General Tech What did you work on Today?

[The_Lobbster]

Not working on it yet, but bought this military trailer at auction today, was full of scrap wire. Kinda wanna build a camp trailer out of it.

 

[YROC FAB.]

Made a bottom missing spark guard for this belt sander and ran some 3 phase to it's new home. I also have been cleaning and organizing that far side of my shop.

 

[YROC FAB.]

Put my lift to work today lol. I went ahead and mounted one of my shop decorations today with some 3/8 plate and 14b ring gear. It has been hanging from a chain for over a year now. Its a old mercury flat head my friend stole the crank out of to make a stroker Ford Flathead. It sat for a while with water in some of the cylinders so. . .? Ive told people if they were to have it machined and put it back to work then they can gladly have it as it was gifted to me.



I like to leave easter eggs wherever i can.

I bolted on a JIC (Just in case) chain.

 

[Harley Jim]

I built a new console for Pats CJ5
I had it finished with wrinkle finish powder coat

 

[J Kimmel]

where did you get those cupholders

 

[Harley Jim]

where did you get those cupholders

My neighbor said they been laying on his shelf for 7 years he said they were for his dads boat. I'll ask him tomorrow, don't know if his memory is that long. I just noticed there is a lable on them I'll get it.

 

[Bart]

Boat supply places have them.

 

[Harley Jim]

This is the lable on the cup holder I also seen them on amazon

 

[zmotorsports]

Not all on one day but over the past several days I was able to get the preventative maintenance done on our coach and get her all ready for next year's travel season.

I started on Saturday morning by changing the engine oil and filters on our coach.

Rear end up on jack stands so I could get under it. I also greased all of my S-cams for the brakes as well as the driveshaft u-joints.

I filled the oil filter to ensure quick oil flow. This filter takes about 2-1/2 quarts.

Oil filter and coolant filter replaced.

I also replaced both fuel filters as well as the hydraulic filter.

Monday night I removed the driver’s tag axle tire/wheel in order to access the air system desiccant cartridge. I replaced it with a new Haldex cartridge.

Reinstalled the tire/wheel and torqued to spec. using my 3/4” Proto torque wrench.

Before closing up the shop for the night I dumped the fresh 6-gallons of Dexron III that I purchased into the hydraulic reservoir.

Last night I finished up the chassis work on the coach.

I noticed my air pressure dropping overnight during our trip to Moab a couple of weeks ago but haven’t had time to really investigate until now. I traced it down to the pressure supply side of the door seal solenoid valve. This same fitting leaked on me about four years ago on a lengthy trip but I was able to cut the 1/4” line and reuse the PTC (Push To Connect) fitting and proceed with the trip. Well it looks like it started to leak again.

This time I opted to replace it with a compression style fitting and be done with it.

New fitting installed.

Last item on the chassis was to raise the front end off the ground so I could check wheel play and grease the front end.

That pretty much completed preventative maintenance on the coach and she’s ready to go for the next travel season.

Thanks for looking.

Mike

 

[SLC97SR5]

Got the 7.3 IDI-T dressed back up and ready for installation.

 

[Harley Jim]

I wanted to make a rack to hold my faceshields but I dont like the blue tapcons showing on my finished work. I know thats pretty anal But if you put a 5/8 nut under your tapcon you can put one of the old nutcovers off of your flathead on it and it looks pretty cool.

 

[Harley Jim]

Oh yea the doner vehicle where I got the nutcover

 

[rholbrook]

I think I may be inheriting an old Ford as well. Very similar to this on but in dark green

 

[anderson750]

I think I may be inheriting an old Ford as well. Very similar to this on but in dark green

This is the shoebox I inherited.

 

[Harley Jim]

1950 custom.
I love the lancer hub caps on a shoebox just needs lake pipes

 

[Ashcat]

Yesterday we woke up to our first real snow fall. I’ve been procrastinating the repairs needed on our first snow blower. Overall the machine was in good condition and had a nice patina. We paid $750 and picked it up from a kid who had drug it out of a barn and recently brought it back to life, including a new battery, coil and carb kit. However some people just aren’t as meticulous as myself or knowledgeable and kinda just blunder through a project hoping for the best. Not blaming this kid and there’s evidence of repairs/maintenance of years passed.

The machine is a 1980 Case 224 with a Kohler K321AS 14Hp. Came with mower deck and 38” snocaster single stage blower. These machines were manufactured just an hour from our house. Gotta love America’s dairyland.

The immediate issues were that it was a nasty greasy mess. The engine was not secure and moved all around. The engine would run away. The drive system wouldn’t hold a consistent speed. Bad fuel.

He had never used the blower and wasn’t sure if he had the correct belt. So far the belt he included seems to be the correct length of 73”. Last night I finally got around to a full tear down of cowling, carb, governor, fuel pump, points, fuel tank and engine brackets. The engine mounts are funky, gonna build something suitable for Ultra4 in the future to fix the odd mounting system. The engine was literally held in place by the hydraulic reservoir to pump line. This task was made more enjoyable by sludging through all the grease and dirt. The 4 bolts that attach the engine block to the frame adapters were completely unthreaded. Luckily by inherent design they were trapped because they’re special tapered counter sink bolts. Also the rubber isolators on the adapters were losing their original rivets so for time being I threw 3/16 pop rivets at them to get me by.

Once secure I moved on to timing, points gap, verifying valve lash, cleaning, cleaning the fuel tank, all new fuel line, filter and some new wiring I cannibalized from the race truck. I discovered the starter, points and fuel pump were new. The coil had to be mounted and needed a new points lead. Coil was previously secured to the muffler using a bungee. Yep. The throttle and choke cables were properly adjusted and so was the gov. Indirectly it got a fresh oil change since I had to remove the remote oil drain tube to raise the engine to repair the mounts.

I filled her up with fresh high octane fuel, charged the battery and she fired right up! Engine is much quieter and smoother with the correct timing and securement. It does not run away at full throttle. Yay! The drive issues were related to the gov and throttle problems. Most of all it throws snow from over here to over there. Sorry I don’t have any pictures of the repair work. Just a summer photo and after dark snow pictures. I shoveled yesterday but left a patch to test. Works perfect. Sadly I’m excited for more/deeper snow to really play with this thing. Sure will be a back saver over shoveling.

 

[Greg]

Yesterday we woke up to our first real snow fall. I’ve been procrastinating the repairs needed on our first snow blower. Overall the machine was in good condition and had a nice patina. We paid $750 and picked it up from a kid who had drug it out of a barn and recently brought it back to life, including a new battery, coil and carb kit. However some people just aren’t as meticulous as myself or knowledgeable and kinda just blunder through a project hoping for the best. Not blaming this kid and there’s evidence of repairs/maintenance of years passed.

The machine is a 1980 Case 224 with a Kohler K321AS 14Hp. Came with mower deck and 38” snocaster single stage blower. These machines were manufactured just an hour from our house. Gotta love America’s dairyland.

The immediate issues were that it was a nasty greasy mess. The engine was not secure and moved all around. The engine would run away. The drive system wouldn’t hold a consistent speed. Bad fuel.

He had never used the blower and wasn’t sure if he had the correct belt. So far the belt he included seems to be the correct length of 73”. Last night I finally got around to a full tear down of cowling, carb, governor, fuel pump, points, fuel tank and engine brackets. The engine mounts are funky, gonna build something suitable for Ultra4 in the future to fix the odd mounting system. The engine was literally held in place by the hydraulic reservoir to pump line. This task was made more enjoyable by sludging through all the grease and dirt. The 4 bolts that attach the engine block to the frame adapters were completely unthreaded. Luckily by inherent design they were trapped because they’re special tapered counter sink bolts. Also the rubber isolators on the adapters were losing their original rivets so for time being I threw 3/16 pop rivets at them to get me by.

Once secure I moved on to timing, points gap, verifying valve lash, cleaning, cleaning the fuel tank, all new fuel line, filter and some new wiring I cannibalized from the race truck. I discovered the starter, points and fuel pump were new. The coil had to be mounted and needed a new points lead. Coil was previously secured to the muffler using a bungee. Yep. The throttle and choke cables were properly adjusted and so was the gov. Indirectly it got a fresh oil change since I had to remove the remote oil drain tube to raise the engine to repair the mounts.

I filled her up with fresh high octane fuel, charged the battery and she fired right up! Engine is much quieter and smoother with the correct timing and securement. It does not run away at full throttle. Yay! The drive issues were related to the gov and throttle problems. Most of all it throws snow from over here to over there. Sorry I don’t have any pictures of the repair work. Just a summer photo and after dark snow pictures. I shoveled yesterday but left a patch to test. Works perfect. Sadly I’m excited for more/deeper snow to really play with this thing. Sure will be a back saver over shoveling.
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She's a beaut, I'm a little jealous!

 

[Ashcat]

Thanks Greg. It’s a cool old machine albeit they aren’t the most ergonomic in terms of operator controls but for their age they were a marvel. Built for the home owner and engineered to be serviced over and over again. Def not throw away piece of garbage like anything today. I actually enjoyed tinkering with it and might restore it in the coming years. There’s pictures on the internet of a guy who built a 4x4 articulated version. I’d like to geek out with a project like that!

 

[Hickey]

Speaking of snow, I installed the winch and plow on our snow removal tool.

While I had the machine opened up, I completed the 3 light mod. Now all three headlights can be used at the same time.

 

[Ashcat]

Looks way sportier than my machine!