General Tech What did you work on Today?

[Hickey]

That should be real handy and I’ll be watching for updates.🤘 I’m currently collecting parts to build a wood splitting attachment to be run off my Kubota’s rear hyd. disconnects.

We've been using just the pallet forks for the last two years to work on the wood piles. They work OK, but being able to clamp down will be a huge gain.

I ran out of welding wire tonight, so all I got done was the extension for the jaw. Those trees are gonna be hurtin!

 

[Hickey]

 

[YROC FAB.]

I turned my jig table into a chassis table. i have a few chassis i need to build on it and is all it really does it collect junk lol. I bolted it down to the frame so i can shim it flat if need be. The square tube frame is 4x4 3/8 wall.

 

[Hickey]

My rear 3rd somehow ended up with a Landcruiser flange (maybe from the FZJ80 HP front I have?) and I didn't realize it until now. I went to put the d shaft in last week and realized it.

After chatting w/ @bryson about the simplest approach, I pulled a spare 4runner shaft apart and used that as a guide to drill the holes. Pulling the u-joint was the hardest part of the whole operation.

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I can't believe you have the same name as your drive shaft. WHAT LUCK!!?

 

[Coco]

Decided the front of the house needed a pressure washing. We had discussed pulling the shutters down and painting them to match the door. Sure glad we did! Night and day difference! It was nice to clean out all the old hornet nests behind them too. Was kind of gross really.

 

[pkrfctr]

Almost ready to go back on the road. Got the undershield, carpet, sill trim, seats and seatbelts all mounted up.

 

[OCNORB]

Helping out on setting up wife’s 2-dr JL by building a sleeping platform. (Yes, she is short enough!)







Hinged back allows her to get to her cooler, tools and recovery gear. 2x4 frame is u-bolted to the rear seat mounts using wing nuts so it can all be pulled back out in just a few minutes.

 

[mbryson]

Scrounged around the garage for stuff to make a template for the floor.

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That's coming right along! How soon until driving/enjoying?

 

[UNSTUCK]

You can come over and practice your organizing skills in my shed.

 

[Vonski]

Several years ago, I bought a farm property with gravity-fed irrigation to water pasture grass. I was fine with the PO keeping his wheel line, but I kept a dozen 40’ pieces of his old hand line. After a summer of moving it 4x a week to get the coverage needed, I knew a re-design of my setup was needed. Anyway, it has evolved into what I finished today. Buried 4” pvc lines around the perimeter to multiple 2” risers with ball valves on each. I cam lock an “end gun” up top with a throw of 130’-150’ depending on average or peak pressure. After having marginal success (countering the forces applied by the gun) by using cemented posts and different braces/cables last year, I stopped messing around and strap to a couple 1200# landscaping blocks. 😂

 

[OCNORB]

Five hunnerd dolluh dump truck has brakes and made it around the block without incident. Into it about a thou now.

 

[zmotorsports]

I'm loving these smaller summer projects. Usually, each summer I take on a big one that has me working outside well past dark for a couple weeks.

A shed ramp is been something I've wanted since I got the shed. I put it off and wrestled the big mower in and out because with all my searches, I'd never found anything like this.

Here's the shed before.

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I pulled the original threshold and cut the new one to match. I transferred the face-mounting holes to the frame and drilled and inserted rivet nuts. The paint-looking stuff is zinc to limit corrosion.

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I got fancy and chamfered the holes because I found some tapered hardware in the shop.

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Here's how the ramp sits in the threshold piece. It's really slick. This stuff is from Top Shed. I had to drive to Logan to pick it up, only because I wanted it today. Otherwise, I could have met a salesperson in the valley.

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Here it is all mounted up. I need to figure out what I want to do with the area beneath and around the ramp. At the very least, I have to adjust the ground so the ramps sit right.

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Next up is shed organization so I am not fighting with outside toys every time I need to pull out something for the yard.

That ramp and mounting solution turned out great Brent. Well done.

Mike

 

[stimmie]

A couple weeks ago I had a friend come in to work to get some new batteries for his camp trailer. Just before he left he said he had a bike to sell me. All he knew was it was a BMW 1200. I went back and forth in my head wondering if I should take on another project or not. Finally on Thursday I stopped by his house to check it out. His wife gladly took me out to the shed to show me the bike. 2000 BMW R1200C. Low miles. Rebuilt/restored title on it. Saturday morning I went to buy it. This time the friend was there and he told me that he had put about 17-1800 miles on it, and then it's been sitting in the shed since 2016 when he was transferred to California for work. It ran when he parked it, but he didn't do anything to store it other than stick it in the shed. I live roughly 1/2 a mile from him. I sure got my work out pushing that bike home! Out of shape guy like me needs that kind of exercise every once in a while. Had to take off the tank to get to the battery. I could tell the tank was full of rotten old gas. Almost 2 gallons worth. I think I'll need a new fuel pump, filter, and definitely new hoses. I'm hoping to revive the battery by putting new acid in it, but that doesn't look promising.

Anyone know a place a guy could take a tank to get cleaned and re-lined? All the lining is flaking off inside and that will keep causing issues if I don't take care of it before putting the tank back on.

 

[Pile of parts]

Looked into my steering issue that surfaced in Sand Hollow last weekend. This kept from making the Hanging Tree run today. At least I know what the problem is now...

 

[Greg]

Looked into my steering issue that surfaced in Sand Hollow last weekend. This kept from making the Hanging Tree run today. At least I know what the problem is now...
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Yep, that'll do it!

 

[skippy]

Looked into my steering issue that surfaced in Sand Hollow last weekend. This kept from making the Hanging Tree run today. At least I know what the problem is now...
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Holy Smokes!!!

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Looked into my steering issue that surfaced in Sand Hollow last weekend. This kept from making the Hanging Tree run today. At least I know what the problem is now...
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Ouch. I suffered the exact same failure on the Rubicon Trail. Allows the piston to work through the front cover of the box.

 

[Pile of parts]

I may be asking too much from a '70s GM Saginaw car box with hydraulic assist, Detroit locker and 43" TSLs. Full hydro may be in my near future.

 

[Corban_White]

Added 2 bays onto my Father-in-Law's shop.

End of day 1:



End of day 2:

 

[Brad J]

A couple weeks ago I had a friend come in to work to get some new batteries for his camp trailer. Just before he left he said he had a bike to sell me. All he knew was it was a BMW 1200. I went back and forth in my head wondering if I should take on another project or not. Finally on Thursday I stopped by his house to check it out. His wife gladly took me out to the shed to show me the bike. 2000 BMW R1200C. Low miles. Rebuilt/restored title on it. Saturday morning I went to buy it. This time the friend was there and he told me that he had put about 17-1800 miles on it, and then it's been sitting in the shed since 2016 when he was transferred to California for work. It ran when he parked it, but he didn't do anything to store it other than stick it in the shed. I live roughly 1/2 a mile from him. I sure got my work out pushing that bike home! Out of shape guy like me needs that kind of exercise every once in a while. Had to take off the tank to get to the battery. I could tell the tank was full of rotten old gas. Almost 2 gallons worth. I think I'll need a new fuel pump, filter, and definitely new hoses. I'm hoping to revive the battery by putting new acid in it, but that doesn't look promising.

Anyone know a place a guy could take a tank to get cleaned and re-lined? All the lining is flaking off inside and that will keep causing issues if I don't take care of it before putting the tank back on.

Nice Bike. It looks like it would be a drive for you but I have used and always recommend J-Mac in SLC (3520 S State St, Salt Lake City, UT 84115) http://www.jmacradiators.com/
They Boiled and lined a friends Gas tank from a 4 wheeler about a month ago and he was very happy with them.