Off Topic Thread - Page 125

**cooljess76** · 10-26-2009, 03:18 AM

check with your insurance company. Sometimes the policy stays active for 30 days after you cancel it.

tiFreak · 10-26-2009, 03:37 AM

I don't know about that but I do still have the old card that says it's good until late November if I need it, so if I get pulled over I could just hope the cop will go by the card and not look it up or anything

all the Suby needs is a brake line though and it's all good, I just need to figure out how to get it to the shop without having to pay for a tow, safety be damned, I'm trying to save money

**cooljess76** · 10-26-2009, 03:43 AM

well you could always just open the door and drag your foot, lol.

tiFreak · 10-27-2009, 02:23 AM

I made it there safely, I had my dad drive ahead and watch at the stop signs so I could just roll through without hitting the brakes too much, combination of engine braking and hand braking worked pretty well

I got the car on the lift and found that it's a junction block that's leaking, the lines go up under the rear seat and through the interior to the master cylinder, and up above the gas tank to the rear calipers, stupid design and it's going to be a pain to replace the lines but I'm planning on just bypassing the junction and routing the lines to the calipers my own way and just leave most of the old line in place to make it a little easier. started it today and I'll probably finish it tomorrow or the next day

sucks, I went through a bunch of trouble swapping some nice WRX seats in place of the lousy stock seats and I can't even drive the car

**cooljess76** · 10-27-2009, 02:33 AM

Hey Brendan, I had to replace a stripped out brake line on my Ti a while ago. Luckily they're pretty cheap, but I had to wait for the part to come from germany. Anyway, they come as straight tubes and you have to make all of the bends yourself anyway. It wasn't very difficult, since I had my motor out, but after I did it, i found out that Kragen and most auto parts stores sell them! They come in different lengths with various fittings, most metric are the same though, so if you want to route yours a different way, just check your local AutoZone or something, I'm sure they'll have what you need. It's also a good time to upgrade the flexible lines to steel braided.

tiFreak · 10-27-2009, 02:48 AM

I was aware of that, I work as a mechanic

that's how we do all our brake lines, and up here where cars rust it's not uncommon at all for a brake line to blow out

braided steel brake lines isn't going to happen on my winter beater, I used zip-ties, duct tape and self-tapping screws to put the front end back together after my boss backed into it and tore the front bumper off, I'm not going to suddenly start buying quality parts for it

**cooljess76** · 10-27-2009, 03:18 AM

Braided lines for the Ti silly!

tiFreak · 10-27-2009, 03:26 AM

I was talking about my Outback this whole time, did you think I was talking about the ti?

the ti will be getting all kinds of new suspension and braking parts over winter though, stocking them up and installing them in spring

**cooljess76** · 10-27-2009, 03:42 AM

Ohhhhh! I got confused somehow. The whole insurance thing threw me off. I was wondering why you needed to take your Ti to work without insurance if the outback was the car with the bad brake line. Makes perfect sense now, lol. Yeah, duct tape, self-tapping screws and parts fabricated out of wood are perfectly acceptable for repairs on the winter beater, as long as the heater and windshield wipers work, it's all good, lol.

tiFreak · 10-27-2009, 03:46 AM

heater, wipers and good snow tires, that's all you need

sweet ride, huh? you can see my 318ti.org sticker in the back window too

**cooljess76** · 10-27-2009, 05:13 AM

It was you on Google Earth flipping the camera off!

tiFreak · 10-28-2009, 01:55 AM

lol, that's not me, it doesn't have the gangsta whitewalls

plus I haven't even been able to drive it since I got it because of this whole problem

got some work done today, the line to the right rear caliper is run, but my boss used torches to try to get the fitting out of the left rear rubber hose and the hose just exploded from the pressure that ended up building up inside

no parts stores had hose in stock so hopefully I'll be able to get the one I ordered tomorrow, the lady on the phone at Carquest wasn't sure if I had ordered it in time to get it tomorrow

acevedo12 · 10-28-2009, 02:39 AM

is it me or is your boss accident prone whenever it comes to the subaru? i mean isn't he the one who also hit your bumper too?

tiFreak · 10-28-2009, 02:48 AM

he was

there really wasn't any way to get the fitting out without heat though, it was just way too rusted. I think because the 1/4" of line sticking out was pinched shut where I cut it, when he heated it the air inside expanded and with no where else to go just blew the hose out, made a hell of a loud pop too

tiFreak · 10-29-2009, 03:59 AM

success, installed the line, bled the brakes and all is good

I think I figured out what that junction was for though, the brake pedal feels stiffer than it should so it was probably the proportioning valve, oh well, I don't need it

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