Just Lost My Slave Cylinder.
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After a fun time at the pool with my family and a boy from another family we had as our guest, it was decided that I should drive him home in my car. Literally when turning off the highway into his neighborhood my clutch started acting up. Then no clutch disengagement at all. The car was still rolling so I rev-match shifted into second and got to his house, then showed him the milk chocolate all over the top/front of the transmission case, and went inside and got a ride home from his grampa.
When I was there, his grandma did an admirable job not laughing when my Darling Wife called to ask me to pick up some cereal at the store on the way home, and I said I would if the grampa didn't mind it.
I just changed my engine oil/filter yesterday. It was a bit of an exigency because I realized the day before that it was right at 9k miles on the last oil change (full synthetic, good filter, no worries). Changing the oil, I noticed that the clutch was low on brake fluid and there was a little oil seepage around the slave's boot. Noted. If I hadn't changed my oil I would not have topped off the clutch. If I hadn't topped it off, the clutch would have failed even sooner, leaving me & the boy stranded. If it hadn't failed when/where it did, I couldn't have gotten it parked in a good location. If it hadn't failed today I wouldn't have tomorrow to hunt for parts and get it fixed. If it hadn't failed today it would have failed on the highway going to work on Monday. I consider this series of coincidences to be Divine aid, so thanks God!
Anyway, if somebody near Austin wants to deliver a slave cylinder or rebuild kit to my house tomorrow before I go shopping for one, feel free!
New slave cylinder from Oreilly's $30, fluid $4 (got more than I needed). Teaching the boy about mechanics Priceless
The clutch is WAY easier to operate with a fresh slave cylinder. Easier than the gas pedal even. Thank God it went fairly smoothly all things considered.
When I was there, his grandma did an admirable job not laughing when my Darling Wife called to ask me to pick up some cereal at the store on the way home, and I said I would if the grampa didn't mind it.
I just changed my engine oil/filter yesterday. It was a bit of an exigency because I realized the day before that it was right at 9k miles on the last oil change (full synthetic, good filter, no worries). Changing the oil, I noticed that the clutch was low on brake fluid and there was a little oil seepage around the slave's boot. Noted. If I hadn't changed my oil I would not have topped off the clutch. If I hadn't topped it off, the clutch would have failed even sooner, leaving me & the boy stranded. If it hadn't failed when/where it did, I couldn't have gotten it parked in a good location. If it hadn't failed today I wouldn't have tomorrow to hunt for parts and get it fixed. If it hadn't failed today it would have failed on the highway going to work on Monday. I consider this series of coincidences to be Divine aid, so thanks God!
Anyway, if somebody near Austin wants to deliver a slave cylinder or rebuild kit to my house tomorrow before I go shopping for one, feel free!
New slave cylinder from Oreilly's $30, fluid $4 (got more than I needed). Teaching the boy about mechanics Priceless
The clutch is WAY easier to operate with a fresh slave cylinder. Easier than the gas pedal even. Thank God it went fairly smoothly all things considered.
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QUOTE (Stocker @ Jun 14 2009, 01:13 PM)
I consider this series of coincidences to be Divine aid, so thanks God!
Thank God it went fairly smoothly all things considered.
Thank God it went fairly smoothly all things considered.
See, this is the thing I don't understand about religious folk... They thank God for horrible things happening to them at the right time. Wouldn't it have been much better to not happen at all? Always trying to find the good in f**ked up situations.
I had a 23 year old friend killed when a car pulled out in front of him on his motorcycle. My very religious neighbor says, "well at least God took him quickly, so he didn't suffer". What? Are you f-ing kidding me?!?! I should thank God that my young 23 year-old friend died quickly? Nut jobs... the whole lot.
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^ 1/2 empty. I could b*tch & moan, sure, but what good does it do? Why not be grateful for the positive aspects?
I can't speak for "religious" people, but someone who is a Bible-believing Christian has a standing order to "rejoice always, pray without ceasing, and in everything give thanks." You never know what you MISSED by the negative aspects of your life. So you got a flat tire, maybe it kept you from getting creamed by an 18-wheeler 30 seconds later. I read a second-hand account of two sisters in a German concentration camp, with a barracks room full of fleas. The one reminded the other to thank God for the fleas ( ! ) . . . they found out later, the fleas kept the German guards from coming in that room and hassling the prisoners. It is entirely possible to say the wrong thing at the wrong time, as you have found out, but if you consider diligently, most situations have some upside to them.
Anyhow it's no learning experience for me . . . not after the manual trans. conversion! THAT was a learning experience. This was just a few minutes under the blazing Texas sun. It took about an hour, and that's with explaining everything along the way to a boy and his grandpa.
I can't speak for "religious" people, but someone who is a Bible-believing Christian has a standing order to "rejoice always, pray without ceasing, and in everything give thanks." You never know what you MISSED by the negative aspects of your life. So you got a flat tire, maybe it kept you from getting creamed by an 18-wheeler 30 seconds later. I read a second-hand account of two sisters in a German concentration camp, with a barracks room full of fleas. The one reminded the other to thank God for the fleas ( ! ) . . . they found out later, the fleas kept the German guards from coming in that room and hassling the prisoners. It is entirely possible to say the wrong thing at the wrong time, as you have found out, but if you consider diligently, most situations have some upside to them.
Anyhow it's no learning experience for me . . . not after the manual trans. conversion! THAT was a learning experience. This was just a few minutes under the blazing Texas sun. It took about an hour, and that's with explaining everything along the way to a boy and his grandpa.
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BTW, didn't mean for this to sound like a rant. Just been noticing an increasing amount of people giving thanks to God during one of the worst times in modern history (if you believe FOX and CNN). Terrorists everywhere, financial markets in ruin, everyone out of work, etc... Just starting to grate on my nerves.