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George Jets

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Tip of the Day.

Whatever you are working on be it your classic car, home, shop, garage, save the odds and ends from each project.

Can save you that $50 to $200 dollar trip to the parts/hardware store. Plus the time out of your day and fuel to get there and back.

Putting in a new Kitchen sink faucet that I have had on the shelf for 3 years, planning ahead.

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Tuning up the drain works at the same time, parts on hand... so far so good.


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That's been my operating philosophy for 50 years. On Saturday I pulled two parts out of storage bins that I had been "saving" for 10-20 years, and used them to solve problems on one of my cars. I hate interrupting my project to run to the store for a handful of screws or one washer.
 
I hear you. Fortunately, I had just done something about that issue. I moved all my parts out of the rental storage unit a few months ago, so now they are in large plastic bins stacked against my shed. When I did this, I had the brilliant idea of taking a photo of the contents of each bin and numbering them. So now I have a photo index on my computer. So when I found I needed a new brake pedal pad, I looked though the photos until I saw a collection of parts that matched my mental image of where the pedal pad was stashed (inside an air cleaner can, of course <LOL>). Then I just went right to that bin (well, I had to remove the 5 that were stacked on top of it, but at least I didn't have to rummage through them all).
 
I’ve got a good friend (who is retired) has parted many Mopar’s out and everything is tagged and sorted out.

I sure don’t have that time yet, still working 40-60 hrs a week I’m fortunate to have time to work on my stuff.
My car is always last but I keep pressing forward.
 
George Jets said:
Tip of the Day.

Whatever you are working on be it your classic car, home, shop, garage, save the odds and ends from each project.

Can save you that $50 to $200 dollar trip to the parts/hardware store. Plus the time out of your day and fuel to get there and back.

Putting in a new Kitchen sink faucet that I have had on the shelf for 3 years, planning ahead.

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Tuning up the drain works at the same time, parts on hand... so far so good.


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Looking good. Is that in Florida or Minnesnowda? :)
 
Here is a follow up on the project today:

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New Kitchen faucet and drain parts.

Went underneath the trailer and put that all back to 1969 Factory layout.

She's Mint

No Leaks...

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Flull Flow Delta faucet bought off ebay 3 years ago when things were cheeper.

Like Trump says: Now everyone is entitled to full flow showers and sinks.

I believe he even made an EO on that one, making it law.

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Takes some thinking adapting to 1969 plumbing parts.

That Copper is crazy expensive now.

Now I can eliminate that long angle Kitchen sink drain pipe, as I have rerouted it back to the Factory 1969 copper drain line up under the trailer.

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So yeah, getting lined up to go city sewer next, already have city water.

Sewer drain line was already in the ground when I bought the place in 2013. They did it at the same time the city sewer came in in 2005, someone was thinking ahead.

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So yeah, 1969 Trailer Home on its own lot, and I like having an old Dodge Truck sitting outside to go along with it.

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Speaking of a 1969 Trailer Home, I am going to be 69 years old next month...Crazy.

Following the gut instincts and living the dream.

Happy Motoring...


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On the smaller pipe, where it hooks to the black y with the larger pipe....is that a pop off valve sticking straight up? I have one of those on our main sewer drain, right outside the underpinning of our camper at the beach. If the city sewer backs up, it will pop open from the backed up water pressure in the sewer instead of backing up into the house and stinking it up. I'm going to the beach tomorrow, and can get a pic if you want. It would be easiest to install one as your moving your sewer lines to the new tap.

 
JDMopar said:
On the smaller pipe, where it hooks to the black y with the larger pipe....is that a pop off valve sticking straight up? I have one of those on our main sewer drain, right outside the underpinning of our camper at the beach. If the city sewer backs up, it will pop open from the backed up water pressure in the sewer instead of backing up into the house and stinking it up. I'm going to the beach tomorrow, and can get a pic if you want. It would be easiest to install one as your moving your sewer lines to the new tap.

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That is a one way breather valve standing up there at the end of the long 2" sink line, helps give it some air to head to the septic tank.

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George Jets said:
Tip of the Day.

Whatever you are working on be it your classic car, home, shop, garage, save the odds and ends from each project.

Can save you that $50 to $200 dollar trip to the parts/hardware store. Plus the time out of your day and fuel to get there and back.

Putting in a new Kitchen sink faucet that I have had on the shelf for 3 years, planning ahead.

View attachment 1716365026

Tuning up the drain works at the same time, parts on hand... so far so good.


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I want to wholeheartedly agree, but it's a slippery slope! I used save everything, but one day I realized I had dozens of bins and boxes of "someday" items.

You've got to know when to say when....
 
Ha! I am old, my parents were OLD when I was born, Great Depression (the real one) old! They never threw anything away. I recycle horse poop!
Ma would have a pantry full of can goods, a freezer full, "just in case!".
 
Righty Tighty said:
I want to wholeheartedly agree, but it's a slippery slope! I used save everything, but one day I realized I had dozens of bins and boxes of "someday" items.

You've got to know when to say when....
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Great point. And if you’re paying a fee for a storage/rental locker, those costs can add up pretty quickly to store stuff that could be used one day vs buying the odd item at the time needed.
 
Today's Update and a bonus "Tip" out of necessity.

Eliminated that long exterior unnecessary kitchen sink drain run.

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Cleaned up nice landscaping and all.

You know that external kitchen sink drain run was installed by a Florida professional plumber just because they did not know how to clean an existing drain run. This was before I bought the property prior to 2013.

So much so that they went to the trouble of clamping off the end of the original 1 1/4" drain run near the sink and soldered it closed so it would not back feed from the exit run.

Now looking back on this in hind sight > what were they thinking ???

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Tip of the Day:

Needed some Satin Black to paint the new red cap from capping the kitchen sink drain run, so it don't stick out like a sore thumb at the septic tank feed.

Grabbed an Aerosol can here off the shelf from working on the truck, pulled off the plastic cap.

Sh.t no tip, just a straw... old tip had been discarded cause plugged.

1/4 of a cup of satin black still in there that I needed.

Tipped the can upside down in a small cardboard box, and stabbed it with a whack of a sctatch awl and a 2x4.

Relieved the pressure, turned the can over, and poured the remains into an old short bean can. Brushed on the paint where I needed it.

Capped the bean can, and I still have product left over for the next touch up.

Also being "Environmentally Friendly" I now have a clean empty Aerosol paint can, that I can send out in the regular garbage.

VS: it being hazardous waste that they write down what you are bringing in here in Florida.

Win, win, win... and I did not have to drive uptown, burn my gas and time, and spend $15.00 for a can of paint that will probably dry out in the can sitting here in the Florida heat.

This is how we survive this crazy high priced world we live in.

Thank You...


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coloradohill said:
Yea. My problem is, I know I have one BUT, where did I put it?
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Yup. Then I spend way more time looking for something I know I have but can’t find.

So I go buy it again, and six months down the road I find what I was looking for and I think to myself why did I ever put this here?
 
I save everything as well and have been slowly organizing so when I need something I can find it. Still a work in progress. Also, when I go to buy hardware or products to clean, detail, etc., I always buy multiples or at least one backup. This way I don't have to run out when I use up a can of engine degreaser, brake clean, etc.

Using peg boards to hang stuff helps as well, you can easily see it vs. being stored in box.
 

George Jets said:
Whatever you are working on be it your classic car, home, shop, garage, save the odds and ends from each project.
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Agree!!! I never throw anything away. I have oddball specialty parts and clips and nuts and bolts and wheel lugs, etc. from cars I worked on/restored 40 years ago. I even have some 67 Mustang sheet metal in the garage just in case. When we got a new dishwasher, I took the 20 g sheet metal off the front of the door.
 
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