Granite Grinder

Good Day, My daughter Andrea has purchased a car, a 2003 Honda CRV. I'm looking for an honest shop she could take it to, she says a CEL just showed up. Being 4 hours away (one way) makes it difficult for me to take a look :). Anyone know a place?

I've shattered all the fiberglass cored antennas I've ever tried... I've found that the wire whip antennas work the best for me...

iH8rust!! ☹️👎 Cheers

Truth Reality of water rinsing an underbody at -10 to -20 Celsius is it freezes instantly as it hits the frozen slush already on the frame and body so it’s basically doing nothing! Same as taking it to a drive through car wash🤷‍♂️

Well the laying in the snow isn't a concern due to the tool I suggested The rest sounds fine on the grand scheme of snow wheeling and enjoying my rigs.

Out of the blue, the D light mysteriously restored itself... spooky

No fun pressure washing in 10º f temperatures, plus having to turn all the hose bibs back on. Then draining freezing hoses, laying in the snow pressure washing not my idea of a good time. I live 30 miles from the nearest car wash, so by the time...

Tell Albertans there is no difference between the two... See the fire fight after that!!

Hey Cruiserheads, For 2024, let's mix up our meeting time, locations, and day (we'll keep the 2nd week of the month if possible) to allow more of our members to attend who work shifts. Post up some preferred times: 7pm, 8pm, Saturday Breakfast...

Lol, agreed, but at least they will be attached. When I pulled the rotor off, springs, pins and other parts fell out of the rotor, the shoes had also delaminated in there. I have never owned a LC that the parking brake worked efficiently, and...

Top picture is right side (NA passenger), bottom pic is left side. Looks like the orientation is correct, I reinstalled the dogbones per the pictures I took

Hi Mark, I have no idea if anything is original in there, not even the orientation. This is my first 80 parking brake experience. I asked @jonheld (cruiser guru, I think he was on the LCML from way back) if the pics look correct

Hi Jon, I took the above pics prior to disassembly (obviously, Duh) Do the shoe struts look correct? I have never replaced the parking brakes since owning this rig and you can never tell who did what prior to.

I don't know if this will help, I'm rebuilding my brakes as well.

Got it, I haven't taken a look but I'm guessing these springs attach to the bell crank on the axle side (not inside the rotor) same as a 60 series drum brake. I thought that spring looked familiar, I probably have a few kicking around in my 60...

Yup, aftermarket. I believe you are correct, I just had a look in my debris pile from when parts were falling out as I removed the rotor, I don’t see that spring anywhere. Problem solved, cheers

So I did something I rarely do, took apart both parking brakes. I did take a ton of pictures, but for the life of me I can’t seem to find where this spring goes

Had a bit of an exhaust issue, the pipe broke off the collector. Started shopping for a replacement but soon realized the cost was not currently in the budget. Apparently you need to buy the collector and cat as one unit. Never tried OEM, but...

Took a little trip up to a de-activated fire tower, it's currently a snowmobile cabin. Elevation: 1,980 meters or 6,500 feet