General Tech What did you work on Today?

[Greg]

I reorganized the overhang behind my shop and tore down a faux wall that took up a foot of depth. Over the last several years its become a disorganized mess of yard tools and stuff.

My neighbor works at Lowes and brings home the old garden racks they throw out, got one today and another will be arriving tomorrow. It looks much better, tools are off the ground and there's room to walk under it now. No before pics, unfortunately....

 

[_Auzzy_]

finally got around to fixing my messed up fairlead mount. Why I though 1/8" would hold up to a 12k will forever baffle me. Fixed that with a well braced 1/4" plate and angled it to have better flow down and out. When the old one bent it cut the shit out of my rope so got a new one of those too.

 

[mbryson]

This is a heavy pig....

(Someone needs a washer/dryer?)

 

[Tonkaman]

This is a heavy pig.... View attachment 127848

(Someone needs a washer/dryer?)

Nice find!

 

[YROC FAB.]

I boxed in the frames of a good friends 68 Chevelle. The body is cherry and he is putting a ls6 in it out of a caddy ctsv. The car had been in an accident before he bought so we cut the frame to get it straight again and i just plated over the cut. I also repaired some cracks around the motor mounts and welded the suspension pivots more better.

 

[YROC FAB.]

Alex brought me a few pontoons to repair and add some drain bungs to. He also took some neat pictures of me making money on my back like a whore.

 

[Magerdgr]

This is a heavy pig.... View attachment 127848

(Someone needs a washer/dryer?)

Are you asking?👆

 

[mbryson]

Are you asking?👆

Yes, been trying to sell them in KSL for a couple weeks.

 

[XJEEPER]

This is a heavy pig.... View attachment 127848

(Someone needs a washer/dryer?)

My son and his bride need a washer/dryer combo. Gas or Electric on the dryer? Text me the details, please.

 

[XJEEPER]

Looks Awesome. I am a little surprised you didn't cut out the the opening and slide in 2x4 metal into the Unibody. That's what I did and incorporated the hitch into the bumper and welded nuts so you could still attach bumper with the hitch would bolt.

I contemplated that option, but decided that in order to keep the bumper brackets adjustable to allow for bumper alignment with the body lines, I would also need to fab the said unirail insert brackets (2x4 tube) so that they would be adjustable where they mate up the to bumper, which was more work for no net strength gain. YMMV

 

[kmboren]

I contemplated that option, but decided that in order to keep the bumper brackets adjustable to allow for bumper alignment with the body lines, I would also need to fab the said unirail insert brackets (2x4 tube) so that they would be adjustable where they mate up the to bumper, which was more work for no net strength gain. YMMV

That sounds like a lot more unnecessary work. I made mine so it would attach to the bumper mounts and the 2x4s but decided the hitch/2x4 was more than enough. Now my exo cage is also welded to the rear bumper so it's not going anywhere. My rear bumper is Heavy also because I used 3/8 steel that I had carl cut out and my design. Glad I went that thick because it is solid and not a dent on it. I have always loved your jeep and its functionality. Cool to see you continue to build it.

 

[glockman]

Alex brought me a few pontoons to repair and add some drain bungs to. He also took some neat pictures of me making money on my back like a whore.

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Are you running the tig pedal with your calf? Next level out of position welding there man😁

 

[YROC FAB.]

Are you running the tig pedal with your calf? Next level out of position welding there man😁

Yes I am. I've used my knees, elbows, left hand while the helper adds filler, had the helper run the pedal while I scream for more heat lol.

 

[xjtony]

Made a push bar with D rings for the 2500.

 

[SLC97SR5]

Are the newer Ram's like the older Ford's in that they don't have a decent spot to mount a recovery point to?

Nice work.

 

[xjtony]

Are the newer Ram's like the older Ford's in that they don't have a decent spot to mount a recovery point to?

Nice work.

They have factory tow hooks, but when I bought the truck they had been removed for a chrome bull bar. Last time I looked the factory tow hooks were on the pricey side. This was free with stuff I had laying around, and gave me a mount for the light bar

 

[zmotorsports]

Last night I decided to take a few minutes to repair the air nozzle on my vertical bandsaw. The other night I lowered the blade guide and bumped it to the table which broke the small spot weld loose.

I cleaned with a wire wheel, wiped with acetone and soldered the pieces back together.

I then reinstalled, adjusted and tested it out.

I also decided to sand down the bandsaw table to remove the blue paint that has been wearing off over the past five years of ownership.

While I was at it I sanded the tables on my disc/belt sander as well.

Thanks for looking.

Mike

 

[mbryson]

Last night I decided to take a few minutes to repair the air nozzle on my vertical bandsaw. The other night I lowered the blade guide and bumped it to the table which broke the small spot weld loose.

I cleaned with a wire wheel, wiped with acetone and soldered the pieces back together.

I then reinstalled, adjusted and tested it out.

I also decided to sand down the bandsaw table to remove the blue paint that has been wearing off over the past five years of ownership.

While I was at it I sanded the tables on my disc/belt sander as well.

Thanks for looking.

Mike

Did you just use a DA sander on the tables? Love the look

 

[zmotorsports]

Did you just use a DA sander on the tables? Love the look

Yes. I just hit the bandsaw table with some 120-grit, then 180-grit and lastly some 320-grit on the DA. I ran the 320-grit over the tables on the disc/belt sander as they were already bare metal, they just hadn't seen any love in a while.

I agree, I love the metal-finished look too.

Mike.

 

[zmotorsports]

Last night after work I opened up the shop and started by performing a service on my Quincy air compressor.

While I was servicing the compressor I allowed the next job to cool.

A friend from work brought his newly acquired 2nd Gen Camaro over to have some work done on it. It’s a pretty clean unrestored/original 1981 Camaro that has about 51k miles on it. It’s all original with the exception of headers and dual exhaust.

The guy he bought the car from informed him that it had a leaking rear main so he asked if I could replace it. I don’t like to just replace parts without verifying for myself so upon inspecting I noted a couple of other possible issues.

One was this pinched wire under the rocker cover. If you look just under the lip of the rocker cover it is evident. This could be a potential leak point as well.

I loosened the rocker cover and was able to slip the wire out without pulling the gasket with it so we'll give it a go and hope it didn’t permanently deform the gasket.

You can see how flat the section of wire is.

Another potential leak point on these small blocks is the oil pressure sending unit. This one seems to be wet around the base.

While the oil was draining I removed the lower inspection cover from the bell housing to verify the rear main is in fact leaking.

That was about it before calling it a night.

Thanks for looking.

Mike