what did you wrench on today??

[Burque73]

Good to hear of some progress.
More parts to get??

Same here. It's easy to procrastinate on this, especially with another to ride in the mean time. Not to mention the garage being a miserable place to be until now.

Yeah, I still have more parts to get. Am up over $700 now on new/ used parts and still have a ways to go. I'd say maybe another $200 ish.

I looked all over and couldn't find a small part of the inner cowl that goes to the left of the gas tank. This one twisted and broke pretty badly. I found the bigger mid and upper fairing pieces, one new and one from fleabay. Both silver and perfect matches, but this small one isn't in production anymore apparently.

I decided to use a heat gun and sttraighten this one a bit, then weld it back together. Harbor Freight has a plastic welding kit that works pretty darn well. The welding rod it came with is really flexible though so I used black zip ties. It seemed to be a perfect match in consistency. The screen on the back side, once imbedded in melted zip ties, made it super stout and I'm pleased with it. Just needs sanding and maybe some black paint, or not...

20210920_162821 by Roger, on Flickr

20210920_164249 by Roger, on Flickr

20210920_184051 by Roger, on Flickr

20210920_172522 by Roger, on Flickr

[Cipher]

I freed a 1/4 inch rusted up socket wrench.
Took an hour.
Wrenched on a wrench.

[GS1150Pilot]

I did a ghetto tubeless conversion on a second set of wheels for my fat bike.

[bonanzadave]

2012 dodge journey back brakes. One each caliper pins were rusted and frozen into the caliper carriers. What a F'n bitch !!!

[oldGSfan]

Gutted my '69 Airstream Caravel for renovation. Inside patch, caulk and paint is done as well as window and door rubber and screens, now onto the rest, big job.

[Baatfam]

My compressor....dang! Busted the conrod...Parts on order. This will be it's third rebuild in 30 years...

[ferdston]

Changed the oil and lubed the clutch cable.

[Redman]

https://flic.kr/p/2myibSH

(Flickr app not cooperating. Will fix later.)

Not my garage, but working with tools on garage workbench.
(Improvised kitchen in garage during kitchen remodel).

might get back to wrenching in my garage Monday and Tuesday.


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GarageWorkbenchKitchen by Dave Redman, on Flickr

[Redman]

Had some inquisitive students in my garage this afternoon.

THe 3 year old wandered off pretty quick (found interest in pan of drain oil), but the other two took turns with the wrench to turn the crank.

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[Baatfam]

I'll say it again, Dave. You are one lucky man.

[Baatfam]

It was my third attempt, and it took me all morning, but I finally got the gall-dang stuck window in my garage to open....

[Redman]

I'll say it again, Dave. You are one lucky man.

True. (with regards to grandkids anyway)

It was my third attempt, and it took me all morning, but I finally got the gall-dang stuck window in my garage to open....
............

What was the trick? .... solvents? jacks? prying? Momentum Transfer Technology (hit with hammer)?

[Baatfam]

What was the trick? .... solvents? jacks? prying? Momentum Transfer Technology (hit with hammer)?

All of the above, plus a putty knife hammered in all around...

[Burque73]

I rescued an old wood floor from a terrible stain job. The owner was sick of trying to get it looking good and almost covered it with tile. Three passes with a drum sander, two times around with an edger (which required a wrench to change sanding discs) and a buffing here and there did the trick. Topped it off with three coats of oil based poly and man did it shine!

Before:



After:

[steve murdoch]

Nice work, Roger.
That is beautiful.

How pervasive was the dust to the rest of the house?