What are you working on today?

[BrianF]

Nothing fancy but doing some pretrip maintenance as we have three vehicles and two trailers doing a 1600km round trip to the Royal Red horse show . Checked fluids on the diesel, everything still good from its maintenance earlier this year. I will check the brakes on the 6 horse as well.

The Ford Flex just needs a bath and clean out the interior so it looks less rez.

The third vehicle with trailer is a friend so if they ask for help great, if not, sucks to be them.

 

[paulo57509]

1999 Escalade: tried to recharge a/c but the system needs more attention than just a recharge. Also repaired a door check roller

2002 Tacoma: tightened squealing belt, replaced air filter, engine oil change, serviced manual trans with MT90 and serviced both diffs. Someone had previously encountered stuck plugs on the front diff:View attachment 350569

I chucked up both and at least took down the high spots and sharp burs.
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Also a rodent had been snacking on the old air filter View attachment 350571

Those drain plugs look like they came off a Ducati.

 

[CBR.worm]

I replaced a recently installed, but defective A/C condenser and receiver drier on my G35 today. It was annoying because I replaced the entire system with all new parts a few months ago and it was defective right from the start. I also received a defective evaporator, but I exchanged it before installing. Basically, two critical new pieces were defective out of the box.

 

[Creekside]

Finally got around to getting my belly dump trailer unloaded. It’s been sitting several months since the engine laid down with a load on it and I haven’t had time to get it together. Used my old GMC Briagdier with a 750 Holmes to tow it down the hill and dump the trailer out then I split the trailer off so I can use it and put the truck in a storage spot until I have time to mess with it. Fortunately this truck has a quick connect fitting to supply air to it and I put one on the wrecker too. Simply ran an air hose between them to air the truck and trailer up to release the brakes and actuate the gates on the trailer.

Moved a track loader tonight.

 

[D60]

I replaced a recently installed, but defective A/C condenser and receiver drier on my G35 today. It was annoying because I replaced the entire system with all new parts a few months ago and it was defective right from the start. I also received a defective evaporator, but I exchanged it before installing. Basically, two critical new pieces were defective out of the box.

Who was the offending manufacturer?

 

[The Critic]

2010 Honda Civic LX-S, 154K.

A friend is selling this vehicle to another BITOGer. I picked up the car today and gave it a full inspection, which led to the following work:

- Engine Oil and Filter Change. The new owner requested 5W-30.

- Tire Rotation

- Cleaned Cabin Air Filter
- Drain and Refill ATF

- A/C Evac and Recharge

- Repair one torn front bumper tab

I didn’t want the new owner to get bored, so I left him some work to do: replacing the front wiper blades and repairing the circuit board on the instrument cluster.