Today the front break pads arrived. The old ones were not completely worn, but close enough to the indicator to replace them all.
When the line in the middle is gone, they have to be replaced. Now all brake pads are new again.
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Never too old to learn
Last time I was over, I noticed my truck made some grinding noise when driving slow and breaking. It was coming from the rear on the right side. So I ordered some new brake pads to replace the old ones. I never worked on anything mechanical on my truck so I figured I’d be able to 😉
Turns out it was (over)due;
The one on the right is the old one I took out. It was down to 0, so breaking was metal on metal.
My truck did still have a Jack, but no lug wrench, so I ordered one. Getting the wheels off was no easy task; jumping on the wrench with my full body weight (which at 70kg is a modest weight, admittedly) none of the nuts would give. Being not strong nor heavy, but luckily also not stupid, I extended the arm of the wrench, after which the nuts came off easily.
It can be so convenient to have an engineer’s brain and not two left hands.
The left rear wheel went a lot faster, and the pads weren’t as worn either. I guess even breaks are right oriented here 🤣
Now the car runs silent again and the breaks definitely work better. Friday I will receive the front wheel break pads, and I’ll inspect and if needed replace those. They likely have been replaced before, but from the looks of it, the pads on the rear were the original pads from 2001!
No more cracking up
Today the windshield of my truck was replaced. The crack that passed inspection for 6 years finally was a reason to fail inspection.
Tomorrow I’ll try get through inspection again. Fingers crossed 🤞
Today my truck passed inspection, and renewed my registration, so I can finally legally drive again. If the cops pull me over and yell “License and registration!” I’m good.
Ice storm damage
Although this happened a lot earlier, during the ice storm, I now get to see that it affected my truck too;
That branch on my truck hood broke off. I had to cut some off before I could pop the hood to reconnect and charge the battery, which was completely dead. We’ll know in an hour or so if it survived. After one hour of charging, the truck started on the first attempt, so I could get groceries.
F150 passes inspection
My Ford F-150 safety inspection was long overdue; the last one was valid til April 2020. So today Reliable Auto in San Marcos did the inspection and after replacing one break light I’m good to go for another year.
I ended up not replacing the car battery yet; it kept starting fine, so I’ll replace it next time.
F150 after 26 months break
As you know, I have a Ford F-150 cabin crew pickup parked next to Ozuye. I knew that despite being disconnected, the battery would be flat. But much to my surprise, after recharging the batteries this morning, I tried starting it and it did without any hesitation.
So now I can get my insurance running too and hopefully get the truck approved again. It beats having to rent a car all the time, every time.