I missed that detail. Now I’m parking Mrs AFB car in the garage I’m looking for a solution to get the car in the garage as close to the door as possible. I was thinking one of those laser things, but this looks like an old school solution!
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You can also hang a tennis ball from the ceiling so that it touches the windscreen/rear window if you've reached the correct position.
I had a few extra of the concrete parking blocks so used them
-if the block is to tall it will scrpae the vehicle under carrage
-this provids a positive stop that the car can not go beyond
the tennnis ball
on the inside of the wind sheld put a small dot with painters tape, helps align the car left to right
I’m alright on the left and right. It’s a single garage door, so just line up in the middle. But the door is off centre so I can still keep my junk in there.
Funny how this goes-
I spent about a day and a half on and off working on the driver's side brakes with one hiccup after another. Among other things, I mentioned the C-clip above that holds the wheel cylinder in place. Instead of using the supplied new one, I reused the old one, and got it in place with a pair of channel locks. The springs were fortunately straight forward. I watched a few videos on Youtube, and most showed fitting the bottom spring with the shoes off the car, stretching them to engage the wheel cylinders, then fitting the top spring and stretching to engage the adjusters. It honestly wasn't too bad, and unlike before they're on the car correctly now. The biggest bugger, aside from the anti-rattle springs, was the handbrake spring.
Also, just for the sake of getting the lines to some semblance of clean, while I was still over on the driver's side(which is furthest from the MC), I used the Mightyvac until the line ran dry. Most of the fluid that came out was pretty nasty, so I don't think it was a terrible thing to do on the whole. I left it empty until I could get the other side emptied also.
The passenger side got interesting. Everything went together easily, and by the time I'd opened the line to fit the cylinder, it was completely empty. I refilled the MC, bled the driver's side, and then went back over to the passenger side. The only thing was I couldn't get fluid out of it. With the bleeder open, I could pull 20" Hg Vacuum on the nipple and would just sit there and hold vacuum. I finally pulled the bleeder completely and had fluid drip out of the hole where it was, so the line was clear. Just the bleeder hooked up to the Mightyvac, though, would also hold a strong vacuum. I could poke at the hole in the side with a wire and get a little bit of air through it, so something was blocking it.
I thought about robbing one from one of the old cylinders, but they were both nasty and I didn't feel good about putting that in my clean new cylinder. Finally, I just said down with a set of drill bits(turned by hand) and manage to get out whatever was plugging it up. I still don't know what it was, but at least I got it fixed and have a nice firm pedal.
I'm going to need to order drums also. I finally got a shop to agree to turn them, except that they measured out at 10.05" and the max is 10.06. So, the job still isn't "done".
I spent about a day and a half on and off working on the driver's side brakes with one hiccup after another. Among other things, I mentioned the C-clip above that holds the wheel cylinder in place. Instead of using the supplied new one, I reused the old one, and got it in place with a pair of channel locks. The springs were fortunately straight forward. I watched a few videos on Youtube, and most showed fitting the bottom spring with the shoes off the car, stretching them to engage the wheel cylinders, then fitting the top spring and stretching to engage the adjusters. It honestly wasn't too bad, and unlike before they're on the car correctly now. The biggest bugger, aside from the anti-rattle springs, was the handbrake spring.
Also, just for the sake of getting the lines to some semblance of clean, while I was still over on the driver's side(which is furthest from the MC), I used the Mightyvac until the line ran dry. Most of the fluid that came out was pretty nasty, so I don't think it was a terrible thing to do on the whole. I left it empty until I could get the other side emptied also.
The passenger side got interesting. Everything went together easily, and by the time I'd opened the line to fit the cylinder, it was completely empty. I refilled the MC, bled the driver's side, and then went back over to the passenger side. The only thing was I couldn't get fluid out of it. With the bleeder open, I could pull 20" Hg Vacuum on the nipple and would just sit there and hold vacuum. I finally pulled the bleeder completely and had fluid drip out of the hole where it was, so the line was clear. Just the bleeder hooked up to the Mightyvac, though, would also hold a strong vacuum. I could poke at the hole in the side with a wire and get a little bit of air through it, so something was blocking it.
I thought about robbing one from one of the old cylinders, but they were both nasty and I didn't feel good about putting that in my clean new cylinder. Finally, I just said down with a set of drill bits(turned by hand) and manage to get out whatever was plugging it up. I still don't know what it was, but at least I got it fixed and have a nice firm pedal.
I'm going to need to order drums also. I finally got a shop to agree to turn them, except that they measured out at 10.05" and the max is 10.06. So, the job still isn't "done".
You gave your wife’s car priority over yours? Shame on you. 😁
You know, I don’t think I’ve ever viewed a picture of your Golf on here. I know you mentioned it’s red. I remember you saying something last year it got a dent from an employee or something.
Well remembered! Yes he was putting an old Mac Pro in to my boot and hit the rear quarter.
I’ll dig out a picture when I’m back on my Mac.
Stopped by to look at the 21’ Bronco earlier tonight. (I didn’t spend too much time outside, it was -2°.😁)
So this was just a base sport model in ‘carbonized gray metallic’, with a 1.5 L/8 speed auto, basically no real specific features. I actually thought it was kind of underwhelming looking. (There’s quite a few different models of the Bronco to choose from.)
This Model starts at ~$29,995.00
So this was just a base sport model in ‘carbonized gray metallic’, with a 1.5 L/8 speed auto, basically no real specific features. I actually thought it was kind of underwhelming looking. (There’s quite a few different models of the Bronco to choose from.)
This Model starts at ~$29,995.00
I recently had a similar issue with the drum brakes on my pickup. It was caused by a small leak from the diff due to a worn rubber bit.
Went to work today. Noticed the inside of the windscreen was unusually damp (it was mild this morning). Anyway when looking for some pain killers the small storage compartment (not the main glovebox) beside the steering wheel had water in it.
So looks like I’ve got an issue somewhere.
So looks like I’ve got an issue somewhere.
Check the area where your wiper motor is located. There are holes to drain it from the water coming from the windscreen via the wipers, and those can get stuffed with leaves and the like over time - especially if the car is parked mostly outside. If the drainage holes are blocked, water can't leave that area, accumulates and eventually enters the interior via the air intake of the heating/AC.
My first car I had was a 20-year-old Cinquecento without a passenger seat, so there was a lot more space inside. Color: faded red but still cute. Inside I had a lot of blankets and pillows, so that my passengers feel more like in a lounge than in a car. He was my faithful companion for about a year. Later, unfortunately, my Henio did not survive the winter and the rust defeated him. Forever in my heart
You never forget your first. Mine was a dog of an Escort. Had been used and abused well before I got hold of her. She was about 12 years old. I passed her on to my dad when I had finished with her.
Taken out of context that could get me 20 years to life! ?
I shall investigate at the weekend. Mostly outside? Never seen the inside of a garage since I bought her!
Put it back in. Then when the police pull you over and ask ‘do you know how fast you were going?’ You can reply ‘no idea!’
I’ve been going with that since I got it ba?
Driving back from Kentucky, my wife called me a couple of times and told me to slow down?
Fortunately the drive gear is good and Moss stocks this particular driven gear.
I also ordered an overdrive strainer and gasket set, which I should have done before the transmission was in the car. I have a leak from somewhere on the transmission and overdrive engagement isn’t 100% reliable, so I’ll drain it, clean the easy to access parts in the overdrive, and button it all back up with fresh oil.
Driving back from Kentucky, my wife called me a couple of times and told me to slow down?
Fortunately the drive gear is good and Moss stocks this particular driven gear.
I also ordered an overdrive strainer and gasket set, which I should have done before the transmission was in the car. I have a leak from somewhere on the transmission and overdrive engagement isn’t 100% reliable, so I’ll drain it, clean the easy to access parts in the overdrive, and button it all back up with fresh oil.
I can't remember if I've posted this or not - I sold my annoyingly problematic 2009 Volvo C30 R-Design (with full transparency) and picked up a 2005 NB2 Miata. The Miata was meant to be temporary. I had plans to drive it for a few months, fix a few things, and sell it off for a down payment on something slightly larger / more reasonable. Having been in and out of work due to government restrictions (my work has been deemed non-essential) that hasn't happened. I'm still driving the Miata around. It's a blast to drive, it's similar but way better than the NA6 Miata I owned last year, but it's a really impractical daily driver. I wish my C30 wasn't so problematic, but all I can say about that car was good riddance.
Old photo, but here you go. Sadly since moving to the country I've added a lot more stone chips.