What did YOU do today?

[85_Ranger4x4]

I went to pull the battery out of the lawn mower last night so I could swap it for a new one today

Positive battery cable is shot, it basically twisted off at the battery

Went to remove it from the solenoid and the stud on that just spun

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Well, yesterday I went over to my property for a couple tools and realized the yard there needs mowed. Unfortunately my lawn/garden tractor still has messed up steering and the brush hogs for the farm tractor aren’t working so that kind of set the pace for the day. Working on fitting the stump jumper on the 3-point brush hog. Lots of annoying file to fit work. It’s close to fitting, hopefully today I can finish getting the fit right and put it together. Got some help coming later so it would be nice to set it down so I can finish topside repairs then I can mow. Well, I need to modify or buy a PTO shaft too since what I have is too long.

 

[19Walt93]

Yesterday I backed the Ranger out of the garage, motor washed it and washed off the winters dust. I've got a few more tweaks to do and then it's back on the road for the summer.

 

[superj]

At the city working on getting my oldest son's new truck registered. Since he is stationed in nebraska, he just has the paperwork sent to me and i do his title here so he gets to keep his military texas plate.

 

[SenorNoob]

Some minor paint touchup on the truck and finished work for the grill. Paint is drying now.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Argued with the brush hog some more. It’s not done yet because everything with it is apparently a process.

Spent some time hunting for Morels with some local friends but didn’t find any. Grilled dinner for everyone, shrimp and fried rice with an egg roll, all done on the flat top Hibachi style.

After they left I spent about 5 or 10 minutes puttering around in the shop, picked a lock and filed up a key. Next step will be making a new key and pinning the locks to match the new key.

 

[racsan]

got the ‘11 escape back on the road again, has a starter button on the dash now. switch wasn’t bad but the housing for the lock cylinder must have enough wear that it needs replacing. Aint doing that. On the plug in for the ignition switch, the wires on either end are what need to come together for “crank” . 30 min vs 3 hours. Now on to the F150. if it ain’t one ford, it’s another!

 

[JohnnyO]

Cleaned the windows on the back side of my house and three on the side. Inside and out.
My side gig is cleaning windows on weekends and I have pro-grade equipment.
My house is old and has old windows, double hung with 6 separate panes top and bottom plus storm windows.
Remove storm windows, climb ladder on the outside to clean 12 panes on each one, go inside and clean 12 panes on each one again, clean both sides of storm windows, reinstall storm windows, and add screens for summer.
If I was doing this for someone else I would charge a silly amount of money.

Then I was going to cut and bag the grass, at least inside the fenced portion, but it started raining.

 

[Things2do]

I bought a $30 Ender 3 3D printer off of Marketplace yesterday afternoon. It was throwing an E1 error code, so after doing some reading I was hoping that it was going to be missing the cheap to replace insulating silicone sock thing off of the hot end. It wasn't, but I decided to gamble on it anyway since that code was probably a bad thermistor and that's a <$10 part. I took the hot end all the way apart, cleaned out a lot of dust, and reassembled it. I had to run to Ace to get an 18 cent M4 nut because one of the bed level adjustment wheels was missing, but once I did that it just worked. I think the problem was that the screw holding the thermistor in was a hair loose.
After messing around with some other stuff, including an articulated trilobite, I'm about to print a replacement adjustment wheel that works with the nut that I bought so I won't have to use a wrench on it. And I'm about to run out of the little bit of PLA filament that I got from my roommate so I need to figure out where to get more of that.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I bought a $30 Ender 3 3D printer off of Marketplace yesterday afternoon. It was throwing an E1 error code, so after doing some reading I was hoping that it was going to be missing the cheap to replace insulating silicone sock thing off of the hot end. It wasn't, but I decided to gamble on it anyway since that code was probably a bad thermistor and that's a <$10 part. I took the hot end all the way apart, cleaned out a lot of dust, and reassembled it. I had to run to Ace to get an 18 cent M4 nut because one of the bed level adjustment wheels was missing, but once I did that it just worked. I think the problem was that the screw holding the thermistor in was a hair loose.
After messing around with some other stuff, including an articulated trilobite, I'm about to print a replacement adjustment wheel that works with the nut that I bought so I won't have to use a wrench on it. And I'm about to run out of the little bit of PLA filament that I got from my roommate so I need to figure out where to get more of that.

I love when things go right!

 

[97RangerXLT]

Well today's story starts last week. broke a hinge on the garage door in what has got to be the most stupid ways ever to break a hinge.

in between the doors is an island of stuff that I need to go through and clean up. Table saw, miter saw, shop vac, folding chair, mechanics stool and other miscellany. well the shop vac has two extension wands that are put together and leaning against the wall between the two doors. this happened to fall into the path of the door as I was closing it it. (thankfully the Edge and Ranger were both in the driveway out of the garage at the time) The door jerked really hard and went back up. I thought maybe something triggered the eye, hit the down button again, it went down to the same level and jerked and went back up again this time with some of the miscellaneous junk falling to the floor. upon further inspection I noticed the shop vac extension wedged in between the track and the wall where the door hit it. removed it, no damage to the shop vac extension that I could see, ensured nothing else was in the way and hit the down button again. it went down this time. noticed that the affected side of the door was up off the ground an inch and a halff. went and looked at the door and the hinge one panel from the top was bent at a crazy angle and the wheel was missing. Saw the wheel in the middle of the garage floor, had to remove the hing to put the wheel back in which looked undamaged and spun freely. that is when I noticed not only was the hinge bent, but it was almost broke in two pieces. straightened it up, put the wheel in and put it back on.
went about my merry week and went to Menard's today and bought a new hinge for just under 5 bucks. took the junk hinge off again, dropping one of the 4 screws, which brought on a 30 minute search and rescue mission because the new hinges did not come with new screws. found it after pulling a bunch of stuff out and sweeping the leaves out from under the saw that had packed in there over the winter and last fall.

door now closes properly and smoothly. the shop vac extensions are now permanently fused together and I will likely never separate them again...

 

[97RangerXLT]

Also bought and installed a mulching kit for the Toro Zero turn mower. pretty straight forward install, only needed as 5/8" socket and breaker bar to remove and install blades, everything else went on without tools. had a baffle that went on with a knob instead of a nut and then chute plug snapped into place with the hardware that was welded onto the deck when it was made. And they give me a sticker to put on the deck that said "Recycler" which is Toro's name for the mulching kit.

 

[Rick W]

Well today's story starts last week. broke a hinge on the garage door in what has got to be the most stupid ways ever to break a hinge.

in between the doors is an island of stuff that I need to go through and clean up. Table saw, miter saw, shop vac, folding chair, mechanics stool and other miscellany. well the shop vac has two extension wands that are put together and leaning against the wall between the two doors. this happened to fall into the path of the door as I was closing it it. (thankfully the Edge and Ranger were both in the driveway out of the garage at the time) The door jerked really hard and went back up. I thought maybe something triggered the eye, hit the down button again, it went down to the same level and jerked and went back up again this time with some of the miscellaneous junk falling to the floor. upon further inspection I noticed the shop vac extension wedged in between the track and the wall where the door hit it. removed it, no damage to the shop vac extension that I could see, ensured nothing else was in the way and hit the down button again. it went down this time. noticed that the affected side of the door was up off the ground an inch and a halff. went and looked at the door and the hinge one panel from the top was bent at a crazy angle and the wheel was missing. Saw the wheel in the middle of the garage floor, had to remove the hing to put the wheel back in which looked undamaged and spun freely. that is when I noticed not only was the hinge bent, but it was almost broke in two pieces. straightened it up, put the wheel in and put it back on.
went about my merry week and went to Menard's today and bought a new hinge for just under 5 bucks. took the junk hinge off again, dropping one of the 4 screws, which brought on a 30 minute search and rescue mission because the new hinges did not come with new screws. found it after pulling a bunch of stuff out and sweeping the leaves out from under the saw that had packed in there over the winter and last fall.

door now closes properly and smoothly. the shop vac extensions are now permanently fused together and I will likely never separate them again...

Wow, shop vac wins over giant garage door. Literally unhinged! That VAC really sucks!

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Yesterday I tried to get the brush hog back together (again). Found I need a flat washer because the one that was on the old stump jumper was badly rusted and it’s too big to fit the new stump jumper anyway. Go figure. TSC also doesn’t have flat washers for bolts bigger than like 3/4” anymore, so I either have to look elsewhere or order something. I swear TSC should change their name to “Home and Garden” because they don’t really sell anything tractor related anymore.

Anyway, I was mulling over my options when the rain hit so it’s still not done. Couple friends came over and we hung out for the evening.

 

[Rick W]

Yesterday I tried to get the brush hog back together (again). Found I need a flat washer because the one that was on the old stump jumper was badly rusted and it’s too big to fit the new stump jumper anyway. Go figure. TSC also doesn’t have flat washers for bolts bigger than like 3/4” anymore, so I either have to look elsewhere or order something. I swear TSC should change their name to “Home and Garden” because they don’t really sell anything tractor related anymore.

Anyway, I was mulling over my options when the rain hit so it’s still not done. Couple friends came over and we hung out for the evening.

Just a thought, seriously, but can you make a washer? I use scrap metal, steel, and aluminum to make washers and backing plates all the time. Hope it helps.