1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

starting to wonder if the damn stealership actually did a fluid exchange when they did my rear brakes (done when they did the rear axle seal). I added on a brake fluid flush/exchange since it had never been done. Shouldn't it be more translucent?

 

yes it should be unless your jar is stained. but i doubt that

 

how long ago was that? it would be darker if it was more than a couple years old

 

Maybe 3 months - would have to look at docs. Had the hood up and started to wonder again when I saw it. Hmmm....

 

Give us the forbidden Kahlua, bröther

 

Can you flush your brake fluid by yourself?

I’d imagine bleeding would be difficult

 

Pop open the cap and check.

 

just get a pressurized can and be done in 20 minutes

 

I’ve done it several times myself.

 

Guess I’ll go YouTube it sometime, my fluids black asf.

 

Yeah, its a safety issue. I've thought about it but if I fck it up - nope, don't want to think about it. Just one of those things I'll eat the cost on. Thanks all for feedback. I'll let it go as is.

 

On another note, Sunday morning and the project list is busting up the remaining concrete slab on the patio and whittling away at the tree stump. Trying to do as much as I can before I call in the pro concrete outfit and stump remover.

Instead of being out back working, I'm sitting here watching Saving Private Ryan ---

 

has something to do with having my kid in the vehicle with me - safety first.

 

2005 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off Road http://www.ksl.com/auto/listing/5104923

@BartMaster1234

You shoulda got one of these (topper)

 

agree but when it comes to brakes, i draw the line. thx for the encouragement though.

Does the system have to be bled if just changing the front pads/rotors? Only bleed air from system when doing rear, right?

 

Start at the farthest wheel from the master cylinder, in this case the bleed process will be: RR, RL, FR, FL.

Take a Gatorade bottle, and poke a hole in the cap to fit 1/4 inch tubing. Open the master cylinder and suck out all the old fluid with a turkey baster + refill with new fluid.

Go to the RR wheel and crack open the bleeder valve, attach the tubing to the bleeder, crack it open, and go pump the brake pedal a few times until you hear brake fluid squiring into the bottle. Don’t let the reservoir run dry.

Rinse and repeat. That’s the one man bleeder method.

 

When fluid filming can I take a rag or something and wipe the excess off?

 

Needs more overlander stuff

 

Maybe a deer on the hood or Mexicans in the bed

 

and snorkel