I replaced a thing on the longboi.

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck) 01/18/2020 at 22:52 • Filed to: Longbed 2020

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Master cylinder finally replaced. Took us 5 hours, admittedly. Luckily there is an electric furnace hanging above. Even in an uninsulated garage, it’s very nice.

I was going to do a more involved write up, but you know: you loosen these things, take off those things, clean up the mess, brush off the crap, prime the new thing, bolt on the new thing, reattach the other things, bleed all the lines, top off, bleed, top off, bleed, and drive and hope the brakes work.

They do. 

Not pictured: about 20 other tools I needed

Leaking point confirmed on old part.

New cylinder on, reused the OEM cap.

Still, I think I’ve not replaced more than $35 0 worth of parts since I bought this thing six years ago... Not bad for a 40-year old pickup.

2020 is the year of the properly maintained fleet!

shop-teacher > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/18/2020 at 23:07

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Good work!

jminer > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/19/2020 at 00:18

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Well done! That’s a deceptively complicated job and way to go doing it yourself!

I just did a bunch of brand work on my little pickup too, it's always a grind but rewarding when done.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/19/2020 at 00:22

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well done!

Urambo Tauro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/19/2020 at 10:56

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I always find it strange when I see color like this o n a part that few people will ever see. Granted, anodizing aluminum is good for more than just cosmetics, but it still looks way more fancy than it needs to be. Does the blue dye not add unnecessary cost to the process? Or maybe they decided that they needed a more easily identifiable color than silver (for QC or whatever) and blue was the cheapest option?