What did you do with your truck/shop today

[HoosierZ]

Built a tire rack in the barn to store the winter tires/wheels for my truck and the wife’s 2019 Blazer. Got tired of them taking up space in my garage 

[DareDog]

Should stop better.


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[RyanbabZ71]

Vacuumed and cleaned the interior




Ryan B.

[StinkyCheese]

Slide hammers work great btw.  Banging the snot out of it with a hand sledge did nothing, neighbor brought his slide hammer and that sucker came right off! lol

[RyanbabZ71]

Loaded this and took to the construction dumpster down the block

 

 

Ryan B.

 

[Zseals7?]

Yesterday I traded my stock elevation wheels and tires for these moto 970's, 20x12 with 33×12.50 tires. Today I will begin the norcal. 

[Colossus]

Got some minor rust showing up along the fender wells and some chips on the rockers and lower doors and a paint chip that is now rusting on the top of the roof.  Going to need to take it in to a buddy at a body shop to get his opinion on rust mitigation.  It's not terrible, but wouldn't hurt to have the spots fixed up and the body touched up a bit/paint freshened in areas and waxed up.  Truck turned over 200,000 miles the other day but should be good for at least another 200,000 without major power train issues if I keep on top of the maintenance.  The LMM Duramax is running well, no major issues, the DPF is still regenerating about every 300 miles or so, so no need to pull it off and have it cleaned up.. My only real complaint is the small gas tank in this standard bed vs the larger gas tank I had in my previous 2 long beds.  But not something i loose sleep over.  Interior is in good shape.   I've got a new set of headlight assemblies to install since the original ones are faded and scorched from the previous owner trying to use one of those headlight restoration kits. 

 

 

[kstruckcountry]

I noticed the rear suspension U-bolts and saddle bracket were pretty rusty when doing my fuel pump. Then I remembered how on my 1990 the bolts all broke when loosening them. So I ordered the Supreme Suspensions flip kit that reorients the bolts to loop around the axle, and has a top plate the studs go though. I don't like the saddle bracket design anyway with how it holds debris and water, so it will be good to get rid of it.

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[Ravenkeeper]

Thursday, I washed all three vehicles. Yesterday, I (physically) paid for it. I did my truck first, then the Cruze (daughter helped, since she drives it the most), and then my wife's MB (son helped, while we discussed a homework report that he is working on).

 

 

[Colossus]

looks good, but you need to give that yard of yours the same attention you seem to be giving your vehicles. 

[onebohemian]

Added a handy switch to the back of my 17 Sierra to allow me to turn on and off the box lights from the rear instead of only having the switch inside the cab.  Very sweet mod.

[Ravenkeeper]

18 hours ago, Colossus said:

looks good, but you need to give that yard of yours the same attention you seem to be giving your vehicles. 

THAT WAS YOUR TAKE-AWAY FROM MY POST?!!!

 

 

Yeah, I know.  Mower is somewhere in the back of the garage, has been since we moved in almost 2 years ago.  Been digging through things in the garage, trying to dig yard equipment out.  We've been busy, head-on collision, work, family trips, court date shuffles, etc.  I've been using this "time off" for cleaning house, (finally) hanging pictures and all, painting the walls, teaching the kids to cook, re-bonding with wife & kids, working on mod's for all three vehicles (as I find the supplies that I had bought, before the accident, while cleaning the garage), and believe me, teaching my son to mow/trim the yard is at the top of the list, when we finally dig out the equipment.  I may borrow my neighbor's edger/mower, before I head back to work, for my 2 weeks ON.  (We've been doing 2 weeks ON, 2 weeks OFF, since this all started.)  I've almost got the mower dug out and a path out, maybe today.

Edited April 19, 2020 by Ravenkeeper

[CadillacLuke24]

LOL Ravenkeeper...that was the perfect response

 

Clean cars look good! 

 

Clyde is nearly to 152k, the miles keep coming. Cleared a lot of maintenance hurdles this spring, so he's ready for the open road.

 

Put on another new front pipe in the quest to cure the >4k rpm F-14 howl when I got my foot in the oil pan. The welds on the flapper are much different this go round, so I do believe I have found a cure. Shakedown cruise later today, as the weather is FINALLY improving around here. Gotta wash him at some point too, at least a quick car wash spraydown. Couldn't avoid the rabbit guts in the road, now they're on the left front wheel and wheel well 

[Zseals7?]

Finished my very soft version of the norcal mod. Trimmed only the bottom of the plastic fender corner, and a light hammering, no metal trimming. Added a black widow neighbor hater (I still have all cats, just deleted the resonator and swapped this muffler in). Gotta say, I LOVE the sound, but it's not the neighbor-hating volume I expected. Also my exhaust guy does great bends, but his tie-in left a little to be desired. 

[CadillacLuke24]

Pipe is a big improvement over the old one. Thinkin' it will sound even better as it breaks in