POTD- PROJECT OF THE DAY: What Did You Make In Your Shop Today?

[GoceKU]

The saga with white elephant No:2 continues, first task was to take off all the door panels and take them apart to get reupholster. Then i gave the interior quick clean to get off the sanding dust. This was the easy part. The difficult come when i tried to drive it out side for a better cleaning. The engine is only running on 2 cylinders, for those who know diesels that is very bad news. First i check was the fuel supply and found the fuel filter is very coarse also the diesel has a bit of a smell. This car has been sitting for months now and who knows what the body shop did with it. So i went out and bought me a good quality fuel filter and started taking apart the entire fuel system. No:4 injector come with lots of effort but other 3 injectors didn't even attempt to move, i spent almost 2 hours trying to get them out and soaking them with penetrating oil then i decided i'll leave them to soak overnight.

 

[ChazzC]

. . . a shocking lack of potholes

Combination of less freeze/thaw, and that they don't go around digging holes, filling them in haphazardly and then fixing them a year later.

 

[GoceKU]

And at this rate of people leaving the country for better paid jobs less people on them.

 

[snoopdog]

Replaced my janky velcro, finally.

 

[wachuko]

Did a few small tasks...

RPM display box and wiring done... this is to use with the Logan 820 lathe... Only thing left is to figure out a way to mount it without the sensor being in the way of anything... first try was a failure as I completely forgot about having to close the door...



I was cool to find a connector... previous ones I had to permanently attach the power supply to them... So I got a bag of 5 connectors to have spares for future projects.



Works fine, that is just the refresh rate playing with the photo...




And wanted to make sure the tailstock wrench would not fall off... it is on a sweet spot where I can loosen and lock it without removing it... Drilled and tap and then installed a set screw. Used a dremel round bit to make an indentation on the nut to receive the set screw... Perfect.



Loosen



Locked



Also got the mount and long power cable for the TouchDRO display...

 

[BGHansen]

And at this rate of people leaving the country for better paid jobs less people on them.

And yet, with a smaller population for government to serve, they seem to need to keep expanding it. Reminds me of an old cartoon at my former employer (GM). It showed 3 boats being rowed in a race. Two were labeled "Honda" and "Toyota". They were manned with one coxswain and 8 rowers. The GM boat had one rower and 8 coxswain. The company did improve things after bankruptcy, though the government. . . .

Bruce

 

[erikmannie]

I got this far on a recycled plate welding coupon before I had to go to work. I am really envious of you retired guys!

 

[jwmelvin]

I made a part for a tortilla press I’m making; the adjustable pivot, which is an eccentric shaft. I could have planned a little better for setup, as the little dimple I made for centering in the 4-jaw (with a 90° drill) didn’t work with a spring tap follower so I threw together parts.

 

[rpker]

I started the process of cleaning out my SB heavy 10. Pulled out the cross slide and compound screws and scrubbed down everything in them with some kerosene and re-lubed with some ND20 weight oil. I will be pulling apart the tail stock and apron next, then eventually the headstock. All in all, a very satisfying way to spend an afternoon.

 

[GoceKU]

Today was a long day at work then in my machine shop and to top it off fighting with stuck diesel injectors. I soaked with penetrating oil and did everything i could to get the injectors out but they did not budge. So i went to my machine shop dug thru my scraps of steel and found me some material to make me a slide hammer. Drilling that heat treated piece did proof to be very hard it had a hard spot in the middle i had to drill it from both sides and at the end to use a hand file to make it slide. Threaded the rod both sides and made a nut for one end and adapter from M12x1,5 to M14x1,5 for the injector. It took me 20-45 min per injector hummering soking and heating the head to get them out. With so much effort i'm not taking any chances, i'll spent the money and buy a injector pop tester and rebuild them myself. I also found the injectors from the sized engine and plan to combine them all to make the best set i could. With that struggles and already smelling of diesel i dug out the back seat and removed the fuel pick up from the fuel tank, syphon all the fuel took apart the pickup and found some jelly, i'm thinking someone has put sugar in it, i'll be using the fuel that i took out for cleaning parts. That is probably what made this car run like 2 cylinder. I'll also washed out the fuel tank and wiped it out till it was spotlessly clean.