She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!
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Such happy looking chicks! Is that pine straw?
My lone turkey heard your chicks peeping and started peeping back.
Ooooh!Thanks
I replaced the master cylinder 5 years ago when it failed internally. That's a quick job, but I'd rather diagnose it properly first.
I keep 3/4" rubber stall mats under the car, between the car and the concrete. The piece of rug is to collect the rear main seal drips and keep them off the rubber mats. The trans pan is wet with fluid, so either the trans pump seal failed and it was blown back when I started it, or the pan gasket went bad, but that's only about 7 years old. There must be a lot of fluid under the mats.
I will roll it out Saturday and get a better look, and clean up the floor then get it up on ramps and stands and do both ends at the same time. I just hope I don't have to pull the trans. I'm getting both lazy and cantankerous.
You think that car is nice? Here is the one I built for my dad for his retirement present:
This car is exceptional.
you know how to push my buttons. brake fluid is in the booster most likely. or was out when you parked it. hand under the master cylinder should tell or there will be a streak .paint should be wrinkled too pardon my speech but seals aren't worth a dam anymore. if I designed brake systems I would add a low bleed port to remove the moisture that kills brake cylinders .the car is really nice! trans front and rear seal would not lose that much fluid setting . most likely a loose pan bolt or two ck the radiator make sure no fluid in the water. worse case rust hole in pan condensation in pan. your supposed to start that car once a mount and check the works you bad girlGrrrr.....
Been busy at work. Really busy. Have a road trip again tomorrow and Friday, and a fix for another of my obsessions is coming Saturday...the Woodward Dream Cruise. I've been a confirmed car nut since I was 15 and bought a '72 Plum Crazy 'Cuda and 50+ cars later, I currently have a '69 Firebird Convertible in my garage. It's been mine since 2003 and I've put a few thousand miles on...it's up to 80,117 now.
A few times during the not so long Michigan summer, after the winter salt washes away and before the winter salt is applied, and when it's not raining or too hot, the Firebird comes out of the garage for a day of washing and cruising. I used to do the local car shows, but it was more of a chore than fun to exhibit, so I like to just do the cruises. For anyone into cars, the Woodward Dream Cruise is an event that brings a LOT of cars out, and the weeks before Woodward bring out the cars that are too nice to drive in the Woodward cruise.
I didn't do the Dream Cruise the last two years, and hadn't even pulled the Firebird out this year because we've been playing with the bikes. Master cylinder rear brake chamber is empty. Hmmm. Wasn't like that when parked. No leak in the lines, no fluid on the rear wheels (the wheel cylinders are prone to leak). Not sure where it went. Checked the oil, topped up the master cylinder, checked the coolant, checked the power steering fluid, checked the belts and hoses. All good. Tires need some air, I'll get that later.
Despite two years sitting idle, she started right up and ran like a champ. Knowing there are no brakes, I figured I'd just nudge her out into the driveway, kill the ignition, remove the stall mats from under the car so I can put the jack on concrete to bleed the rear brakes, and roll her back in. Shift to drive...nothing. 2nd...nothing. Low...nothing. Not even a load on the engine. Shut her down.
Trans fluid does not even register. What the heck? Then I see the rug on top of the stall mats looks dirty. Sure enough, it's full of synthetic transmission fluid. I'm a good mechanic, but I don't think I can get home 8 p.m. Friday, package up 21 chickens, deal with customers who will be picking them up, and diagnose and repair it before 10 a.m. Saturday.
Cue Herman Munster impression:
DARN DARN DARN DARN DARN (keeping it silkie safe)
you know how to push my buttons. brake fluid is in the booster most likely. or was out when you parked it. hand under the master cylinder should tell or there will be a streak .paint should be wrinkled too pardon my speech but seals aren't worth a dam anymore. if I designed brake systems I would add a low bleed port to remove the moisture that kills brake cylinders .the car is really nice! trans front and rear seal would not lose that much fluid setting . most likely a loose pan bolt or two ck the radiator make sure no fluid in the water. worse case rust hole in pan condensation in pan. your supposed to start that car once a mount and check the works you bad girl
I already had wrinkled paint on the booster (supposed to be yellow cad plated but previous owner painted it when it got ugly) so that won't help, but it's not wet there. I'll pull the vacuum booster hose tomorrow and check the check valve for fluid. I agree seals are garbage but so is gasoline. I like your bleed port idea. I should just bench bleed the master once a year for good measure followed by draining some through the wheel cylinders and calipers. The rear wheel cylinders have been a weak link on all my Firebirds. I'll pull the lines at the master and plug the ports and find out really fast if it's a master or prop valve/distribution valve/line/wheel cylinder issue.
No trans fluid in the coolant, I had to drain some down to reseal the water neck and none at the thermostat and none out the petcock. No pin hole in pan, I replaced it with a finned aluminum pan some years back so it wouldn't overheat the trans in the 16 mile long traffic jam that is the Dream Cruise. No leaks on the radiator cooling tank or lines, either.
I have so many vehicles to maintain that once a month would be a long shot, and she does NOT want to start November through March. Neither do I for that matter. So I winterize her but left her in hibernation for too long.
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@gachooks Eeeeeee! Love the video and pics. Adorable!! And thanks for the comment on my pretties.
@WalnutHill those cars are gorgeous! I hope you figure something out to do the cruise. Can somebody else do the birds, while you fix the car?
@WalnutHill those cars are gorgeous! I hope you figure something out to do the cruise. Can somebody else do the birds, while you fix the car?
My wife tried that. Now I love the taste of lemonsWhen I weened my son (way way way later than I had wanted to, but couldn't make him cry) I had to spray "myself" with sour spray candy so it tasted yucky! True story...but it worked like a charm...lol
Me too! Futbol!
Yep, that's pine straw. Is that okay? We were told it would be better than hay or bare grass.
you know how to push my buttons. brake fluid is in the booster most likely. or was out when you parked it. hand under the master cylinder should tell or there will be a streak .paint should be wrinkled too pardon my speech but seals aren't worth a dam anymore. if I designed brake systems I would add a low bleed port to remove the moisture that kills brake cylinders .the car is really nice! trans front and rear seal would not lose that much fluid setting . most likely a loose pan bolt or two ck the radiator make sure no fluid in the water. worse case rust hole in pan condensation in pan. your supposed to start that car once a mount and check the works you bad girl
And I can't even figure out why our riding mower won't fire. . . One day I will be a certified grease monkey. I love it in theory.
Well, you're pretties are simply beautiful.
I really think if I could do that to a car, I probably wouldn't do birds anymore. At least, not of the feathered variety. . .
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