BugginKJ wrote:
Almost forgot one of the high lights of the weekend
A buddy been buggin me to do his rear brakes on his Jeep. Several years ago I helped him acquire said vehicle. The orignal ownwer thought it had a blown and or seized motor as it wouldn't turn over at all even with a new battery, turns out the alternator was seized not allowing it to turn over and he got a SMOKIN deal on it. Then came to no brakes issues when we went to move it from his neighbors driveway, blown rear steel brake line, oh no problem, vise gripped the rear rubber line so it would at least have a brake pedal so we could get it to his driveway. Changed his alternator and bingo he had a running Jeep in decent shape
Well fast forward to this weekend when he decides to stop on by

He had shoes and wheel cylinders in hand along with a smile

Ok ok I'll "help" ya. So as I replace everything, including the rear steel lines (that I took from my stock) and I asked him how good the brakes have been working, as everything is rotted away and obviously hasn't been working in a very long time, he say's "ok but it takes a lot to get the old girl to slow down and he has gotten used to down shifting it to use the engine as a brake" . I removed the rubber line that the steel lines run in to that STILL had the vise grips on it and let him know that this may be the reason why!

"OH YEAH" he says, "that's where my grips went, I must of forgotten about them, ya think they'll work better now?"
Sure right after we run up and grab a new rubber line with out vise grips on it!
I also almost forgot

He's a mechanic!

Sounds like one we had come into the Ford Dealership when I worked there
Couple had bought a Thunderbird about 6 months before
Drove it to Florida on vacation came back and brought it in for OLF etc
Mechanic comes over and says you need to look under this car and see if you see anything wrong. BOTH lines were pinched off in the rear, vice grips rusted all up.
Called the customer and asked when he had that done, he didn't know anything about it.
Not sure how long they only had front brakes but it had been a LONG time.
After we repaired them, new lines, wheel cylinders, shoes etc his wife complained it stopped too quick
