No BP toys this month...

[Ratdog68]

Decided to have my tires rotated today... and have the brakes inspected. The fronts I did (four years ago) are at about half-life and doin' fine (I guess my work was ok on 'em). The rears have gone really bad ! :banghead: No wear indicators to sing at me that they'd gotten low... and no audible indication that they'd gone metal/metal. Oh well... I've got other things to get done with my day this week, so, I'll let the tire shop do 'em. That's cuttin' into my BP toy buyin' fun though.

Hmmm... brakes are kind of over rated... especially the rears. Otay... I'll get 'em done.

 

[Das Jaeger]

Now

you REALLY sound like me !
I just had to spend $204.33 on my rear axel bearing last week-ish , that WAS part of my BP fettish money . I can so relate , who needs bearings ! :banghead:
Two pees in a pod I tell ya we are . A crazy Pod !
Oh by the way, I thought I should inform you again , " YOU GOT IT BAD " ..

Jaeger

 

[NobleSniper]

That stinks..........

 

[Ratdog68]

you REALLY sound like me !
I just had to spend $204.33 on my rear axel bearing last week-ish , that WAS part of my BP fettish money . I can so relate , who needs bearings ! :banghead:
Two pees in a pod I tell ya we are . A crazy Pod !
Oh by the way, I thought I should inform you again , " YOU GOT IT BAD " ..

Jaeger

LOL I have a feeling we're not alone either.

 

[Ratdog68]

That stinks..........

Yes, it does ! C'est la vie

 

[shadowmanlc]

35 year old daughter called the other night. Which would have been nice but she lives with us (temp???) and needed a ride home. Her "new" car shredded both belts ( 2003 Kia Spectra) and I had to pay parts and installation. She gave me a hard time about paying it back too. But she did. I still love her.

 

[shadowmanlc]

Forgot to say...that was part of my BP rifle fund. Aiming to get a Cabela's Kentucky .50cal Flintlock for Christmas. I hope.

 

[Das Jaeger]

They never learn

if ya keep savin there skins . :banghead:
At least she paid it back , unwillingly no doubt .
You gots more patience than me man , 35 , livin at home , daughter ? Anything wrong with that picture to ya ?
Hell , I refused my own blood , my little brother , his wife , and his new child to live here with me , No way in heck , he would definately cut into my gun addiction , or steal them ?
Firm believer to CUT THE CORD , that's what will help them .
Now if it was an emergency , well thats different , but I bet it was just ANOTHER bad desicion Just like my brother :banghead:

Jeager , the ruthless bastard Brother

 

[Ratdog68]

Yikes !!! I hope she was good about shuting it down right away !! Those aluminum engines don't like getting HOT.

 

[Das Jaeger]

Those new cars

won't even run without the belt .


Jaeger

 

[TomADC]

I'm going to put my old truck up for sale & pick up a couple of toy's and maybe invest in a cruise for the wife & I.

 

[Ratdog68]

Considering the ineptness of most new car drivers (when it comes to knowing what good/not good for a car)... that'd be a blessing if they built in a disabling feature when the belt breaks.

 

[TomADC]

Ratdog, you must be too young to remember the Chevy Corvair, its fan belt also drove the oil pump, not a great idea..

 

[Ratdog68]

That


Mostly
Old
Parts
And
Rust

is even older than mine !!! Nice lookin' ol' Dodge there. Does that one have the dash mounted shifter?

 

[fyrfyter43]

You gots more patience than me man , 35 , livin at home , daughter ? Anything wrong with that picture to ya ?

That ain't bad. My ex-wife (37 years old now) has been living with her parents since about a year after we were divorced. That's been almost 12 years now. She had her older daughter (I think she's 20 now) living there until about a year ago, and my 2 kids go there every other weekend to visit their mother. Her sister (about 30 years old) also lives there with her 2 rugrats.

I guess you could say they're one big, happy, dysfunctional family.

 

[TomADC]

No its a 71, former US Air Force truck, I figure I'm the 3rd owner and the 3000 driver

 

[Ratdog68]

Ratdog, you must be too young to remember the Chevy Corvair, its fan belt also drove the oil pump, not a great idea..

Au Contraire Mon Ami !! My dad had a Corvair ! We went out to "Finger Lake" outside of Anchorage, AK and he spun doughnuts for me on the ice. I was only 5yrs old... but, remember that rear engine car !

 

[Ratdog68]

A Gubment rig, huh? Slant six?

 

[Das Jaeger]

Welp FyrFytr43

that tis truelly dysfuctional , makes our story pretty tame compaired to her and yours , wow

Oh and great lookin Dodge there Tom Yes, Pappa deserves some toys after parting with that love afair . And you have her all taken care of too in your little plan , nice .

Jeager

 

[TomADC]

318 auto, no power steering and the tires are 8" wide, drives like a tank as far as parking slow speed driving.

Jeager after 46 years we learn these little tricks

 

[Ratdog68]

LOL I unnerstan' !! When I was a kid, I had a '68 elCamino SS with 60 series tires... and, being a kid, broke half the time... drove that thing for a month with a broken power steering belt. A buddy of mine saw me drivin' it one handed and asked if he could drive my car. He didn't last to the end of the parking lot.

 

[scythefwd]

Ratdog68,
Why are they so much harder to drive when they had power steering than when they never had it? Learned on a station wagon that didn't have any power steering. I had to start rolling just to turn the wheel

 

[TomADC]

scythefwd, my old truck its because of too much tire on the road and wear in the steering, I think the steering box needs rebuild or replaced.
But I think what ratdog68 is saying he had power steering but when the belt that drives the pump broke well then those things were a handfull much worse then the same car etc that didn't have power steering at all.

 

[Ratdog68]

Ratdog68,
Why are they so much harder to drive when they had power steering than when they never had it? Learned on a station wagon that didn't have any power steering. I had to start rolling just to turn the wheel

I think the gear ratios between power steering and non-power steering differs... and when the pump isn't being driven by a belt... you're also dealing with hydraulic fluid that is still in the system, but isn't working FOR you.