What are you working on today?

Finished up our rye for the year. Off to fescue when the weather cooperates. It’s been a wild weekend with baler breakdowns and things just fighting in general but we survived. I set a new record on hay production at just over 6 bales to an acre in this particular field. I’m hoping that the fescue does well too.

I missed my moisture target but not by much. I wanted everything at 40-60% and the last bale in the tube line was 38%. If I had been able to get the baler going quicker we would have been better but this will still be premium hay and will likely have near 0% waste when we feed it this winter.
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2000 Cavalier: plan was new front pads, rotors, calipers, hoses. I hit a little snag and will only replace one caliper. The other came with considerable damage to the banjo bolt and the tapped threads in the caliper:
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You can see the head of the bolt took a hit (when it poked through the box above)
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I did try to run a thread restorer into the caliper but it just doesn't look quite square to me. I'm not going to risk a leak at the copper washers if the bolt isn't dead square.

This is the second return in as many weeks that RA doesn't want the part back, so at least that is kinda nice.
 
Creekside said:
Finished up our rye for the year. Off to fescue when the weather cooperates. It’s been a wild weekend with baler breakdowns and things just fighting in general but we survived. I set a new record on hay production at just over 6 bales to an acre in this particular field. I’m hoping that the fescue does well too.

I missed my moisture target but not by much. I wanted everything at 40-60% and the last bale in the tube line was 38%. If I had been able to get the baler going quicker we would have been better but this will still be premium hay and will likely have near 0% waste when we feed it this winter.
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What does one of those round bales weigh?
 
Brother is borrowing my Mercury Grand Marquis for a bit to travel across the state. Right now he’s back home nearby, and sent a text Saturday night. Check engine popped up while he was in town picking up some things.

Scanned the car and found a gross evap leak. Odd, as that had never come up before. If it were bad, I have an evap canister assembly on the shelf that I recovered from a scrapped car.

But - I took the route of check the simple things first. Good thing, as my first check was the fuel cap. Yep! I pulled lightly on it and it was sitting loosely in the filler. I noticed that the plastic tether was jammed in such a way that putting the cap on to one click as directed on the cap itself was undone when closing the fuel door. 🧐. Weird, I’ve never seen that before - ever!

Well, there’s a first time for many things. Moved the tether to pivot freely and the issue vanished. Drove it several miles and no return.

Simple job and not much else to do. 😎
 
finished up the 3.7 engine. Not sure why but the software on the website isn’t resizing my photos correctly and therefore won’t let me post the pictures I took. Wayne is aware and looking into it.
 
changed all the lights over (minus reverse so far) to LED in my wife’s car. One with him beams on. Still won’t let me post some of the photos. It must be something with this new iPhone. It started when I got a new phone.

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Got the ol' girl loaded up this morning to haul home. She's been sleeping at my girlfriend's parents since I moved last summer: I had her dad charge up the battery before reinstallation and she popped right off with just a little choke.

I'm going to spend the rest of this season putting some work into her (brake rebuild, oil change, etc) to get it in sale ready condition for the next owner.
 
Installed some parts that just came in...8Y gen Audi RS3 brake ducts and MK8 gen VW lower control arm aero covers.

Details here:
 
Yesterday, back at my friend's shop.

1988 GMC Sierra 1500
Replaced drivers side tie rods, left front brake caliper and hose, front brake pads and rotors, repacked front wheel bearings, changed oil

1978 Chevrolet C10
Smoked it over and gathered a parts list

1970 Chevrolet Malibu
Smoked it over and gathered a parts list
 
D60 said:
2000 Cavalier: plan was new front pads, rotors, calipers, hoses. I hit a little snag and will only replace one caliper. The other came with considerable damage to the banjo bolt and the tapped threads in the caliper:
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You can see the head of the bolt took a hit (when it poked through the box above)View attachment 219131

I did try to run a thread restorer into the caliper but it just doesn't look quite square to me. I'm not going to risk a leak at the copper washers if the bolt isn't dead square.

This is the second return in as many weeks that RA doesn't want the part back, so at least that is kinda nice.
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That does look very out of square. Are the banjo fittings on the hose ends square, or are they tappered?
 
TiGeo said:
As big as it is what difference does it make when you are in a car? I know many here don't get that there are LED bulbs that work well in reflectors...diodes just need to be in the correct location.
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Exactly right. Clocked properly they work well. There is no light emitted out the end of the bulb. It’s aimed directly out the sides (9 and 3) at the reflectors the same as the factory halogens.
 
mattd said:
Exactly right. Clocked properly they work well. There is no light emitted out the end of the bulb. It’s aimed directly out the sides (9 and 3) at the reflectors the same as the factory halogens.
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I know because I had them in my previous housings. Nobody would ever know but the idea that all retrofits are bad persists by folks who haven't a clue. Sure...you can still buy crappy LEDs that blind everyone.
 
Changed the rear passenger brake hose on the Chevy Express 3500. Wow that fluid comes out right now! Didnt run the master dry at least but when everything is slippery it’s hard to rush. Drivers side might be worse since two brake lines run into it. Wonderful GM design looks like.
 
wander2039 said:
Changed the rear passenger brake hose on the Chevy Express 3500. Wow that fluid comes out right now! Didnt run the master dry at least but when everything is slippery it’s hard to rush. Drivers side might be worse since two brake lines run into it. Wonderful GM design looks like.
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I always have an irrational fear of running the mc dry, too. Nitrile gloves help, and I still keep shop towels at hand to dry my gloves as needed.

The past couple GMs I've done hardly drip when the hose is disconnected. But some vehicles flow at a heavy rate. Theoretically it should help to keep the cap tightly on the reservoir.
 
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