2017 POTD Thread Archive

[Firestopper]

Paco,

You WAX your welders?

Are those "push pins" commercially available (mfg. name/source?) ? I've never seen them in a catalog (only in products).

PS: Nice work!

Some folks think Im nuts waxing a machine including my wife. Truth be told, the last Millermatic 250 I sold was a 97 year model. I sold it back in 2014 for $1500 to the first looker. Not bad for a 17 year old machine that looked to be 5 years old and it included all the paperwork. Millers are like Toyotas with a great resell value, especially nice looking ones.

The push pins come from Valco (Vally Tool & Die INC.) P/N B160XS. The last order of 150 ran me $1.60 ea. They also provide me with a double button version for a different model we offer with a folding leg. Very nice quality with zero failure rate since 2003.

 

[jpfabricator]

A close friend's nefew needed a trailer ball mount welded back on a 4-wheeler.
The mount was originally bolted on, but the bolts broke. Someone, or multiple people had added weld to it until it was a mess.
A 4" grinding disk later and it was ready to go back on. A few gussets of metal strips, and a squirt of paint, and it's ready to go.

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[zmotorsports]

Some folks think Im nuts waxing a machine including my wife. Truth be told, the last Millermatic 250 I sold was a 97 year model. I sold it back in 2014 for $1500 to the first looker. Not bad for a 17 year old machine that looked to be 5 years old and it included all the paperwork. Millers are like Toyotas with a great resell value, especially nice looking ones.

That's awesome Paco. I thought I was the only one who did semi-annual welder maintenance and put a coat of wax on them. I first did this on my Lincoln welder I bought right out of high school. I had it for about 12 years and sold it to the first guy who looked at it for only $400 less than I paid for it. My two current machines (Miller MM251/Miller Dynasty 300 DX) are still like new but I need to do my maintenance routine as they have been sitting under bedsheets in the attached garage until about two months ago. Now I need to find the time to so some overall tool and equipment maintenance as soon as I get my vehicles up to par with where I want them.

Excellent work on the carts. First class work all the way.

Mike

 

[brino]

This past weekend I needed to change an oxygen sensor on my jeep. The idiot light kept coming on and the OBD tools said it was an "O2 sensor slow response". This vehicle has 4 oxygen sensors, luckily the OBD code pointed to a particular one.

Now how the heck to get a wrench on it?....and even if you do there's almost no room to swing it!

It was a 22mm hex on the sensor, but I could not find an extra 22mm flare-nut wrench and did NOT want to sacrafice my good one. I did find a flare nut wrench at my local used-tool store with 3/4" on one end and 7/8" on the other. The 7/8" was close enough (22.225mm).

Here's how I moded the wrench to suit the job:





Having the ability to customize tools made this job possible.

-brino

 

[Ianagos]

This past weekend I needed to change an oxygen sensor on my jeep. The idiot light kept coming on and the OBD tools said it was an "O2 sensor slow response". This vehicle has 4 oxygen sensors, luckily the OBD code pointed to a particular one.

Now how the heck to get a wrench on it?....and even if you do there's almost no room to swing it!

It was a 22mm hex on the sensor, but I could not find an extra 22mm flare-nut wrench and did NOT want to sacrafice my good one. I did find a flare nut wrench at my local used-tool store with 3/4" on one end and 7/8" on the other. The 7/8" was close enough (22.225mm).

Here's how I moded the wrench to suit the job:

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Having the ability to customize tools made this job possible.

-brino

They do sell the special wrenches almost identical to what you made. I had the same issue but my truck is flex fuel so I just filled the tank with ethanol and it went away once I run gas again I'll have to see if it comes back.

 

[Firestopper]

This past weekend I needed to change an oxygen sensor on my jeep. The idiot light kept coming on and the OBD tools said it was an "O2 sensor slow response". This vehicle has 4 oxygen sensors, luckily the OBD code pointed to a particular one.

Now how the heck to get a wrench on it?....and even if you do there's almost no room to swing it!

It was a 22mm hex on the sensor, but I could not find an extra 22mm flare-nut wrench and did NOT want to sacrafice my good one. I did find a flare nut wrench at my local used-tool store with 3/4" on one end and 7/8" on the other. The 7/8" was close enough (22.225mm).

Here's how I moded the wrench to suit the job:

View attachment 241878

View attachment 241879

Having the ability to customize tools made this job possible.

-brino

Custom made flare nut crows foot "thingy-mabob". I have all sorts of modified automotive tools as well and they work better than what you can buy.
Way to go brino!

 

[Firestopper]

That's awesome Paco. I thought I was the only one who did semi-annual welder maintenance and put a coat of wax on them. I first did this on my Lincoln welder I bought right out of high school. I had it for about 12 years and sold it to the first guy who looked at it for only $400 less than I paid for it. My two current machines (Miller MM251/Miller Dynasty 300 DX) are still like new but I need to do my maintenance routine as they have been sitting under bedsheets in the attached garage until about two months ago. Now I need to find the time to so some overall tool and equipment maintenance as soon as I get my vehicles up to par with where I want them.

Excellent work on the carts. First class work all the way.

Mike

Hey Mike.
Seems we live in parallel

Got the Hawaii shipment out first thing this am.

ALOHA BRAH!

Paco

 

[rdean]

The HF generator has had a work out the last 6 days but it did have a problem. The front control panel is made of plastic and the vibration broke all 4 mounting ears.
I fixed it temporarily so I could still use it so today I had time to do a proper fix.





I think that will hold it just fine.

Ray

 

[tweinke]

Is that generator on a Bolen tractor?

 

[rdean]

Yes I got it on a trade deal many years back. It had a bad motor so I put a new motor on it and then the deck rusted out. I bought a 10,000 watt HF generator and mounted it on the tractor. This is the first time I have used it for any length of time in 15 years and the nice thing is I can drive it to where I need it.

Ray