General Tech What did you work on Today?

Pike2350

Registered User
Location
Salt Lake City
Started gutting one of our bathrooms. I knew there had been carpenter ants around at some point (no signs of recent activity) but dam. This will be a complete gut and refeame many of the walls. I also found some previous work done by someone that just makes you scratch your head. Layers of drywall stacked and then a small layer of concrete/thinset on top to fill the cavity below the window. Lastly. I think they didn't use enough screws :rofl: i think the ceiling kept getting soft from the humidity(no ventilation) and it would start to droop....solution add more screws. These were all secured into the studd
 

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NYCEGUY01

Well-Known Member
Location
Willard, UT
Assembled my shortblock yesterday afternoon.
New heads should be here in a day or two along with another mountain of boxes from Summit Racing...
I cant handle the estimated 150 horsepower in the old 78 Stepside much longer...lol
I have it running perfect now, its just too slow and it has ZERO donut ability currently, We are going to resolve that....

Flat tops,Comp 268 ( Kinda small but it is going in a truck I guess..), Aluminum heads, blah, blah, blah.... Shooting for around 350 hp while keeping the low end and mid range strong.

I already had a MSD ignition, intake, Carb, and bunch of other stuff on the shelf to finish it up.
I decided to go Automatic and not worry about overdrive as its not going on any road trips anyway...
Still looking for a TH400/205 combo if anyone has one of those around...

Kinda wanting to build a 408 or something nasty for the Blazer next. It needs better donut abilities..
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N-Smooth

Smooth Gang Founding Member
Location
UT
I spent my lunch hour correcting the dumb shiiiii my builder did for the sprinkler system. Who in the world has ever thought “I bet the buyers would love to have a sprinkler valve box in their sideyard”… toolbags I tell ya. Also running all of the sprinkler lines on this side of the house when probably 99% of buyers will concrete it all anyways just infuriates me.
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So I’m going to run the main sprinkler line around back, hide the valve box somewhere that actually makes sense and cut into the existing front sprinklers from there. I’m not a sprinkler/landscaping guy but my common sense is apparently stronger than their expertise 😤
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RockChucker

Well-Known Member
Location
Highland
I spent my lunch hour correcting the dumb shiiiii my builder did for the sprinkler system. Who in the world has ever thought “I bet the buyers would love to have a sprinkler valve box in their sideyard”… toolbags I tell ya. Also running all of the sprinkler lines on this side of the house when probably 99% of buyers will concrete it all anyways just infuriates me.
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So I’m going to run the main sprinkler line around back, hide the valve box somewhere that actually makes sense and cut into the existing front sprinklers from there. I’m not a sprinkler/landscaping guy but my common sense is apparently stronger than their expertise 😤
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But your way is slower and more expensive
 

zmotorsports

Hardcore Gearhead
Vendor
Location
West Haven, UT
Nearing getting things wrapped up on the 2002 Silverado 2500HD LB7 that's been in my shop for the past couple of weeks now.

FASS system up and running.
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I removed the original exhaust last night. The original owner had cut the muffler out and straight piped it. The current owner likes the sound of it but I think straight piped trucks sound like shit. His wife didn't like it either so I convinced him a Banks Monster exhaust was the ticket. The welds on this straight pipe section were hideous and leaked a lot by the looks of it.
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I also invert the V-band clamp so it is easier to access from the wheel well area. Access can be had over the frame between the inner fender and frame rail with an extension and socket.
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On the extended cab short bed (ECSB) trucks the front intermediate pipe needs to be trimmed by 9.5". My Baileigh BS-210 made short work of the stainless tubing.
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After much finessing everything clears without any interferences. I generally start at the front and loosely tighten things working my way rearward and then start again at the front and tighten them fully as I tweak them to ensure no rubbing or contact with any chassis components or frame parts. Nothing worse than a rattle or bang when driving and hitting bumps.

Lastly as an extra measure of insurance, once everything is tightened properly I go back with my small MIG welder using .023" wire and add about an inch or so of weld to each tubing union/joint. The weight of these exhaust systems can over time begin to move a little as the clamps can and do slip. By having a small weld at each union I can ensure the fitment won't change yet if any additional work needs to be done down the road a die grinder can quickly zip the weld off to allow removal.

The exhaust tip was the last piece of the puzzle. I like them protruding ever so slightly out past the body so it doesn't drone by the body or the rear bumper cupping the exhaust. In this picture it looks like it sticks out quite a bit but it really doesn't as the bed side rolls under. The tip is still recessed slightly more than the upper body of the bed.
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This is a better representation of the tip placement in relation to the bed side, bumper and tire. I think this looks nice and won't drone under the bed or blacken the bumper so severely.
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Joints clearanced, clamped and welded in place.
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I also installed the new Fox 2.0 shocks before lowering the truck.
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I turned the lettering on the muffler so it can be read while kneeling down and looking under the truck.
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I'm getting closer and closer to completing this truck and moving on to the next project.

Thanks for looking.

Mike
 

zmotorsports

Hardcore Gearhead
Vendor
Location
West Haven, UT
Finished up the 2002 LB7 Duramax 2500HD last night.

Serviced the transmission, relocated the trailer plug to clean up the rat's nest of wires and horrible mounting and then reinstalled the front tires, torqued to spec., added fluids and road tested.

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Addressed the horribly mounted trailer plug and rat's nest of wires. Each night when I opened the shop door my eyes were drawn to this mess so I had to do something to correct that on such a clean truck.
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Made a separate mounting bracket to relocate the plug up under the bumper and tidy it up a bit.
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I worked on the trailer plug wiring while the transmission was draining after dropping the pan.
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Replaced the transmission filter.
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This looks much better and keeps it tight up against the bumper as well as the wires are now routed above the hitch in some split loom vs. hanging down under it for the whole world to see.
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Transmission pan reinstalled and torqued to spec.
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Back on the ground and returned from a test drive.
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Another job completed and hope the owner is pleased.

Thanks for looking.

Mike
 

NYCEGUY01

Well-Known Member
Location
Willard, UT
Finished up the 2002 LB7 Duramax 2500HD last night.

Serviced the transmission, relocated the trailer plug to clean up the rat's nest of wires and horrible mounting and then reinstalled the front tires, torqued to spec., added fluids and road tested.

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Addressed the horribly mounted trailer plug and rat's nest of wires. Each night when I opened the shop door my eyes were drawn to this mess so I had to do something to correct that on such a clean truck.
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Made a separate mounting bracket to relocate the plug up under the bumper and tidy it up a bit.
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I worked on the trailer plug wiring while the transmission was draining after dropping the pan.
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Replaced the transmission filter.
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This looks much better and keeps it tight up against the bumper as well as the wires are now routed above the hitch in some split loom vs. hanging down under it for the whole world to see.
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Transmission pan reinstalled and torqued to spec.
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Back on the ground and returned from a test drive.
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Another job completed and hope the owner is pleased.

Thanks for looking.

Mike


So......
How long has it been since you had a 205 apart on that table Mike ?

I think i have another smaller project for you...lol
 

zmotorsports

Hardcore Gearhead
Vendor
Location
West Haven, UT
So......
How long has it been since you had a 205 apart on that table Mike ?

I think i have another smaller project for you...lol

It's been a few years since I rebuilt an NP205 but I did some machining for a guy about a year or so ago that was making a doubler and I bored the input out to accept the larger bearing.

Let me know if I can help.
 

Asbjorn

Active Member
Location
Montrose, CO
On my 30 minute lunch break I went out and swapped the rear shocks on my DD/tow rig. These came on the truck when I bought it…yuck.
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Much better.
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Side note, that axle vent/brake tee spot looks like it needs some attention. My hands were far too cold/achy when I finished the shocks that I decided it could wait for another day.
 

DaveB

Long Jeep Fan
Location
Holladay, Utah
I spent most of the day removing the electrical demons from my grandson's Jeep. The battery kept on discharging and I knew that the battery harness needed to be replaced. Some previous owner must have thought the factory wires were too wimpy to charge the battery so they replaced the factory cables with 1/0 AWG cables. That included the starter wires, alternator wires, fuse box wires and all of the system grounds from the battery. That must not have fixed it so they put in a new battery. I think they gave up and sold the rig. I checked the alternator and it was fine and I tested the battery and it was good but needed charging. The previous owners added a bunch of aftermarket electrical stuff but didn't have a clue how to do wiring. I put my ammeter on the battery and it was drawing 5 amps when the jeep was off. I found one of the culprits and dropped the draw down to 2.5 amps. I ended up tearing out all of the aftermarket wiring and got the draw down to 250 mA. The previous owners had wired all of their extra gadgets to the power outlets on the dash and were overloading the circuit. The last demon took a bit to find but it ended up being an improper stereo power connection. Stereos have an ignition switched 12V and one that is hot all the time so that the station presets don't go away when you turn the car off. Whoever put the stereo in figured 12V was 12V and tied the two circuits together. After fixing that I could not measure any more draw on the battery. I should take a picture of all the wires I took out. My daughter asked if the jeep would still run with all those missing wires.
 

N-Smooth

Smooth Gang Founding Member
Location
UT
I trenched some frozen soil (with a rented machine) for like 3 hours and only got this much done. It sucked. I’m not sure how I’m going to get the rest done, especially the stuff on the north side of the house that is way more frozen.
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On the way back from returning the machine I decided it’s time to do some overhead shelves and get stuff off the floor. I got one done and I’m super happy with it. It’s 4x8 and you know I was sitting up there and hanging on it etc to test it. Don’t tell OSHA.
I will likely do a couple more just like it and then make nicer ones for the back walls.
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