Topic: What did you do to your non-motorcycle vehicle today?

[Terry in Australia]

Looks great Dave, and nothing wrong with the old "Star" spray guns, they were cheap, but good. I reckon I've painted 20 or 30 cars with mine.

[grcamna2]

Dave,I like that blue color;the trailer came out nice 
The 'blue grass' is an added bonus 

[dave500]

yeah Bill,Kentucky blue grass?

[Don R]

 Nice trailer, it took me a couple smashed taillights before I armor plated mine. I ran the wiring in SO cord (like an extension cord) inside the frame with grounds on both sides and never had wiring trouble.

[Don R]

 I hooked the dually to the race trailer and aired up all of the tires. Recent tires make a big difference, all were within a couple pounds of where they were last fall. I didn't fire up the car however, I'll hope it warms up well at the track.

[grcamna2]

I hooked the dually to the race trailer and aired up all of the tires. Recent tires make a big difference, all were within a couple pounds of where they were last fall. I didn't fire up the car however, I'll hope it warms up well at the track.

Don,when will they be finished resurfacing the track ?

[BenelliSEI]

Worn out steering box in my old garden tractor! Took two hours to get it out. Found a Quebec based parts source, fingers crossed! You gotta love the internet…..

[BenelliSEI]

Dave….. trailer looks fantastic!

[grcamna2]

Worn out steering box in my old garden tractor! Took two hours to get it out. Found a Quebec based parts source, fingers crossed! You gotta love the internet…..

John,what brand is your garden tractor ?

[dave500]

thanks John,i built it about 10 years ago from scratch,i pulled the axle and those wheels from a wrecked one at the dump.

[grcamna2]

thanks John,i built it about 10 years ago from scratch,i pulled the axle and those wheels from a wrecked one at the dump.

Dave,The wheels on it look the same as your car 

[Gurp]

I went and got my Honda Civic from my buddy today. He's had it since December did an oil change blew out the air filter and put windshield wipers on it. 8 hour drive tomorrow to the beach.
Where I've gotten used to riding the motorcycle and driving my 61 having power steering brakes and a short clutch feels so odd to me right now.

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[Terry in Australia]

It was pissing down rain all day yesterday, so no ride. No biggie, drove the twin turbo Subaru beastie over to the pharmacy and on to the hardware store just to give it a run, then when I got home I took the little truck for a 50 miler. It runs great but I was really pissed off that the right side indicator was flashing at double time indicating (pun intended) that the blinker globe had blown, or worse, the soldered repair that I'd done on the earth wire for the front right blinker had somehow come adrift?

Fark. It was a pain in the arse to do as I only had a tiny amount of wire before the blinker socket so while it appeared to have worked well when I did it a couple of weeks ago, I guessed that it had fallen apart? I was thinking about doing a trip to the wrecking yard to see if that old truck that I scored the headlight off had a blinker assembly that I could harvest, but as it was pissing down rain I decided to go home and fix it later. I had an otherwise trouble free drive, without too many right hand turns to worry about the dodgy blinker. I got home, reversed it down the driveway and got out to confirm my suspicion that my work on the front right blinker had failed, and I was happy to see that in fact all that was wrong was the rear blinker globe had blown. Sweet, I'll pick up some globes when I go for a ride today.

[dave500]

i think ive bitten off more than i can chew here?my wifes hyundai has had a coupla bumper scrapes for ages,she said hey you painted your trailer ok how bout fixing my car?and im like yeah sure how hard can it be?ok so sand all the deep scratches out and use special bumper sand n fill in a pressure can,then get duplicolor?well the colour turned out way #$%* so wiped it all off with thinners and rags and id rather not go into it!ok second try and got supercheap auto to mix paint per code into a pressure pack,ok cool,went all fish eye etc i think its too cold here in winter,so wiped all that #$%* off,ok now im gonna spray the whole bumper,ive got a complete sand n fill cover on it so far but gonna wait a week or two for warmer weather,#$%* i hate doing paint n panel!!

[RAFster122s]

Your fish eye problem is contaminate from the rags...likely a silicone in the rag leached out when cleaning off the bad paint...

[Terry in Australia]

The primer looks good Dave, you didn't need to wipe the poorly matching paint off though, you should have used it as a base coat. No biggie though, the SC matched paint isn't perfect but it's close, and covers very well, I painted an entire fender for my oldest boy's Ford Exploder and it was close. David is correct, the fisheyes are usually caused by silicon contamination, (although oil can cause a similar effect) it could be that you didn't remove some old polish, silicon lubricant, even WD40 etc.

[strynboen]

yes silicone is hiding inside the old paint..and loosen up vhen you pyt the nev paint on,,and it finds its vay through the new paint..and make those dots...i alvays klean up the areia i vill paint ..use some terpeltin ..have no idea of the english vord..for it

[BenelliSEI]

Worn out steering box in my old garden tractor! Took two hours to get it out. Found a Quebec based parts source, fingers crossed! You gotta love the internet…..

John,what brand is your garden tractor ?

18hp SEARS Craftsman. Kholer twin cylinder, built by Husqvarna. Tough, old beast!

[Don R]

Don,when will they be finished resurfacing the track ?
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 They said it could take two to three weeks, hopefully it begins first thing Monday morning.

[Don R]

 This,
https://www.facebook.com/don.rosenberry.5/posts/pfbid02PHogntdKEekhgcNkZsuNNHJisxED93TNsjiwry5nuQezzLPK8r2V1kYLAbFnekQfl?comment_id=453849996166337&notif_id=1657425330766962&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif

[WhyNot2]

Worn out steering box in my old garden tractor! Took two hours to get it out. Found a Quebec based parts source, fingers crossed! You gotta love the internet…..

John,what brand is your garden tractor ?

18hp SEARS Craftsman. Kholer twin cylinder, built by Husqvarna. Tough, old beast!

I now see what work I got to look forward too.

My steering is worn out at the same area.

Will be ordering a new gearbox soon as I recover from this rotator surgery.

[BenelliSEI]

Worn out steering box in my old garden tractor! Took two hours to get it out. Found a Quebec based parts source, fingers crossed! You gotta love the internet…..

John,what brand is your garden tractor ?

18hp SEARS Craftsman. Kholer twin cylinder, built by Husqvarna. Tough, old beast!

I now see what work I got to look forward too.

My steering is worn out at the same area.

Will be ordering a new gearbox soon as I recover from this rotator surgery.

I searched the part numbers and was able to order the two pieces I need. Shaft (the bottom pinion gear is integral) and the “D” shaped crown gear. About $150 with taxes and shipping.

[grcamna2]

yes silicone is hiding inside the old paint..and loosen up vhen you pyt the nev paint on,,and it finds its vay through the new paint..and make those dots...i alvays klean up the areia i vill paint ..use some terpeltin ..have no idea of the english vord..for it

                   
Turpentine ? My German grandfather always used that when he painted,cleaned the brushes,etc.

[grcamna2]

Worn out steering box in my old garden tractor! Took two hours to get it out. Found a Quebec based parts source, fingers crossed! You gotta love the internet…..

John,what brand is your garden tractor ?

18hp SEARS Craftsman. Kholer twin cylinder, built by Husqvarna. Tough, old beast!

Yes,that is a durable machine  Do you also push snow with it on your driveway ?

[Terry in Australia]

yes silicone is hiding inside the old paint..and loosen up vhen you pyt the nev paint on,,and it finds its vay through the new paint..and make those dots...i alvays klean up the areia i vill paint ..use some terpeltin ..have no idea of the english vord..for it

It probably is, but I’d never use Turpentine on anything but enamel, it doesn’t play nice with acrylic lacquer like Dave will be using. Lots of wax and grease remover and a clean rag.
                   
Turpentine ? My German grandfather always used that when he painted,cleaned the brushes,etc.