What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2023]

jlcustomz said:

Biggest issues Ive ever had with any of these smaller lawnmowers is the damn carbs, even with ethanol free gas. Found out my new honda from Nothern tool doesn't warranty carbs, though it's been better than the B& S carbs sofar . But it's effin rainin in Flka this weekend No mow thee law as you say cut the grass in French.

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Interesting you say that, one of my push mowers is a 161cc Honda Engine with some kind of Carb issue. I took it completely apart and it's perfectly clean, put it back together and had the same issue. It'll surgle idle unless you close the choke a little bit, for some reason it's lean. Same thing from my research it's a Carb thing where when the B&S Engines do it the Engine Governor is messed up.

Built6spdMCSS said:

So today's project was fixing the washer. YouTube vid showed me this one. I got this with the dryer both new for $100 from a lady when I was in the process of buying my house. Definitely want to make them last.

There are four suspension rods with springs on them basically to dampen the load shift while you are washing stuff. Inside the upper piece there is a foam bushing that over time loses grip on the rod and therefore causes excess movement. All them loads over the years wore the ole girl out..

The quickest most simplest & cheapest fix was jamming a #3 safety pin through the upper piece of plastic therefore giving metal on metal friction and controlling movement of the spring rebound. That plastic sits in the bottom of the wash drum housing.

Easiest way to get them out was layed on the front, they go out through the bottom. Once they are out it takes like 30 seconds to do one. $3 pack of safety pins genius idea, I'll see how it works this afternoon. So far it's much better and movement is how it should be testing it.

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Did the new shocks fix your issue? I did this twice in 3 months. It would work OK for a couple weeks then act up again. Mine cracked a ceramic wall tile the second time and that was it for me.

Finished cleaning my frame yesterday and painted it in prep of the plow frame that fought me way more than it should have.



Luckily those bottom pieces are just pinned in there and come out easily. Driving it like that all summer would suck. I have 3 holes per side to drill to add the rest of the fasteners but it's in there and everything is lining up now.

axisg said:

Did the new shocks fix your issue? I did this twice in 3 months. It would work OK for a couple weeks then act up again. Mine cracked a ceramic wall tile the second time and that was it for me.

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I didn't put in new shocks, put them safety pins in as a friction piece to control movement. So far it's working perfectly.

I got into my truck earlier, it was a nice day so I wanted something to do outside. My goal was to add a manual control to run a high idle when I wanted the truck to warm up quicker when it's cold outside. Couldn't tune it in with HP Tuners on a button so manual control it was.

Scrounged the buckets full of random in the garage for everything needed. Threaded 1/4-20 rod, hardware, piece of cable, the pull start handle, piece of aluminum for a retaining bracket and a piece of plastic as a bushing worm clamped to one of the dash supports. It's tight in place there and the friction holds the throttle body open, cable attached to the gas pedal and doesn't interfere at all with driving. I wanted something that would flex when normally driving. I'll fine tune it to the point of how much resistance it needs to hold the throttle body open, at the moment its tight but it works.

Built6spdMCSS said:

Atleast the wipers work..

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Too good actually turn on every time we put the key into accessory, hahaha

Sweet_Johnny said:

Yeah, but how bout the cigarette lighter?

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that works too, working on changing them out to the newer setups since those center consoles run 2 of them

Supercharged111 said:

Finished cleaning my frame yesterday and painted it in prep of the plow frame that fought me way more than it should have.

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Luckily those bottom pieces are just pinned in there and come out easily. Driving it like that all summer would suck. I have 3 holes per side to drill to add the rest of the fasteners but it's in there and everything is lining up now.

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is that your wintertime poopysuit in the upper left corner in the pic there?

86LK said:

is that your wintertime poopysuit in the upper left corner in the pic there?

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All season coveralls. Was rocking Carhartts and knee pads yesterday. They're getting ripe.

I stopped in to get an inspection at my friend's shop. He had just dragged in a 1957 Chevy. A mutual friend had it for around 30 years. He had a shop put a Chevy crate engine in, T-350 trans, added front disc brakes, Mallory Uni-Lite ignition, electric fuel pump, but otherwise pretty stock. The guy had let it sit for like 10 years without running it. He had no wrenching skills and was tired of just looking at it, so he sold it to my shop friend. They changed the oil, spark plugs, bought a new Holley 600 cfm carb, but it ran like crap. He asked me to look at it, and right away I saw that it was 'idling' at 2000 rpm just to stay running. They had just taken the carb out of the box, plopped it on, started it, and stood there staring at it. No one knows what a carburetor is anymore. Right off, I saw the float level was so high it was flooding. All the vacuum hoses were placed wrong so I identified each and put them straight. I hooked up a vacuum gauge and an rpm/timing light. I slowly lowered the rpm's, adjusted the idle screws, all the while watching the vacuum gauge. I got it from 2000 rpm, 10" vacuum, down to 650 rpm, and 20" of rock solid vacuum. It was so strong I hooked the vacuum advance to ported vacuum, and it responded nicely. I don't know what cam came with a GM Targetmaster crate engine, but it ended up with a super smooth idle, so not a crazy grind. Even in gear it idles nice. Now they don't have to push it in and out of the shop anymore. He wants to clean it up and sell it for a nice profit. I said when was the last time you saw someone driving one of these? Never? You have a nice, solid, driver here that you don't have to anguish over and be afraid to take it out. We'll see what he does with it.

Bonnewagon, obvious your friend with the shop is likely to be more computer literate when it comes to cars than experienced with eye and ear ball tuning like someone such as Jack Roush practiced.

If your friend is so anxious to lose the ride, make him an offer he can't refuse (Now where have i heard that line before??????) All you would likely need to do is to give it a good bath and a fluff and buff and then pay visit to the nearest or next show and shine with a for sale sign in the window and you're away to the races. Might be a good cash generator for you for $$$$ to throw at one of your other projects here.]


Just noodling the situation here.


Nick