What did YOU do today?

[scotts90ranger]

Did a bit of research and apparently stainless is a horrible conductor of electricity... will probably just replace them with standard bolts... last ones have been there since '86 so probably fine . I'm sure the stainless would be good enough but hey, it's super easy now and hard later...

So far tonight I pulled the boat shift lever so I could tap it since someone broke the threads off, I bought a fancy anodized knob. Was a pain in the rear, turns out the shifter rod is 1/2" stainless which did NOT want to be threaded... Then I changed the fuel filter, I think the old one was rusting out... Still so many things to do...

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Did a bit of research and apparently stainless is a horrible conductor of electricity... will probably just replace them with standard bolts... last ones have been there since '86 so probably fine . I'm sure the stainless would be good enough but hey, it's super easy now and hard later...

So far tonight I pulled the boat shift lever so I could tap it since someone broke the threads off, I bought a fancy anodized knob. Was a pain in the rear, turns out the shifter rod is 1/2" stainless which did NOT want to be threaded... Then I changed the fuel filter, I think the old one was rusting out... Still so many things to do...

Yeah, stainless has some interesting properties. I still use it for ground bolts and stuff on vehicles and boats around here and just slobber some No-Alox around. Corrosion and rust are too big of a deal around here. I’ve watched the heads of zinc coated grade 8 bolts be eaten off by rust in 5-10 years. That’s for mostly half inch thread stuff. Smaller/lesser grades I’ve seen turn into a rust blob in as little as a winter or two. Older steel tends to hold up better than anything you can buy these days.

 

[Curious Hound]

Drove the Snooperduty to western PA. Going to see the "Big Boy" tomorrow. Currently, dinner at a bowling alley in Johnstown.

 

[Angry Possum]

Today I removed all the tree and branches etc from my yard, we had a huge storm here in NJ last weekend with winds in the 70s. My large $300 patio umbrella took a really big f...g hit from the storm, so today i had to cut it up into pieces and leave it out for recycle. Lesson learned, always close your umbrella at nite. Ya never know.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Drove the Snooperduty to western PA. Going to see the "Big Boy" tomorrow. Currently, dinner at a bowling alley in Johnstown.

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Barley Burger, that's a good start!

 

[scotts90ranger]

So far I cleaned up the camper bumper, I had wondered why it was squishy, turns out the steel is ventilated... the only thing I have with serious rust pits... put the surface conditioner to work first then the needle scaler, then surface conditioner again then rust converter... too windy tonight but the plan is to prime it then paint white, I have some of the fancy 3M sticky tape so if I feel up to it I might stick the rubber back on... I was going to use contact adhesive but I don't think there's enough surface area

 

[Bird76Mojo]

Sharpened the blades on the Grasshopper and mowed the lawn.

Then I decided to gut the Cobra mass air housing and port it a tad, then sanded it smooth. For my speed density conversion. I think I'm going to weld the hole on top shut and grind the entire housing smooth and lightly polish it.