Looking for Cap ,Ford Rager problems

[Shuffler]

Long time leak there.



As for the battery cable connectors..... you can clean them well, reconnect, then just pour some coca cola over them. It dries and leaves a coat that protects the connectors from corrosion.

[Flench]

I have heard about the cola just never have tryed it .  About got the booster off . Is there a way to check it ? see if it's good .

[morfiend]

 Flench,

  Put a penny on the terminals,it will corrode and the battery terminals wont!

  Works like the zinc tabs on your boat motor!   only cost 2 cents too!!



   

 

[cattb]

Never herd of coke or a penny before. I used to use grease, awful messy though.

[Flench]

Flench,

  Put a penny on the terminals,it will corrode and the battery terminals wont!

  Works like the zinc tabs on your boat motor!   only cost 2 cents too!!



   

 

WOW Cool ! Never heard of that one thanks . I will try it .

[morfiend]

WOW Cool ! Never heard of that one thanks . I will try it .

 An old mech's trick taught to me by an old mech.....   It works pretty good too,you can stick the penny with a bad of grease or bend the penny in a vise and then just secure it with the cable terminals. The copper conducts well so it wont affect power delivery,oh and they last a fair length of time also.


   

 PS: I believe the term is sacrificial anode

[Flench]

Well I'm sure going to try it . I now how well zinc work's on a boat . Same princeable .

[Shuffler]

Well I'm sure going to try it . I now how well zinc work's on a boat . Same princeable .

Sacrificial anode on boats and underwater equipment works to deter rust and corrosion. We use them on sub sea often.

[CAP1]

My 94 ranger has lost its brakes . I have to pump them to stop . What is that ? need new booster ? I just put new pads on front and a new brake caliber on the front right , it was froze up . HELPPPP ...

 if you replaced that caliper, you're gonna hafta bleed the brakes. if you're lucky, you should only have to bleed that wheel....but you should do all four, just to be safe.

 if you didn't replace that caliper, and it froze up again, that right there will make you have to pump the pedal. i just had an explorer in from another shop the other day. they did front brake a couple months ago, guy was never happy with the pedal. the caliper slide bushings were siezed in the caliper. i removed them, cleaned them, lubricated, and reassembled with new pads(old ones were glazed), and they're perfect now.

[Flench]

Hey CAP . I replaced the one on the right front about a month ago because it was freezing up . So when I did I put new pads on and bleed the front two . Work fine say for a month but the pedal never did feel right then it started gettin spongy the all way to floor . Thinking it mite be the left side now I replaced it and bleed it all and nothing . I got it apart now so I am going back with new stuff .
I am going to have to buy a brake bleeding tool beause its hard to get help down here where I am at and I don't have time to wait on someone to show up every time I need to do this .
Thanks for the help .

[CAP1]

Hey CAP . I replaced the one on the right front about a month ago because it was freezing up . So when I did I put new pads on and bleed the front two . Work fine say for a month but the pedal never did feel right then it started gettin spongy the all way to floor . Thinking it mite be the left side now I replaced it and bleed it all and nothing . I got it apart now so I am going back with new stuff .
I am going to have to buy a brake bleeding tool beause its hard to get help down here where I am at and I don't have time to wait on someone to show up every time I need to do this .
Thanks for the help .

 besides the calipers themselves, check the pins. if those get tight(and they're commonly tight on fords), they'll cause this.

 if you've got power seats, find a broomstick, and cut it so you can depress the brake pedal with it, and wedge it on the cushion portion of the seat. move the seat forward slightly, go crack the bleeder, and then use the switch to move the seat forward again. close the bleeder, and repeat.

 also, make doubly sure that everything is tight. going gradually like that almost sounds like it's been sucking air into itself somewhere.


 and sorry 'bout taking so long to get back to ya.

[Flench]

Thanks CAP ,
  I am driving my F150 so no hurry thanks for your reply and thanks for the TIP never thought of doing it that way , cool thx .

[CAP1]

Thanks CAP ,
  I am driving my F150 so no hurry thanks for your reply and thanks for the TIP never thought of doing it that way , cool thx .

 no problem.

wanna hear a funny one?

 got a98 f150 4.2, 5 speed, 2 wheel drive. customer requested diagnose cel on, and front brakes.

 i order pads, and go do the cavalier heater core while i wait for the stuff to get here. pads come in, so i go onto that truck. p/s caliper siezed. no problem. i call the customer, and he ok's it. when it finally gets to me, in install it, and start bleeding it. just as i'm getting a good pedal, i hear pppppsssshhhhhhhh from the rear of the truck.
 drivers side steel brake line rotted through, just above the fuel tank. it's so badly rotted, that i have to replace around 10 feet of steel brake line. and i had to call him, and tell him this. but then it's better to have happened on my lift, than out on the road.

[homersipes]

yup been there done that, I have learned being up here in vermont when I replace a line to the rear wheel cyl I just replace every line to the rear, as the get tender around where they sit next to or on the frame.  we replace a front rubber hose on a friends truck, as we were bleeding the driverside rear went, then the main to the rear went. lots of brake lines that day friggin salt

[Flench]

no problem.

wanna hear a funny one?

 got a98 f150 4.2, 5 speed, 2 wheel drive. customer requested diagnose cel on, and front brakes.

 i order pads, and go do the cavalier heater core while i wait for the stuff to get here. pads come in, so i go onto that truck. p/s caliper siezed. no problem. i call the customer, and he ok's it. when it finally gets to me, in install it, and start bleeding it. just as i'm getting a good pedal, i hear pppppsssshhhhhhhh from the rear of the truck.
 drivers side steel brake line rotted through, just above the fuel tank. it's so badly rotted, that i have to replace around 10 feet of steel brake line. and i had to call him, and tell him this. but then it's better to have happened on my lift, than out on the road.

Good thing it happen on the rack or it would have run him more mony too .
I have had people tell me about the salt doing in lines and so on but we are lucky down here where they just use it a few times a year .
Thanks again men <S>