Your projects - what'd you do this weekend?

[Farang]

Not much.. I bought a late 70s Schwinn Caliente (steel-framed road bike) and so far have only removed the generator and light package. I'm going to tape the handlebars and probably be done with it until I figure out what, if anything, I want to do to the slightly wobbly front wheel.

 

[The J]

Changed the oil in my 02 Escape on Friday. Bought the truck in late December and put about 2500 miles on it since then. This is the first time I've changed my own oil and was surprised at how easy it was. I kept looking over everything and flipping through the Haynes manual I have wondering if I missed something. Used Valvoline "Premium" 5w20 and a Purolator filter. Maybe it's a placebo thing but the engine sounds quieter and smoother than before.

Last weekend I installed a new head unit (JVC KD-R600. Drove to Chicago that same weekend and it was nice having a USB stick full of music to keep me company. There was a noticeable improvement in the sound even with the stock speakers still in there.

Pic of stereo


This weekend after the oil change I started work to replace the stock speakers in the Escape with these speakers and to make it a little quieter (there's a decent amount of tire noise, especially on the freeway).

Got the front and the rear door panels off.

To make it quieter, I decided to try the eDead v3 liquid stuff and Teklite closed-cell foam insulation. I figured it'd be easy to put this eDead on, but man is it thick! I probably could have used a putty knife to put it on rather than a paint brush. I used two coats and the second coat seemed to go on easier. Here is my not-too-professional job on one of the rear doors. And this is a front door with the Teklite foam. I just used big pieces for now and I'll go back and fill the gaps later if I have enough left over. I can say that the doors seem to close with a more satisfying dull thud than before, but that could be more placebo action going on.

Sunday I managed to put a coat of eDead on the inner door skin (the metal part with the holes) and a coat on backside of the plastic door panels before I had to stop because of rain. I will probably only put one coat of eDead on the plastic panels because it spread a bit thicker on the plastic than on the metal. I still need to put one more coat on the door skin and then put a layer of Teklite on the plastic panel.

So right now I've got no panels on my doors. Claaassssyyy.

 

[CRXican]

Originally posted by: magomago
This past weekend I replaced the upper and lower boot in my miata. I also replaced the shifter turret fluid. I planned on pics, but my hands got so dirty with oil that I dared not touch teh camera

my miata needs that

 

[Need4Speed]

had to replace the drive belt. mine was split down the middle, entire length of the belt.

 

[shabby]

Autocross season is almost here, got my new sticky icky rubber mounted on a set of rims. The installer said there's no way in hell they'd fit on an 8" rim... guess who lost the bet
Tires1
Tires2

 

[JulesMaximus]

Mounted a GPS on my motorcycle and installed GSXR 4 piston brake calipers to replace the OEM 2 piston calipers.

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: shabby
Autocross season is almost here, got my new sticky icky rubber mounted on a set of rims. The installer said there's no way in hell they'd fit on an 8" rim... guess who lost the bet
Tires1
Tires2

295's on an 8"? Dang.

 

[EightySix Four]

This weekend I did a basic tune up on the SO's car a 2003 mustang. Brakes and rotors, oil, trans fluid, etc. Nothing really interesting happened except for the fact I didn't have a breaker bar and the bolts on the calipers had red loc-tite on them. That shit is tough to break at those angles with just a socket.

 

[franksta]

Began the rebuild of my distributor.

A couple of pics before I got into it.
Exterior

Under the cap