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My brakes! *woot!*, Soon to be resolved! |
VaccaRabite |
Mar 22 2009, 06:28 PM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,456 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
So, car is liscensed, has a title, and should be drivable.
Except my new, zero miles, master cylinder is leaking. OKay, no biggie. I order another new one from Pelican, and spend today getting it installed. I hate those reservour lines! So, new master is installed, fresh fluid in the system, time to bleed it. Hook up the long tubes, crack off the rear passenger side bleeder valve (which is also new - zero miles) and it is stripped. Drip. Drip Drip. I had taken a 1/2 day off work Tuesday to get my car aligned. Drip drip drip. Monday I have a 17 hour day. I won't even be able to look at my car. Drip drip. No way to stop it. Frusterated. Tired. Head is spinning from laying on a creeper too long. No one around here stocks the bleeder screws for my 914, and if Bug World is not open (as is the norm) I'll have to wait until the end of the week for them to be ordered. Fucking car simply will not let me get it on the road. I can only hope, at this point, that I can come up with a bleeder valve tuesday after work. I am so close, and it feels like my car is just trying to find things to throw at me. Zach |
VaccaRabite |
Mar 25 2009, 02:54 PM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,456 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I took the caliper off today after work (I'm getting fast at this) and took it over to my machinst, along with one of my bleeder screws, and asked for his advice.
He looked at the bleeder hole, and said that he did not think there was a safe way to save it. His idea was to put an insert in, but he said that would not leave enough metal between the bleeder and the caliper bolt. I asked him about drilling it out and tapping for the next larger size bleeder screw, and he said he was not confident that would be a safe solution, so he was not willing to do the work. I've used this guy for a lot of other things, and he has always been quick to say where I could go if it was a job he could not handle (and he did the same today for another issue on my truck). For the caliper, he was pretty adamant that I replace the caliper. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Zach |
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