What did you do with your truck/shop today

[Jsdirt]

Used the tailgate as a workbench, as usual. Got a 20 year old McCulloch chain saw running again.

 

Cleaned the carb, flushed the tank, and had it running in less than 40 minutes ... but by doing that it opened a can of worms. Was trying to do the job cheap for the guy, but there was just no way these 20 year old rubber lines were going to hold up - hard as a brick and brittle as hell. Didn't help that it never got above 29° the whole time I was out there.

 

4 hours later, I had it finished. Had to disassemble the entire saw down to just the engine. The line to the oil tank was busted, so the chain was bone dry. Fished a new Tygothane line in there and that was done. The 2 fuel lines weren't as easy. Had to pull the flywheel, then extract 3 Torx bolts held in with red Loctite. By the time I got them out, they were pretty knackered - I used them on more easily accessible parts of the saw, Replaced the 2 lines with the same clear Tygothane, and buttoned it back up.

 

Saw is in real nice shape for it's age. Very low hours. Could still clearly see a rough crosshatch on the cylinder walls, like it was just rebuilt. Compression is excellent. I think the owner got it free, so good score for him, even with my big labor bill I'll be handing him.

 

Never took a pic of the finished product. Was concentrating on keeping my circulation in my feet and hands. Was 26° by the time I was done. Neighbor stopped by with beer right out of the fridge - felt WARM to me!! I never wanted to get inside as bad as I did today ...

 

[Daryl LBZ]

I used mine to move some things for my brother and his wife.

[LongrangeLauber]

Taking her shooting today. Pic for attention

 

 

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[kstruckcountry]

I put the balancing beads in my tires, finally. My only advice would be make sure you have them on hand when the tires are mounted so you don't have to put them through the valve stems, haha.

 

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[crafferty]

Was wishing I had my truck yesterday when I picked up my new gun safe. Now comes the fun part of filling it up and organzing.

 

 

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[Coby7]

Wow, that looks expensive and heavy.

[NEFisher11]

Truck got its tranny and cooling system flushed. I then did a nice Mobil one oil change with a Bosch filter and a new wix air filter.

[RyanbabZ71]

Cleaned the engine bay. First time I have ever done this in February. It was about 45 deg out

 

 

Ryan B.

[crafferty]

Wow, that looks expensive and heavy.

Yes and yes (875lbs), but as I told my wife i got a hell of a deal! However I did fail to release how large the safe actually was in the store. Glad I didn't order the 50 gun safe. This 35 is too big to fit in my closest so it's in the living room until we move into our house this summer lol.

 

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[Coby7]

Hope it's over a supporting beam or it'll end up in the basement. Don't even know if I could fit a glock in my safe lol.

[crafferty]

Hope it's over a supporting beam or it'll end up in the basement. Don't even know if I could fit a glock in my safe lol.

Luckily I'm on the first floor and it's a thick concrete slab.

 

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[RyanbabZ71]

Plenty of room for a crew cab standard bed [emoji1360][emoji1]

 

 

 

 

Ryan B.

[Daryl LBZ]

Plenty of room for a crew cab standard bed [emoji1360][emoji1]

 

 

 

 

Ryan B.

 

 

 

I'd buy that truck from you if I was in the market when you go for a new one. You've definitely taken care of it, and that's the most important part.

[RyanbabZ71]

minus the cracked dash

[Daryl LBZ]

Yea that does suck, minor issue to me.