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You're My Boy, Blue - Printable Version +- Madison Motorsports (https://forum.mmsports.org) +-- Forum: Technical (https://forum.mmsports.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=4) +--- Forum: Member's Projects (https://forum.mmsports.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=12) +--- Thread: You're My Boy, Blue (/showthread.php?tid=11520) |
RE: You're My Boy, Blue - ScottyB - 08-21-2018 Sunday i went to replace the rusty rear caliper and bleed the brakes and it went as only things can when i'm left to my devices. started with this. gross. came off fine. went to put new shiny thing back on. everything cool so far. time to pop on the motive power bleeder, but the reservior adapter doesn't fit. as with anything you wanna touch in an 8th gen civic engine bay, off comes the cowl. still not enough room. off comes the intake. ok i can finally get in there without breaking my hands. tighten the adapter down now that i have room, pump the motive up. go to the back of the car and prepare to bleed the new caliper. FFSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH i thought someone's irrigation system turned on across the street. nope just my car GETTING POWERWASHED WITH BRAKE FLUID AUUGGH ITS EVERYWHERE HOW IS IT DOING THAT SO FAST SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiit the hose, being as old as it was, must have also gotten kinked and created a weak spot. thus, instant brake fluid fountain sprayer. panic. awkwardly stumble over tools, tires, slipping on brake fluid, dive over to the engine bay to try to get the motive depressurized as fast as possible while most of the hood pad, windshield, cowl and fender are getting completely soaked with about a quart of brake fluid. i had dumped most of a bottle into the motive and it all but drained the entire amount in about 5 seconds. its everywhere. i can feel it getting hot as it reacts with my gloves. all i know is you don't want that stuff on anything painted, and its basically on everything painted. slam the intake back on, grab the hose, immediately start dousing the car, watch as a river of toxic fluid washes out into the driveway. grab my citrus all purpose cleaner spray and just bomb the whole front half of the car with it and start scrubbing like mad. a half hour passes. rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat. everything in a 10 foot radius is soaked. i think i have things mostly under control now. i rummage around and find a replacement hose for the motive. this might work out. wife comes out to ask if i can take the dog out. i briefly explain what happened. "well does your car at least work?" that's a good question. decide i'll just gravity bleed it with her stepping on the brakes rather than take chances. so we go through the motions, get a couple good bubbles out of the bleeder screw and i tighten it back down. just for extra assurance, i ask her to hit the pedal hard to make sure there aren't any leaks. SON OF A BITCH garbage ass reman'd caliper pissing fluid out the ebrake seal. GAAAAAAH. off comes the new caliper, back goes the old caliper, gotta bleed the brakes AGAIN but screw it i'm using the motive because i'm too embarrassed to call my wife back out. super cautious about the pressure and i only put in a tiny bit of brake fluid. its slow because i'm only using about 2psi but it works and in my dehydrated pseudo-consciousness i lack the ability to further care. climb into the car. give the brake pedal a couple good stomps. go back around to the back to see if it leaks. of course it does, this time at the banjo bolt. tighten bolt. again, same thing. tighten again. won't seal. i cannot. urge to weep like a bitch intensifying. i stand up, my clothes caked to myself, reeking of hydraulic fluid and BO, and check my watch. its been 6 hours. i close the garage door and do not look back. -------------- epilogue. i saved the banjo bolt from the original rusty caliper and amazingly also managed to keep the washers in the right order and orientation on the bolt. i yanked off the current bolt yesterday and replaced it with the old one, washers as they were, and it actually worked. the old washers were thicker so maybe they seal better? still no leaks today, and hey at least the pedal feel is good after bleeding all 4 wheels all over again because why not at this point. called the company i bought the new caliper from. they're allowing me to RMA it even though i bought it in April and normally can only return something within 30 days. so i've got that going for me. car got a followup full detail and wax, because i've most definitly stripped any protection off the paint when i bombed it with the degreaser. paint seems ok. i'm OK with a rusty caliper for a while, i think. TLDR; i turn a caliper swap into a HAZMAT car wash RE: You're My Boy, Blue - SlimKlim - 08-21-2018 Goddamn dude. RE: You're My Boy, Blue - WRXtranceformed - 08-21-2018 Dang man!!!! We need body cam footage of this RE: You're My Boy, Blue - Apoc - 08-21-2018 I went to college so I don't have to make gifs of my calipers. But seriously, can you please film any time you work on your car? Seems like we have more than a marginal chance of catching something worth watching. RE: You're My Boy, Blue - V1GiLaNtE - 08-21-2018 (08-21-2018, 01:36 PM)Apoc Wrote: I went to college so I don't have to make gifs of my calipers. Anybody in for a GoFund me to have a full-time Scotty wrenching cam setup? I'd pay money to know when there is a livestream going down. RE: You're My Boy, Blue - ScottyB - 08-21-2018 you guys really want to see footage of an angry, overwhelmed dad trying to cling to his last shreds of sanity and dignity while systematically destroying his civic through overconfidence and bad luck? come up with a fun youtube channel name and maybe this should be a thing RE: You're My Boy, Blue - Apoc - 08-21-2018 (08-21-2018, 02:11 PM)ScottyB Wrote: you guys really want to see footage of an angry, overwhelmed dad trying to cling to his last shreds of sanity and dignity while systematically destroying his civic through overconfidence and bad luck? The DaMMed. RE: You're My Boy, Blue - .RJ - 08-21-2018 this is comedy gold. You're My Boy, Blue - Sijray21 - 08-21-2018 What I've learned today: not replacing a rusty brake caliper as long as it works. RE: You're My Boy, Blue - Steve85 - 08-21-2018 *Much guilty laughter, followed by a few "I've been there" tears* RE: You're My Boy, Blue - D_Eclipse9916 - 08-21-2018 (08-21-2018, 02:43 PM)Steve85 Wrote: *Much guilty laughter, followed by a few "I've been there" tears* +1 Im with this guy. RE: You're My Boy, Blue - V1GiLaNtE - 08-21-2018 (08-21-2018, 02:11 PM)ScottyB Wrote: you guys really want to see footage of an angry, overwhelmed dad trying to cling to his last shreds of sanity and dignity while systematically destroying his civic through overconfidence and bad luck? Yes. Bradford C. Blue RE: You're My Boy, Blue - Beej - 08-21-2018 (08-21-2018, 02:43 PM)Steve85 Wrote: *Much guilty laughter, followed by a few "I've been there" tears* Yup. Missed 100% of the drain pan on a recent oil change. Well written my good man. RE: You're My Boy, Blue - .RJ - 08-21-2018 (08-21-2018, 04:43 PM)Beej Wrote:(08-21-2018, 02:43 PM)Steve85 Wrote: *Much guilty laughter, followed by a few "I've been there" tears* Did you try to use a laundry detergent bottle as a drain pan? RE: You're My Boy, Blue - ScottyB - 08-21-2018 (08-21-2018, 05:28 PM).RJ Wrote:(08-21-2018, 04:43 PM)Beej Wrote:(08-21-2018, 02:43 PM)Steve85 Wrote: *Much guilty laughter, followed by a few "I've been there" tears* somebody's gotta have that picture somewhere RE: You're My Boy, Blue - Evan - 08-21-2018 (08-21-2018, 08:40 PM)ScottyB Wrote:(08-21-2018, 05:28 PM).RJ Wrote:(08-21-2018, 04:43 PM)Beej Wrote:(08-21-2018, 02:43 PM)Steve85 Wrote: *Much guilty laughter, followed by a few "I've been there" tears* Seriously. That was post at least once a week about 10 years ago. RE: You're My Boy, Blue - BLINGMW - 08-22-2018 I haven't checked in on this thread in a while, but I have confirmed two suspicions. 1) Don't wash or replace or even touch anything critically functional on a car just because it's rusty/dirty. If it's working, or working with a little help, it cannot get any better. 2) (08-06-2018, 11:30 AM)ScottyB Wrote: neighbors look through drawn blinds. I have a blinds company. I receive blinds every day. There's 10s of thousands of us across the country. The smaller stuff usually makes it OK, but FedEx and UPS and DHL and any trucking company do not know how to handle a box that's longer than 8ft and isn't indestructible. Now I hear the guy in the video when he's having trouble shipping supercars for ANY price. Sounds like I have even more reason now to start a trucking company. RE: You're My Boy, Blue - .RJ - 08-22-2018 Now that we're done laffing at scotty's expense, some pro tips - - Dont reuse copper washers unless you re-anneal them first (easy if you have a torch) - Gravity bleed, always. Motive bleeders are just trouble. RE: You're My Boy, Blue - rherold9 - 08-22-2018 (08-22-2018, 08:53 AM).RJ Wrote: - Gravity bleed, always. Motive bleeders are just trouble. This is false if you have no friends. I do applaud and laugh with Scotty as at least you were able to paint a funny picture. Similar stuff has happened when working on previous cars. Makes you want to burn the car down but once you get it fixed and situated it is such a relief. I used to leave the Mazda3 neglected and broken for weeks and weeks because I was so pissed off at it at times.... RE: You're My Boy, Blue - CaptainHenreh - 08-22-2018 Where's the pic of JRay shot-putting a damper into a field... |