Maybe the only thing worse than a drunk and disorderly sister in law is a mean and sober mother in law?
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Shes a J Witness. Truth in your words!!!
Son to the clown cars Civic nearly crashed it (like said clown car) and decided then was the time to tell me the brakes are loud 
Mhm...
Yeah...
They were allegedly quiet till the grinding started
Ironic it was an outer pad (no AWI)
The inner pads on the Civic carry the AWI, except the last shop that put brakes on this thing put the AWI facing down, instead of up as the service manual states
I wonder if that's why they weren't audible in time
Bosch Quietcast pad & rotor kit got him right, along with a mild front fluid flush
I've been having good luck with Bosch Quietcast pad/rotor combos
Much better than Raybestos Element3 kits
It also got an OCI and a ATF spill and full
144k on it, that might've been factory ATF that came out
In went 2.5qts of Idemitsu H Plus
I really need to pull the display and resolder
Wound it all the way up to 11mph
He's been advised of the severe control arm bushing wear, that causes odd handling and erratic tire wear
I sent him a pair of the second cheapest tires, I give it a week tops
Mhm...
Yeah...
They were allegedly quiet till the grinding started
Ironic it was an outer pad (no AWI)
The inner pads on the Civic carry the AWI, except the last shop that put brakes on this thing put the AWI facing down, instead of up as the service manual states
I wonder if that's why they weren't audible in time
Bosch Quietcast pad & rotor kit got him right, along with a mild front fluid flush
I've been having good luck with Bosch Quietcast pad/rotor combos
Much better than Raybestos Element3 kits
It also got an OCI and a ATF spill and full
144k on it, that might've been factory ATF that came out
In went 2.5qts of Idemitsu H Plus
I really need to pull the display and resolder
Wound it all the way up to 11mph
He's been advised of the severe control arm bushing wear, that causes odd handling and erratic tire wear
I sent him a pair of the second cheapest tires, I give it a week tops
Did rear diff fluid in the RAV4 today. Noticed a leak of pink fluid from the front end. Did the ATF yesterday and thought uh oh. Luckily it was just a loose radiator cap that inadvertently loosened working on the serpentine belt on Friday. Took me 4 hours for the ATF and transfer case fluids. I found lost tools under the engine and I'm sore today. Good thing that I don't do car repairs for a living.
No start on '01 4R. This has been intermittent all year but finally STUCK to where I could diag.
The owner had banged on the starter to get it going. But once at my shop no amount of physical abuse would prompt a response with a helper holding the key in the START position.
I popped in a test relay and starter happily cranks. OK, not actually the starter.
The OEM purple cover had come unglued from the relay and I could watch the armature move in the relay as I stood at the a-pillar and turned the key, so not the ignition switch.
Swapped in a different relay = cranks. Swapped back to original relay = return to clicking relay but no crank.
Ok, just a relay that couldn't or wouldn't carry the load.
Presently have two of these on my property, soon to have the same owner (not me). The one on the right is the offender who took years off my life recently when it hydrolocked itself with fuel just by having the key on engine off!!!
The owner had banged on the starter to get it going. But once at my shop no amount of physical abuse would prompt a response with a helper holding the key in the START position.
I popped in a test relay and starter happily cranks. OK, not actually the starter.
The OEM purple cover had come unglued from the relay and I could watch the armature move in the relay as I stood at the a-pillar and turned the key, so not the ignition switch.
Swapped in a different relay = cranks. Swapped back to original relay = return to clicking relay but no crank.
Ok, just a relay that couldn't or wouldn't carry the load.
Presently have two of these on my property, soon to have the same owner (not me). The one on the right is the offender who took years off my life recently when it hydrolocked itself with fuel just by having the key on engine off!!!
Pad slapped the rear brakes on the Forester. The rears always wear out first on Subies at least going back to our old '09 Forester since the EBD puts the initial stopping load on the rears and the rears are used for stability control.
Really easy on a Subie since the parking brake is a little drum in the hat of the rotor so no need for anything more than a C-clamp to depress the caliper piston.
Really easy on a Subie since the parking brake is a little drum in the hat of the rotor so no need for anything more than a C-clamp to depress the caliper piston.
With project Volvo nearing completion, the final task on hand is to do a 4 corner brake job to cure a heavy pulsation from rusted rotors. I was able to get 3 of 4 wheels off with a lot of force and a breaker bar, but the right rear put up a massive fight. I ended up snapping my breaker bar at the head after putting a 3 foot pipe on it, without so much as nudging the lug bolt.
I drove the car down to the shop, figuring our 3/4 drive Earthquake would get the lugs loose in short order, but boy was I wrong... I ended up needing our 1" CP D-handle impact running 1/2" air hose and twice-reduced down to a 19mm 1/2" impact to get the freaking things off. Somehow none of the lug bolts broke, nor did any of them have any significant rust or corrosion build up, so I'll chalk the difficulty removing up to poor installation and many years between services.
I spent this afternoon pulling the rear brakes apart so I could inspect the parking brake shoes before putting in a RA order. Turns out it's got brand new ATE shoes installed, so pads/rotors it is. Those should be done just in time for next week's tire appointment, then it's time for photos and sale.
I drove the car down to the shop, figuring our 3/4 drive Earthquake would get the lugs loose in short order, but boy was I wrong... I ended up needing our 1" CP D-handle impact running 1/2" air hose and twice-reduced down to a 19mm 1/2" impact to get the freaking things off. Somehow none of the lug bolts broke, nor did any of them have any significant rust or corrosion build up, so I'll chalk the difficulty removing up to poor installation and many years between services.
I spent this afternoon pulling the rear brakes apart so I could inspect the parking brake shoes before putting in a RA order. Turns out it's got brand new ATE shoes installed, so pads/rotors it is. Those should be done just in time for next week's tire appointment, then it's time for photos and sale.
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Light day.. trimmed around the eldest fruit trees, trimmed off some of dead limbs and applied a fungicide to all but the apples. Cleaned up the rose bushes and then headed home. Cleaned up the banana trees when I got home. Not sure where the green thumb came from but the wife loves it, and going through big M and I’ll take the win. Alot of mechanicals repairs waiting.. probably next week.
Just got unloaded from a 6 hour trip to pick up a load of fescue seed for my former employer. Been dodging rain all day but we finally got it all inside the building and on a drying floor.
Chances are if you have ever bought fescue lawn seed that says anything besides Scott’s on it we processed it here or at one of the smaller divisions.
Had 47,680 pounds in the trailer.
Chances are if you have ever bought fescue lawn seed that says anything besides Scott’s on it we processed it here or at one of the smaller divisions.
Had 47,680 pounds in the trailer.