well worth it, $300 for 48sf of “new” tops. ��

[Too Many Projects]

Wow, that looks super great. I like the color with the cabinets better than the old white top too.

[SMS]

Fitting up panels on my 68 RS Z. This is the first time in 50 years a hood has been on it. In 1972 the owner had a fender bender and at that time put a fiberglass one piece doghouse on it.

[napa68]

Road testing before detailing this 78 L82

[southernfriedcj]

Started trimming the shop.


When I'm done with the house and shop (doing most of the work by myself) y'all will see a level of craftsmanship on my car restorations unseen on this website. Unfortunately, that's not a good thing.

[Crush]

Started trimming the shop.


When I'm done with the house and shop (doing most of the work by myself) y'all will see a level of craftsmanship on my car restorations unseen on this website. Unfortunately, that's not a good thing.

5 stalls, nice!!!

[Too Many Projects]

5 stalls, nice!!!
Yeah, he THINKS he has a lot of room. Like many here, that building will be full and he'll be planning the addition in a year...:grin:

[napa68]

Finishing up the detail on this 93 F250 I bought. Now I don't want to drive it:thumbsdown:

[SMS]

Yeah, he THINKS he has a lot of room. Like many here, that building will be full and he'll be planning the addition in a year...:grin:

Love this comment. Soooooooo true.

[Crush]

Finishing up the detail on this 93 F250 I bought. Now I don't want to drive it:thumbsdown:

Ooolala I like it!!! What’s the scoop?

[67since67]

Next project, off the lift and into the shop today. Time to get on it, I had to go back and look, it was painted in 2012 :eek2:. Body, frame, and convertible top are done, beyond that it needs EVERYTHING!
Born with L79, M20 Muncie, 3.55 12 bolt, all the hard to find stuff is present. Sold new at Morris Chevrolet in OKC, I bought it in FL by way of West TX. - Bill W

[Too Many Projects]

Next project, off the lift and into the shop today. Time to get on it, I had to go back and look, it was painted in 2012 :eek2:. Body, frame, and convertible top are done, beyond that it needs EVERYTHING!
Born with L79, M20 Muncie, 3.55 12 bolt, all the hard to find stuff is present. Sold new at Morris Chevrolet in OKC, I bought it in FL by way of West TX. - Bill W
Nice. I hear ya on "time to get on it". All I've done is walk past all my stuff for 3 weeks now. Spring finally came around and we've been on a planting frenzy. Trees, shrubs, ferns, annuals in deck planters, etc. Growing season around here is short and fast and we have much to do to get the yard at this place to what we envision.
I did sell my '62 Impala, but need to swap the 350 back in over the next few weeks. Maybe a W engine in one of the C-10's over winter...:cool2:

[olredalert]

Next project, off the lift and into the shop today. Time to get on it, I had to go back and look, it was painted in 2012 :eek2:. Body, frame, and convertible top are done, beyond that it needs EVERYTHING!
Born with L79, M20 Muncie, 3.55 12 bolt, all the hard to find stuff is present. Sold new at Morris Chevrolet in OKC, I bought it in FL by way of West TX. - Bill W

----The perfect pair for a young family in 1967,,, 67 'Vert and 67 wagon!....Bill S

[SMS]

My 86 square body dually had conversion van bucket seats and console added eons ago. Last week the vinyl from SMS (no affiliation) showed up (10 months by the way) so I’ve resumed my bench seat restoration.

[SMS]

The buckets and original back seat.

[SMS]

Ready to swap out. :)

[Too Many Projects]

Looks great, but you're going to miss the console/cup holder. Have any extra fabric to make a cup holder to sit on the seat ?

[SMS]

Looks great, but you're going to miss the console/cup holder. Have any extra fabric to make a cup holder to sit on the seat ?

Maybe something like this will do the job.

[Too Many Projects]

It can, but only 1 cup at a time. I've read of them falling out or breaking at the mount and there goes the coffee/beverage all over.
I've seen these at large car shows and they are quite neat, but a little spendy. Bonus having the console again too.

https://www.cupholdersplus.com/bench-seat-consoles.html

[x77-69z28]

Wish I was smart enough to post pics, but I got my grille cleaned, painted and installed with an nos Z/28 emblem. Got some brackets from the frame to the rad support with nos bushings. Also some misc bolts from fender aprons to the rad support. I lost my engine builder in April to Dementia. Taking it really hard. Gotta find a new guy. He was my engine builder since 1979. RIP Ric Deschner.
Buddy