Ontopic The new car-seching thread
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Made a crappy day better working with the kid on a project they're interested in, their Datsun. Got the right front corner back on.
Then I did bullshit to get the Audi back together.
Replaced the clamp on the CV boot with one that doesn't suck (oetiker style instead of steel zip tie), cleaned the rest of the mungus out of the wheel well, and loosely bolted everything back up before it started precipitating again.
Then I did bullshit to get the Audi back together.
Replaced the clamp on the CV boot with one that doesn't suck (oetiker style instead of steel zip tie), cleaned the rest of the mungus out of the wheel well, and loosely bolted everything back up before it started precipitating again.
Cause I'm busy and lazy, just had my mobile mechanic drop by and replace the back brakes and rotors on my car. Less than a week ago, I could hear the pad grinding on the rotor. No squeaking or any other warning before that. None. Turns out one of the pads had COMPLETELY worn away with no notice.
Mr. Argumentor
I fab shitboxes and shitbox accessories.
Could be slide pins/hardware related.
Regardless the mechanic should have warned him about it. Of course if he's selling the car, what does he care?
Not according to my mechanic. Apparently, it was the pad opposite the piston, which he said that he's never seen. Not sure what happened, but he cleaned up the pins and thinks its fine now.
Possibly not selling it now, as I got a quote of $650 to transport it.
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Got the Audi aligned and it opened another can of worms. The bushings in the back are donezo, so I need to replace them and then go back and retry.
Fuckin hell, I was hoping I was done for a while.
Fuckin hell, I was hoping I was done for a while.
The little guy and I put the timing cover back on the Pontiac today.
I showed him how to cheat on the oil pan studs and unwind them into the nuts, then just use a wrench to force them past the oversized oil pan (instead of forcing them past and crossthreading everything), and he was suitably appalled.
Went with a late '68 timing cover to get the 11 bolt water pump (a substantial upgrade over the 8 bolt that came stock in 67).
I showed him how to cheat on the oil pan studs and unwind them into the nuts, then just use a wrench to force them past the oversized oil pan (instead of forcing them past and crossthreading everything), and he was suitably appalled.
Went with a late '68 timing cover to get the 11 bolt water pump (a substantial upgrade over the 8 bolt that came stock in 67).
Mr. Argumentor
I fab shitboxes and shitbox accessories.
Mr. Argumentor
I fab shitboxes and shitbox accessories.
Ahh.
V8s are so dumb sometimes.
Of course, I may be irritable cause Rosie was a big pink heifer this weekend. More on that in the morning, but it's already in the GRM thread.
Clearance can be a bitch. This one probably doubly so because it's a big old 7 quart milodon pan. Plus, I put a single piece oil pan gasket on, and it fought us when installing the timing cover.
Mr. Argumentor
I fab shitboxes and shitbox accessories.
Ok. So.
Master cylinder swap went nice and smoothly.
Got new rubber on the truck. Know the scene in Deadpool 2 where he is walking around on baby legs? Yeahhhh....
Anyways.
It's new rubber at least.
While I was swapping the tires, I figured I would bleed the brakes at the same time.
Rear brakes were speed bleeders that had frozen solid. I hate speed bleeders.
So I move to the front. And the passenger side promptly snaps. Driver's side is just as tight.
Defeated on brakes I move underneath and at least get the shift linkage working enough to move it between gears.
So, now I can move, and I have some fluid in my lines. Do I have enough? I get in, start the truck up, hold the brakes and put it into gear and it promptly falls on its face and dies.
Futz with the idle and such for a bit. At 2k RPM idle it doesn't fall completely on her face, but barely does the thing.
Take a small trip around the field she's parked in, drive her down to an actual parking spot next to Dad's shop and shut her down. Hear boiling coolant and look at the temp gauge, above 230. Sweet.
Master cylinder swap went nice and smoothly.
Got new rubber on the truck. Know the scene in Deadpool 2 where he is walking around on baby legs? Yeahhhh....
Anyways.
It's new rubber at least.
While I was swapping the tires, I figured I would bleed the brakes at the same time.
Rear brakes were speed bleeders that had frozen solid. I hate speed bleeders.
So I move to the front. And the passenger side promptly snaps. Driver's side is just as tight.
Defeated on brakes I move underneath and at least get the shift linkage working enough to move it between gears.
So, now I can move, and I have some fluid in my lines. Do I have enough? I get in, start the truck up, hold the brakes and put it into gear and it promptly falls on its face and dies.
Futz with the idle and such for a bit. At 2k RPM idle it doesn't fall completely on her face, but barely does the thing.
Take a small trip around the field she's parked in, drive her down to an actual parking spot next to Dad's shop and shut her down. Hear boiling coolant and look at the temp gauge, above 230. Sweet.
Mr. Argumentor
I fab shitboxes and shitbox accessories.
@CletusJones update above
Brake vleeder that snapped
Detective Baby Legs and Detective R-r-regular Legs
Linkage. Red means powah.
Storm rolled in. And the thunder rolls.
Out of the field, next to the shop.
Brake vleeder that snapped
Detective Baby Legs and Detective R-r-regular Legs
Linkage. Red means powah.
Storm rolled in. And the thunder rolls.
Out of the field, next to the shop.