What did you do today not on your truck...

[57taskforce]

Damn that’s impressive Larry. I’m gonna round one up. The skeeters are bad at my house from March to November.

[57taskforce]

I took my wife and kids to one of the many caverns in the Shenandoah valley today.
Then we went to another essential stop... Cooters is a pretty cool place. Owned by none other than Ben Jones himself.

[72c20customcamper]

Put a new SS exhaust on the Hawk and started it and heard the water pump growling guess I didn't hear it with the blown mufflers . And of course doing the install noticed the radiator was weeping so I dug out a NOS one . I have one left after using this one . Well it was a good run on the original ,56 years . I can't imagine what a new one is worth now . We bought them in 1985 . Need to clean off the disintegrated cardboard and cobwebs.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by 57taskforce

I took my wife and kids to one of the many caverns in the Shenandoah valley today.
Then we went to another essential stop... Cooters is a pretty cool place. Owned by none other than Ben Jones himself.

I was in that area all last week, between Luray and Front Royal in Rileyville. I was working on my sister's place. They'd leave every evening and stay up in Overall at a friends and left the place to me until mid-morning. I was in Luray for breakfast every day. I wondered if you'd be getting down that way while I was there. I didn't get to Cooters but I paddled the South Fork and took some nice hikes. Shoot, I guess the pictures of the waterfall on overall Creek are on my phone. These camera pictures will have to do. View from her deck and the river

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Put a new SS exhaust on the Hawk and started it and heard the water pump growling guess I didn't hear it with the blown mufflers . And of course doing the install noticed the radiator was weeping so I dug out a NOS one . I have one left after using this one . Well it was a good run on the original ,56 years . I can't imagine what a new one is worth now . We bought them in 1985 . Need to clean off the disintegrated cardboard and cobwebs.

Save that old one.

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by special-K

I was in that area all last week, between Luray and Front Royal in Rileyville. I was working on my sister's place. They'd leave every evening and stay up in Overall at a friends and left the place to me until mid-morning. I was in Luray for breakfast every day. I wondered if you'd be getting down that way while I was there. I didn't get to Cooters but I paddled the South Fork and took some nice hikes. Shoot, I guess the pictures of the waterfall on overall Creek are on my phone. These camera pictures will have to do. View from her deck and the river

Nice Tim, I’m jealous. It was great to get back and spend some time in the Valley. I haven’t floated or paddled the Shenandoah since 2016. When I was younger we used to drop in at watermelon park and paddle down to the route 7 bridge once or twice a year. I’ve done Route 50 to watermelon park several times as well. Miss those days for sure. When my kids get a little bigger I will take them down the river. Looks like you sister has a great place. This is my dads place up off of route 9 just before the West Virginia line.

[Tom]

Got IS250 ac charged only to realize its the compressor going out. Picked up the boxster from the dealer after replacing microswitches. Picked up the gallardo from getting the oem cats reinstalled at the muffler shop. Test drove a couple trade ins, put gas in some sold cars, checked in a couple new to us 911's. Typical day of not working on my own stuff.

[Palf70Step]

Built another portable fan unit for the shop. I had been using this small fan to blow down low when underneath something. Been getting tired of kicking it over most of the time. My neighbor had an old pressure washer that the pump and motor were seize on, so it became my fan cart.

It got it's testing today when I did oil change on my DD. She worked just fine.

Next project.

[special-K]

They are both very nice and very handy. By next summer I'll be wanting to come up with some good cooling for the little garage I built to house my '67 SWB project. It seems the worst of the heat is coming to an end here for the season. I have a kerosene heater for, hopefully, quite a few months from now.

I finally got another gallon of the siding color and finished up the two areas of corrugated I had primed and ready. Getting that done allowed for the completion of the drain tile as well. Baby steps, but a couple things off 'the list'. I don't show it, but I graded the area out and spread fresh stone on top, and moved the picnic table back to behind the building. It's nice and shady there

[special-K]

I also moved the '67 project from it's long term spot finally!! Not done yet, but an encouraging step none the less. Now that my son sold the Ranger I had built around, and I'm back home after some out of town work, I had a chance to shovel out the top layer of stone to allow for a slab to be poured. Dispersed that on the driveway and other places that could use some. I don't see a slab coming too soon since I have other priorities on the house waiting. I was going to wait for the slab, but decided I want the truck in there bad enough that I'm willing to deal with moving it to pour the slab later. With luck, it will get moved onto a trailer to go for an exhaust system, now that I can install the engine.

I plan to get it inside today. But so far so good. First I want to give it a wash.

[72c20customcamper]

Whirlpool state park

[Boog]

Originally Posted by special-K

I also moved the '67 project from it's long term spot finally!! Not done yet, but an encouraging step none the less. Now that my son sold the Ranger I had built around, and I'm back home after some out of town work, I had a chance to shovel out the top layer of stone to allow for a slab to be poured. Dispersed that on the driveway and other places that could use some. I don't see a slab coming too soon since I have other priorities on the house waiting. I was going to wait for the slab, but decided I want the truck in there bad enough that I'm willing to deal with moving it to pour the slab later. With luck, it will get moved onto a trailer to go for an exhaust system, now that I can install the engine.

I plan to get it inside today. But so far so good. First I want to give it a wash.

That's good progress Tim. You've been busy.

[67C10Step]

Fixed a leaky kitchen faucet, noisy kitchen fridge, and the monsoon rains from the past two weeks has shown a minor leak in my shop roof. Off to ACE hardware later today to get what I need to fix that up.

[Ol Blue K20]

Tim, you need a day off! LOL

[special-K]

I had to look up Whirlpool State Park. It sure looked a lot like below Niagra Falls but I figured that would be park of that park. I see it's just downriver a bit.

I moved that thing out of it's hole yesterday. Today I pushed it into the driveway, washed it up, and pushed it into it's home all by my lonesome. Now I wish I would have dropped the engine in while it was outside the barn on the slab. Oh well. I really wanted it inside before the next rain. I will be able to do more now that it's inside, though fairly cramped. Time to find a place for the crap that has found it's way in there

[Boog]

Oh yeah. Now she's out of the weather. You can work on it anytime now. Before you know it you'll be making test runs out on the street.

[special-K]

It's kind of silly for me to be so excited about such a minimal garage for it. Not exactly a shop. But you said it when you said "she's out of the weather". One reason I hemmed and hawed about building this is I wanted more space, but as things are really didn't have any more room to use.

I never should have tucked that small barn, about the same size, back into that corner. I really didn't expect to be here so long and I had a shop I rented to keep my vehicles. I built that to replace the 8x8 shed that was there when I bought the place. The slab in front of it reaches to the edge of the septic tank, so no straight-on approach to the slab. I also wanted all the yard I could have for the kids when they were young. Now the maple tree is growing into the barn, as well. The tree is super huge now but, rather than take it out, I want to trim the limbs back and move the barn (and side shed) 3' into the yard. This will line up the shed side (left wall) with the right side of this tiny garage. So that will be straight-on with the driveway and the barn side will still be lined up with the slab. That's my minimal plan. The more ambitious plan, what I really want to do, is move the barn to the left side and rebuild the shed side to the right.

I would have just dismantled the whole thing and built a real shop straight back behind where I built this little garage if selling this place wasn't what I really want to do. So that is the other reason for hemming and hawing. Long story and very convoluted. I went ahead and did this little thing to go with the little old house. Looks like it belongs, been there, and in proportion. It is an amenity to add character, appeal, and value for the sale and for now keep the truck under cover. Also makes the back yard more private feeling (and hides my junk). Will also look better when showing the house to have a man's project tucked into a building. Money is tight, so no high hopes for the project until probably the next place. My plan is to get all parts assembled to consolidate them, but also can get driveshaft and exhaust made and get it running.

What I really want to see is that garage empty and that truck and my '72 sitting in the next garage at the next house. Now I can put my full focus on the house (except that barn moving thing)

[Gregski]

replaced the flux capacitor on our home AC and friend tells me saved at least $300 bones on a service call

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by Gregski

replaced the flux capacitor on our home AC and friend tells me saved at least $300 bones on a service call

The AC went out at our rental house, and one of the tenants went ahead and called in a repairman, who replaced the start and run capacitors. My wife nicely explained to the renters that that sort of repair is not authorized, and that if something goes wrong, like the repairman gets hurt, we have no protection. We don't know if the person doing the repair was insured or licensed. I've replaced capacitors in my condensing unit; it's a piece of cake. $50 for two capacitors. I haven't seen the receipt yet, but I do know that it is over $400. They're good renters and are taking great care of the place, so I don't want to chase them off. They just need some education. Once that kind of thing starts, it can snowball, and they'll be making other unauthorized "repairs" for which we could be liable.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

The AC went out at our rental house, and one of the tenants went ahead and called in a repairman, who replaced the start and run capacitors. My wife nicely explained to the renters that that sort of repair is not authorized, and that if something goes wrong, like the repairman gets hurt, we have no protection. We don't know if the person doing the repair was insured or licensed. I've replaced capacitors in my condensing unit; it's a piece of cake. $50 for two capacitors. I haven't seen the receipt yet, but I do know that it is over $400. They're good renters and are taking great care of the place, so I don't want to chase them off. They just need some education. Once that kind of thing starts, it can snowball, and they'll be making other unauthorized "repairs" for which we could be liable.

as en ex landlord I 100% agree, too many laws favor the tenants especially here in Cali so I got out of that business

oh but I do miss the rental calls: "How many bathrooms is it"

Me: "One"

Them: "Are you sure, could you go and check"

😳

[A1971Blazer]

Machined a Harley S&S crankcase for 124" cubic inch cylinders

[DeadheadNM]

How do you diagnose a faulty capacitor? Asking for future reference.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by DeadheadNM

How do you diagnose a faulty capacitor? Asking for future reference.

AC does not blow cold air, the capacitor bulges like a bad laptop battery, the top raises and looks domed not flat

they are also cheap $25 bucks online so even if you replace it and it still dont fix the problem you know you wont be paying $400 for a service call for something simple

home ACs only have four components, the capacitor being one of them

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by DeadheadNM

How do you diagnose a faulty capacitor? Asking for future reference.

If the power is on, and the fan in the condensing unit won't spin, or looks like it's trying to spin, the start capacitor is bad (usually).

A start capacitor is used to briefly shift phase on a start winding in a single phase electric motor to create an increase in torque.

[DeadheadNM]

Check. Thank you.

[DeadheadNM]

Thanks!