What did you do to your Ranger today? (Part Deux!)

[Dirtman]

Fun fact, brake fluid is NOT edible.

 

[snoranger]

Fun fact, brake fluid is NOT edible.

Is it drinkable?

 

[Dirtman]

I'll have my research team find out...

 

[97RangerXLT]

Is it drinkable?

well it is at least drinkable once....

twice if the EMT's get to you quick enough...

AJ

 

[ericbphoto]

I'll have my research team find out...

Wait. Is that the swill you gave us this morning, calling it “health juice”?

 

[golley]

Is it drinkable?

"well, i been drinkin, a little brake fluid, and i think a little nap might do me good..."
Ben Colder so folder bolder solder... butthats! yall caught me out this time. at least i stashed the 'maters in the corner aforehand. teasin recruiter called and messed it up.

 

[Maritime Drag Racing]

Took a major hit to the pocket today. Had to get a new MSD Starter Saver because my old one decided to die the first time we tried to fire it up after sitting all winter. Not cheap at over $200 CDN.... Also since we have a locked distributor and a crank trigger it won't even start without it.

 

[MikeG]

Turned the lip off one of the brake drums, after fighting with the !@#$!#$ blasted !@#$!#$ sum !@#$!#@$ biscuit to get it off. Shiny area about 4 o'clock in the picture, about a quarter inch wide.

Thankfully (?), on the other drum, a piece of the lower return spring (I think that's what it is) got between the backing plate and drum, and more or less ground the lip off for me. I need to either rebuild the drum brakes, or bit the bullet and put in disks.

 

[racsan]

Turned the lip off one of the brake drums, after fighting with the !@#$!#$ blasted !@#$!#$ sum !@#$!#@$ biscuit to get it off. Shiny area about 4 o'clock in the picture, about a quarter inch wide.

Ive done something like that with nearly every rear drum brake vehicle Ive ever had, bolt the drum on backwards, run the truck in low gear to spin the drum, and while its spinning take a angle grinder and create a 45 degree angle at the edge of the drum where that rust ridge would form. Drums come right off then, every time! Of course its not as much of a issue with my current ranger, since I have no parking brake cables or the self-adjuster hardware I usually pull the drums at least once a year to manually adjust the brakes.

 

[ericbphoto]

@racsan ,

Great idea with the improvised lathe.

 

[Alan_nc]

Ollie (the dog) and I drove over to the park and had coffee with the guys. Beautiful morning, people all over...jogging, walking, biking and just sitting.

Almost seemed like the world was normal again.

 

[ericbphoto]

Ollie (the dog) and I drove over to the park and had coffee with the guys. Beautiful morning, people all over...jogging, walking, biking and just sitting.

Almost seemed like the world was normal again.

Everything you saw was computer generated graphics. All an illusion. All a lie.

 

[Ramcharger90]

Got a ticket and a warning today lol... Forgot to renew the registration apparently....


Could have sworn I did that in june...

Cops goes are you trying to get pulled over?

And apparently the speedometer is off a lil

 

[adsm08]

Got a ticket and a warning today lol... Forgot to renew the registration apparently....

So far this year I have missed all my registrations by more than a month and managed to not get pulled over for it. And I drive right through a main part of PSP Carlisle Barrack's patrol area every day.


I got a lot done today. Worked on the whole fleet.

Explorer got an oil change.
Ranger got the parking brake adjusted
BII got a new window motor.
Mustang got the clutch reset, a new window motor, and a door lock repaired.

 

[sgtsandman]

Fixed a corrosion issue on the positive battery terminal of the 2011 again. I installed felt discs impregnated with dielectric grease this time and coated the connector and terminal with dielectric grease after it was all back together. The negative terminal perfectly fine. The penny placed in the middle of the terminals is corroding and should be acting as the sacrificial metal but for some reason is not working this time like it has in the past. Hopefully the issue is fixed now.