What are you working on today?

[BrendanC]

replaced the sway bar end links on the accord in my signature. was getting a loud clunk in the front end when going over bumps and i just did a front end ~20k miles ago. absolute pain in the rear to get the swar bar links off but with enough torching and PB blaster i won. nice and silent again.

side note, if anyone has a 7th gen accord/civic look into adjustable upper ball joints. it adds some castor adjustment that honda neglected to add to the car. if your alignment shop is willing to work with you and adjust/test/adjust it will drive a million times better.

 

[SHOZ]

Had my son out to help heft some cedar and pear logs into the water at the pond bank. Need to secure them later. Spreading out the mulch I dumped. Won't get that done today. Kind of windy and cool.

 

[cptbarkey]

Drained 4 quarts of ATF from the GX460, refilled 4 quarts. Greased various driveshaft fittings.

 

[Pablo]

2" black iron pipes in concrete and steam punk style plumbing

 

[ripcord]

2" black iron pipes in concrete and steam punk style plumbing

Installing or replacing?

 

[Pablo]

Installing or replacing?

Adding on and going larger

Edit: the bottom hose bib is just taking the place of a 3/4” pipe cap. That is where I am taking off with PVC for a hose bib kitty corner on other side of shop which has no water. Of all my fittings I didn’t have a 3/4” pipe cap!

 

[ripcord]

Adding on and going larger

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Do you have a blow out valve for winter time?

 

[Pablo]

Do you have a blow out valve for winter time?

Yes not far away. Works great

 

[BrendanC]

got roped into helping my buddy pan drop his 2020 silverado 1500 8l90.

also changing the oil in his wife’s 2023 mazda cx9

 

[14Accent]

Sealed our little trailer with Thompson transparent stain/water sealer to protect it from the elements. Aired up the tires to the proper 90 PSI and greased the hubs.

Oil change for our 02 Grand Cherokee with the 4.7. 174k miles. Supertech 5w30 synthetic and a Fram Titanium that had 2 rounds on it came out/off and 6 quarts of Pennzoil Euro L 5w30 with a basic ST white can went back in/on.

Drained the water from the shop compressor.

Swapped the summer wheels/tires/freshly painted hubcaps onto our 06 Spectra. Painting the hubcaps really spruced up the look of the little thing.

 

[meep]

So much hard work. Pruning holly bushes is one of my less favorite things. Cut down a crepe Myrtle which was planted frustratingly close to the house and was a roach-carrying squirrel ladder. Drove many miles to help a good friend get his daughter’s shipped moving belongs from a freight terminal and move them into her soon-to-be occupied apartment. Attempted to resolder suspected cold solder joints in his microwave display (no success here). Neighbors cat paid me a visit and I received a little “cat therapy” (snooze) on the back porch.

Waiting on RA to send me 10 spark plugs and associated gaskets for both of our vehicles.

 

[RAR]

Diagnosed the non-working rear liftgate on the Grand Caravan as an attack of the green crusties in the power connection.

Pulled it out and the ground snapped in a small puff of corrosion. The connectors in the plug are swollen and damaged beyond repair. But the module has two flat spade connections that a pair of blister pack crimp spade lugs fit over nicely. Removed the plug and crimped on the spade lugs. Plugged them in and put the module back in place. Voila! The liftgate opens and closes as it should, returning the van to full utility.

Then I replaced a loose, stripped shock absorber bolt and nut on my brother’s Jeep Wrangler Rubicon JK. New grade 8 bolt and nut with lock washers and good as, well, newer.

Going back home tomorrow with stops at a couple places on the way. But I’ll be back down later in the week for other commitments.

 

[wtd]

GMT400 replace door hinge pins and roller
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How hard of a job is this? I need to do this on a couple of our GMT 400 trucks.

 

[wtd]

Recharged the AC on my daughter's 2010 Chevy Cobalt. It looked like the two lower lines going to the condenser had been leaking again. I had replaced the sealing washers several years ago but they seemed to have leaked again. Replaced the washers and vacuumed and recharged with 14.4 ounces of R134a. This system does not hold much at all. Vent temps were 43 when I was done.

While I had the AC equipment out, I vacuumed and recharged the system on the 92 Cavalier that I have been working on. I had repaired this system in 2006 and converted it to R134a and it was still working fine when the car was parked in 2014 after she got the 94 Cavalier. I did not see any obvious signs of leaks since I had put dye in the system when I did the repair years ago. It held vacuum during several different cycles of vacuuming the system so I recharged it and vent temps were around 45 degrees. Compressor was still quiet. I did find that the high side connection seemed to be leaking slightly but stopped once I put the cap back on.

 

[D60]

How hard of a job is this? I need to do this on a couple of our GMT 400 trucks.

It's not bad. I keep buying this kit that needs the knurled section of the roller pin turned down -- it's like 20 thou oversize and just won't fit. But since I have a lathe, I guess I like abuse. I'm wondering if some model years used a different diameter here and it's not just Chinese QC

However it's better to do the repair sooner than later. Ideally you want to catch it before the bushings deteriorate 100% and then you start wallowing the steel. This is a good state in which to catch it:

 

[michaelluscher]

2017 Spark (67k) came by to receive it's first service
Factory air filter

Factory cabin air filter

Threw $10 worth of injector cleaner in the tank
Need all 98hp out of this beast
Gotta stress that CVT

Cleaned the MAF, throttle body cleaning TBD
Out came the factory plugs, in went new of the same

Those don't look great for 67,000 miles

While installing the dashcam, I noticed blinking green/red lights under the dash
Further investigation

Had to remove and split the fuse box
Had me punching air

Removed this GPS tracker with loan shark payment reminder chirp (current owners bought car outright)
I suspect this car has been on a BHPH lot once or twice in its life

Aired up the flat spare, observed the missing wheel wrench, incorrect Ford floor mats, missing cowl corner piece
Cleaned the battery terminals, had it tested
Tire pressures all over the place
Standard used car checkover
On the future shopping list

I'll probably service the CVT in the fall

 

[berniedd]

Topping up the ATF in the 1998 CRV. ATF was changed a few days ago, the shop got the ATF to just barely above the lower fill mark on the dipstick, mainly bec I'd brought exactly 2.5 quarts Mag1 Fully Synthetic ATF and 300 ml Lubegard Platinum with me.

Also changing the 2012 CRV brake pedal plastic button. It had shattered, causing the brake lights to be on all the time. On the 1998 CRV, I've had to change this brake button twice already in the last 17 years I'd owned the car.

 

[D60]

Serviced rear brakes on my non-profit's '12 Ram 1500. Auto Shack rotors, because, cheap ($66 for two rotors on Amz). Wagner semi-metallics, because, cheap ($16 on Amz)

I had also suspected dragging caliper(s) and had ordered replacement hoses. The thing is, in the infinite wisdom of Chrysler, you can't (easily) replace just the hose because it's crimped to hardline.

I no longer suspected dragging rear brakes after seeing the existing pads this time, but decided to replace the hose assys on general principle alone.

The Sunsong replacement includes a standard hose (ie threaded at each end) and pre-bent hard line. They fit perfectly.

Seen here is LH old assy (top) vs 2-piece Sunsong replacement

The right hand gets even dumber because it requires a mile of hardline. Seen here is old LH (top) and old RH (bottom).

 

[ripcord]

Wow, that is a dumb way to do it.

 

[SHOZ]

Planted 7 holly bushes yesterday. They are the prince and princess ones and got them at Menards. Was only going to buy some of the princess ones but I found 3 that had both the male and female plants in one container for the same price as the single plants though somewhat smaller. 11% off too! One had two males with the female. This is an area that had a couple already but died out. Old ones I transplanted.

Today I'll scrape off the sod and dig a trench next to them to contain the mulch and then mulch high.