Excellent details for the scale. At first with a quick glance that first pic looked like the real deal. From a distance any pic could fool one just doing a quick look.
What did you do to your non-G Body project today [2024 edition]
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So today became the final episode of "how to hang an exhaust pipe. Spent most of last week waiting for the correct diameter band type exhaust clamps and when they did arrive not only were they metric in diameter but so was the bolt/nut fastener and to add insult to injury the nuts were skinny a** 10mm x 1.5 "stovers".
That wasn't going to cut it so made the call this morning and discovered that 2H or heavy hex metric nuts are a non stock item at my local industrial hardware dealer. Not only that but #10 external tooth anti-vibration lock washers only come in boxes of 100: and they have to be ordered in as well!!!!! WELL!
So okay, been down this road before so the next step was to head over to Home Depot of all strange places and lo and behold, in the fastener aisle, in the bulk fastener whirly bins, I find not only the #10's but the metric 2H nuts as well. Score.
For those who might be wondering at this point just exactly what a 2H or Heavy Hex nut is, basically, after chosing between coarse and fine thread, another option can pop up. Most nuts, either fine or coarse thread show up as "finished". That is the term for the default manufactured size of the nut. Example here would be the nut for a 3/8ths bolt; in finished format it will take a 9/16ths wrench. By contrast, the 2H nut requires the use of an 11/16ths wrench as it is two sizes across the flats wider. The benefit to heavy hex is that it puts more shoulder against the material being bolted or joined together which spreads the load. That helps to minimize tear through and can make things a lot easier if you want to tack some nuts to a sheet of metal because the back side is blind once the install is done.
All that aside, For lunch I elected to do the shop floor slide and get the pipe install done. Along the way I swapped out yet another pipe hanger for a version thereof that would be easier to drop out and remove during exhaust pipe replacement. Think road salt and brine here; pipes last about three years at mostm reference the pictures of the old tube that I posted a few pages back.
Now, having scratched out another item on the list, back to the brake job. For that tomorrow because the brake install kit doesn't come with the springs and lever for the shoe adjuster; that is entirely another different kit altogether and, you guessed it, All Together Now...............NOT IN STOCK!! ORDERED TODAY, BE HERE TOMORROW!!!
Swept the floor, vacuumed up the debris and shut it down. Went for a walk while the temp was still close to comfortable. Day two, well we will see.
Oh, pictures??? Nah, not even thinking about them; you've mostly all had to hang exhaust pipes and pretty much know the drill and the aggravation. Pictures would be like shaking salt on a open wound.
Nick
That wasn't going to cut it so made the call this morning and discovered that 2H or heavy hex metric nuts are a non stock item at my local industrial hardware dealer. Not only that but #10 external tooth anti-vibration lock washers only come in boxes of 100: and they have to be ordered in as well!!!!! WELL!
So okay, been down this road before so the next step was to head over to Home Depot of all strange places and lo and behold, in the fastener aisle, in the bulk fastener whirly bins, I find not only the #10's but the metric 2H nuts as well. Score.
For those who might be wondering at this point just exactly what a 2H or Heavy Hex nut is, basically, after chosing between coarse and fine thread, another option can pop up. Most nuts, either fine or coarse thread show up as "finished". That is the term for the default manufactured size of the nut. Example here would be the nut for a 3/8ths bolt; in finished format it will take a 9/16ths wrench. By contrast, the 2H nut requires the use of an 11/16ths wrench as it is two sizes across the flats wider. The benefit to heavy hex is that it puts more shoulder against the material being bolted or joined together which spreads the load. That helps to minimize tear through and can make things a lot easier if you want to tack some nuts to a sheet of metal because the back side is blind once the install is done.
All that aside, For lunch I elected to do the shop floor slide and get the pipe install done. Along the way I swapped out yet another pipe hanger for a version thereof that would be easier to drop out and remove during exhaust pipe replacement. Think road salt and brine here; pipes last about three years at mostm reference the pictures of the old tube that I posted a few pages back.
Now, having scratched out another item on the list, back to the brake job. For that tomorrow because the brake install kit doesn't come with the springs and lever for the shoe adjuster; that is entirely another different kit altogether and, you guessed it, All Together Now...............NOT IN STOCK!! ORDERED TODAY, BE HERE TOMORROW!!!
Swept the floor, vacuumed up the debris and shut it down. Went for a walk while the temp was still close to comfortable. Day two, well we will see.
Oh, pictures??? Nah, not even thinking about them; you've mostly all had to hang exhaust pipes and pretty much know the drill and the aggravation. Pictures would be like shaking salt on a open wound.
Nick
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At the rate of having to order stuff ,that it might be as fast to mail order them! That’s if the mail system is reliable and on time.
Been a summer from hell this year, and I don't just mean from the temperature....
Between the health issues, relapse and new, and the family issues that ultimately pulled me away from the board here for a while entirely....
To our friendly visit from Helene that flattened the shop, peeled apart the outbuilding like a sardine can, wrecked the enclosed trailer roof/paneling, and battered the house... a week plus of no power leaves a LOT of bad food in the various freezers too.
I'm *still* trying to log the damaged items from the shop hoping the insurance will pay out something on the various tools and used parts... we will see.
But, to steal from DRIVEN .... I'm NOT DEAD YET. And given how others are even so much worse off than this place wound up, I'm grateful the solid brick walls held and there wasn't floods here. Rain damage to the contents of the damaged outbuildings and trailers? Sure. Lost 2 of the mustangs as well to trees.
But, there's some degree of... catching up??.... finally happening, just as we've got this new storm to watch and feel for everyone in its path. It'll get real interesting here with as little as 40 mph winds I'd bet going on all the temp repairs throughout the area if the storm tracks too close to us.
So, today was getting this pile to the right of way.
For scale that's a 2 lane road behind it, and, the makeshift drawbridge I put in was 6x6 posts with 3 pallets on it topped with 2x12 lumber boards.... that's probably a good 40 foot long, 8 foot tall pile where they've offered to begin picking up from the ROW.
I've got 2 more like it to also get moved to the road, and, theres four 150-250 year old heavily storm damaged trees that will have to come down sooner than later.... hopefully they hang on till winter when it's cooler weather, and, hopefully the body holds up to the work. Tomorrow I'm going to get one of the outbuildings down out of the trees before possible winds and rain on Thursday, just in case:
Between the health issues, relapse and new, and the family issues that ultimately pulled me away from the board here for a while entirely....
To our friendly visit from Helene that flattened the shop, peeled apart the outbuilding like a sardine can, wrecked the enclosed trailer roof/paneling, and battered the house... a week plus of no power leaves a LOT of bad food in the various freezers too.
I'm *still* trying to log the damaged items from the shop hoping the insurance will pay out something on the various tools and used parts... we will see.
But, to steal from DRIVEN .... I'm NOT DEAD YET. And given how others are even so much worse off than this place wound up, I'm grateful the solid brick walls held and there wasn't floods here. Rain damage to the contents of the damaged outbuildings and trailers? Sure. Lost 2 of the mustangs as well to trees.
But, there's some degree of... catching up??.... finally happening, just as we've got this new storm to watch and feel for everyone in its path. It'll get real interesting here with as little as 40 mph winds I'd bet going on all the temp repairs throughout the area if the storm tracks too close to us.
So, today was getting this pile to the right of way.
For scale that's a 2 lane road behind it, and, the makeshift drawbridge I put in was 6x6 posts with 3 pallets on it topped with 2x12 lumber boards.... that's probably a good 40 foot long, 8 foot tall pile where they've offered to begin picking up from the ROW.
I've got 2 more like it to also get moved to the road, and, theres four 150-250 year old heavily storm damaged trees that will have to come down sooner than later.... hopefully they hang on till winter when it's cooler weather, and, hopefully the body holds up to the work. Tomorrow I'm going to get one of the outbuildings down out of the trees before possible winds and rain on Thursday, just in case:
Sorry to hear, but glad to hear you are in the right mindset and taking it as it comes
Hope those mustangs were something other than cars or horses, like maybe mini-bikes but not very sanguine about the chances.
Nick
Nick
2016 v6 deep impact blue and a 2014 GT gotta have it green were lost to fallingn sweetgum.
I'm left with a 2016 GT deep impact blue and a 2014 v6 gotta have it green.
Used to have matched pairs, highway cruiser and fast toy of same year and color. Lost half the pairing of each.
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