chirkware Posted October 25, 2022 Author Share Posted October 25, 2022 Nice vid. Good work on Larry. Best of luck with the surgery! So far so good after the surgery. Thankfully the bleeding seems to have stopped so it's just a matter of pain and swelling settling down. I'll probably take one more day off work tomorrow and go back to the office Thursday. I'll be on a soft diet a few more days I guess. No steaks for a while, 🥺 but my wonderful wife has been taking good care of me. ♥️♥️ I wanted to go clean in my garage today but my wife reminded me I need to stay away from dusty environments as much as possible for the next couple of weeks. Because of the bone graft in a sinus cavity, sneezing and blowing my nose can potentially damage what they just put in place. Kind of seems weird, but the bone graft is basically little bits of shredded bone that is put up in the sinus cavity to cause my body to produce new bone up in there. They call it a sinus lift, and it's basically so there will be enough bone to place an implant that a new tooth can be attached to. Watching TV is getting old, I really want to get out there and get some stuff done. Been reading up a bit on some of my to-do list items for Larry and watching YouTube videos of people working on cars. Speaking of which, what YouTube care channels do y'all like? Vice Grip Garage is one of my favorites. I like Just Rolled In, and some good Ford themed channel include Autorestomod Maniac Mechanic, HalfMoonCustoms, and AJ's Garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 So far so good after the surgery. Thankfully the bleeding seems to have stopped so it's just a matter of pain and swelling settling down. I'll probably take one more day off work tomorrow and go back to the office Thursday. I'll be on a soft diet a few more days I guess. No steaks for a while, 🥺 but my wonderful wife has been taking good care of me. ♥️♥️ I wanted to go clean in my garage today but my wife reminded me I need to stay away from dusty environments as much as possible for the next couple of weeks. Because of the bone graft in a sinus cavity, sneezing and blowing my nose can potentially damage what they just put in place. Kind of seems weird, but the bone graft is basically little bits of shredded bone that is put up in the sinus cavity to cause my body to produce new bone up in there. They call it a sinus lift, and it's basically so there will be enough bone to place an implant that a new tooth can be attached to. Watching TV is getting old, I really want to get out there and get some stuff done. Been reading up a bit on some of my to-do list items for Larry and watching YouTube videos of people working on cars. Speaking of which, what YouTube care channels do y'all like? Vice Grip Garage is one of my favorites. I like Just Rolled In, and some good Ford themed channel include Autorestomod Maniac Mechanic, HalfMoonCustoms, and AJ's Garage. Glad things are goin well. But your wife is right, you do need to take it easy. You certainly don't want to have to do this again. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirkware Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share Posted October 29, 2022 Glad things are goin well. But your wife is right, you do need to take it easy. You certainly don't want to have to do this again. Good luck! Well I had to do SOMETHING today. Door hinges... That'll be easy I said. 😆 Tools used included 13mm wrench, socket, punches, big hammer... reciprocating saw, oscillating tool, and a (lol) 30" bolt cutter. Those pins, whatever they were, were awful rusty and didn't want to move. They came out with persuasion, in pieces. 🙂 The pin was bent, and not interested in budging. After using the reciprocating saw to remove the middle... I was able to punch out what was left and the new one went in so easy! Bottom pin, after cutting with bolt cutters (faster and easier then reciprocating saw, but I had to pull the door away from the hinge to get the huge head of the bolt cutters in there). From there, I was able to wiggle the top out with vice grips after some liberal PB Blaster, and then used a punch too knock out the bottom part. Still need to do some alignment, and I need to get a new strike. But the door is already way better! Before: After: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Well I had to do SOMETHING today. Door hinges... That'll be easy I said. 😆 Tools used included 13mm wrench, socket, punches, big hammer... reciprocating saw, oscillating tool, and a (lol) 30" bolt cutter. Those pins, whatever they were, were awful rusty and didn't want to move. They came out with persuasion, in pieces. 🙂 The pin was bent, and not interested in budging. After using the reciprocating saw to remove the middle... I was able to punch out what was left and the new one went in so easy! Bottom pin, after cutting with bolt cutters (faster and easier then reciprocating saw, but I had to pull the door away from the hinge to get the huge head of the bolt cutters in there). From there, I was able to wiggle the top out with vice grips after some liberal PB Blaster, and then used a punch too knock out the bottom part. Still need to do some alignment, and I need to get a new strike. But the door is already way better! Before: After: Was all of that within the doctor's orders? Sounds like it was a lot of work, but maybe not too difficult. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirkware Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share Posted October 29, 2022 Was all of that within the doctor's orders? Sounds like it was a lot of work, but maybe not too difficult. Well done! Probably not, but what they don't know won't hurt them (not sure that's the smart approach but oh well!). Hardest part for me what that I tend to grit my teeth while I work at times, and I had to keep myself from doing that. Getting those old pins out was a pain. Once I decided they'd need to come out in pieces, it wasn't too bad. Top one came out in four pieces. Bottom was just two pieces. Top would have been easier if I'd figured out that a vice grip locked on could wiggle them loose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Was all of that within the doctor's orders? Sounds like it was a lot of work, but maybe not too difficult. Well done! Probably not, but what they don't know won't hurt them (not sure that's the smart approach but oh well!). Hardest part for me what that I tend to grit my teeth while I work at times, and I had to keep myself from doing that. Getting those old pins out was a pain. Once I decided they'd need to come out in pieces, it wasn't too bad. Top one came out in four pieces. Bottom was just two pieces. Top would have been easier if I'd figured out that a vice grip locked on could wiggle them loose. That's why I said vise grips and a big hammer..... The can of PB must have helped with all that rust! I think the bolt cutters would tend to distort the pin before cutting through. With a zip disc in a grinder (or even a reinforced Dremel cutoff wheel) it doesn't oval the pin or leave a solid burr. Glad you managed and I hope your jaw is healing well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 So far so good after the surgery. Thankfully the bleeding seems to have stopped so it's just a matter of pain and swelling settling down. I'll probably take one more day off work tomorrow and go back to the office Thursday. I'll be on a soft diet a few more days I guess. No steaks for a while, 🥺 but my wonderful wife has been taking good care of me. ♥️♥️ I wanted to go clean in my garage today but my wife reminded me I need to stay away from dusty environments as much as possible for the next couple of weeks. Because of the bone graft in a sinus cavity, sneezing and blowing my nose can potentially damage what they just put in place. Kind of seems weird, but the bone graft is basically little bits of shredded bone that is put up in the sinus cavity to cause my body to produce new bone up in there. They call it a sinus lift, and it's basically so there will be enough bone to place an implant that a new tooth can be attached to. Watching TV is getting old, I really want to get out there and get some stuff done. Been reading up a bit on some of my to-do list items for Larry and watching YouTube videos of people working on cars. Speaking of which, what YouTube care channels do y'all like? Vice Grip Garage is one of my favorites. I like Just Rolled In, and some good Ford themed channel include Autorestomod Maniac Mechanic, HalfMoonCustoms, and AJ's Garage. I like South Main Auto and Watch Wes Work. Maybe because I get to see the ravages of rust so familiar on older vehicles up here. Both seem honest mechanics without a bunch of hype. And both are much better versed in electronics diagnosis than I'll ever be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsmblue Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 I like South Main Auto and Watch Wes Work. Maybe because I get to see the ravages of rust so familiar on older vehicles up here. Both seem honest mechanics without a bunch of hype. And both are much better versed in electronics diagnosis than I'll ever be. I remember a similar argument with hinge pins.. i now have a dremel and will use that on the next attempt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirkware Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 I remember a similar argument with hinge pins.. i now have a dremel and will use that on the next attempt Just a before and after video of the pin swap on the top hinge. YouTube turned this into a "short", I guess because I made the mistake of filming in portrait format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Just a before and after video of the pin swap on the top hinge. YouTube turned this into a "short", I guess because I made the mistake of filming in portrait format. That's a big change - especially since all of that movement gets extrapolated across the length of the door. But I don't think there's a problem with holding the camera in portrait mode. I normally lay it down in landscape mode, but recently had to go to portrait as it needed to be laid down on a table, and that one had no problems. But that's why you get the black bars either side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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