Co-workers, spouses and neighbors don't really care about the little victories we experience as the result of successful DIY projects. Oh, they may fein their interests, but if you look closely, you'll notice a glazed look in their eyes. So, here's an opprotunity to brag to those that might actually care about the little things (not talking full-on thread worthy "projects" here). Just to get the ball rolling, I'll start.
Busy weekend at the De Minimis Land-O-Pain: UPS finally arrived with my Amsoil. Since I'm the second owner, thought it best to start over. Drained the oil and pulled the filters. Went to open my big Amsoil box only to dicover the bypass filter was backordered. #$*&^%!. Scrounged the County looking for the local Amsoil guy. Finally found him and he had an old 90 by pass filter. Rather have a 100, but the 90 works for now. Fresh oil and filters. On to the missing front axle shift linkage rod.
Ordered up some 3/8-24 stainless allthread last week. Cut a 12.5" section. Doubled up on the nuts between the work'n ends of the system. Added a little red Loctite to make double sure I don't find myself sans the linkage again. Done.
Installed my new front license plate. Thought about the different ways to do it (Mag light clips as suggested here, etc). Decided to make it more permenent. Squeezed the lower end of the plate behind the winch plate and drilled two holes for the upper mounts. Sano and its not going anywhere.
Had the body guy over to figure out what we're going to do, looks-wise. I've got a small dent in the lower right rear quarter panel (where the chip paint is) and the top was never painted (per the orign owner's request). Going to have him fix the small dent then going to have the lower part of the rear quarter panel covered with Line-X to prevent rock chips. Going to do the same on the leading edge of the hood as well. That SMB that just sold on EBay had that done and it looked great and functional, in my opinion. Going to have the top painted to match.
Pulled the alumn grill. Paint was looking pretty bad. Took some emery cloth to it, repainted with trim paint, took the emery cloth to the front edges to remove the paint from those areas and clean the edges up. Reinstalled with proper expanding plastic rivets (had a few from my old BMW K1200RS) and mounted it correctly (sheet rock screws weren't exactly workign for me). Went around the rest of the engine compartment and snugged up loose bolts (quite a few actually).
Today, hopefully, my new hubs will arrive. Instead of posting a new reply, let's just assume I'll be installing those this evening.
Bent my bent swingarm tab back into place. Got some surface seperation on the alumn (expected that or worse). Will have a bead run over it when I have the new latch housing installed (hopefully later this week). Hockey puck supports will wait until that's finished.
Oh yea, not a project, but the kids and I slept in the Sporty in the driveway Saturday evening. Come on, admit it, you've done the same.
Busy weekend at the De Minimis Land-O-Pain: UPS finally arrived with my Amsoil. Since I'm the second owner, thought it best to start over. Drained the oil and pulled the filters. Went to open my big Amsoil box only to dicover the bypass filter was backordered. #$*&^%!. Scrounged the County looking for the local Amsoil guy. Finally found him and he had an old 90 by pass filter. Rather have a 100, but the 90 works for now. Fresh oil and filters. On to the missing front axle shift linkage rod.
Ordered up some 3/8-24 stainless allthread last week. Cut a 12.5" section. Doubled up on the nuts between the work'n ends of the system. Added a little red Loctite to make double sure I don't find myself sans the linkage again. Done.
Installed my new front license plate. Thought about the different ways to do it (Mag light clips as suggested here, etc). Decided to make it more permenent. Squeezed the lower end of the plate behind the winch plate and drilled two holes for the upper mounts. Sano and its not going anywhere.
Had the body guy over to figure out what we're going to do, looks-wise. I've got a small dent in the lower right rear quarter panel (where the chip paint is) and the top was never painted (per the orign owner's request). Going to have him fix the small dent then going to have the lower part of the rear quarter panel covered with Line-X to prevent rock chips. Going to do the same on the leading edge of the hood as well. That SMB that just sold on EBay had that done and it looked great and functional, in my opinion. Going to have the top painted to match.
Pulled the alumn grill. Paint was looking pretty bad. Took some emery cloth to it, repainted with trim paint, took the emery cloth to the front edges to remove the paint from those areas and clean the edges up. Reinstalled with proper expanding plastic rivets (had a few from my old BMW K1200RS) and mounted it correctly (sheet rock screws weren't exactly workign for me). Went around the rest of the engine compartment and snugged up loose bolts (quite a few actually).
Today, hopefully, my new hubs will arrive. Instead of posting a new reply, let's just assume I'll be installing those this evening.
Bent my bent swingarm tab back into place. Got some surface seperation on the alumn (expected that or worse). Will have a bead run over it when I have the new latch housing installed (hopefully later this week). Hockey puck supports will wait until that's finished.
Oh yea, not a project, but the kids and I slept in the Sporty in the driveway Saturday evening. Come on, admit it, you've done the same.
