07-07-2008, 10:56 PM
Speaking of saving money....
Today I'm checking my exhaust system for a rattle. Turns out something is loose inside the actual muffler and I probably need a new one.
So I get the car off the jackstand and my friend says.... "hey why is your clutch pedal on the floor?"
Shit. Mind you, this is like 3pm and I have work at 4.
So I panic... look for any major reason that would be wrong mechanically (pedal off of hanger etc) but that's not it.
I jump on the internet-which says that I have a leak somewhere in the system or I have air in the system which means no pressure with a hydrolic clutch system.
I look around the master cylinder, slave cylinder, inside and out, follow all lines too no prevail. Then I look in the resovoir- BONE DRY. Call up traxxas junkee for a bottle of brake fluid... he comes over at like 345 with it. We fill it 3 times and bleed the system just to get all the air out that was in it, along with the pitch black fluid left over.
Around 350 we get pressure back in the system. not as much as normal, but enough to drive with. I have to fill that again in the morning and bleed it some more I bet.
So it's 353 and I'm out the door in my work clothes. I cut thru a residential area to save some time and not deal with packed main roads.
I'm flyin mind you.
At the bottom of a good sized hill sits an unmarked squad that I didn't notice till he turned on the lights.
Pull over on to a cross street that was right there... The dude drives past, and some guy on the side of the road stops him and points me out. WTF.
He comes over...license and proof of insurance yada yada...
Got the ticket sittin in front of me now lol. Sign here and ya got your license back he says. So I sign and look at my nice $95 fine.
Anybody want to take a stab at how fast I was going?
Today I'm checking my exhaust system for a rattle. Turns out something is loose inside the actual muffler and I probably need a new one.
So I get the car off the jackstand and my friend says.... "hey why is your clutch pedal on the floor?"
Shit. Mind you, this is like 3pm and I have work at 4.
So I panic... look for any major reason that would be wrong mechanically (pedal off of hanger etc) but that's not it.
I jump on the internet-which says that I have a leak somewhere in the system or I have air in the system which means no pressure with a hydrolic clutch system.
I look around the master cylinder, slave cylinder, inside and out, follow all lines too no prevail. Then I look in the resovoir- BONE DRY. Call up traxxas junkee for a bottle of brake fluid... he comes over at like 345 with it. We fill it 3 times and bleed the system just to get all the air out that was in it, along with the pitch black fluid left over.
Around 350 we get pressure back in the system. not as much as normal, but enough to drive with. I have to fill that again in the morning and bleed it some more I bet.
So it's 353 and I'm out the door in my work clothes. I cut thru a residential area to save some time and not deal with packed main roads.
I'm flyin mind you.
At the bottom of a good sized hill sits an unmarked squad that I didn't notice till he turned on the lights.
Pull over on to a cross street that was right there... The dude drives past, and some guy on the side of the road stops him and points me out. WTF.
He comes over...license and proof of insurance yada yada...
Got the ticket sittin in front of me now lol. Sign here and ya got your license back he says. So I sign and look at my nice $95 fine.
Anybody want to take a stab at how fast I was going?
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