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Og wrote:

I had to replace only the master cylinder as far as anything major.

omg! i did too!  my previously mentioned '78 CB400A had been sitting in someone's shed for a while, not really getting  it's needed road time.  the master cylinder was ungodly horrible.   the piston was like a solid mass of dried brake fluid.  yuck.  and the calipers were in better shape, but not by much.  they do work at least.  nothing a little bit (okay, a lot) of brake cleaner couldn't fix.  the caliper piston still needs a new seal tho.

other things it needs is new shocks front and back.  rear brake. head gasket.  i think i finally got the carb adjusted right after i rebuilt it.  about time to change the oil again.  few more odds n'ends.


so, yeah.  it's a good tinker bike.    i love it.

Here's mine:



Just got it in early February.

'99 VW Jetta.

Will post pics later. Maybe.

I think that one is an 84.

Ours is an '87 that we got 5 years ago with less than 60,000 miles on it. We've more than doubled that. I don't have a handy picture of it though...

The xB gets about 32mpg and the Cruiser gets about 10gpm so they almost balance each other out. Almost.

Last edited by pi227 (2005-03-21 10:32 pm)

Steyr AUG wrote:

'04 Malibu, with heated leather seats

manliness--;

popemobile bulletproof windows?

bloomsday wrote:

Ford Taurus.
how exciting is this whip!!
http://homepage.mac.com/obrienlaw/.Pict … urus-1.jpg

'98 was the year of the Forest Green Bull.

2004 Honda Civic EX Coupe
2005 Honda Pilot EX-L RES (DVD)

When it stops raining maybe I'll take some pics... If I get around to it.

I used to have this.


Now I have a Bus/Metro pass

But I live a work in the city centre so nothing else is really necessary.

Steyr AUG wrote:

'04 Malibu, with heated leather seats

That's a nice car.  My mom has one, it's very comfortable.  I myself have a 2000 Malibu and I like it a lot.  It's safe, good handling, good power, gas mileage, and has been pretty reliable for me.

LeeBarnes wrote:

Og wrote:

I had to replace only the master cylinder as far as anything major.

omg! i did too!  my previously mentioned '78 CB400A had been sitting in someone's shed for a while, not really getting  it's needed road time.  the master cylinder was ungodly horrible.

Most old Hondas have a problem with stuck front brakes (when they sit a while), and for some it's virtually impossible to find an mcyl rebuild kit.

I have a dark green 98 Mercury Mystique.  It's been good to me, unless I'm bad to it.  Then it punishes me.  For instance:  The rear shocks were perfect until I loaded it down with too many people and stuff for camping.  Then the rear shock assembly died and cost me $1000 to fix.

Example 2:  I forgot to turn off the lights a few times, and park it outside in the cold Canadian winter.  The alternator died and cost me $400 to fix.  I really do think that if I had taken better care of it, the car wouldn't have needed these repairs.  Oh well.

My New Ride, due to arrive today or tomorrow, is a Trek 7500FX!  I'm so excited about riding it to work instead of burning more fossil fuels to cover the paltry 4 km commute.