What did you do with your remain-at-home corona virus day?

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Pretty light day at hodepo.

No line to get in my first visit. A five minute wait a little later in the afternoon.

The initial rush of getting stuff for that big quarantine project has passed.

I talked with a general contractor. Said he has been working as usual for the last two weeks.

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oops

[Coronita]

Cleaned up my garage and.added some shelves and racks.

Sanded the trunk lid of my Lemons track car and tried to Bondo a few dents, except I got the wrong hardener and now I have a gooey mess to cleanup tomorrow evening.

Replaced the leaking valve cover gasket….again….

Troubleshooted a leaky vacuum hose that was causing my throttle to cut off above 11psi boost.

Flushed the brake fluid and clutch cylinder.

Replaced my dying car battery with a slightly larger 3 lb battery, relocating it back from under the passenger seat to the trunk again because it won’t fit under the seat anymore. Drat!

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I did that once. I mixed epoxy A with more epoxy A. I ended up with – a whole bunch of epoxy A in my project.

[Coronita]

In addition…

…Accidentally locked my car keys inside the trunk of my lemons car. Unfortunately, I removed all the trunk release mechanism that was inside the car as part of weight reduction, so couldn’t open trunk…

…Calling a locksmith would have been $80, not worth doing it right with this type of car, plus would need to wait 1 hour and risk getting coronavirus from a locksmith, so….

…Hand drill and pliers are my friend…
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I got lucky tonight. I only needed to drill twice to find the release lever. Who needs to hire a locksmith when the brute force method is much quicker and cheaper…

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The proper way to fix this would be to apply a patch, prime, paint again to cover up those holes… Meh, too much work! This is much easier…

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Fixed!

[Coronita]

[quote=sdduuuude]I did that once. I mixed epoxy A with more epoxy A. I ended up with – a whole bunch of epoxy A in my project.[/quote]

I ordered hardener from Amazon, not thinking there was a difference between the white, red, or blue one

The red and blue probably would have been fine. The white one however is for wood putty.

To my defense, Amazon description didn’t really explain it that well, as it said “all purpose”. Anyway, Amazon allowed me to get the blue one as an exchange. But, cleaning the mess up is no bueno tomorrow.

Staying home sucks. Amazon and Costco is sucking my wallet. I’m contemplating ordering a QuickJack from Costco since I can’t put a car lift in my garage, my celling is too low.

https://www.costco.com/quickjack-5%2C000-lb-capacity-portable-car-lift-.product.100460313.html

I have 4 ramps and 4 jack stands, but I’m so tired of lifting one side at a time , and this would make things a lot easier, plus it’s slightly higher in height which will come in handy if I ever need to drop the transmission or differential

It’s only $1200. That stimulus check should cover it. I’m kidding. I meant that stimulus check I’m not getting would have covered that.

[Coronita]

I bought a PDR toolset and during my remain-at-home time, I’m going to teach myself how to do paintless dent repair, practicing on my beater track car.

A good PDR person that is reasonably affordable is hard to find, and given how OCD I am, I figure this would be a DIY skill that would come in handy and save me a lot of money in the long run, lol

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[Coronita]

Upgraded my home wifi to a mesh network. Way better now in the fridges of some of my rooms. Whohoo.

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[quote=Coronita]Upgraded my home wifi to a mesh network. Way better now in the fridges of some of my rooms. Whohoo.[/quote]

Wow. Wifi in your fridge. Hardcore.

[Coronita]

That’s it… after I’m done learning how to paint with a paint gun, learning how to weld is next on my list.

Arthur is an amazingly skilled person.

https://youtu.be/yLT0zAAJr6E

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