Thank you sir! I'm hoping this doesn't take too much longer.....
I did the pan for "D) all of the above". I got used to overfilling to the top line for track events and didnt have too many issues with oil starvation after that.
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Got some annoying news, but I had to redo the oil pan gasket. it was leaking where the 3 bolts (that were giving me issues (front right of pan). I ordered an oem gasket and a wera 1/4" torque wrench and pulled it all apart. I haven't touched it since. I need to jack up the front of the car for a little bit more clearance while working underneath. It's annoying but I'm going to try to get it done.
So after being annoyed I took a break and got busy with work. Of course I managed to get side-quested on my available days-off, and purchased a new (to me) fixture/welding table and it came with a 1950's Wilton C1 that was seized. (I don't know why but I have been wanting a C2 like my grandfathers forever, so the hunt is still on, but this one was a good practice run. Overall, it was a killer deal and the seller delivered it for an extra $50.
I started by stripping off the random brackets and immediately getting to work on the tables surface. This part took forever!!
I then got the spindle to loosen on the wilton vise and then got stopped by the seized bolts in the vise jaws.....I tried using MAP gas, and so many hours soaking it with pb blaster....I ended up using a carbide bit to eat up the bolt heads and then welding a nut onto the studs to remove.
After that, I immediately started to prep the vise for epoxy filler. There were so many grinder cuts into the vise it was painful to look at...I must have used at least 8 different wire wheels on this project.
I did the swivel base last, I got a little fixated on the filler/sanding and it was just creating so much dust. I ended up deciding to use a brush-on rustoleum hammered black paint. I might buy new jaws at some point, but I'm not really in a hurry, a new set of cold-steel jaws is probably $130+shipping.
I also wire wheeled the table legs (while i was there). and used the same brush-on paint to kind of protect them from getting flash rusted in the future.
I actually have access to the backyard door, and air compressor again. Also, both of my welders are together again. It sucks because I would like a cart that holds both machines & bottles, but I havent seen anything I like yet. I just threw the old drill press onto the HF fixture table for now. I think this setup will work out .
I turned the Harbor freight fixture table from counter-top config to its table setup. I'm not sure if this is going to live there, but works for now. The idea was to use it for the SWAG bandsaw setup, but the mounting holes don't match up and would require drilling 2x 8mm holes (which I opted against). The bandsaw location works out fine. I may give away the drill press. That thing has always been a POS.
and here is the finished Wilton vise. I'm pretty stoked. Wilton copper jaw covers help hide the ugly jaw for now. Its literally night and day now. I wasn't sure if I was going to keep it and put it to use since it was in such questionable shape. I actually don't know what I plan on doing with my snap-on/wilton 1755 vise that I've had the past 10+ years now, but I prefer the larger pipe jaws on this one.
Oh and I may have picked up a little something up for the e30 this weekend.
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