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  1. 19th May 2017, 09:31 AM #1
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    Some ppl...check this out

    Ok, last night a young bloke brought his car in to the servo, im looking after for a few months, said to me i think i should get a service done. My brakes have been noisy for about 3 weeks and on Monday the oil light came on. Well last night was Thursday. This morning i started doing the service and checking the brakes. The r/h/f rotor was metal to metal on the outside pad. I didnt need to measure the rotor, it was visibly 2mm below minimum thickness

    Pads were stuffed of course. Funny thing is the l/h side was only 50% worn. I checked the tyres. All really good except right front. Been trying to do burnouts, with a Nissan Cube. He also said to check the transmission. Im waiting for parts as i write this, for the brakes.

    So i drain the oil...or maybe i should say sludge from the sump.


    This is all that was in it. The oil filter had drained out overnight. Less than 1 litre...sump only holds 3.5 litres.
    I shudder to think what the trans is gonna be like when i test drive it. Daddy came in last night (regular customer) to pick son up. I told him he was gonna be up for around $500 to fix it. The daddy said "i bought him a Calais 2 yrs ago and he just destroyed it. Cost me $10k". Glad my father didnt buy me anything. I learnt the value of things coz i had to work hard for everything ive ever had...
    Back to work now, the parts are here.

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    some people should be restricted to Taxi's
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift View Post
    some people should be restricted to Taxi's
    or be professional pedestrians, problem with that is they walk with mobile phones and cause havoc.

    Unfortunately some out there just have no idea, the think it's just a matter of hoping in to a vehicle turn the key and driver. I saw my neighbor with the bonnet up on his wifes cr, being nosey I had to wander over, he tells me his wife reported a loud tapping noise in her BA falcon, never though that her car might have no oil in it which it didn't, had the same thinbg a while ago with her brakes, couldn't work out why her car had made a noise from the back wheel for a couple of weeks!, and she does big mileage drives to work each week. Oh did I forget to mention she is a teacher

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  5. 19th May 2017, 10:43 AM #5
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    It is for these people, that Autonomous Vehicles were invented.
    They should have " Car Refuses To Budge Mode" after 1,000 Ks past scheduled service.
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    I had a bloke carting some hay for me using my old Acco and he rang me in the morning asking me where the keys were.
    I asked him if he had checked the oil and water in the truck and he said that had had, I sacked him on the spot.
    The previous night I had put the keys on the dip stick and that's where I found them
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    Newer MANs don't have a dipstick, ergo, you don't need keys?
    If you don't like trucks, stop buying stuff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    Newer MANs don't have a dipstick, ergo, you don't need keys?
    No Dipstick drivers then. That's a bonus.
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    Years ago I worked at Datspares. On the counter there for all to see was a brake disk you could have shaved with. I dunno what it was out of, only that it was pulled off a wreck. How could the driver not know?
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  10. 19th May 2017, 03:35 PM #10
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    Most modern brake pads, and those Nissan Cubes are fairly modern, have a tab incorporated in the brake pad. When the pad wears down the tab squeals. This you all know but my point is how could junior not have heard the noise? Would have been loud, suppose he just turned the music up? Should be given a old series landy as a loan car whilst his is fixed. Then he will appreciate what he was driving more.
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