GrayFlattop
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Glued more maple to MDF. Put some tools away along with the contents of a few Bezos boxes. Made plans that didn’t quite match up with my available energy, so I called it an early day after some time in the garden.
What did you do "IN" your garage today?
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welder4956
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No garage time today. "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
Beerhippie
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I think I bought four of them when the local Radio Shack had their clearance sale years ago. I can still account for two. Lenses from the magnifiers have all been repurposed as solar cigarette lighters.
Fordguy1964
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Home from work. Got the gas tank installed and plumbed. Pressurized the cooling system and couldn't make it above 5PSI. I pumped and it immediately dropped back to 5. I looked all over the place and couldn't figure out what was going on. My mind immediately went to the thought that the head gaskets were leaking into the cylinders. I hooked up the battery and with lots of light i spun the engine over looking for a mist coming out of the spark plug holes. NOTHING! So I figured I would lift it up and look for a bad weeping freeze plug. As soon as the car started raising water started pouring out of the interior of the car! Bad heater core. So I went back over to the shelf and pulled out one of my spare heater boxes. I hooked up the lines before installing just to make sure that the core on this one was good. It was. Finished installing the heater box and decided I would take a look at the top end of the engine. This is the first time I looked. Honestly I couldn't be happier. This car has had to have oil changes at least every 3000 miles. Not bad for a car that had been parked for 35 years.
Still no luck finding a steering box! Getting close to the Nationals and I haven't even started this thing yet! Waiting on parts that should be here tomorrow. I'm thinking just to be safe I might pull the intake and make sure no critters have made a nest in the intake. Then I have to pull the drivers door apart and fix the drivers door window that won't work. Luckily I have 5 extra hardtop doors. 2 drivers side and 3 passenger side. I will also have to pull the rear interior panels and lube up the rear windows so they operate easier.
The wait for parts is driving me nuts. I still haven't even broke open the drums to see brake condition. I'm waiting for my new line kit to get here. I don't trust these rusty lines to hold up. New lines, hard and soft on the way. New wheel cylinders are also on the way.
I have to pull out the distributor and test it on my Sun distributor machine. I've done single points on it. Just never done dual points before. My understanding is that you isolate and do one set at a time. Oh well. I will burn that bridge when I get there!
Still no luck finding a steering box! Getting close to the Nationals and I haven't even started this thing yet! Waiting on parts that should be here tomorrow. I'm thinking just to be safe I might pull the intake and make sure no critters have made a nest in the intake. Then I have to pull the drivers door apart and fix the drivers door window that won't work. Luckily I have 5 extra hardtop doors. 2 drivers side and 3 passenger side. I will also have to pull the rear interior panels and lube up the rear windows so they operate easier.
The wait for parts is driving me nuts. I still haven't even broke open the drums to see brake condition. I'm waiting for my new line kit to get here. I don't trust these rusty lines to hold up. New lines, hard and soft on the way. New wheel cylinders are also on the way.
I have to pull out the distributor and test it on my Sun distributor machine. I've done single points on it. Just never done dual points before. My understanding is that you isolate and do one set at a time. Oh well. I will burn that bridge when I get there!
rd65
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Sat and de-sweated after putting down fertilizer front and back this morning. Figured 9am was too early and too cold out for a beer. Settled for bottled water and some FM.
DGersic
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The battery itself is in the trunk.
With the ignition on, a pry bar fits between the battery lug and the start (S) lug
while being long enough to keep away from the hot exhaust pipe running past there.
This isn’t a unique problem. There’s a common hack fix adding a Ford starter relay, and wiring it between Batt and S. I don’t yet want to do that.
DGersic
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There‘s no room for an actual heat shield. I can barely fit the wiring harness around the back side of the distributor. I did reinstall the heat shielding sleeve stuff, though I don’t know if that works or is more hype than fact.
DGersic
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Reworked the wiring harness with a 10ga wire to replacer the 12ga purple one. Has to get red, unfortunately, so I’ll need to label it to avoid future confusion.
Reinstalled the protective sleeving, and got everything back together where it goes, all fasteners tight again, and some basic cleanup.
Garage maintenance, I removed the old radio that has never worked well. Touched up some wall paint behind where it was.
Sold my old table saw. Also sold the M12 Fuel 18ga brad gun I bought a couple of weeks ago,
Reinstalled the protective sleeving, and got everything back together where it goes, all fasteners tight again, and some basic cleanup.
Garage maintenance, I removed the old radio that has never worked well. Touched up some wall paint behind where it was.
Sold my old table saw. Also sold the M12 Fuel 18ga brad gun I bought a couple of weeks ago,
Beerhippie
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There's a reason for that.
Outlawmws
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You don't need the massive Ford starter solenoid for this; you have one sitting on top of the GM starter.
The type that is used for lights is more than adequate for energizing the GM solenoid on the starter. all you are trying to do is reduce current through the starter switch under the key.
welder4956
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This explains an issue with a relatives 77 Corvette that I encountered last year. I may help him connect a relay to it next time we're at his house. I guess the feed wire comes from the Batt terminal on the starter to the relay then S terminal and the trigger is from the ignition switch to the relay then to ground?The battery itself is in the trunk.
With the ignition on, a pry bar fits between the battery lug and the start (S) lug
while being long enough to keep away from the hot exhaust pipe running past there.
This isn’t a unique problem. There’s a common hack fix adding a Ford starter relay, and wiring it between Batt and S. I don’t yet want to do that.
DGersic
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I believe Painless basically copies the old GM wiring scheme. There’s really only one way to do this, given the pieces to be connected. They definitely on purpose copy the wire colour codes.
As supplied, the Painless harness start circuit looks like:
Your Corvette should be very similar.
The idea is that the old wiring, switch contacts, connector contacts, have all degraded somewhat with age and heat cycles. Pulling ~15 amps through all of this old stuff is unreliable. The wire gauge was barely adequate when brand new, the connectors, at best, were just good enough. So now, many years later, the circuit can no longer deliver what it could when new, and starting is now unreliable. Or maybe doesn’t work at all after being unreliable for some time.
You can go through the circuit, replacing switches, replacing connector contacts, run new wire. That’s a lot of work. Or, you can reduce the load on the old circuit by adding a relay to create new circuit. With new terminals, heavy gauge wire, located close to the load, now your old circuit just has to enable the relay. Like:
It’s relatively quick and easy, and generally should work pretty well with a minimum of hassle. The Ford starter relay is the traditional addition, though any relay capable of handling a ~15a load with nice big beefy terminals for some 10ga or even 8ga wire will do the job. Mount it “near“ the starter, and use short lengths of heavy gauge wire to connect it to Batt and S and away you go.
Beerhippie
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I love it when a plan comes together:
The piece of angle I added to our cheap-**** hose reel in hopes of keeping it from falling over every time I pull the hose out... WORKS!
The piece of angle I added to our cheap-**** hose reel in hopes of keeping it from falling over every time I pull the hose out... WORKS!
rollinlower
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Jay__Dub
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NoMow. Got to see if I can find a gasket. Had to use that goop last time, about 5 yrs ago I think.
Oh well, Stove Pipe Stella to the rescue. On we go.
Oh well, Stove Pipe Stella to the rescue. On we go.
Wrench97
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Don't forget to add a Fuse or CB between the relay and the battery.I believe Painless basically copies the old GM wiring scheme. There’s really only one way to do this, given the pieces to be connected. They definitely on purpose copy the wire colour codes.
As supplied, the Painless harness start circuit looks like:
Your Corvette should be very similar.
The idea is that the old wiring, switch contacts, connector contacts, have all degraded somewhat with age and heat cycles. Pulling ~15 amps through all of this old stuff is unreliable. The wire gauge was barely adequate when brand new, the connectors, at best, were just good enough. So now, many years later, the circuit can no longer deliver what it could when new, and starting is now unreliable. Or maybe doesn’t work at all after being unreliable for some time.
You can go through the circuit, replacing switches, replacing connector contacts, run new wire. That’s a lot of work. Or, you can reduce the load on the old circuit by adding a relay to create new circuit. With new terminals, heavy gauge wire, located close to the load, now your old circuit just has to enable the relay. Like:
It’s relatively quick and easy, and generally should work pretty well with a minimum of hassle. The Ford starter relay is the traditional addition, though any relay capable of handling a ~15a load with nice big beefy terminals for some 10ga or even 8ga wire will do the job. Mount it “near“ the starter, and use short lengths of heavy gauge wire to connect it to Batt and S and away you go.
kaymccampbell
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Pulled the new push mower in. Climbed over the pool cover. Ran the dumbwaiter. Freed the kids.
nadogail
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Started cutting the Landscape Cloth liners for the Raised Bed Planter Boxes.
Determined that I don’t have enough to do the job; put another roll on order.
Determined that I don’t have enough to do the job; put another roll on order.
DGersic
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Started diagnosing my A/C not blowing cold air. Found one of the fittings wasn’t tight. It’s an O ring seal, so tight shouldn’t matter, but I tightened it anyway.
Got ~10 psi low, ~100 psi high with 64*F at the blower, 70*F ambient.
Added some R134a. Low won’t go over 20 psi. High went up to 150 psi. Got down to 38*F at the blower output. Compressor is making sounds like it’s grinding rocks. High went to 400 psi.
I think that’s bad. Likely compressor failed and now the expansion valve is plugged. Shut it down.
Hung up my shelf and stuck the new Bluetooth speaker on it.
Cleaned, inventoried, organized, and flung. Going through Dad’s A/C stuff. Some I’m keeping, some is going away.
Got ~10 psi low, ~100 psi high with 64*F at the blower, 70*F ambient.
Added some R134a. Low won’t go over 20 psi. High went up to 150 psi. Got down to 38*F at the blower output. Compressor is making sounds like it’s grinding rocks. High went to 400 psi.
I think that’s bad. Likely compressor failed and now the expansion valve is plugged. Shut it down.
Hung up my shelf and stuck the new Bluetooth speaker on it.
Cleaned, inventoried, organized, and flung. Going through Dad’s A/C stuff. Some I’m keeping, some is going away.
Fordguy1964
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Spent 4 hours fighting to get the distributor out of this 289.
With how much this thing is worth, I couldn't just go all brute strength on it. I sprayed, heated, and lightly tapped then sprayed again. Nothing seemed to work. I really wanted to smack it with a BFH but cooler heads prevailed. I walked away from it for a bit and then came up with a new plan. I heated with a propane torch and then used the straw on the can of brake clean to spray the joint and I really hosed it down. It was like it was never stuck. It almost fell out.
After that I got the intake off and checked for rodents nests. There were none. Heads looked good, valley looked good. I'm beginning to believe the story the guy told about this being a 54k mile car. Too clean not to be.
The brake line kit came in the mail today so I started removing the old lines. They are all loose now and I'm ready to start installing the new ones when the rest of my brake line kit and wheel cylinders show up tomorrow.
On the way home from work tomorrow I get the new intake gasket, thermostat and gasket and then the carb kit. My copper oil pressure gauge line kit won't be here until the 6th!! That is what is holding me up from starting it. Soon though!
With how much this thing is worth, I couldn't just go all brute strength on it. I sprayed, heated, and lightly tapped then sprayed again. Nothing seemed to work. I really wanted to smack it with a BFH but cooler heads prevailed. I walked away from it for a bit and then came up with a new plan. I heated with a propane torch and then used the straw on the can of brake clean to spray the joint and I really hosed it down. It was like it was never stuck. It almost fell out.
After that I got the intake off and checked for rodents nests. There were none. Heads looked good, valley looked good. I'm beginning to believe the story the guy told about this being a 54k mile car. Too clean not to be.
The brake line kit came in the mail today so I started removing the old lines. They are all loose now and I'm ready to start installing the new ones when the rest of my brake line kit and wheel cylinders show up tomorrow.
On the way home from work tomorrow I get the new intake gasket, thermostat and gasket and then the carb kit. My copper oil pressure gauge line kit won't be here until the 6th!! That is what is holding me up from starting it. Soon though!
Not much in the garage today...
I was watching Eric O on S M Auto do some wiring repair today and noticed he was using what looked like a DIY soldering aid using it to do a **** solder joint on some broken wiring... I thought, hey that's good, I would try and make one too...
I seem to recall that these Pinces Crocodile clips were a very popular item used for another purpose back in the 60's...
Spare alligator clips in my junk drawer...
"U" Bent a copper roofing nail...
And a bit of soldering... And voila, "Helping Fingers"
I know you can buy these on the Jungle site, but what's the fun in that?
Nice job!
I've been wanting one of these. Nice magnet swivels and base.
Some ideas for your Rev 2 version.
I think @zmotorsports showed this tool a long time ago.
This has been the Standard for wire holding for decades for Electronic techs. This one was made by Xacto, Others make them too:
I have had one like shown in @Outlawmws' post forever. A while back, I bought these pliers from Amazon. Haven't used them yet but they look promising. I believe @Bob Heine also bought some and had a good experience with them.
M.Brane
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Next time you run into something like that try 50/50 ATF/acetone. That, and a little heat hasn't failed me yet.Spent 4 hours fighting to get the distributor out of this 289.
With how much this thing is worth, I couldn't just go all brute strength on it. I sprayed, heated, and lightly tapped then sprayed again. Nothing seemed to work. I really wanted to smack it with a BFH but cooler heads prevailed. I walked away from it for a bit and then came up with a new plan. I heated with a propane torch and then used the straw on the can of brake clean to spray the joint and I really hosed it down. It was like it was never stuck. It almost fell out.
After that I got the intake off and checked for rodents nests. There were none. Heads looked good, valley looked good. I'm beginning to believe the story the guy told about this being a 54k mile car. Too clean not to be.
The brake line kit came in the mail today so I started removing the old lines. They are all loose now and I'm ready to start installing the new ones when the rest of my brake line kit and wheel cylinders show up tomorrow.
On the way home from work tomorrow I get the new intake gasket, thermostat and gasket and then the carb kit. My copper oil pressure gauge line kit won't be here until the 6th!! That is what is holding me up from starting it. Soon though!
Beerhippie
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Glad to see that's the green can--non-chlorinated. The chlorinated stuff... you might not be writing about it. Chlorinated Brakleen + Heat = Phosgene gas. Inhalation of phosgene gas--even a little--means death or a lung transplant. More likely, death.
LeonardY
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Removed the jointer and planer blades from my Hitachi PR12A. I have never sharpened them. I've had the planer since 1989. Planer blades were still sharp in some places. I almost sliced my finger open. The jointer blades were dull.
M.Brane
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Almost only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and atomic bombs.
jeristair
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I've always known about this and taught it to quite a few people older than me, but I just looked up what temperature it happens from, and it's much lower than I expected. From a CRC Brakleen safety data sheet, it can happen as low as 150°C (302°F). The rest of Google reckons around 300°C (572°F). It is more likely to happen with direct flame or UV exposure.
ObnoxiousFumes
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That has got to be a home built rig, I’ve never seen a set of pallet forks that weren’t one solid piece and bent 90° at the heels. Health and Safety won’t even let you waterjet (cold) a hole in the end of the fork let alone weld along the length of them and at the heel. No wonder they broke.I GOT AWAY WITH IT!
I laid down three gallons of weed poison this Am and early afternoon--and IT NEVER RAINED!
Then tried to fix a bent and torn fork on one of the owners' skid steer...
and failed. I tried to use the tilt to bend that gap closed--I cut out all the cracks--with the plan of cutting more, then bending more. It just lifts the front end of the skid steer off the ground.
My 140 amp Miller MIG is a little small for that, anyway.
Looking back at these pics, I can see where I needed to cut some more to be able to close that... then cut some more... then it would be my fault when it broke again. Owner is taking it to the local heavy equipment shop--a much better idea.
I would guess the equipment shop won’t touch them with a ten foot pole for liability reasons.
Beerhippie
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The owner was given the skid steer. Go figure.
bugnut
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Spent some time designing a box for the fridge door, would like to keep my produce on the door and contained. While that was printing, started to trouble shoot the yellow beetle not starting. Battery date 7/21, first suspect, tested okay. Onto output of generator, noted way out of spec, battery not getting 12 volt input. Stopped there as the voltage regulator is new within the last 2 years, less than 1000 miles. Thinking now what I really want to do.
gearhead1960
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Printed label using my Brother Bluetooth cube printer (PT-P710BT). Love this thing....you create the labels from a phone app and it prints out....I'm sure there are other ones out there, but this one has been a workhorse.
I have started labeling anything that needs a reminder for changing, like vacuum bags....
or furnace filters....
Trying to keep up with these dates is for the birds....
I have started labeling anything that needs a reminder for changing, like vacuum bags....
or furnace filters....
Trying to keep up with these dates is for the birds....
kaymccampbell
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Maybe not. That laminated type of pallet fork-ish thing was one of the manufactured options for my Dingo. I went for the classic adjustable L-forks. Quite a bit heavier, but made me happy as I wanted that adjustability to manage different width loads..
Outlawmws
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I have started labeling anything that needs a reminder for changing, like vacuum bags....
Suggestion - separate the label for "Bag & Filter Changed" from the date - then future dates can be printed saving the tape media.
rd65
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Off subject, but how do you like the CRC Brakecleaner? I just started using it at work, seems ok, but prefer the CarQuest that I cant get here any longer. I tried a can of NAPA Macs, nasty, nasty stuff. Made my hands sting through nitrile gloves.Spent 4 hours fighting to get the distributor out of this 289.
With how much this thing is worth, I couldn't just go all brute strength on it. I sprayed, heated, and lightly tapped then sprayed again. Nothing seemed to work. I really wanted to smack it with a BFH but cooler heads prevailed. I walked away from it for a bit and then came up with a new plan. I heated with a propane torch and then used the straw on the can of brake clean to spray the joint and I really hosed it down. It was like it was never stuck. It almost fell out.
After that I got the intake off and checked for rodents nests. There were none. Heads looked good, valley looked good. I'm beginning to believe the story the guy told about this being a 54k mile car. Too clean not to be.
The brake line kit came in the mail today so I started removing the old lines. They are all loose now and I'm ready to start installing the new ones when the rest of my brake line kit and wheel cylinders show up tomorrow.
On the way home from work tomorrow I get the new intake gasket, thermostat and gasket and then the carb kit. My copper oil pressure gauge line kit won't be here until the 6th!! That is what is holding me up from starting it. Soon though!
Beerhippie
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Looms a little neater than my "scrawled with a Sharpie" labels.Printed label using my Brother Bluetooth cube printer (PT-P710BT). Love this thing....you create the labels from a phone app and it prints out....I'm sure there are other ones out there, but this one has been a workhorse.
I have started labeling anything that needs a reminder for changing, like vacuum bags....
or furnace filters....
Trying to keep up with these dates is for the birds....