2026-02-16

Julie some of my cool skill toys

Easier to leave the wheels off?

I figured out that the first step for all the maintenance is take the wheels all off.  Then, it's easy to inspect most of the parts that take the abuse, plus it's easier to get to most of the lube points.

AND it looks cool under my the hue of my rock lights 🤪

All back together and better than new

I went with an all metal oil cooler to replace the factory plastic one.  While I was at it i did my routine maintenance.  Topped up fluids, oil change, air filters, lube, and tire rotation.  Back in business!

Great use for my battery powered shop vac.

I had some oil and coolant leaking into the V of my V-6.  I was replacing the oil cooler to fix that, but needed to get the fluids out of there.  I took the filter out of my battery powered Milwaukee shop vac, and it worked perfectly.  Dumped it out, wiped it out, all ready to go again!

Heating the garage…

It was 20º a week ago and I needed to do some maintenance on my Jeep.  So, I left the door open to warm things up a bit.  Even without doing that, it's warm enough in the garage as long as you moving around. It all worked out nicely. 

2026-02-15

Frost on the trees was pretty this past week

Fun EDC pocket knife

Decent knife, medium balisong, terrible flipper haha. But it is fun to whip open when you need a knife.  

Wrinkly face laying on a paw

Building a steering system for my Jeep :)

I recognize some of these systems as the same ones from my big rig.  Pitman arm, C’s, etc.  Legos are just fun!


Love this pic of Savannah’s snail!

Especially his eye and the peppermint for scale 🤪

2026-02-14

What to do with the other half of the onion?!

Bake it with butter and EAT it!! So yummy!!

Just had to post this again.

Julie's bug under glass goes perfectly with the snow and sunset.

It is nice to have a digital build sheet:)

When I'm building Legos from my iPad, I can zoom in and see details the print version can't show.  Makes it easier to pick the right part or get the right placement. 

A fun gif Julie found, hahahaha.

Just a fun, perfectly red picture Andy sent me🥰

I enjoy keeping up with his daily pursuits using his Milwaukee stuff.