Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 I made some progress on the Plymouth on Saturday. I welded the metal patch panel on the driver’s side fender. I ran into some issues with my mig welding — I blew a few holes in the patch and the sheetmetal. I stopped and and welded a 22 gauge panel patch, […]
Back on the air cleaner conversion project ….
Friday, July 19, 2024 I don’t have much of an update on the Plymouth but I do have somethings to report. OIL BATH AIRCLEANER CONVERSION. After a series of issues with the solvents in the 1k primer lifting the old paint on the air cleaner (as well as the Evercoat 2k glazing putty), I shot […]
QuickJack 5000 assembled, waiting to deploy …
Sunday night, June 2, 2024 Its the top of June already, and I don’t have anything started on my 1956 Plymouth. Haven’t hit it with the first piece of sandpaper — but I’m close. My son and I have put together the QuickJackk 5000 vehicle lifting system, and I’m hoping to put it to use […]
Manna from heaven? No, just a DeWalt air compressor!
Sunday, April 28. 2024 No disrespect intended with my “manna from heaven” reference, but I was absolutely shocked to see the Tractor Supply Co. delivery folks showing up early this afternoon with my brand-spanking new DeWalt air compressor. I was NOT expecting delivery today; however, I was expecting a phone call to arrange a day […]
Compressor woes hit the Shadetree Garage …
Saturday, April 27, 2024 The last couple of days my plans to make significant headway on my Shadetree Garage project to convert the oil bath air cleaner on my 1956 Plymouth to a paper filter air cleaner has been stalled by a balky air compressor. The belt broke on the compressor last week. I found […]
Even the lowly floor jack needs love from time to time …
While I haven’t had the Plymouth out lately, I have been working in the garage. My latest project was inspired while working with my wife on the rear brakes of her Jeep Patriot. My trusty floor jack was put to good use, though its been exposed to the elements in the open barn. Not too […]
And the Shadetree Mechanic said, ‘Let there be light, ya’ll’ …
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 Today, with help from my son, we installed the first four 8-foot LED shop lights in the garage. They look absolutely great! Rather than connect them with cables, I decided to use hard connectors to connect the lights from end-to-end,, which created a much, much neater look when installed. My plan […]
Garage progress!
Sunday, June 25, 2023 — Today I made progress with the wiring for the garage — I went to Lowe’s and bought most of the items I’ll need to complete installing electrical outlets and lighting in the garage. About half of what I spent was for the 12/2 MC Cable. I also bought the outlet […]
Goin’ cruisin’ this weekend (I hope!) …
Monday, June 19, 2023 My plans to make a video for my YouTube channel, “The Shadetree Mechanic’s Garage,” kinda fell apart this week. After I found the Plymouth’s master cylinder bone dry of brake fluid, I refilled the reservoir. And after several days, what I expected to happen did — the brake fluid restored the […]
More stuff bought for the garage, master cylinder awaits …
Sunday, June 11, 2023 — My parts finally all arrived for replacing my master cylinder, though I’ve not started the job yet. Saturday I made a trip to Harbor Freight and bought several things for the garage. For example, I need a vise in the garage, so I bought a decent 5 inch vise on […]