The grass looks greener from here, and I have too many cars already. I have the sickness.
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What did you do to your shop today?
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Agreed.
You're focusing on the wrong side of the equation. There really is no such thing as too many cars to have, just too many other bills siphoning away funds to do what you want with them...
I don't mean to derail too far, but my collection has suffered mission drift. The short roster has a reason. The Reaper pickup was my first car, and it'll be my last. I spent almost 20 years wanting a Gilroy before I found a decent one I could afford. My Grandpa Cutlass has some sentimental value, plus I want a reason to run a BBO without getting into the jet boat world. The white TW is just goofy fun.
I never wanted the Smell Camino, it was dropped in my lap. The blue TW is my loaner sl*t so my friends and family have something to ride when they come to town. I, personally, wouldn't miss it. Supervibe is a necessary evil. Not even bringing the 8N or the BroHauler into the mix. Life is just more complicated than it needs to be.
I never wanted the Smell Camino, it was dropped in my lap. The blue TW is my loaner sl*t so my friends and family have something to ride when they come to town. I, personally, wouldn't miss it. Supervibe is a necessary evil. Not even bringing the 8N or the BroHauler into the mix. Life is just more complicated than it needs to be.
Amazon, CT I think even HD carry them now
It's a UK company, but like most things, I think a lot of their stuff is made in Asia now.
WOW! Just think of all the colonoscopy parties you could have.
Can you stream that to a 4k tv?
Can you stream that to a 4k tv?
I can't take credit for that one. I was about to type it up butt Oldsmobile Joe was up in there first....
Ive been selling a few of these to the plumbers at work https://www.kleintools.com/catalog/borescopes/wifi-borescope good feedback so far. and fairly cheap.
So I did happen to mention pictures at one point or another and since this all pertains to stuff in the shop; just a few images for your viewing consideration
So I needed a couple of dollies to use for specific instances. The first tool was created from sections of round and square bar with the intent of using it to dolly the sill angles on my M/Carlo door skin project. The second tool was made from a chunk of low wall channel that had previously been used as a re-enforcing brace on the Indian seat; Eisenhower Engineering at its finest. With a little help from cousin Dremel I managed to remove it without damaging the seat bracket or pan bottom, cut it up to make a "Tee" form, added a pair of short lengths of flat bar to act as locating pads for a set of vice grips and used it as a shaping tool to persuade the pan to resume its original curve.
And a pair of shots of the Indian Chief seat pan. The first shows some of the repair work that I had to do to fix the tears in the pan metal. it would have been easier if I would have been able to drill out the rivets as the damage went through two of their holes but getting replacement rivets is neither simple nor easy so the option was to work around them and "persuade" the metal that it really, really, really, wanted to go back to where it belonged.
The second shot shows the pan bottom and the mounting bracket for the overload springs. You can see the clean areas where I had to go back and remove the remainder of the tacks from the deleted brace as well as the sections of weld where I could get access to the tears from below.
A pair of progress shots of my inner door skin for the Monte. The first, close up, shows a couple of the relief cuts that I had to make to get the sill to relax. The entire length of the sill flange is backed by a section of fence pipe that is clamped in place using "P" jaw vice grips. At this point there are still only a few tacks holding things together as I still have to engage in some more persuasion up at the front leading edge.
The second shot is my solution to how to make a heavy awkward chunk of sheet metal stay in one place and behave while I beat up on it.;
I did mention at one point that i had taken my existing Malibu rims/tires in to the yard and had the rubber swtiched over to a pair of 03 S-10 rims that I had acquired. This is the result. These rims still need more sanding, going finer and finer each time until I can try to buff and polish them. For now the easiest place to store them was on the front rotors.
And finally, for the LS brigade, i finally managed to bed in that LS6 manifold that I scored with the assistance of one of the LS afficionados who lurk around here. Apart from the described increase in horsepower that the LS6 manifold is supposed to supply, as you can see from the next picture in the sequence, it is also substantially shorter in height than used to reside on the mill. For the curious, the second pic is a truck manifold. If you are looking for torque then this would be a possible choice. For myself, I wanted the LS6 due to both its height and its ability to generate more HP without any other tweaks such as a cam. While the cam is not a bad idea, for the LS motors it pretty much demands that you upgrade the entire valve train including the springs, rockers, pushrods and cam followers. There might be a cam that would accept the stock components but I wouldn't want to have to lean on it for any solid grunt.
Not much else going on and I have to lay some love on the Miller as the copper strap in the ground clamp has frayed to the point where it broke free. A 200A clamp is only 6 bucks, but I can also get a battery woven ground strap with eyes. I may do both and see if I can make a strap before I bite the bullet and just to the swap out.
Nick
So I needed a couple of dollies to use for specific instances. The first tool was created from sections of round and square bar with the intent of using it to dolly the sill angles on my M/Carlo door skin project. The second tool was made from a chunk of low wall channel that had previously been used as a re-enforcing brace on the Indian seat; Eisenhower Engineering at its finest. With a little help from cousin Dremel I managed to remove it without damaging the seat bracket or pan bottom, cut it up to make a "Tee" form, added a pair of short lengths of flat bar to act as locating pads for a set of vice grips and used it as a shaping tool to persuade the pan to resume its original curve.
And a pair of shots of the Indian Chief seat pan. The first shows some of the repair work that I had to do to fix the tears in the pan metal. it would have been easier if I would have been able to drill out the rivets as the damage went through two of their holes but getting replacement rivets is neither simple nor easy so the option was to work around them and "persuade" the metal that it really, really, really, wanted to go back to where it belonged.
The second shot shows the pan bottom and the mounting bracket for the overload springs. You can see the clean areas where I had to go back and remove the remainder of the tacks from the deleted brace as well as the sections of weld where I could get access to the tears from below.
A pair of progress shots of my inner door skin for the Monte. The first, close up, shows a couple of the relief cuts that I had to make to get the sill to relax. The entire length of the sill flange is backed by a section of fence pipe that is clamped in place using "P" jaw vice grips. At this point there are still only a few tacks holding things together as I still have to engage in some more persuasion up at the front leading edge.
The second shot is my solution to how to make a heavy awkward chunk of sheet metal stay in one place and behave while I beat up on it.;
I did mention at one point that i had taken my existing Malibu rims/tires in to the yard and had the rubber swtiched over to a pair of 03 S-10 rims that I had acquired. This is the result. These rims still need more sanding, going finer and finer each time until I can try to buff and polish them. For now the easiest place to store them was on the front rotors.
And finally, for the LS brigade, i finally managed to bed in that LS6 manifold that I scored with the assistance of one of the LS afficionados who lurk around here. Apart from the described increase in horsepower that the LS6 manifold is supposed to supply, as you can see from the next picture in the sequence, it is also substantially shorter in height than used to reside on the mill. For the curious, the second pic is a truck manifold. If you are looking for torque then this would be a possible choice. For myself, I wanted the LS6 due to both its height and its ability to generate more HP without any other tweaks such as a cam. While the cam is not a bad idea, for the LS motors it pretty much demands that you upgrade the entire valve train including the springs, rockers, pushrods and cam followers. There might be a cam that would accept the stock components but I wouldn't want to have to lean on it for any solid grunt.
Not much else going on and I have to lay some love on the Miller as the copper strap in the ground clamp has frayed to the point where it broke free. A 200A clamp is only 6 bucks, but I can also get a battery woven ground strap with eyes. I may do both and see if I can make a strap before I bite the bullet and just to the swap out.
Nick
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