Do they have the socket hex in the adjusting screw? That's the real deal
What are you working on today?
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I installed a new hand soap dispenser in the shop bathroom. Triple S antibacterial soap, nice stuff. Their heavy duty soap works well also.
Worked on one of the Polaris Indy's up here. Not sure of year but fairly new 550 fan cooled sleds. One was bogging down and would barely move. It fired up and idled fine buy smoked the belt trying to go.
Opened her up and found the driven clutch was open more than it should be and the belt worn down and jammed in it. I swapped belts and worked the driven loose. Then fired it up and deglazed the primary as it was covered in rubber.
Seemed to work great after with a spirited test ride.
Opened her up and found the driven clutch was open more than it should be and the belt worn down and jammed in it. I swapped belts and worked the driven loose. Then fired it up and deglazed the primary as it was covered in rubber.
Seemed to work great after with a spirited test ride.
Since my shoulder is still healing and will be for a few weeks. I started piecing together all of the remaining parts I will need to restore the project 04 Kawi ZZR1200 I bought running rough for $100.
Need sprockets and chain, new tires, new brakes.
Also ordered this for it
Here is the bike the day I picked it up
Need sprockets and chain, new tires, new brakes.
Also ordered this for it
Here is the bike the day I picked it up
Going to replace the clutches in my focus. Pray for me.
I started working on a clogged chip conveyor connected to a Haas ST-35LY lathe. Clueless operator let too many stringy chips build a bird nest then tried running the conveyor instead of pulling it out. Similar to putting too much TP in the toilet and flushing it multiple times after it doesn’t go down.
I used to run old Mori Seikis with conveyors, turning a TON of HDPE. Those thick ribbon "chips" will wrap around anything and everything. We'd stick it all in a baler and then someone would come haul the bales away when we had enough.
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Troy-Bilt snow blower failed after 14 years. Ran it for 5 hours during the last storm and suddenly shut off. Verified spark, must be the carb.
Indeed it was, some kind of slime in the emulsion tube. Otherwise, looked pretty good for a 14 year old carb that sat a few winters unused.
Indeed it was, some kind of slime in the emulsion tube. Otherwise, looked pretty good for a 14 year old carb that sat a few winters unused.
I had a 97 with the 2.2 and 5MT, it was a brilliant car. It came 2nd to Mercedes that year in crashworthiness. This car had a hard life and it held up well.
Be prepared to replace every seal on the front of the engine.
The timing belt on the 2.2 at least was a good diy. Pull the rad fans and you have lots of room
Power steering pump will lose its seals if not already
Mine went airborn daily (interesting road) and the alignment never came out.
KYB shocks were a good uograde
If it doesn’t have a tach, it’s a modular layout and you can press one into place and it should work
Trying to remember. I upgraded mine to 15” outback wheels and something like a 205/60 r15 tire and it handled rock solid that way.
Slight spring spacer in the rear helped deal with loads in the back (tail on mine sagged after a while).
I tried a CAI in mine but while it made more noise, it bogged at big throttle inputs, no gains.
One of the best classic wagon looks you can get IMO.
Try getting a front side marker (might also be signal?). They're absurdly expensive and/or difficult to find for what should be a budget car.
$38 before shipping
In contrast, here's the similar part for an '02 Taco:
None of this proves anything, except maybe these old Subies are dying off and demand for parts is low
2002 Silverado Duramax/Ally:
-classic leaking trans lines. Had reached the point it was leaving droplets on the steering linkage
In the (distant) past I've used a kit from Alligator Performance, but they apparently gave this up. Plenty of others have taken over and I decided to try Fleece.
Now, because I'm incredibly humble and awesome, I'm not gonna say that I'm awesome. But because I'm awesome, I build these Al retainers to duplicate the exact location and function of the cheesy OEM plastic retainer.
As viewed from behind, looking forward. It just hangs on an M6 stud which can't be seen
New lines at cooler
Peel back inner fender for lower line at rad
This truck also has tie rod sleeves I built last year (yes, you can buy 'em cheap but that misses the point) because I'm awesome (but humble)
-classic leaking trans lines. Had reached the point it was leaving droplets on the steering linkage
In the (distant) past I've used a kit from Alligator Performance, but they apparently gave this up. Plenty of others have taken over and I decided to try Fleece.
Now, because I'm incredibly humble and awesome, I'm not gonna say that I'm awesome. But because I'm awesome, I build these Al retainers to duplicate the exact location and function of the cheesy OEM plastic retainer.
As viewed from behind, looking forward. It just hangs on an M6 stud which can't be seen
New lines at cooler
Peel back inner fender for lower line at rad
This truck also has tie rod sleeves I built last year (yes, you can buy 'em cheap but that misses the point) because I'm awesome (but humble)
Really nothing super interesting or different at work. Link bars, spacers, lots of cleaning and rearranging in preparation for a new CNC lathe. At home my friend who's renting my shop finished up his Yukon cam job Monday evening, looks like he took in a couple of auction rat Chrysler minivans for a local car lot.
We've been shut down due to snow so there’s no dump truck work right now and probably won’t be for at least another week. It’s too cold to melt right now.
I ran down to Claremore Oklahoma today and picked up this old Sullivan compressor she’ll today. I have been wanting to put together a dedicated fencing trailer for several years and I think this will work good. The trays inside the doors will hold tools and small consumables and I can carry our electric fence line and supplies down inside and keep them out of the weather when not in use. I plan to build a cradle on the back to carry a few bundles of T posts. There’s a few access holes in the bottom that will get covered with some scrap expanded metal to keep things from falling out.
I picked up two new tires from the tire company I use on the way down and the seller used his forklift to pick it up and remove the wheels. Had the tires swapped at a local tire shop in Oklahoma. The old ones definitely wouldn’t have made it home. Bearings are a little rough and loose so I’ll probably clean the hubs up and repack them with new seals. This will get pulled around by a farm tractor so as long as the bearings are in one piece I will probably reuse them(although I would never recommend it). I won’t put 100 miles on this in the next decade.
Stopped for lunch on the Will Rogers Archway. Worth the stop if you’re passing through on interstate 44. I hadn’t been there in 20 years or so.
I ran down to Claremore Oklahoma today and picked up this old Sullivan compressor she’ll today. I have been wanting to put together a dedicated fencing trailer for several years and I think this will work good. The trays inside the doors will hold tools and small consumables and I can carry our electric fence line and supplies down inside and keep them out of the weather when not in use. I plan to build a cradle on the back to carry a few bundles of T posts. There’s a few access holes in the bottom that will get covered with some scrap expanded metal to keep things from falling out.
I picked up two new tires from the tire company I use on the way down and the seller used his forklift to pick it up and remove the wheels. Had the tires swapped at a local tire shop in Oklahoma. The old ones definitely wouldn’t have made it home. Bearings are a little rough and loose so I’ll probably clean the hubs up and repack them with new seals. This will get pulled around by a farm tractor so as long as the bearings are in one piece I will probably reuse them(although I would never recommend it). I won’t put 100 miles on this in the next decade.
Stopped for lunch on the Will Rogers Archway. Worth the stop if you’re passing through on interstate 44. I hadn’t been there in 20 years or so.
I replaced both VVT solenoid connectors on my daughter's 2010 Chevy Cobalt. I had replaced both of the solenoids last week but both of the retaining tabs on the connectors broke when I tried removing them, so they were not securely held on to the solenoids.
I found the AC-Delco connector part numbers listed on the O'Reilly's website for the AC-Delco solenoids that we bought, and I bought both connectors on Ebay for a fraction of the price that everyone else had them for. Some places wanted up to $70 for one connector and I bought both of them for about $35 for both of them.
I used uninsulated butt connectors with adhesive lined heat shrink to make the repair and wrapped everything up with Scotch 33+ electrical tape. Turned out very well.
I found the AC-Delco connector part numbers listed on the O'Reilly's website for the AC-Delco solenoids that we bought, and I bought both connectors on Ebay for a fraction of the price that everyone else had them for. Some places wanted up to $70 for one connector and I bought both of them for about $35 for both of them.
I used uninsulated butt connectors with adhesive lined heat shrink to make the repair and wrapped everything up with Scotch 33+ electrical tape. Turned out very well.
Thanks. I will have to look into that for the next time I have a connector issue. Everything under the hood of this car is super brittle. A couple of years ago I had to replace all of the plastic ribbed wire loom under the hood because it had all pretty much fallen off the wiring.