The amount of DUMBA$$ people in the world who continue to not respect this damn virus.....
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Sorry to hear that my friend.
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
New parts that don't work!
A couple of years ago I noted that there had been some fluid leakage from the clutch slave cylinder on my 1997 Celica, so I ordered a replacement part. The part came but the leakage had stopped and all was working fine, so I decided to wait to replace it. A few weeks ago the clutch got hard to shift and then quit working entirely. I started looking for the slave cylinder I had bought, and when I did not find it right away went on like to see where I could get another one. It turned out I had mislabled the box the replacement slave cylinder was in and I eventually found it, but also found that Rock Auto had replacement clutch master cylinder in clearance sale and I ordered one, just in case I needed it.
I installed the new slave cylinder and it still did not work. Okay, so it was the master cylinder and I had cleverly already ordered a new one. The new master cylinder took well over a week to arrive. Rock Auto shipped it by DHL, and they delivered it to the local USPS, who delivered it to me. As a hurricane approached, I installed the new master cylinder. And the clutch still did not work. For one thing, the line would not screw into the new master cylinder properly and it took multiple attempts to fix the resultant leak. I took the new slave cylinder off the car and found it was jammed; the spring would not push the spool back out. Then I noted that the old slave cylinder, while very dirty and rather rusty, seemed to be working fine; I cleaned it up and installed it instead of the new one. And the clutch still does not work.
I ordered a new master cylinder and slave cylinder from Pep Boys, which gives me the ability to take the parts back to a local dealer if they do not work. In the meantime, we have tropical storm hitting us and the car is immobilized in my driveway.
By the way, the new master cylinder I got from Rock Auto is made by a company named "LUK," which is one of the most misnamed companies I have ever encountered. I would stay away from their stuff. I do not know what company made the new slave cylinder, since there are no markings on the box.
A couple of years ago I noted that there had been some fluid leakage from the clutch slave cylinder on my 1997 Celica, so I ordered a replacement part. The part came but the leakage had stopped and all was working fine, so I decided to wait to replace it. A few weeks ago the clutch got hard to shift and then quit working entirely. I started looking for the slave cylinder I had bought, and when I did not find it right away went on like to see where I could get another one. It turned out I had mislabled the box the replacement slave cylinder was in and I eventually found it, but also found that Rock Auto had replacement clutch master cylinder in clearance sale and I ordered one, just in case I needed it.
I installed the new slave cylinder and it still did not work. Okay, so it was the master cylinder and I had cleverly already ordered a new one. The new master cylinder took well over a week to arrive. Rock Auto shipped it by DHL, and they delivered it to the local USPS, who delivered it to me. As a hurricane approached, I installed the new master cylinder. And the clutch still did not work. For one thing, the line would not screw into the new master cylinder properly and it took multiple attempts to fix the resultant leak. I took the new slave cylinder off the car and found it was jammed; the spring would not push the spool back out. Then I noted that the old slave cylinder, while very dirty and rather rusty, seemed to be working fine; I cleaned it up and installed it instead of the new one. And the clutch still does not work.
I ordered a new master cylinder and slave cylinder from Pep Boys, which gives me the ability to take the parts back to a local dealer if they do not work. In the meantime, we have tropical storm hitting us and the car is immobilized in my driveway.
By the way, the new master cylinder I got from Rock Auto is made by a company named "LUK," which is one of the most misnamed companies I have ever encountered. I would stay away from their stuff. I do not know what company made the new slave cylinder, since there are no markings on the box.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Most of the "big box" parts stores (including online outfits) get their parts from a few Chinese manufactures.
So you can get the exact same part from any of the retailer, just a different brand/package.
If memory serves right, Aisin is the OEM manufacturer of hydraulic parts for Toyota (and a few other Japanese auto makers) and they're still made in Japan.
So you can get the exact same part from any of the retailer, just a different brand/package.
If memory serves right, Aisin is the OEM manufacturer of hydraulic parts for Toyota (and a few other Japanese auto makers) and they're still made in Japan.
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
The LUK box says the part was made in Taiwan, a place that has come to equate to better quality than the PRC. The slave cylinder was no doubt made in the PRC, but it does not say so.
Funny, how, in the good old days of 40 years ago we would rebuild such parts by using a brake cylinder hone and buying new rubber components. Nowadays we are crazy about recycling but we just throw the original parts away.
Funny, how, in the good old days of 40 years ago we would rebuild such parts by using a brake cylinder hone and buying new rubber components. Nowadays we are crazy about recycling but we just throw the original parts away.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Agreed - you can still find rebuild kits BUT they'd hard to find because of liability.
I preferred kits manufactured by EIS over ones made by Wagner.
Matter of fact, in days of old, you could find parts to rebuild starter solonoids, fuel pumps, carbs, distributors and so on.
I do miss those days, to be honest.
I preferred kits manufactured by EIS over ones made by Wagner.
Matter of fact, in days of old, you could find parts to rebuild starter solonoids, fuel pumps, carbs, distributors and so on.
I do miss those days, to be honest.
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
My Dad ran his own auto electric repair shop. He rebuilt starters, generators, alternators, and even lead acid batteries.
Bucksnort101
2nd Lieutenant
Just read that the Sturgis Bike Festival is still on this year. Seems like such a grand idea to have bike riders from all over the country gather in one spot for a couple weeks then ride off to their homes in far away places spreading their germs with all the rest of us.
For the most intelligent species on the planet, we humans sure are stupid.
For the most intelligent species on the planet, we humans sure are stupid.
Lucky13
Forum Mascot
People's pure and utter stupidity, not only regarding this pandemic, but also in general....man, was I ever glad to get a real upbringing and education!
These people makes my head....
"Egotism is the anaesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity", Frank Leahy
It also looks like, even though stupidity isn't a virus, it sure as
seem to spread like one!
These people makes my head....
"Egotism is the anaesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity", Frank Leahy
It also looks like, even though stupidity isn't a virus, it sure as
seem to spread like one!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Yep.
I was in my local shop, and of course face masks in shops etc is now mandatory in the UK. Out of eight other people in the shop (not including the staff) only myself and one other person was wearing a mask. These mask-less idiots looked at me and the other wearer as if we were from another planet - or perhaps they were "superior beings" from another world, unaffected by any virus ........................
I was in my local shop, and of course face masks in shops etc is now mandatory in the UK. Out of eight other people in the shop (not including the staff) only myself and one other person was wearing a mask. These mask-less idiots looked at me and the other wearer as if we were from another planet - or perhaps they were "superior beings" from another world, unaffected by any virus ........................
Bucksnort101
2nd Lieutenant
Perhaps this is why they think the don't require a mask, virus filtered naturally through bodily tissues.
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Lucky13
Forum Mascot
Bucksnort101
2nd Lieutenant
Saw yet another moron at the gas station today. He walked across the stations parking lot wearing a mask the whole time, I was just behind him when he walked into the store, as soon as he got in he promptly took his mask off! Felt like chewing him out, but did not want him turning around and possibly spewing his Covid contaminated breath on me.
I'm starting to think people need to be made to take an I.Q. test before they are allowed out in public.
I'm starting to think people need to be made to take an I.Q. test before they are allowed out in public.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
or parents before they have kids.
Greg Boeser
2nd Lieutenant
Well, here in Minnesota, the Guv has issued a statewide mask mandate. I went into the gas station yesterday, where a large sign announced the requirement to wear masks while in the building.
All the employees were wearing masks,
under their chins.
All the employees were wearing masks,
under their chins.
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
Just remember the correct way to wear a mask!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
One of my friends suggested that maybe I was taking the Covid precautions too far ..................
maybe Terry....maybe.....but you certainly do not want to catch STUPID....so you may be on the right track....!
Lucky13
Forum Mascot
You do not wanna be catching Stultus Sirum, which is damn nearly impossible to get rid off, once you got it....Grand Master Jay comes to mind! 
Bucksnort101
2nd Lieutenant
Minnesota, land of 10, 000 lakes and just as many (if not more) morons. And yes, I am a Minnesotan resident so I speak with experience.
