When life gives you lemons.........

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Not sure what the temp was this morning... but when I got to work one of the lady's said her temp gauge was at -18F. All I should say is I knew it wasnt going to be a good day.

So I go out and start the pig and as soon as I sit down in the seat it cracks the uphostery leaving a big gash. Think to myself, "Oh well no biggie." I go back into the house and allow the pig to warm up. I know its gotta be somewhat cold because just walking back to the house causes a small amount of ice to form in my bread as I breath. Get inside and walk downstairs to pull out 7 sets of scrubs from the dryer. Guess what I find.... one of the girls fingernail polish bottles some how made its way into the dryer... Yes I now have red fingernail polish all over my scrubs. Hmm... ya that sucks... "But wait!" .. it gets better... yes just when you thought it wouldnt get any worst.... I go outside to leave for work and as I push in the clutch pedal I feel it all of a sudden lose pressure and hit the floor. "AHHH F@#K!!!!!!!!!!!!" Well I pretty much already knew what had happened. Any moister in the brake fluid turned to ice. I am praying it didnt blow out the clutches slave cyclinder. I looked under the truck and sure as sh!t there is a big dark hole burned into the white snow telling me what had happened. It blew out the slave cylinder. I shut off the pig and decide to go back into the house... hmmmm... No fricken house key... WTF... Ah great! My wife took my house key because she misplaced her keys... So now I have to walk to work or stand outside my house and become a human popcicle. 45 minutes later I finally get to work... I look like I had just walked an artic expedition with icicles hanging from my beard and mustache and nose. Then I findout all our patients cancelled their appointments. I spent the rest of the day doing some lab work and cleaning. Im flat broke and cant afford a bottle of brake fluid otherwise I'd be out trying to fix the pig now that I am finally home.

Oh well...life goes on.:beer:
 
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Why is ice forming on your bread? Shouldn't it be in the house?




:D It will get better. :beer:
 
You don't need a clutch to drive a Pig.
 
Bread=Beard... typo...

Well I pulled the slave cylinder afterwork. Here is what is left of the piston seal. I outlined the missing chuck in yellow. Ya I know the photo's look like chopped arse... please forgive the lousy photography.
 
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In my driveway, Cheyenne Wy.... found out it was actually -22 when it happened. Now Im either walking to work or getting a ride home... sucks .... dont have the cash flow right now to replace the fricken piston.
 
You don't need a clutch to drive a Pig.
Or a late model subaru, for that matter... Maybe some water in the lines froze and F***ed things up. That's the cost of dealing with an older vehicle. Sucks, but relatively simple to fix. go with the whiskey sour, see what that does...

nial
 
I have owned several FJ55's over the years. Im my own warranty.... thats why I pretty much knew what was broken as soon as it happened. Brake Fluid absorbs moister from the air like an evil sponge. Like I said earlier... ten to one when it hit -22F that was cold enough to allow the water in the fluid to turn to crystals and bond the cup to the side of the cylinder... All I had to do after that was push on the clutch and BAMM!

I can fix this... it just sucked that it happened in conjunction with a bunch of other crappy stuff. Now I just have to wait for money so I can rebuild the slave cylinder.
 
This sounds stupid, but if you're still in need of one by next thursday let me know Dave, I should be in town, have a few extra cylinder kits, and could hone out the cylinder for you. Give me a call.
 
Thanks Brian.... I will most likely need one by then... at least a piston with seal.. the cyliner looks good.... so I will just run a hone thru it and replace the piston if you have one I can use.


thanks
dave
 

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