Project Car Avoidance And Burnout - We Stalled On Our '67 Charger Refresh And Just Figured Out Why
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Getting Stalled, sidetracked or just flat burning out on a project vehicle is something that happens to all of us at one time or another. Here we talk about a couple of instances where rapid forward progress came to a screeching halt for reasons that weren't really apparent until after we stepped back and assessed the bigger, deeper picture.
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The "just dive in" doesn't usually work for me. What does though, it tackling small things that don't take a lot of time. Baby steps. Taking a few baby steps each day really adds up after a while. Next thing you know, after about a couple of weeks, you'll notice that you've made some really good progress. And making progress builds the motivation and interest to tackle some of the bigger tasks.
Different strokes for different folks, I can't do anything unless I dive in head first.
nice tip, ive noticed this
suddenly after an hour here and there youve crossed off a days worth of todos and all thats left before shes done is that avoidable task
Absolutely. This method has gotten me out of a rut many any times.
My dad got me to do this when I was young and burt out on a project. He told me to just do something. It don't have to be much, just do something. And do something tomorrow and the next day. Each day may not be much but, over time it all adds up.
every mind works differently. some people focus on the end goal, and plow through (though what they don't realize is often, it's really a matter of they finally got the "wind"). But others do what you said--like i just shoveled a 220 foot driveway of snow. so i said lemme get the end around the mailbox so i can get the bills. after that, i worked a little bit more up to the car. took a break to swipe off the car, and decided, "hey, this far, might as well shovel the turn-around" and now it's done. but if i had climbed out of bed this morning thinking i was going to do it all, i would have gone back to bed and put it off. instead i did the necessary, and once accomplished, i realized i could do a little more since i was already outside and wet. and then some more after that.
I needed to hear you say this stuff. I’ve been avoiding several major house repairs because I’m old and have zero energy. It’s good to know I’m not alone. I’ll do the repairs and finish the small stuff on my ‘63 Land Rover so I can sell it. Thanks Tony
I've been slacking at everything else , except the car I'm building.
Once it's on the road this summer , I'll catch up.
That will take till winter probably, to get caught up.
When you are young, you have energy, but no money, or experience. When you’re older, you have energy, some money, and some experience. When you are old, you hav money, experience, but no more energy. It’s always a struggle….
Try not to look at the whole picture. The whole picture can be extremely overwhelming!! Break the project down into smaller pieces.
Even try setting a timer on a certain task. When the timer stops, you stop. You'll be amazed at what you can accomplish.
@@cutl00senc seriously, 100% correct.
@@MrTheHillfolk power to you brother. I am working on my 67 Satellite. Going 400/526 and going from Auto to 4 speed. It is consuming all my thought and energy. I love it. But yeah there are other things I need to do too. Stay on your mission. Get some other stuff in too. Lol
I didn't know how much I needed to hear this, Tony. It's been cold and rainy here for so long and I barely have any space to work in the garage, but my Celica needs a custom fan shroud before it gets warm. I've been so burnt out on it for over a year with everything that's been happening in the world on top of the burnout and not having a clear method for getting the job done.
I had a 4 day weekend and brought home a box of tools to work on my project, ended up snowing and even in the attached garage with a heater going it was just miserable.
And this has everything to do with anything you consider a "project" and or anything you may procrastinate on. Like you said; "bite the bullet and if you at least start on it, you will probably finish or at least do enough to motivate yourself to make good progress and want to finish soon. Believe me, I do get it.
Why does it need a custom radiator shroud? Can you not find a electric fan for it? Some come with shrouds.
@@lynnrunningdeer7364 short answer is that I'm not interested in an electric fan setup.
Long answer: From what I've seen out of Z Car Garage, the most reliable thing is to keep a clutch fan and still get to beat on the engine with no worries about reliability. I'm also far more mechanically inclined than electrically. My RA64 doesn't have a kit that I know will work out there for it. I don't want to take power away from the rest of the system and risk things like running out of power for adequate spark or the stock ECU not getting enough juice to do it's job. I gotta build a balanced car that can stay reliable as a daily but with enough guts to get absolutely flogged in a California summer.
@@blitzerman8 fair point. However your alternator can be upgraded. There should be a universal electric fan that would serve its purpose. That being said. It's your baby not mine.
I understand the feeling of dread to work on something. The ergonomics of the vehicle and it's serviceability make a huge difference. Sometimes I have to walk in the garage, lock the door and just not leave until I start making progress.
I've been building this car for 3yrs ,and I have a hard time figuring out how much time I've actually got in it.
I will sit and stare and drool for an hour trying to figure the next step.
I hear ya. Have 2 '90s Ford vans with issues. Ergonomics and then some. Many things appear to be impossible and the only way is to "make" it happen. Just getting to the point where you can actually diagnose a problem more work than I care to do. My problem is I am the type who thinks things through and have everything I might need before I start taking things apart. Take it apart, fix it and put it back together. One episode and I'm done. Not a fan of take it apart, find the problem and fix it later.
The most important thing is to start. If you're lucky and prepared sometimes you lose hours and can't believe how much you got done
it does. my father an engineer taught me every vehicle is designed to be built in hours on a moving assembly line. i just have to figure out what angle they approached it on, and how they sub-assembled it. and then there was the time i had to work under the dash and realized working first on the four bolts holding the passenger's seat in my way was actually going to be a good investment of time by not having to work upside down.
Thats why I loved my 1970`s Ford F150`s with the 300 inline 6 . You could stand in the engine compartment to work on it
Yes! Back in the ‘80’s had a friend with an early ‘80’s GMC full size pickup and a straight six. What a joy to work on.
300 six- best engine ever made!
I know what you're saying
Avoiding projects has always been my biggest issue. Breaking the "ice" is the toughest part of most jobs.
I love this type of content. It's great to talk about all those little battles that go on in our heads when we tackle a project. I really appreciate your real talk Tony.
So, is talking about it for 15 minutes instead of crawling under it a symptom? Just askin.;~{)
Nothing like using a scraper to clean your rear end.
That made me bust out laughing.
The wife looking at me like I'm crazy
Moral of the story is don't procrastinate because no matter what you're still going to have to do it
And, year by year, doing it gets physically more and more difficult.
I was avoiding my restomod CJ project for not having a place to work. I lived in an apartment building, I had to put up with neighbors saying "this is not a shop" or giving me the shit looks. Now I live in a studio where I have a prívate garage, I don't have to put away tools, nobody is gonna complain...
Very understandable. I'm the opposite. 6"9" I have to raise the car to work on it comfortably.
It’s mostly old age….. it sucks ! Anyone dealing with it knows this. Our brains tell us one thing but reality is another!
Wirewheel/cordless..dun
Get a pneumatic scaler to help with knocking off the clay and mud you'll get it done very quickly.
Yeah, I've been thinking on that.
I'm just about 50 and cars have been my main hobby since my teens.
I know myself and that I have about a 2month attention span. I have been able to manage that by having multiple projects like I'm sure a lot of us do. If I can just take a break and work on something else for a month or two, history has shown that I'll come back to a project I've burnt out on raring to go again. No judgement, no feeling like I'm quitting, just taking a break that is completely predictable.
Recognizing when the desire to even finish a project is gone vs burnout or avoidance. Think ahead, if it is done the way you are thinking, does that excite you? When a desire not to quit meets a project that is dragging to a certain point it can be quite a crisis. I've only ever "quit" one build and it was because I finally recognized after much avoidance and procrastination that I wasn't just burn out, I wasn't avoiding some hard work, I just plain didn't want the end result anymore. It was hard because of that drive to finish what I've started, not to be a quitter, but you need to be reasonable. Yes I had invested tons of time, effort, and money but there was no point in going on. I let it go to somebody else that was enthused about it and moved onto something I was hot for. That was a VERY hard decision but haven't regretted it. These projects can take time and occasionally there will be a build that just needs to be let go like his ramcharger example in this video. Every major project is wear and tear on your body, there is risk of injury, valuable time of your life that has an opportunity cost and at some point it just isn't the right decision to soldier on with a build - let it go - move on.
Three is just to recognize Tony's advice here to get in and do something little on a project you are avoiding. I am 3 yrs into a very cool project that I do still want but have completely burned out on - i thought it'd take a year and am WAY over time and WAY over budget - have been dreading painting the thing and been avoiding it. Forced myself to just get out there and get back on it and the mojo came back. Its good advice - just get out there.
Good video Tony.
Damn, didn’t expect to get called out so hard.
I'm asking my self, self, do I gotta?and the answer is "yeah ya lazy piece of work, get off your little pink paw-hoookie and gitter done, you, you , you , , ,that's what you are, GO, GO DO SOME THIN' "I too have a pick up that needs my lovin' touch, so thanks Unk, fir lightin' my clankers a fire, , you, you , you that's what you are(bet ya remember that line from an old cartoon, guess which one, hint, probably 1940s, a guy who smoked a pipe,), Uncle Tony's Garage is really pretty damn cool 😎 Rock On, ya crazy diamond, high to Uncle Kathy, er Cathy, seeyatamarra, , ,
I'm currently avoiding putting a water pump on the Magnum in my 96 Ram (sport 4x4 , 3" suspension lift , 32" tires) for the same reason .
Even the stepstool isn't enough , I have to use an actual stepladder to get up there !
God forbid I blow a head gasket and have to reach in there to pull off a head from UNDERNEATH the overhanging cowl !
I used to own a set of metal steps from a singlewide trailer , and those were AWESOME to work on 4x4s , but I loaned them to a friend and they were never seen again . . .
Weird. I just realized I was unsubbed from you Tony, don't even know how that happened.
I really missed this thing. Everyone loves the B-Body Chargers, and I get it, I also love that car and it's definitely a favorite of mine and probably what I'd choose over anything except a Superbird, but the 66/67 Charger SCREAMS 60's and the body style is still reminiscent of older 60's model cars with that newer "pony car" styling that started right after. I remember that first video with you and Kathy filling it up at a gas station, talking about getting it from a Katrina flood and having it filled with sand. Glad to see it's getting some more attention.
I have always been a Mopar guy, but lately I've been more inspired to finally bite the bullet and stop settling and buy my dream car. It's going to be ridiculously hard to find a decent 68 Charger body worth my time that also doesn't kill me for the next 10 years financially but it will be worth it in the end and I've been thinking more and more about your channel lately and the wealth of oldschool Mopar knowledge that you have.
Keep on wrenching folk's...
Pushing ourselves is the first Win in overall War with Projects..
Earn the Win!!
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Try being a car guy with ADHS. End result, 20 projects half done, mountains of new parts not installed, and a wife completly fed up. I need to start collecting stamps!
My avoidance technique was getting the car in the air. I didn't have a good shop jack at the time, too expensive. So I didn't do the work until something broke. Bought a nice floor jack and BAM. Changed my whole outlook!
Another reason one wants to forget a completed project is that you didn't do it all exactly right - in your mind. You didn't have the right model year X member, but if you enlogate the holes on THIS one, it works. Job done. Move onto the next bit of work. Then, at the end of the whole thing, the car's done except YOU know it isn't EXACTLY right
The love dies and it's sold and then you buy another project that's the same car to do it right....
I avoided installing the fuel pump on my Buick for simple fatigue. At this point the only thing that hasn’t been done is a rebuild of the drivetrain.
Once I did I had to retune the carb and timing etc etc.
Then the power steering pump started leaking 🤦♂️. It’s not expensive. It’s not hard…. I’m just over it 😅
You crack me up Tony, last week you were all about "I'm gonna rebuild the front end and trans", so what do you do?, start scraping the rear housing!, talk about avoiding something!, then you make a video about avoidance....more avoidance!, that trans ain't gonna just jump out of there while you're scraping the under carriage, the front end isn't gonna rebuild itself either, maybe if you spend some money on parts it might compel you to do some actual work instead of putzing around doing "avoidance" work.
wow what a coweekadink, i was just thinking about this on my drive home from work. I am general contractor, and boy oh boy this video is my life in a nutshell. its just a juggle of "want", "can", and "need"... and for those of you still doing hard labor that have serious life changing injuries such as myself (broke back) the "want" and "can" don't always line up to make a big picture job come to life.
Tony you shouldve lowered the ramcharger. It wouldn't look that unnatural, I have a dodge Dakota with the 5.9 and it came with "sport" suspension. I seen people lower them even more but I want to keep the utility aspect of the truck so I won't lower mine. An inch an a half at most, but my point being I can reach everything except the distributor without climbing. I've become accustomed to climbing on the bumper if need be, Its still efi so I don't need to worry about reaching back to the distributor. I wish I didn't have to climb up but I don't mind because I love the truck. Midsize with fullsize power, the Dakota's are my thing. Been trying to find a set of leather seats, bench preferably. But the leather seats were an extra. Very nice addition to it though if I can find them.
I know where you are coming from. I have a 2006 Pontiac Solstice with 487,000 miles on it that recently required a head rebuild. The engine needed rings, but I did not have a place to do it, but wanted to anyway. Long story short, it sat for 18 months without a head on it because I couldn't make up my mind to pull or not to pull the motor. Meanwhile I got a new job that required me to commute again and I was putting mileage on my 2006 Mustang that only has 47,000 miles on it. This gave me the inspiration to leave the motor in the car and slap the rebuilt head on the old motor. I regret not ringing the motor because it has an appetite for oil! But it runs good and it's saving my Mustang!
I been following you from the beginning, as Gideon Wallace. I made my own channel and had to put everything on hold because of my divorce. They want the cars, and I can't start until this divorce is finished. In the words of General Macarthur " I shall return! "
Where did the Miata project fall into? Unless I missed a wrapup video, it just sort of faded into the background, literally and figuratively, disappeared...then a mention of a 170 slant on a stand being from the miata.
I kinda wanted to see it make it to the track.
Great talk. I have the opposite of your truck. I have lowered my 240sx and my back screams whenever I bend over for more than 30 minutes. I am stuck with the indecision of what motor I want to swap in. It is just a weekend fun toy.
I almost died last year and was not feeling well long before. I am better now but get worn out. Sometimes I just feel you gotta bite the bullet and just do it. As in projects. Today did my Camaro vacuum lines over , painted alternator and changed oil and filter also topped off trans fluid after a new deep pan. But had more to do. Took a break in the house. Then just said f it. Went back out around 830 pm and changed the blower motor . My carboard list to get her tip top for spring time is getting chiseled down . Good sharing this video with us.
I'm 58 years old and know my limits, anyway I took Friday off to replace one of the cooling fan motors in my 97 Trans Am, if you know anything about these cars, they are a bitch to work on, so I get that done, but the fans, housing etc need to be cleaned and detailed, I had also ordered a brand new heater hose assembly as the original was weeping from the restrictor, found no you tube videos on how to do it, looked at it and said screw it , I'm going to do it anyway, it was a bitch, but I got it done and saved a bunch of cash doing it myself as I know if I paid a shop to do it they would have rolled me!, man after I finished my body ached like a MF'ER, but it was worth it!😁😁😁
Yeah, does the positive experience outweigh the negative one.. I won't buy the truck I want for that same reason and I'm over '6. Also, that stupid plastic step stool it handy until it slips so you got to be extra careful stepping back down on it. I'm glad you broke it down I can see what I need to do again. You don't happen to have a bottle of Excuse Away laying around
Uncle Tony, as soon as I saw the image for this video I knew exactly what you meant by "step stool of death". I have a '78 D200 and that same exact step stool. It has slipped out from under me so many times leaning over that truck it makes me hesitant to start tinkering under the hood. I get it!
I got to the point where I just yank the front clip off of any truck I work on. I got real tired of standing on my head trying to figure out which part of the black engine in the black engine compartment covered with an octopus of black wire runs and then dipped in 25 years worth of black gunk I was looking at.
Let the sun shine in. It's worth 2 hours if disassembly and 3 of reassembly at the end of the project.
I’ve been ordering parts for my 67 Camaro all winter, I think I’ve become a collector, because I’ve yet to put any on the car.😂
😄😄 So you avoided cleaning the muck off of the Charger by making another video . . . .😄😄
That's a road trip car , big motor, auto, long body - road trip. Think some nice two lane thru the woods type trip. Then you will work on it.
Good on ya uncle Tony I’m sure a lot of your viewers Don’t realise you are very well Read in psychology and economics…..
I always loved engines, but hated working on cars. That made motivation hard.
When I have a project that I don’t wanna work on but need to finish I will park it in my garage so I have to look at it every day.
Some times I just have to stop, put all the tools away even if your going to get them back out, clean the garage and the project, then you're interested again.
Under a car is my Zen place.
I hear what you're saying and I'll re start mine maybe tomorrow.
This was such a great video an d definitely got me thinking. Gotta get mine done to enjoy. Thanks for the awsome video
What a great video, I’m glad you touched on this!
I have a unique Pontiac that turned into a pro street car with all the bells and whistles, and everytime I fire it up I get burned out because I can’t enjoy it on the street, or take it out on a Friday night.. makes me want to focus on converting it over to a street car again.
Why don't you scrape all the cigarette butts off the ground that you threw down?
Find yourself a nice used lift. Us old guys are better off not doing this on our backs Lol.
Wow , I have been avoiding projects to! Now to figure out how to get started
Self awareness isn't a strong suit among most hammer head muscle car guys.
Hey UT next time you can't reach the ram charger just deflate the tires lol
I just experienced this. I was dreading changing my valve springs on my f body Camaro with the motor in the car. Avoided it for months. Just decided Saturday to suck it up and get it done. Now I’m back to being all-in. Love it
Brass bristle brush on a cordless drill will help get a lot of the crud off the underside.
I thought these stumbling blocks only happened to me! Something as meaningless as that stool struck me in the heart! Thanks!
I clicked on this video because I have that exact same step stool.
Shoud have removed the front tires of Ramcharger, Set it on rotors.
I am a 5’10 guy in case there is a special club I could join 😂❤
I have a car in my garage that went from "I'm gonna throw a motor in it had have some fun" car to a rotisserie restoration. It's about 70% completed but I do body work for a living and boy when I hit 52 it went from a fun hobby to drudgery.
Life/old age really sneaks up on you like that! I remember when I was 15 years old, and I had a 1941 Chevrolet project car, and my mom told me "Some day you may not want to work on cars any longer" and of course I told her that would never happen! But mom was right! I still do it, but don't have the same level of enthusiasm that I used to - I did a manual transmission swap on a FWD car a few years ago and honestly, I never want to do that again. So I am trying to dial back my personal project scope to something that I know that I can AND WILL actually get done in a reasonable amount of time.
It's called procrastination Tony. I procrastinate and some day I'll tell you about it.
Who cares what’re you putting that slant in!
Was the Miata a good example of project car burnout?
I took 2 milk crates, turned upside down, screwed 4 feet of 1X12" plank to it... Best step bench thing for working on trucks! 😊👍
Clever. I’m going to try that. Thanks
One of the most important videos you have ever done.
Harbor Freight sells a folding aluminum scaffold. It's about 16 H by 48 long.
"work platform". Mine came from Home Depot. Nicer quality. Got it on sale really cheap around a year ago.
My late brother was famous for buying a car, getting everything done he could without spending more than 20 bucks, and then parking it. And buying another car, doing the same thing... and parking it.
That same step stool almost broke my shoulder
I'm a lot more motivated after I smoke some weed
yea bro I feel you on the burnout I have had a few cars that I let go because it was just to much.
A week ago I dropped the transmission in my truck. I got my rebuilt transmission under the truck and ready to go in, and because of shoulder surgery last year I couldn't lift it to get the jack under it. It sat for a week, but this evening I bolted a piece of angle iron across the front and used a smaller jack to raise it so I could use the larger jack. Boom! I was on fire and got it stabbed. Then I crushed the throttle valve cable. Two steps forward, one step back. I gotta get back on it tomorrow or it'll sit for another week while I find other projects.
I understand your pain after both shoulder surgery. If I pull too hard with my right arm I feel the muscle pulling off the bone. At 76 my get up and go has gone.
This is an important video
I just moved past the avoidance due to lack of facility and the lower control arm bushes being in the frame of my isuzu pick up.
One of the worst jobs I've ever done and mentally I felt like walking away from cars, yet the other day just brought home a roller 77 2stroke suzuki lj50 and happy to say I'm excited to get into the nuts and bolts again!
Very useful video for us diy mechanics.
You on planet isuzoo or isuzu trader?
I feel this. I think the biggest problem I have is it seems like every time I go work on my Cutlass I start working on it, but then I notice the money that I am still needing to spend. It makes it hard to explain that to my wife haha
Yep that is my problem as well. She is the banker and unfortunately there are other priorities.
I know about the ram charger ❤
If you have a lot to do under a car and if you have the space, drain the fluids and flip it on it's side, everything is much easier and quicker than crawling underneath, cleaning, welding, painting etc. I have a four post ramp, but I still flip them if enough needs doing to justify it, far more pleasant work!
😵💫 I have the exact same step stool. I used to hate working on my dads ford expedition POS. Always slipping off to extremely painful positions up under the hood.
I have a 1953 International 4x4 that has been almost done for about 5 years. Totally get it. I started and finished other projects since. Maybe next season I will finish it...
I can't be on a schedule. I'll try and get at least an hour each day but if that doesn't happen, oh well, life goes on. I can't be committed to anything. My goal for any vehicle is never anything more than make it drive. I don't modify and hop anything up. Just make it drive. I take small bites. On a good day and I'm on a roll I might get 5 hours in and someone has to drag me away because I want to get that bite finished. Other days I'm not exactly feeling it or shit isn't going my way so I take nibbles from that bite. Progress is progress. I have to stay focused on the particular area I'm dealing with. When I wrap up for the day I generally put bolts back in and put everything together as much as I can so I don't lose things and I don't have a bunch of shrapnel scattered all over. There are times where there's a job I don't like, and yea I have to force myself to get into it and usually it's not as bad as I thought. I work slow. No hustle in my bustle. I take a break, have a smoke. I want to love my project and the work to complete it, not just get it done. When I feel I've done a thing for the day, that's good. Go inside feeling accomplished. This was a good video.
I think I struggle with my motivation to work on my car, because every time I touch my project I manage to accidently break something, and that's another part I need to add to the list to replace.
I am starting a group for those who break things while trying to fix things. This will be a Free Membership. Im projecting 1,000's will join. We can swap stories of how we managed to snap, crackle, pop, break, mutilate, bend, warp or damage thingsso bad it doeant even look like the same part anymore in the name of trying to repair them. For i am the king of breaking things while trying to fix them. Cars or household items.
I dont get burned out on my projects but I get pissed off / frustrated because everything I work on is outside and I have no shop basically a roof over them and I'm at the mercy of the weather and my job schedule . just like today I'm off work but rain all day / night then rain all day tomorrow 😡 and clear the rest of the week when I work 😡
“ normal thing to do”…. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.. caught that at the end!!! NORMAL…. Ha!!!! What is that??? Love it… great video…..
After each restoration I do, I am burned out for at least a year. I finished my 62 Jetfire in May 2021 and just now starting another project.
My project is stalled because it is IMPOSSIBLE to find parts for my Fuselage Imperial. No Chrysler, Dodge or Plymouth parts are compatible....
I am doing the same thing ....project avoidence...I have my Dad's 1972 C20 Cheyenne and all it really needs transmission cooler lines...it started with replacing valve seals...and a transmisson swap....🙄 I hate cold floors...
Having a tiny garage and a sloped driveway really kills it for me.
One thing that keeps me from accomplishing the things I want to do is, "before I can do this I have to do that first." I usually beat that by just doing SOMETHING that's related to the task. Once I've accomplished that it spurs me on to do more.
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I know what you mean ,I will keep it short . My Dad just passed away ,I have his 98 k3500 454 , has the passlock crudola . Oil sender,fuel pressure regulator ,then the distributor is broken (bosses holding the dist cap screws) . Never ends, I even avoid walking around it or looking at it LOL.. Real Talk Thanks Uncle Tony :)
Needed to avoid buying an over priced heavy duty truck. Dad and I bought a pile. We kinda glazed over that it NEEDED EVERYTHING. it was old plow truck. 01 2500hd. Everytime I'd tackle one thing something else would break. Radiator, brake lines, exhaust manifold bolts, rear lug studs, brakes backing plate. Now it needs a cross member which is welded in. So now it's in limbo. It may just stay a dedicated lot plow truck. Working on a dirt floor garage also just wore me down.
Nail, head.. I've been restoring our '65 Chevy C10. Blew everything off the frame except for the cab. Took the body down to bare metal. Wired wheeled and painted the frame. Now, it's Winter and the nerve damage I have revolts when it's under 50° in our shop. So, I put it off, and it makes me nuts...
Thanks Tony for the motivation man, it's far to easy to sit around watching You Tube videos. Ha Ha. Be safe buddy.
Needed this video.❤. My wife’s been mocking me, because I keep talking and not doing. I’m going to start chipping away, no more delay. Thanks UT.
In well over 40+ years, I have a little rust, some long term oil seal seepage and dirt. A pressure washer works good on round of cleaning the bottom. Between dollar store oven cleaner and diesel fuel spritz works good on the rest. You can't procrastinate or find excuses because it will never get done. I am doing the same thing to my 67 C10, then disassemble, wire wheel, sandblast some parts, but tag them, zip lock bag them them and spray pieces to big to store in epoxy. 1k in tags with SS wire will note their position, one for service manual and one on parts. I don't have a proper garage after retirement brought home 4?tool boxes, MIG, torch, 20T press, A/C service and 34+ metal & plastic boxes of tools. The scariest thing in my life was to be surprised with a new huge top - bottom SnapOn tool box, the fill it up from trade in. I kept the trade-in and paid no difference. It was worn out but put slides in it and filled it up as well. Another one is all pullers and #4 is all electrical. I am not buying anymore. Commercial shelving and 14' of peg board over door with large metal book shelf finished the walls. Stainless Steel 14' bench with rolled drip edge and 3 drawers w/tool box and compressor on either ends. 6 large small parts bins and 7' table W/2 Sewing machines finish out walls. I work outside because my finished 5.3L engine and transmission are floaters. Space, open the door! I have to since it looked bigger at 1 1/2 car garage empty when my wife bought it with my income, then took a job! This sucks. It was good UTG's garage. ASE Master Tech, Retired!
I exspirenced the Metal Car ramp of Death...I was pulling the heads out of my Aunts 1987 Chevy Pickup ..I'm short .so I put a car ramp down by the fender so that I could stand on it and reach in and grab the head ...That ramp shot out from under my feet and I went down Ribs first down on the fender ...I thought I broke my Ribs
Amen brother; my 69 El Camino sat all last summer. Winter too cold. Lost trans fluid sitting too long 350-400 turbo thing. Don't crank over; bad wire or something. Not motivated. It happens
It's fuckin true dude, all of it. After I got my 66 PW mostly done, it got the juices flowing for another project. I bought a 67 Coronet and then...wham. Hit a wall. Part of it is money, part of it is it's at a buddy's house and he's got too many projects himself. No room in the shop. And then it's just life: it's winter, it's cold, it's your job, it's other things. Before you know it, months have passed. I think everyone can relate. Good honest vid, UT.
I'm begging you...buy, rent, steal, manufacture a lift!!! Yeah us average guys won't have one but I promise you we'll all understand. Just want you to be safer and certainly will add to productivity, etc.
I'm tearing down my first project right now, a 302 out of a maverick (it's caked in 50+ years of passed on oil changes and gunk). And almost everything isn't going as planned, but I tell myself if I don't do it, it won't get done. Sometimes it's good to take a break, but now times then not, my "breaks" turn into weeks where I realize, I'm just avoiding the damn thing. I hopped back on it this week.
I enjoy working on cars,I never got burned out working on cars...But when I moved I left boxes unpacked in my house for nearly 3 years...
I just put them in the spare room,shut the door and avoided the room!! I did peak in the room occasionally over the months..It's all unpacked now,I am a neat freak so no clutter in my home/shop even my cars,except back then... In that "dreadful room"...
I still have nightmares about the boxes,but now everywhere in my house!! It seems to be more boxes in each nightmare of "The Room"...I am scared to go to bed tonight! Help! I am shaking now!!!
I recently started a project that sat for 10 years, baby steps, refurbing the interior first to make it more pleasant, many many broke and non functional items, but it's improving. Will do startup and bodywork after. Difficult to reassemble stuff that was taken apart 10 years prior. But with OT's motivation booster, it will continue.
Struggled with brakes, missing parts, steering, electrical under dash, PO hodgepodge wiring adders and removals, removal of old non working alarm system wiring spaghetti, refurbed dashpad, repainted dash, installed working head unit, pulled new wiring through body cavity, replaced 6 missing dome lights and deleted wiring, redone headliner, gathering correct color coordinated interior plastics, vs the mismatch that was there, repaired/painted many plastic interior items, got a battery and maint charger to keep up with it all. Refurbed pedal box, HVAC, booster upgrade/leak fix etc
Car had been through 2 moves, 1 divorce and 2 kids. At least it's moving forward.