What did you do to your other vehicle today?
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Fixer6
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Pretty sure I blew it up, got one heck of a vibration inside the block and that’s never a good sign.
It was a NOS car, now we are trying to decide what to go with next. I know I’m not going with nitrous again, it just isn’t what I need/want on the street. I’m am currently considering a dart block with some variant of a pro charger with an end goal of 650-700 streetable hp.
It was a NOS car, now we are trying to decide what to go with next. I know I’m not going with nitrous again, it just isn’t what I need/want on the street. I’m am currently considering a dart block with some variant of a pro charger with an end goal of 650-700 streetable hp.
Fixer6
TJ Enthusiast
My poor TJ got hammered. It was parked next to my truck when the trees fell.
Fixer6
TJ Enthusiast
New hood, windshield, lots of shopvac time, and threw the soft top on.
The same thing almost happened to mine. I pulled up next to my girlfriends truck and on a whim parked in a different spot. Came out in the morning and her truck was crushed by a 24" oak.
My local chapter of E Clampus Vitus has started restoration of a 120+ yr old 20 mule team borax wagon set. Many layers of lead based paint to remove. It’s in relatively good shape considering its age and that it has sat in the open Mojave desert for over a century. Rio Tinto is supplying all the supplies and we supply the labor. Lots of scraping for the last 2 days with months more to go. Those of us who are working on it will get a VIP tour of the Boron Ca borax mine when done, hopefully this spring. I have found several new muscles that I did not know I had. Lots of tedious work.
Had to give some love to my 97 Ram 1500 today.
Brakes all the way around. Front brakes are done.
I'd say that they were due...
A little pad left
Purdy for this old work horse
Done
Brakes all the way around. Front brakes are done.
I'd say that they were due...
A little pad left
Purdy for this old work horse
Done
While I'm working on the truck I added a O2 fooler I'd bought originally to use on the Jeep with the Magnum engine. The truck had a catless exhaust installed prior to me purchasing it.
Now I'm starting on the rear brakes.
Now I'm starting on the rear brakes.
This is cool. What will the finish be after stripping? Seems a fresh coat of paint would be much less labor intensive
It's amazing how well everything stays preserved in the southwest. I love wandering off the beaten path looking at the old mining shacks and equipment. Lots of 100 year old stuff in great shape. It's hard not to imagine those people's lives
I put new rear shocks on my daughter's car. Damn that one rusted on bolt took 20 minutes to lever out rotating back and forth with a cheater bar.
Then changed the oil.
Now I need to figure out how to take off the steering wheel and fix the upper joint that's clunking in the steering wheel when it turns left or right. Grrrrr.
My daughter failed to mention that something was wrong with the steering.
I need to take off and pack up the brake pads and find the receipt to get a new set of lifetime warranty pads. She rides the hell out of those too.
Then changed the oil.
Now I need to figure out how to take off the steering wheel and fix the upper joint that's clunking in the steering wheel when it turns left or right. Grrrrr.
My daughter failed to mention that something was wrong with the steering.
I need to take off and pack up the brake pads and find the receipt to get a new set of lifetime warranty pads. She rides the hell out of those too.
It was a 20 day round trip for two guys from the mine to railroad head. Rain, shine, cold or Hot. Back then they measured time in days, weeks and seasons. Now days it by the minute. When I was a wage slave time was measured in 6 min increments.
Snowflakes did not last long back then. You didn’t call your Mama when you were in trouble. You figured it out or died.
Knew the front went too smoothly for things to go well with the rear. Had to FIGHT to get the rear drums off and when I finally did on the passenger side I found the wheel cylinder leaking too. So ordered new ones for both sides and will pick them up at NAPA tomorrow morning. From the writing on the rear diff cover I'm guessing the rear axle has been replaced prior to my purchasing it.
Shoes are pretty close to being gone. The passenger side adjuster was frozen up also.
Passenger side wheel cylinder leaking
Shoes are pretty close to being gone. The passenger side adjuster was frozen up also.
Passenger side wheel cylinder leaking
Finally finished the rear brakes on my truck. Did I mention how much I dislike drum brakes??? And I've got at least 3 brake pliers some where in my garage and couldn't find one pair.
Cleaned the backing plates up before putting it back together.
New wheel cylinder
That old passenger side one was leaking bad.
I always thought new wheel cylinders came with the shoe pins.
So I cleaned up the old ones.
Passenger side all back together
The one shoe was in really bad shape.
Drivers side cylinder was leaking also
Driers side all back together
Shiny new drums
I tried out a new bleeding wrench I bought. They come in 7mm-12mm & 3/8 and have a one way valve built into them.
A hose attaches to allow you to catch the old fluid in a bottle.
The wrench part can be moved where you need it on the bleeder.
You can sort of see the one way valve in the socket here
Cleaned the backing plates up before putting it back together.
New wheel cylinder
That old passenger side one was leaking bad.
So I cleaned up the old ones.
Passenger side all back together
The one shoe was in really bad shape.
Drivers side cylinder was leaking also
Driers side all back together
Shiny new drums
I tried out a new bleeding wrench I bought. They come in 7mm-12mm & 3/8 and have a one way valve built into them.
A hose attaches to allow you to catch the old fluid in a bottle.
The wrench part can be moved where you need it on the bleeder.
You can sort of see the one way valve in the socket here
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The trailer plug on my truck had always been spotty as to working and then not working so I decided to pull it and install a new plug. Only 1 of the mounting screws broke.... So that is a good thing... Wrote down the colors prior to taking it apart... So I stand a 50/50 chance I wired it right..... Fingers crossed
The old plug was on it's last leg.
Used some grease that @Blackjack had suggested on his winch build. Hopefully will keep the connections from corroding.
All ready to install tomorrow and then I'll go test out my trailer lights.
The old plug was on it's last leg.
Used some grease that @Blackjack had suggested on his winch build. Hopefully will keep the connections from corroding.
All ready to install tomorrow and then I'll go test out my trailer lights.
We went to get tires on the eff one fiddy last Monday at Costco. It was going to be about an hour to get the work done so we hiked across the street to grab a bite. We weren't seated but 15 minutes when the Costco tire shop called me to tell me they cannot get the lug nuts off. We went back and got the story. They can't do anything because they don't have anything powerful enough to break the nut loose, just battery impacts and torque sticks. The nuts are also those awful sheet steel chrome covered ones that rust inside and swell. They handed me a bag of new lug nuts for gratis if I could get the stupid things off and rescheduled the tire install.
Hay Sous Aitch Christo, whoever rotated the tires last must have used a 3/4" impact to install the lug nuts. The nuts are supposed to be torqued to 150 ft lbs. I have an Ingersoll-Rand 1/2" impact rated at 400 ft lbs that didn't do squat. It took an 18" breaker bar and a 5' piece of pipe to break the first 6 nuts loose. The 7th nut broke my 50 year old Monkey Wards breaker bar. So, off to get a new breaker bar and a more powerful impact wrench.
New impact rated at 1200 ft lbs breakaway does nothing. Proves that my 35 year old Craftsman compressor is having lung problems. I use the new breaker bar and the pipe to get 17 more nuts. 6 and 17 are 23. One left. The one that broke my breaker bar. I try again and tear the steel cover off the nut. Now a 21mm socket is too big. A 20mm rounded the corners. As did both a 19 and 18 mm. Going to try and split that SOB. Five hours with the Dremel and a carbide bit yesterday and two hours today accomplished nothing but sore knees and a sore back. Fuck it, I'm gonna drill the damn stud out, but only after I order a couple new ones.
Success.
Can you tell which one gave me problems? This just lends credence to the adage that "Any 30 minute job is just one broken bolt from a three day ordeal."
Sheesh.
Hay Sous Aitch Christo, whoever rotated the tires last must have used a 3/4" impact to install the lug nuts. The nuts are supposed to be torqued to 150 ft lbs. I have an Ingersoll-Rand 1/2" impact rated at 400 ft lbs that didn't do squat. It took an 18" breaker bar and a 5' piece of pipe to break the first 6 nuts loose. The 7th nut broke my 50 year old Monkey Wards breaker bar. So, off to get a new breaker bar and a more powerful impact wrench.
New impact rated at 1200 ft lbs breakaway does nothing. Proves that my 35 year old Craftsman compressor is having lung problems. I use the new breaker bar and the pipe to get 17 more nuts. 6 and 17 are 23. One left. The one that broke my breaker bar. I try again and tear the steel cover off the nut. Now a 21mm socket is too big. A 20mm rounded the corners. As did both a 19 and 18 mm. Going to try and split that SOB. Five hours with the Dremel and a carbide bit yesterday and two hours today accomplished nothing but sore knees and a sore back. Fuck it, I'm gonna drill the damn stud out, but only after I order a couple new ones.
Success.
Can you tell which one gave me problems? This just lends credence to the adage that "Any 30 minute job is just one broken bolt from a three day ordeal."
Sheesh.
Subaru rear wheel bearings.
This job must be brutal for the folks in the rust belt. I had to hit each side several times with a wheel shocker and a sledge hammer to break them free.
This job must be brutal for the folks in the rust belt. I had to hit each side several times with a wheel shocker and a sledge hammer to break them free.
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