R100RS Oil Leak Remediation – Part 1
I decided it was time to start riding the 1982 BMW R100RS again, so I put it on the motorcycle lift to change the oil and filter first, since it’s been a ...
Tag: DIY
Basement Remodel – Part 4 – Floors
The floor in the basement is just a poured concrete floor. It’s in pretty good shape with only a few cracks. But it’s boring. So we decided to jazz ...
Basement Remodel – Part 3 – Ceilings
We decided that the simplest way to deal with the exposed beams in the basement was to cover them up with a suspended ceiling. I measured all the rooms and used...
Basement Remodel – Part 1 – Sheetrock
No idea how many parts I’m going to break this into. At least three. Anyway. We knew we wanted to finish out the basement in the new house. Someone had st...
Built a Spray Booth
The best way to paint models, rail road or other, is with an air brush. Second best is to “rattle can” it with cans of spray paint. Neither of these...
Miata Brakes and other Misc
This weekend I put new front brake pads and rotors on the Miata. The old pads were pretty worn.
Busy Car Work Weekend
This weekend I did a bunch of maintenance on the Subaru and the Miata. I started out with the Subaru. Since we’ve been having some overheating issues when...
Miata Mods and Upgrades – A Quickie
Yesterday I installed an LED light strip in the trunk of the Miata. The stock light is in the rear wall, down low and doesn’t illuminate the trunk at all ...
Miata Mods and Upgrades – First Repair
I was hoping that moving to a newer car would allow me to avoid things breaking for a while, but apparently I was mistaken. A few days ago the passenger side wi...
Miata Mods and Updates – One
The Miata came with a factory radio that had a six disk CD changer built into it. Unfortunately it had two issues: There was no AUX in or Bluetooth. The CD play...