I drove over to my parents on Sunday to unearth my other car. What a pain. 2 hours of snowblowing, shoveling and chiseling. The snow was ROCK hard. After a bit of rocking back and forth and burning up what clutch I don't have left...VICTORY!!! My Contour was mobile once again.
I had let her sit for a good two months before parking at my parents for another two months. I really wanted to drive around and get rid of that old gas. I park my sexy shiny 6 and drive off.
It's running as good as a car with 192k on it can. Actually really good. I get all the way back to my apartment complex. As I'm turning in I hit the brakes to slow down...huh kinda soft...that's weird. I should do a brake test and see what's up. I proceed to stomp on the brake pedal. Instead of coming to a screetching hault, my foot goes to the floor. OH CRAP! I pump them a few times. Nothing. It's Sunday night so nobody is around. I roll back to my apt using the E-brake. Yep, blew a brake line. So what do I do? Drive it back to my parents using only the E-brake. LOL!
That could have been really bad. I'm glad it blew in a good spot. I guess kickass braided stainless brake lines don't mean crap if you've got rusty steel lines feeding them. ...argh...
Oh well, I at least got some Stabil in the tank. Hopefully it'll be good 'til spring when I can fix everything. :(
I've done that too!! Though I drove mine from my apt to my dads house to fix it, but I had my dad drive in front of me just in case. That way if I hit anyone it would be him, he was way thrilled with that arrangement! :-)
ReplyDeleteLOL! Yeah, If it weren't for all of the snowbanks to crash in to, I probably would have waited til midnight.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone local carry long lengths of brakeline? All that I've seen so far are stupid 3ft lengths.
I'm pretty sure I have some in my garage, I'll check. Btw, I have a bubble flare kit too, if you need to use it!
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking that we need to get some hot chicks to read and comment on our blogs and flirt with us! Though I don't think there's any hot chicks that blog anymore, well at least not any that will talk to me. :-) I guess my awsomeosity is a bit intimidating, well that and i hardly ever wear underbritches!
ReplyDeleteHEY! You'd better do another couple of posts!! Not 3 in a week and then nothing for 6 months!
ReplyDeleteI've wanted to, but my computer has been ripped apart since last Friday. Just been too darn busy. I've got a lot to do this weekend.
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