RDP'S "What are you working on?"

[coolchange]

This will be my last project to sort out an old car, lol. Getting parts seem to take for ever lately too.
Hope to have it on the road in April. Lot of loose ends and missing key parts were when got the car last year in February.
New main wiring harness, changing from auto to manual. New colour from gold to dark sapphire blue and other stuff. I'm missing the driver side carpet in the footwell, impossible to find the colour of brown in this car, let alone in wool like the originals. Rest of the carpets are in great shape.
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Dye?

 

[spectras only]

Dye?

Yeah, that's what I'll do if the upholstery shop can't find a close match. They have been trying for almost two weeks from several suppliers. VP Autoparts have complete kit available for around $449 US. Only problem with those, according to the Volvo club guys, the new kit is synthetic and looks like chit after a few years.

Carpet kit Volvo 1800E 70-71 Brown/Black

1970-71...

vp-autoparts.com

 

[MOUZER]

Have the painters out....

 

[WTR&PWR]

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Looks great!

 

[530RL]

 

[TonyFanelli]

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You gonna put that back together?

 

[mjc]

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Needs some work I think.

 

[Spitfire]

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Agreed. Looks great!

 

[530RL]

You gonna put that back together?

That is a little too much work. But plenty of parts on it.

 

[petie6464]

 

[mobldj]

new interior for lorraine

 

[Taboma]

That is a little too much work. But plenty of parts on it.

Appears that using a helicopter to trim trees is dangerous duty. Would seem by the description of the accident that the quick release intended to prevent snags from bringing you down, didn't work or wasn't activated in time ??

 

[TPC]

Showering in the new Toy Hauler left a puddle on the bathroom floor.

Base plate on the shower door was mounted with drain weeps on the wrong side:

The fix, reversing it:

 

[530RL]

Appears that using a helicopter to trim trees is dangerous duty. Would seem by the description of the accident that the quick release intended to prevent snags from bringing you down, didn't work or wasn't activated in time ??

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When you are in the hatched area, it doesn’t end up well if shit happens.

 

[Rennsport]

Rc balsa plane coming along

 

[530RL]

Hmmmmm

 

[coolchange]

When you are in the hatched area, it doesn’t end up well if shit happens.

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Friend of mine crashed a Robinson in the trees. Asked him what that was like.
“Imagine being inside the worlds largest weed wacker hurtling towards earth.

 

[Taboma]

When you are in the hatched area, it doesn’t end up well if shit happens.

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Well here's a pre-crash video of your salvaged bird at work ---- would seem flying in that hatched area is the job. (Sorry, makes you follow the link to Youtube, then it plays)

 

[TimeBandit]

My daughters 2019 Acura TLX (fancy accord) had all the dash lights on, various warnings, she panics.

So I take my scan tool over there and find this: U3000-49

The multipurpose camera that resides in front of the rear-view mirror is bad. New camera $1200. Acura dealer Calibration $500 (2X$249/hour)

I will pop in the new camera when she decides to do it. She has never even used the ACC cruise control to reap the benefit of this device.

I love ACC cruise, but the parts guy said some cameras cost more, up to $2,000. !! I don't love it that much.

 

[Rennsport]

 

[TPC]

RV Fuel dispensing switch bad. Replacing the board:

Unnecessary, should be a simple on/off switch.

 

[t&y]

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That is a badass little plane. What are you using to bond the internal pieces? Just simple super glue, or have they come out with something better? I've got two old school gliders in the attic still in boxes that might be making an appearance on the work bench shortly.

 

[t&y]

Hmmmmm

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Okay, let's see... A.T.O.M.A.T.O.F.L.A.M.E.S.

Gauge check. Yup it's right there... Uhhh but what is it doing?

 

[530RL]

Okay, let's see... A.T.O.M.A.T.O.F.L.A.M.E.S.

Gauge check. Yup it's right there... Uhhh but what is it doing?

Well it isn't the gauge or transducer.......

 

[mobldj]

upholstery almost done.im diggin the trunk the most.lol

 

[t&y]

Well it isn't the gauge or transducer.......

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That... Is... Not... Good. Are the oil pumps external on those engines?

 

[530RL]

That... Is... Not... Good. Are the oil pumps external on those engines?

Nope.

Off to the engine shop.

 

[Rennsport]

That is a badass little plane. What are you using to bond the internal pieces? Just simple super glue, or have they come out with something better? I've got two old school gliders in the attic still in boxes that might be making an appearance on the work bench shortly.

Yeah thin and thick CA glue and five min epoxy for some of the heavier structures

 

[TPC]

Replacing the “screaming” LP tank straps.
Way too tight the buckle snaps off.
New straps fit firm and snug, not so tight.

 

[hallett21]

I was tasked with tracing out water lines for a client. 25 acre horse property with a lot of spigots and almost none of them were on the correct water supply lol

 

[SoCalDave]

Installed butcherblock countertops at a client in Belmont Shores on Thu and had this remenent piece left over. It was rough cut so I squared it up on my table saw, routered all the corners, sanded it in three stages and applied some oil/conditioner. Came out nice and I plan on using it for my new outdoor kitchen area once completed. It's 20x30" at 1.5" thick.

Also have this 3x8' top taken from a remodel in the same neighborhood a few months ago. Laminated hardwood they had as an island. Time permitting I'll sand it down and condition it as well. This will be a bar height table for peeps to congregate around it the same kitchen/patio area.