>go do a quick roadside brake pad replacement >forgot

>Quick roadside brake pad replacement

What?

>>15640822
Replacing your brake pads on the side of the road in less than 30 minutes.

What in the fuck are you doing

>>15640828
He knows what you're talking about, the problem is no one does this, primarily because dont let major shit like this go unnoticed

>>15640835
I'm a spur-of-the-moment kind of guy.

just drive home and hope you dont have to break

>>15640869
Break what?

>>15640821
>replacing my piston rings in shoulder of highway
>realize my ridge reamer is in my other car
>and that I'm having a psychotic break

Walmart isn't closed.

Also, why?

>>15640879
>granny shifting
>not double clutching like you should

loosen the bleed valve, push the piston in by hand/with hammer handle. Install pads, assemble, bleed brakes. wtf

>doing car with early abs,
>forget tool to rotate piston back in,
>have to fab up a key with an angle grinder and fuck around because you rode in the same car and its taken apart.
>i now hate this car

>>15640821
>pull over on I 95 to bake some bread

>start proofing the yeast in my coolant reservoir

>realize my oven is at home, and also I'm on PCP

>>15640838
No you're autismo

>restoring my 1969 Camaro SS barn find at rest stop
>realize I for got my rotisserie at home
>im 79 years old
>what do?

>>15640908
lmao

>>15640902
Wtf I hate cars

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>>15640822
>he doesnt do roadside engine replacements

>>15640879
Should have just borrowed another motorists ridge reamer. Funilly enough I actually have one in my car currently

>>15640838
And you face spur-of-the-moment consequences.

>>15640822
>not doing a quick roadside transmission swap

>driving to work in my 65 F100 piece of shit work truck
>engine dies abruptly, meaning electrical probably
>pull to side of 15-501 rush hour idiots zooming past
>hope cop doesn't see me and call a wrecker
>open hood, pull distributor cap, looks ok
>put hand on rotor and it spins freely
>pull distributor. roll pin in gear sheared off
>stick a nail in and bend it. rough time it
>get to work 1 hour late

and here's the punchline: I bought the truck in 78, so I'm pretty sure the distributor had never been changed, and the vacuum advance had not worked for years, so I buy a rebuilt one at advance and swap. the "new" one lasted about 6 months and had the failure described above. the old one never failed, except for the dead vacuum diaphram.

>>15641617
I want to believe you, but '78? How fucken old are you mate? I was born in 1981 and figured I was one of the older guys on this board.

>>15641634

born in 55.

the 65 is my old truck. the 84 F150 is my new truck.

the old one runs better in almost every way.

>>15641640
Well, something new every day.

Nearer to the topic of this thread, the best repair I did on the side of the road was rebuilding the idler pulley on a Subaru outback with a bearing from an old Victa lawn mower so I could slip on a new serpentine belt and drive the 200km home. Lasted just long enough...

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>>15640821
>be me
>clutch starts slipping on my way to a date
>decide to quickly swap it before dinner
>drop the clutch around the corner from her house with a quarter and a pop can formed into the shape of a wrench
>just as I fully disconnect the clutch from the transmission I realise I forgot my jack stands at home
>car crushes me

Mfw

>>15643371
Kek

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>be me
>driving my delorean down the freeway
>hit 87 mph
>look back and realize i left my flux capacitor at home
>mfw