| [GMCnet] numbnuts tax [message #195083] |
Mon, 07 January 2013 16:51  |
jhbridges
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Registered: May 2011
Location: Braselton ga
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Well, I paid the Stupid Tax today for not watching the brake fluid level. Which receeded as the front pads wore till the reservoir became filled with air, and then the air pushed past the piston, exit the front brakes. Scary ride home. Tax was $39.95 for a spiffy little power bleeder I got off O'Rielly's. Fill the reservoir, hook the bleeder to the bleed fitting, pump like hell, and GOBS of air and bubbles, and (eventually) clear fluid. Did both sides, solid pedal. So now I got a power bleeder, I just bought it a bit before I >thought< I was going to need it. Moral: Every time you check the trans fluid, check the brake fluid. These coaches wear the pads fairly fast.
Step number the next, the oil pressure guage migrated to the top of the arc on the same trip. I got a new sender, hopefully that's the ticket. If the guage itself is FUBAR, I'll add one outboard. Full high is a bit more comfortable sight than nothing.
--johnny
'76 23' transmode norris
'76 palm beach
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| Re: [GMCnet] numbnuts tax [message #195102 is a reply to message #195083] |
Mon, 07 January 2013 20:03  |
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Matt Colie
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| Johnny Bridges wrote on Mon, 07 January 2013 17:51 |
Well, I paid the Stupid Tax today for not watching the brake fluid level. Which receeded as the front pads wore till the reservoir became filled with air, and then the air pushed past the piston, exit the front brakes. Scary ride home. Tax was $39.95 for a spiffy little power bleeder I got off O'Rielly's. Fill the reservoir, hook the bleeder to the bleed fitting, pump like hell, and GOBS of air and bubbles, and (eventually) clear fluid. Did both sides, solid pedal. So now I got a power bleeder, I just bought it a bit before I >thought< I was going to need it. Moral: Every time you check the trans fluid, check the brake fluid. These coaches wear the pads fairly fast.
Step number the next, the oil pressure guage migrated to the top of the arc on the same trip. I got a new sender, hopefully that's the ticket. If the guage itself is FUBAR, I'll add one outboard. Full high is a bit more comfortable sight than nothing.
--johnny
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Wow Johnny,
Haven't ever done anything that stupid - Today.
I've never let the power steering fluid get so low it turned into and Armstrong front end.
Or, done a tune-up and forgotten to put the new rotor under the distributor cap.
I have heard of someone bolting the flat tire back on because he was so busy talking to everybody else.
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
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| Re: [GMCnet] numbnuts tax [message #195129 is a reply to message #195102] |
Tue, 08 January 2013 05:42 |
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mike miller
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Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
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| Matt Colie wrote on Mon, 07 January 2013 18:03 |
Haven't ever done anything that stupid - Today.
I've never let the power steering fluid get so low it turned into and Armstrong front end.
Or, done a tune-up and forgotten to put the new rotor under the distributor cap.
I have heard of someone bolting the flat tire back on because he was so busy talking to everybody else.
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Or forgetting to reinstall the oil drain plug before putting in the new oil. (I've done that twice! ... just never tried to start it that way.)
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