fiberglassing things

[monkeepuzzle]

having completed work in the engine bay

and pending availability of a press to do my bearings so I can get wheels on the thing, I set about doing more on the interior.

Not sure if new oppo has any of this, but I've been working on a headliner with a Jeep/Chrysler console in it. Which is something I did in my last Civic. Handy to have some storage, a place for the garage door opener and sunglasses, and some better lighting than the single bare bulb mounted centrally that honda gave.

Here is the finished product in my old Civic

I did most of the work an age ago, then stashed it in my car while I worked on mechanical parts. And in that time I flexed it enough to break the fibreglass. So I did some patching.

Then sanded that down today

I may have hoarded my N95 masks too long, as the rubber straps are near perished, and broke.

So once smooth, there were a few places that needed a fill, or reinforcing

at this point its not structural, more attempting to get a smooth surface to lay foam backed fabric on. So I dumped more resin in to fill and smooth. No fibreglass this time. And hopefully the sanding back of this will be the last time I need to touch it.

Next, comes fabric.

Also yesterday, I drove off to possibly pickup an engine. Got flaked on by the engine guy, but did pick up these nifty wrenches from another craigslist seller in the area

in other honda happenings, I saw these two posts in different groups on FB, and was able to them talking to each other. Hopefully their stolen Del Sol has now been recovered by them.

[Zaphod's Heart of Gold]

@monkeepuzzle Those are some old ass ratcheting wrenches, hope they work well still.

[monkeepuzzle]

@zaphod-s-heart-of-gold so far so good. they are indeed an immensely old design.

I have ratcheting wrenches already, but wanted something for a togo bag of tools

[Zaphod's Heart of Gold]

@monkeepuzzle Only problem with that design is size, the heads are enormous compared to modern designs. If they fit there's no reason they shouldn't work well

[CobraJoe]

@monkeepuzzle My dad had only of those ratcheting box ends out of a set like that.

It is a beefy design, impossible to fit in tight areas, but I put it through some abuse when I was a kid in his shop. Still working as far as I know.

[ITA97]

@monkeepuzzle Those should be pretty tough. Back in my lifeguarding days in high school we had a couple of old Craftsman ratcheting wrenches like that for installing/removing lane lanes. Those got used in chlorinated water multiple times per day for years and never missed a beat.

[koawaft]

@ita97 said in fiberglassing things:

tough. Back in my lifeguarding days in high school we had a couple of old Craftsman ratcheting wrenches like that for in

You just made me hear the awful sound of our rusted but still working lane line wrench. Oh its bad

[Rusty Vandura]

@monkeepuzzle Fun idea! A lot of work! You go, Boy!