A spot of paint

The two steps up to the room over the garage was looking a bit grey, though better after a good scrubbing. But still, could be better.
Found some paint I had for terrace, so it should do fine here.

Before:

A bit dull

After a layer of paint:

Muuch better

Amazing what a stroke with the paintbrush can do 🙂

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New brake caliper

I recently replaced the front right caliper on the 240 as it had a broken bleeder nipple. It was leaking brake fluid, so it was due for a change.

Bleeding brakes

I didn’t have anyone else around here to apply the brake pedal for me to help with the bleeding, so I have acquired a tool that runs on compressed air that sucks the fluid out. Then it is easy to do the brakes yourself. Just be sure to check the level of the brake fluid so it does not go empty.

Went for a test drive afterwards, brakes felt good now. Was a bit more squishy before the change.

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Building a technical rack

I am a little bit of a tech-freak, and as I also work in IT, I have become accustomed to using rack cabinets for containing all the techy equipment I’ve got to run in the house. It is practical and keeps everything quite tidy.

After acquiring a few pieces of what I needed, I had to make an actual rack to house the equipment.

This is what I did:

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