What are you working on today?

[TiGeo]

One more track weekend at VIR in December so a few things on the list to get done this weekend. New front and rear brake pads, rear rotors, and a new stud kit. Stud kit is ~1 year old but seems to be coming loose and TBH, I didn't do the install correctly. This time, chased/cleaned all threads in my hubs first and only used a small amount of red loctite. Hopefully that sorts it. F. pads had 3 track days and were hosed. Rear pads had 2 track days and were hosed!!! Not a fan of the EBC RP-1 compound...not high enough friction coeficient (0.45Mu)...needed a lot of pedal which was unnerving slowing from 130mph+. Worked fine on street. Trying their higher-torque RP-X compound (0.55Mu). I use EBC Bluestuff NDX out back which is the most aggressive pad I can easily buy for the small 272x10mm rears. Also replaced the rear rotors with Stoptech Sport slotted rotors. Need new front rotor rings, they are coming hopefully in early Dec. I'm at the min 32mm thickness.

Holy cow...the RP-X pads are shocking. The braking power is ubsurd....hopefully I'll be able to modulate them using track tires but on the street, I think my guts ended up on the dash. My son took it for a drive and hate it haha.

Car going into the shop Tuesday b/c the Superpro LCAs I have, the right side r. bushing is coming out so they are covering it under their lifetime warranty. No noise, but noted it doing a look-over last week. They are "duroball" so a ball joint with poly and they look to have just not been bonded well enough...I've seen instances of this with these LCAs before. Glad Superpro stands behind their product b/c I really like these... a bit of added camber/caster. One nice thing about using a shop for your stuff....they can more easily/quickly get things covered than I probably could. 3 year/36K parts/labor warranty...love those guys!

 

[Owen Lucas]

21 Pilot 36k miles.

• Oil Change at 5k miles (50% maintenance minder but I do not want to change the oil in the winter)
• Engine air filter
• Cabin Air filter
• All wiper blade inserts
• Vacuum and interior detail
• Installed winter tire / wheel set Bridgestone Blizzaaks

Changed the air filter on the 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid as well. The filter is about 30% smaller than a regular CR-V Filter. Probably 23k Miles on the filter, no so bad IMHO.

 

[Bighorn2500]

Nothing vehicle related on a Sunday for once, fall yard cleanup today. Loaded up the fire pit with fallen branches & leaves to burn.

 

[weaponoffreedom]

changed out tcase, np263 on my friends 04 3500 chevy

 

[D60]

2014 Cherokee: front pads and rotors

 

[SevenBizzos]

Today was full interior detail on all three. Edge had it's paper filter put back in while I clean the K&N. Mustang was taken out for it's last drive of the year. Full tank of E0 with stabilizer (a storage requirement!). Sonata had oil change (11k), PS fluid D&F (20k), brake fluid D&F (11k), and new air filter (49k). Didn't get any tire rotations as all of this was my whole afternoon. We're ready for winter Edit: All three got a bath as well.

 

[The Critic]

Did some pro-bono work on my neighbor’s Forester again, this was visit #3 of a potentially 5-part series.

- Front brake pads and rotors
- Front and rear slide pin bushings
- Brake Fluid Exchange
- Installed the new rear axle nuts (didn’t have them on-hand when I replaced the wheel bearings earlier this month)
- Drained and Refilled the Engine Coolant, also added the Subaru Cooling System Conditioner snake oil.
- Topped off the Engine Oil and Blue Water
- Inflated all tires including spare.
- Tidied up his DIY Battery Install - his tie-down hooks were in the wrong hole and the terminals were dirty and loose.

I also tried to upsell him some additional free repairs - crossover pipe o-rings and rear struts. We’ll see if I find time for them.

 

[RAR]

Down for several days with a severe cold (or COVID? Not sure). So I lost that time for repairs on a couple cars in my list of stuff to do, and what’s worse is that we had warm weather during that time.

Today I’m having new tires put on my niece’s van after she has the alignment done.

Easing back into things.

One thing that came up: my Mini decided to have a fueling problem. Code read P3112 for cylinder 4 high pressure injector issue. It had new high pressure injectors installed by me months ago with no problems. But my suspicion is that the new high pressure fuel pump, aftermarket, burned me. Fortunately I have a known good one I can swap in and takes a T30, 12mm flare wrench, a screwdriver and 20 minutes time to put right. These Euro cars don’t take kindly to off brand stuff - I’m well aware of that but I gambled and lost.

 

[D60]

I was already into the door of an '02 Taco owned by an elderly lady and realized the door check wasn't working (no surprise, common issue).

I need to get it back to her in the next day so no time to order parts or one of the Russian ebay repair kits. I stumbled upon a post at TW where a guy had just crimped the outer body of his check, effectively putting more pressure on the worn rubber bumpers.

I wasn't expecting miracles but it's a way to repair what ya got vs waiting on parts.

The results were......meh, it's better. I wouldn't recommend this method but it's better than nothing. And realize you make it so your check can't ever receive one of the repair kits. I think I see new ones on Amazon, I might order one to have on the shelf

Using a chisel to dimple steel body:

 

[Kennedy01]

Working today and tomorrow at my shop at home, taking the rest of the week off.

Today
2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee 3.6 V6
Replaced spark plugs, coil boots, upper plenum seals, serpentine belt and changed oil

2013 Kia Optima
Replaced front brake rotors and pads, changed oil, replaced air filter

 

[D60]

2002 Tacoma:
-replaced left front exterior door handle
-oil change
-ordered interior door handle, marker light and new carrier bearing.

2008 GMC 2500:
-fixed a parasitic draw from Kennedy lift pumps
-replaced left front door check roller with a cheap kit from Amazon

I used a block of wood and a screw jack I made in school to support the door. I wanted to avoid a floor jack that might leak down if I got pulled away:

My Metabo thin head grinder was perfect for getting in there to cut the flared head of the roller pin:

Driving out the pin:

I think the best way to not want to slit your wrists when working the lower back hinge bolt is the indexing ratcheting wrenches:

-Also cleaned the house chimney. Fresh snow on the San Juans:

 

[Kennedy01]

2002 Tacoma:
-replaced left front exterior door handle
-oil change
-ordered interior door handle, marker light and new carrier bearing.

2008 GMC 2500:
-fixed a parasitic draw from Kennedy lift pumps
-replaced left front door check roller with a cheap kit from Amazon

I used a block of wood and a screw jack I made in school to support the door. I wanted to avoid a floor jack that might leak down if I got pulled away:View attachment 189518

My Metabo thin head grinder was perfect for getting in there to cut the flared head of the roller pin:View attachment 189519

Driving out the pin:
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I think the best way to not want to slit your wrists when working the lower back hinge bolt is the indexing ratcheting wrenches:
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-Also cleaned the house chimney. Fresh snow on the San Juans:View attachment 189522

Pretty view from the rooftop.

 

[Kennedy01]

The job I had lined up for today didn't show, so instead I tended to some things around the house. Replaced the porch light bulb, pulled the fridge away from the wall to clean behind it, couple loads of laundry, washed some dishes.

 

[Sedin26]

My MIL let me know that they had tried to use their Husqvarna power washer and couldn’t get it to start. Once I got there I learned it hadn’t been used since January.

The first thought was stale gas. The stuff in the tank was fine but when I pulled the cord a few times I caught a stale gas smell. A quick drain of the fuel system so the fresh stuff could replace the stale…and it fired right up.

I didn’t know this until yesterday but as of July all gas in Canada, including premium, now has to include Ethanol. I’ve always used premium for small motors or any gas storage but I guess I’ll have to make sure I use it quicker and/or drain fuel systems if they’re being stored for more than 5 or 6 months.

 

[D60]

Working on a '19 Ranger. Ford is still using the crappy 2-piece lugnuts. For some reason I thought they got smarterer?

 

[Kennedy01]

Yesterday's job showed up today. I had nothing else going on so I did it.

2019 GMC Yukon XL 5.3 V8
Replaced water pump, changed oil

 

[VolvoZ]

Dismounted old tires and mounted a set of General Altimax Arctic Snow Tires on the rims for the 04 Volvo S80. It’ll be ready for winter when it arrives.

 

[clinebarger]

Finalized the 6.0L LS swap into the '96 C1500, Test drove it for over 160 miles. Must have written the PCM 25 times getting the shift timing & AFR just right along with dialing in the cooling fans.

 

[michaelluscher]

Air up the spare

Tote the Total oil

Mentally prepare for Grandma's lease end tomorrow, hopefully this POS XT4 will vanish and something new take its place
pregames with Aleve

 

[cptbarkey]

At the inlaws for thanksgiving. Learned a little about septic sewage pumps, Harbor Freight’s lasted at least 5 years before death. Replaced it with an identical unit. Also did some flood control analysis, planning for a swale, ditch digging, possibly a culvert install, and ultimately fixing a badly eroded driveway using the JD 1025r. Hoping to start and finish around Christmas or New Years.