Carnage Thursday March, 15

[Ryan Gee]

Carnage Thursday anyone...

I may be doing it again Friday.. SirMrManguy is going to be in town.

[Nissanclay]

Damn! I usually have Fridays off but I think I work this Friday. I'll let you know. I prolly wont drive it but I would like to ride along.

[CurleyMan]

dammit i think i'm out, ryan quit your job so we can go saturday..

[ChefTyler]

LOL I will be in Vail starting Thursday night through Sunday night, no joy for me...not to mention I have issues with my X I gotta work out...ya know that whole SAS thing...and a new power steering pump (crap I'm going to hate that).

[Alex Topousis]

I am going to be in minnesota still unfortunately until sunday. I'll go wheeling the weekend after that though:D

[Alpine Spirit]

If I get some issues done I am up for it.:broke:

[DamnHippie]

What time Friday? I work in Boulder now, so carnage is literally 10 minutes away for me, I could easily get away for a few hours. Hmmm, for carnage I'd better put the bumpers back on my truck, even the nearly destroyed stock chrome would be better than nothing.

[Ryan Gee]

Matters what time Dan gets in from New York... I'll be sure to let ya know though.

[Alpine Spirit]

Still a maybe I had snapped a bolt on the adapter plate to the Tcase (front drive line). Just got back since no one up here carries a grade 8 bolt in the correct size. And need to change out those two heims on the track bar.

[Alpine Spirit]

I am a no go. I got the drive line fixed and now I have a ticking on the passenger side when the hubs are engaged.

[Ryan Gee]

Bummer...

Well I guess it is you and I on Friday, Ian

[Ditchfinder]

You should stop by the shop on Friday if your in town (longmont) I will call you let me know.

[DamnHippie]

I think I'm gonna have to call it off on Friday too, sad to say. I can't get the brakes working properly on the truck, I think I have air in the master cylinder and I'm gonna have to bench-bleed it then re-bleed the whole system. I don't have the hood back on yet, and now Candy is out of town so I don't even have a helper tonight to put it on. Then there's all the skid plates and sliders to put back on and a dozen other minor things that need doing. Hmm, reactivating the insurance would probably be a good thing too.

All in all, I think I'm still about 3-4 days away from being ready to wheel.

[Packman5280]

Ian, I might be able to help the next couple days, perhaps tonight too. I'll give you a call later, but call me if you get a chance.

[Ditchfinder]

I think I'm gonna have to call it off on Friday too, sad to say. I can't get the brakes working properly on the truck, I think I have air in the master cylinder and I'm gonna have to bench-bleed it then re-bleed the whole system. I don't have the hood back on yet, and now Candy is out of town so I don't even have a helper tonight to put it on. Then there's all the skid plates and sliders to put back on and a dozen other minor things that need doing. Hmm, reactivating the insurance would probably be a good thing too.

All in all, I think I'm still about 3-4 days away from being ready to wheel.

You dont need to remove the master cylinder, your only creating more work and more air in the system. There is probably some air in your primary cup but most of it is probably down in the wheel cylinders. Get a helper and manual bleed the system. I am sure you know how, but if you dont I can tell you how good luck

[Ryan Gee]

Went today with Kev riding shotgun. It was fun! Found out how much work the Pathy needs before GoneMoab comes along.

[ChefTyler]

What all was wrong with it, Ryan?

[Ryan Gee]

That rear locker is toast! Fix that and install the SYE would be a good starting point.

[DamnHippie]

You dont need to remove the master cylinder, your only creating more work and more air in the system. There is probably some air in your primary cup but most of it is probably down in the wheel cylinders. Get a helper and manual bleed the system. I am sure you know how, but if you dont I can tell you how good luck

Umm, well, no. The master cylinder needed bench-bleeding. I did it last night and it restored much sanity. There's still air in the system, but now it's down to needing normal old bleeding at the wheel cylinders.

Remember, I had the master cylinder off the truck for almost 30 days, and it got moved around the workbench many times. It had a ton of air in it, and bench-bleeding is the only way it all comes out.

Unfortunately, a lot of air got into the hardlines during that month as well, even tho I capped the lines at the ABS. The caps weren't tight enough. I hate when a lot of air gets into the hardlines, it forms a bajillion tiny bubbles that cling to the walls of the lines, and it takes repeated bleeding to get it all forced out. Tedious work.

[Ryan Gee]

Sounds like my clutch... kinda. :wrench: