Marina Del Rey -- Saturday, May 2, 2020

Still a lot of people on the bike path.  On the weekends, it's pretty crowded.  During the week, it's still busy but more reasonable. 

The red tide has been around for quite a while now...

Garage Organizing - part 1

Actually, this is not part 1.  I've already been working on it quite a bit by the time of these pictures.

I'm just using the part # as a way to keep track of the posts from this point on, probably about 5 pictures at a time...

Moved all the stuff that was sitting on top of the beige flat files outside, along with a lot of the stuff that was sitting near the high-back chair (the chair is the original seat from the 914, with the seat track intact that I put on a wheeled stool base probably about 30 years ago!

Trying to figure out how to organize stuff on top of the gray flat files...

Although there's still a lot of organizing to do, the open space and empty horizontal surfaces is what I'm going for...

The wood cabinet in the front of the picture is going away (sell, donate?).  Don't have space for it with the other stuff that needs to come back into the garage...

Thinking of moving the book case on the right side of this picture...

Stuff that came out of the garage that need to go back in...

most of the stuff in this picture need to go back in the garage, except for the stuff under the blue tarp.  That stuff is stuff I need to sell, give away or donate...

Bike ride to the Ocean (Marina Del Rey) - Friday, May 1, 2020

Pelicans flying in aerodynamic formation

Lots of boating activity in and out of the marina (the boat docks are just below the tall buildings)

Back from the bike ride

Replacing the cold water supply hose to one of the sinks in the larger bathroom

There's corrosion on the braided steel line for the cold water supply hose to the faucet on one of the sinks in the larger bathroom.

Like with the small bathroom hot water supply hose, I'm replacing with a non-steel braided line.  I'm hoping these will last or not degrade like the steel braided lines...

This is the faucet wrench to reach the hard to get to connection at the bottom of the faucet.

After hose replacement...

These hoses have a conical rubber grommet at the interface to the faucet/shut-off valve.  So, the instructions say to hand tighten then add a 1/4 turn with a wrench.  It just needs to compress the rubber seal but not over-tighten it.  It seems to work well and the connection is water tight and not at all loose.

The old line does not have a rubber seal, instead there's a rounded metal interface so the nut appears to need to be pretty tight to seal properly.  It took some force to get the nut off but luckily it came off without damaging something else...

There's some pretty bad corrosion on the steel braided line.  You would think this would be made of stainless steel that's more corrosion resistant than this... 

Another spot with corrosion

A couple more spots of corrosion...  I'm not sure why certain spots are corroding.  Perhaps it's the stress in those areas or there's more of a chance of moisture retention in those spots?

Adjusting the water pressure regulator to the house

First loosen the locking nut (on the bottom)

Only took about a 1/4 turn to loosen

Then adjust the water pressure.  Turning counter-clockwise lowers the pressure, which is my intention

Turned it about 1/2 a turn.  This seems to have done the trick.  The water pressure in the house is down slightly but not enough to feel like it's low.  This will reduce some of the strain on the plumbing and joints in the house.

Stay at Home -- Looking from the inside out...

Tools in one of the large Kennedy Fold Out Tool Box...

This view is one side of the fold out trays and part of the main section

I think it may be some sort of checking tool for something military aircraft related.  It has air hoses (can see one at the bottom of the picture) that pass through and the air comes out of the slotted area of the bore... 

This is a ratcheting tap handle.  It's got a small knob at the top that you pull up and rotate to change the ratcheting direction 

I think it says it's made in India...

I'm not sure what this is.  It's got two spring loaded jaws that holds something while the center has a pin that can be rotated in.  It seems to work similar to a chain breaker and maybe that's what this is?

This seems to be a T-handle socket tool but it has a section near the bottom that folds out to give leverage.  I'm not sure why you need that when you have a handle that's about the same size...

Starrett hacksaw blades

This is a "saw set" that lets you angle the teeth on a saw blade to different settings.

The brand is "Boice" and it appears to be a bore checking gauge

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It was last calibrated about 30 years ago...

A smaller version of the ratcheting tap handle and a very old 1/4" Craftsman ratchet

miscellaneous...

In the main compartment...

Hazet brand special tools (may be for diesel Mercedes engine service)

Plomb tools on the left...

Hazet special tools & and a straight reamer on a swivel socket setup.  On the right is a MATADOR brand special tool with the Mercedes-Benz logo on it...

More Hazet special tools...

Maxwell and Fiat wrenches (there was a car brand "Maxwell" pre-WWII...

Rolls Royce wrench (says "Don't Hammer")

RR logo on the wrench

Hazet special tool wrenches (two of the same)

Hazet tools have a very nice design/shape and finish...

The "Hazet" logo is also a very nice graphic design...