14-12-2014, 08:33 AM
Hi,
I trust our readers sensible.
I have cured a leaking wheel cylinder by undoing a pipe union and blocking it with a bleed nipple ... which meant no braking to that wheel. This was only so that I could drive home ... very carefully. Probably best if you don't do the same.
Wife phoned to say the exhaust of her MG Midget was scraping the tarmac. I drove to her, we swapped cars. I tied exhaust up with bit of string, and headed for home. Doing 50mph on bypass, exhaust dropped again. Mirror, HGV behind. Indicate left, then poked arm towards sky to attract attention (hood was down) and applied brakes fairly hard but not crash-stop level. Suddenly there was this terrible screeching, a horrible smell, and lots of smoke ... as the HGV shot past me with all eight wheels locked. If I hadn't been on the verge by that time, he would have gone over me. Lesson learned? Use rope next time.
I also have used a Hi-lift jack to adjust body on my £250 Citroen 2CV (with 3 months tax and MOT) A car had reversed into the front in the morning, and it was tailgated in the afternoon. Previous owner then lost interest in it. It took me longer to trailer it home than to get it back on the road.
One of our RAF drivers had to change a front wheel on a 52 seater coach. Despite removing all the wheel nuts, the wheel wouldn't come off. He wrapped himself round the front axle and tried to kick it off. His mate pointed out that it would help if he jacked the wheel off the ground first.
I have also watched a 4 ton Bloodhound missile hanging from a Lancer Side Loading Fork truck. The hydraulic pipe to the jack had burst, so we shoved a tool box underneath. The tool box shattered, and the only thing that stopped everything falling over .... was my Sergeant standing under the missile, holding it above his head. He sort of shouted at us to do something. Dreadful language!
Happy days.
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602
I trust our readers sensible.
I have cured a leaking wheel cylinder by undoing a pipe union and blocking it with a bleed nipple ... which meant no braking to that wheel. This was only so that I could drive home ... very carefully. Probably best if you don't do the same.
Wife phoned to say the exhaust of her MG Midget was scraping the tarmac. I drove to her, we swapped cars. I tied exhaust up with bit of string, and headed for home. Doing 50mph on bypass, exhaust dropped again. Mirror, HGV behind. Indicate left, then poked arm towards sky to attract attention (hood was down) and applied brakes fairly hard but not crash-stop level. Suddenly there was this terrible screeching, a horrible smell, and lots of smoke ... as the HGV shot past me with all eight wheels locked. If I hadn't been on the verge by that time, he would have gone over me. Lesson learned? Use rope next time.
I also have used a Hi-lift jack to adjust body on my £250 Citroen 2CV (with 3 months tax and MOT) A car had reversed into the front in the morning, and it was tailgated in the afternoon. Previous owner then lost interest in it. It took me longer to trailer it home than to get it back on the road.
One of our RAF drivers had to change a front wheel on a 52 seater coach. Despite removing all the wheel nuts, the wheel wouldn't come off. He wrapped himself round the front axle and tried to kick it off. His mate pointed out that it would help if he jacked the wheel off the ground first.
I have also watched a 4 ton Bloodhound missile hanging from a Lancer Side Loading Fork truck. The hydraulic pipe to the jack had burst, so we shoved a tool box underneath. The tool box shattered, and the only thing that stopped everything falling over .... was my Sergeant standing under the missile, holding it above his head. He sort of shouted at us to do something. Dreadful language!
Happy days.
602
602
