I have finally completed (.. mostly) the "restoration" of this 29" MTB. Stripped, primed, painted the frame (Rich Plum). New tires, tubes, Shimano bottom bracket. New cables/sheathing. Quick link in the chain. Repacked both wheel hubs, but I need to replace the bearings, esp the rear, has a wicked wobble. Front suspension is a little sticky, need to work on that. Gears are tuned. Took a little test ride in the park, I'm (mostly) satisfied with it. #DIY #Cycling

Took this stray guy we've been calling Pippen into the shelter yesterday. He had a cat fight infection on his face that was causing swelling. We were hoping maybe they'd keep him to adopt him out, but the shelter doesn't have space for "healthy" cats. He got antibiotics, shots, and lost his nuts. We told the shelter if they couldn't keep him we'd bring him back here. Maybe we can find him a home, now that he's had his shots etc. Hope he's not too pissed at us, heh. #CatsOfCoSo

On Sunday I stained the bedroom door I made for our RV. Chose Black Walnut, Danish oil type. Seemed to be the closest color to the wood and "wood", judging by a sample picture on a phone screen held up next to the stuff 😆 . Only had to do one pass, any more and it would have been too dark. Once I put the door back in its place it almost looks like it was made with the RV so I guess I did aight. #DIY #Woodworking

The MTB restoration is progressing nicely. Have stripped all the orange paint off the frame and hardware. Primed the frame. Pulled wheel hubs and cleaned/repacked bearings, same with the rear cassette. New tires and tubes installed, look real nice. Still waiting for paint/clear to show up, next week which is good since it's really humid ATM, primer crazed a little. Don't want the color coat to do that but it's gonna warm and dry up here soon. #DIY #Cycling

Well I'd say this is a pretty good sign. Beans (left) got up there after Lilly (right) had been there a while, and there was no angst, just laid down like that next to her. #cats #CatsOfCoSo

The Xbox One lives on.

This cubby gets quite warm after a couple hours of gaming (Atomic Heart atm) so I rigged this up. That's the fan from my Xbone 🤣 Figured out which were the power wires and then wired up a male plug end to an old Class 2 variable transformer capable of 2-12v output (which gives me speed control). Wired the female end to the fan and incorporated that possibly older than me switch on the left there. Looks jank asf I know, but it's effective. Cubby stays cool now lol. #DIY

The "new" Series X showed up just after 1230pm today. Paused the task I was occupied with and opened up the box to check out the console. It was packaged well; good thing cause one corner of the box was crushed in a bit. Brought it inside and hooked it up/powered it on. Synced the controller and updated, logged in. Then I left it to sit and finished my task. Came back in, console still on and seems fine. Now I'm filling it with games. #CoSoGaming #Gaming #GamePass #SeriesX #VideoGames #LetsGoooo

Taking a chance on a used Series X off eBay with "housing damage". Looks like someone dropped something on it, heh. Seller says it's fully functional. Even after tax it's $150 less than any *new* listing, most of which were out of stock. If it IS fully functional, I don't mind a dent. I'll get a new case for it eventually. Here's hoping FedEx doesn't fuck it up *more* shipping it here from RI. #CosoGaming #Gaming #VideoGames #SeriesX

Hit up Ace Hardware and Lowe's for materials today. Busted out the power tools and made a bedroom door for the RV. Yep, has a gap on the left there. 1)any wider and the door sticks out into the hallway too much 2) there's a powerful fan in the bedroom roof vent, so a gap helps with airflow. A door blank to *mostly* fit this space would have cost $69 (nice.) We spent 30 on materials. And I got to play with power tools and smell fresh cut wood. Gonna stain it to match the RV "wood". #DIY

I like having power tools. Made this shelf in a couple hours this morning from plan in my head to screwing it together. It's nice having a table saw, square cuts are helpful. Used a chop saw for the 45° angle cuts. Bunch of sanding. Painted it white and it was on the window by 2pm. Now maybe they'll sleep up there instead of on the bed so I can get better sleep.

Yeah, probably not.

#DIY #Woodworking

Backup camera installed. It's a potato cam, but the radio+cam cost $50 bucks so I'm not shocked. No worries, now that the hard part of getting the wiring installed is done, can get a better one and just swap it in. I need to finish the cam housing better, I know. Thought I had some stuff that would work but no luck so I'll have to get something, eventually. Good enough for now tho. It amuses me the radio volume cuts in half when the cam turns on."Turn it down so I can see better!" #DIY

Beans, sporting his summer 'do. #Cat #Summer

Like a fucking glove. Didn't even need to use brackets. Fit is so close the screw heads are enough to keep the radio from moving lol. The bridge harnesses I ordered made this the easiest radio install I've ever done. Wire the radio harness to the bridge harness (which was properly labeled for both power and speakers) and just plug it into the truck. Everything works as it should, balance, front to back level etc. Was too late to wire up the backup cam, do that Weds, partner's next day off. #DIY

Don't you hate it when you get a new toy but can't use it for a few days? Now that I've handled most of the pressing issues on the "new" truck (check engine keeps coming and going, code says EVAP purge valve but the truck "passed" smog so I got a year before I have to care enough to fix it) I ordered a new radio to fill the hole in the dash. Comes with a backup cam. Delivered today. Prob is, the brackets/wiring harness won't show till Tues. #DIY

Here's what we've been doing the last 3 days. Emptied, then tore down our small wood shed. Used the wood and pallets to build a platform. Built the tin shed we picked up for free off FB Marketplace because it had been wrecked by wind as they were trying to build it. So it's brand new, tho it doesn't look it, lol. I unbent stuff as best I could, we did our best to fit the tweaked things together. It's not quite square, so there's some quirks, but it's a damn sight better than what we had. #DIY

Morning spent adjusting headlight fitment. Figured out the adjusters too. Then got to work wiring the fog lights. What a fucking chore. Had to find a place for the relay and fuse. Then had to run the switch/fuse box wiring down through a hole behind the pedals and up into the dash. Multi-meter confirmed a fuse connection that only has power when key is at "On" position. Hooked up the + wire there, grounded the switch/lights. Hooked to + batt. terminal. Hey presto, let there be fog lights. #DIY

Collected the free 8x10 ft metal shed today. It did get beat up pretty good by the wind. But it is still new. Gave us the pallet they were gonna use with it too. Got all in the truck and back home no problem. Unloaded it and started unbending the frame bits. Mostly done. New headlights for the truck were on the porch, so I spent the evening installing them. They were not "bolt on just like stock!". Got em on, but it took some work so I didn't wire up the fog lights before dark. Tomorrow. #DIY

Spotted a camper shell for $150 two hours after it was posted. Looked at it today, and while it's not a perfect fit for the Ranger, nor is it in *great* shape, the price was right. Spent the rest of the day scraping the paint off the windows. My hands are toast lol. Will hook up the brake light tomorrow.

Also installed a new billet grille yesterday. Led me to look closer at the headlights and realized they don't have DOT/SAE stamps, so I'm not sure they legal. Ordered new ones that are. #DIY

Good day today. Tore down the dash again so I could drop in a "new" dimmer switch. Pulled the cluster again, took out the new LED, flipped it around in the socket. Tested, lit up right away. Sweet. Put in the switch, tested the cargo lights, only one working. Pulled the housing, blown bulb. Pulled them both, put in LEDs. Closed up the patient then went to O'Reilly and got a battery hold down, installed that. That's all the "Must Fix" list done. Still need the fuel pressure code to clear. #DIY

So I tore apart the dash today and swapped out the plain backlight bulbs in the cluster and climate controls for green LEDs. .. Almost a complete success, lol. Not sure what's going on with the fuel gauge. LEDs say you can get them "backwards" so maybe? The housing connection could be messed up too. Since I have to tear half the same shit off to swap in a "new" dimmer switch (Sunday), I'll just pull the cluster again and test that bulb/connection, see if I can't get it working. #DIY