2025: What are you doing today?

[58 Yeoman]

Looks good to me.  One of these days, I"m going to take my DD '14 Tacoma in to have the windows tinted. On some of our hot days, seems like the ac isn't large enough.

[chimp koose]

looks fine by me   

[416Ford]

Looks good John.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

John: the ol chevy looks good to me. We all have different tastes tho.    A friend gathered up many sets of alloy 5 slot wheels over the decades. He still installs them on his old cars. Some cars look good, some look goofy with the wheels. Main item is he is happy

We've had rain , snow , WIND here at the house. One day it was 43*F  , next day it is 65*F , next day it was 74*F.

Photo of the garb I wear in the attic usually. I replaced a p*ss poor exhaust fan install in bathroom off bedroom.  Guy used 3 inch flex conduit all the way thru the roof with a vent stack on it. Vent fan barely ran.  relocated light fixture (black circle behind my head in photo)..  SO the light actually shines in the shower per my wifes request.

Head lamp was phree from Harbor Freight weeks ago. Some promo thing, spend 30 buck$ and get phree lite. It works well to be honest. Still has high, low and flash on the lite. It has 3 AAA battery in it... No USB charge cable to loose. I mis place cables all the time

[kb426]

I'm having a minor blizzard today. Going to coffee early this morning and the wind is blowing from the north at better than 40 mph. I'm headed south and turn right to go west. The wind catches the left hand  wiper at the right time and flips it 180 degrees. Anybody that has worked on the late 40's to early 50's trucks knows the wiper system is poor at best. When it flipped, it did chip the paint on the drip rail but there was no other damage other than a bent wiper blade. I had thought about re-engineering that system when I built the truck but my thought was "I don't use the wipers often". That proved to be a bad decision. I will remove the arm and flip it back to the correct position and remember to turn them off when the wind is excessive. The roads are closed right now but the storm has stopped snowing and the wind is going down. The forecast is for blowing dirt after lunch. Welcome to March weather.

[kb426]

Later in the day after the weather calmed down a little, I removed the wiper arm and checked to see if there was any further damage. The arm going to the wiper post is bent. Time for some more under the dash work in a day or two.

[chimp koose]

started machining on a fuel pump drive extension for a cam driven mechanical fuel pump . I am 6 threaded holes from done .

[idrivejunk]

The 47 job is back in the hands of the man who boxed the frame, currently refining engine mounting.

The 73 job got shot.

The Camaro rear and front ends both fit decent now but fenders need a few tweaks. Curves at sides of hood match fenders well and that by itself is remarkable.

 

[Crosley.In.AZ]

This bedroom is the learning - testing room for wall insualtion.

Photos show bedroom wall I tore apart. Slump block wall, fur out strips for sheetrock. No insulation. The block walls are filled with vermiculite material for insulation. Single pane aluminum windows with rotted out seals.  I siliconed the windows shut. No air leaks and way less rattles from wind. Old rigid foam board stuffed in the window opening to keep cold out better. New windows are on order.

Installed R6 rated insulation  foam board. The OE Wood strips were 1x2 material. I furred that out additional 3/8 inch to fit the foam board. Ceiling popcorn texture removed by my wife 3 weeks ago. Wife ripped out the carpet too.  Even with no sheet rock on walls and air leaks around the ceiling , The room feels better, warmer, quieter already.

I ripped all the wood furr strips on the HF Warrior table saw. Felt like 5 thousand cuts, but it was not. LOL

Between that stuff, I fixed my Hitachi leaf blower , gas powered. 15 yrs old or so. New fuel hoses and  22 dollar carb from Amazon got the old gurl running good again. It still needs a little tune , but there are No adjustment screws any where besides the idle screw. RUns a bit Phat... We are at 5100 ft elevation here. That may be the cause??

Added 2 more light fixtures in my shop too. Great additional light on far east wall.  Still looking for something to use as a wet tear down bench for transmission work.  Wet benches contain the oil. Bench is tilted so oil runs to a drain trough. Then into a bucket.

Changed the setup on the 3 other lights I added couple weeks ago. Hard to explain : added conduit (metal) between the lights. The flexable cord I first used was pulling the lights towards each other with a droop in the cord. That was driving my OCD crazy. So , I used metal conduit and the lights are all even spaced now !

We need to retire and take it easier?

[58 Yeoman]

Looking good, Tony.

[kb426]

It's fun to watch other's projects but not as fulfilling as doing your own. Good work, people. 

[Crosley.In.AZ]

Started on sheet rock for the bedroom we are adding insulation to the walls.  Last panels of sheet rock we have here.

I skillfully cut the last filler sheet rock piece incorrectly (too short) .  So I stopped for the day  missing last sheet rock piece I wanted in place..

Couple weeks ago I was messin with the electric gate opener on our 2nd driveway. It is 12 volt car battery powered. The range on the remote control was like 19 feet. LOL.. I opened the box. Checked some stuff. Search for part and model numbers , etc.  I finally unscrewed the coax cable ends that are inside the box.  LOL , th e coax cable end was installed incorrectly. Inner wire did not protrude far enough. I whipped up a new cable with my fancy tool I bought many weeks ago. Great range on the remote now !!

Also in the last few evenings, I have been working on my car trailer.  I bought a 5k  winch for the trailer since my 32 yr old winch spit teeth out the last time I tried to use it. Gotta buy a hook end for the steel rope on this winch. My old winch cable hook is not removable unless you cut it off.

[idrivejunk]

There is an obvious posting pattern evident here on RRT that I find annoying and have ever since it started elsewhere many years ago, that I just am no longer willing to tolerate. To suggest it is not intentional and persistent would be more rude gaslighting. The bird dog knows who they are. I have done my best to ignore it and continue contributing content but enough is enough and I'm tempted once again to exercise my rights. Just sayin'

[kb426]

I attempted to repair the wiper on the 48 this afternoon. The arm from the motor to the post is bent from the factory. It was really bent when I removed it. I straightened it and went to reinstall. About 15 times later I had it where it would work. The motor shaft has a 1/4" e-clip to hold the arm on. I spent 30 minutes trying to get it back on and quit for the day. I'm going to look for one of those that has the 90 degree tab on one side to facilitate installation. In retrospect, I must have been really lucky the 1st time I got installed. I do remember many attempts before being successful. Working under the dash is better being done by people that can see and are made of rubber.

[Crosley.In.AZ]

You start out a day of easy does it. I planned on outside work, no interior house work. I have no sheetrock , so I can not hang or cut that wrong again. I only cut the sheetrock once, it was still too short.  Till sunday: We make a trip to Home Depot for supplies. LOL

I sprayed bug stuff around the house exterior with those bottles that attach to the water hose.  I was burning yard debris in the fire pit, sitting in my outdoor chair.  Wife walks up: We have a leak at the clothes washer. Water on the floor. Looks like the hose connection at the washer.. yippie    Wife had turned the water valve off at the wall.

After looking at stuff, my wife's assessment was correct. 90 degree brass fitting was just a smidge loose.  I installed a new rubber washer, snugged it up. No leaks all day so far.

Photo of the shop lights with metal conduit between them. Keeps the spacing even, no drooping cord between the fixtures.. This is actually ver 3.0 .. Ver 1 was a extension cord cut to fit from light to light. That was really awful  with cord sag, pulled the lights towards each other. Ceiling is 13 feet high. Lights hang on chains about 3 feet long. My  Bright idea ver 2.0 was use romex wire. It is sorta stiff, it will be fine.  After a few daze the romex was drooping too.

So , I bought the EMT conduit and fittings . No droop. Fixtures stay spaced even.