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- 2017 Charger HC (once upon a time)
So, the struts are shot on the back of the daily work expedition el. bouncy bouncy bouncy, like a 62 cadillac. Going to have them and the springs, etc..., swapped out. This is at ~115K. I have another (more on that below) and have had two more and never had the struts go out before. I tow a fair amount so that may play a role. Also, the replacement front receiver hitch for the winch mount finally arrived. Will have that installed simultaneously.
Wife had surgery and is recovering. Cannot ride in a car, let alone drive. So the black Expedition EL that is hers was sitting in the carport. Earlier this week I took it (just to keep it moving) and halfway to the main office buzzer I've never heard before comes on, brake warning light comes on, and big red and black danger sign appears on the instrument cluster - "Low brake fluid." Get to the office, pull in pop the hood, and there is about a half inch of fluid in the two little cups at the bottom of the reservoir. Go in for about 1.5 hours, start up and head towards my mechanics shop. Pedal travel now near and at maximum extension. Preparing to drop into lower gears and crawl, but am able to arrive prior to total depletion. Never saw any leaks; nothing on the wheels, etc... Pop the hood at the shop, reservoir totally dry. Master cylinder leaking into the booster (something I've heard about but never seen before). Told the kids someone was trying to off me like you see with brake tampering on the Rockford Files.
Anyway, got it repaired. My wife is still recovering from her surgery and worst case would have been her using the car on the first day she's cleared to return to work and having the kids in the car with her when the brakes failed. I'm sure she'd have done fine, but it would have been more iffy in morning oilfield traffic on the highway. Lots of people with perfectly serviceable vehicles killed out here regularly by dipshits in poorly maintained, over weight, over driven oil field semis.
Be careful ya'll
Wife had surgery and is recovering. Cannot ride in a car, let alone drive. So the black Expedition EL that is hers was sitting in the carport. Earlier this week I took it (just to keep it moving) and halfway to the main office buzzer I've never heard before comes on, brake warning light comes on, and big red and black danger sign appears on the instrument cluster - "Low brake fluid." Get to the office, pull in pop the hood, and there is about a half inch of fluid in the two little cups at the bottom of the reservoir. Go in for about 1.5 hours, start up and head towards my mechanics shop. Pedal travel now near and at maximum extension. Preparing to drop into lower gears and crawl, but am able to arrive prior to total depletion. Never saw any leaks; nothing on the wheels, etc... Pop the hood at the shop, reservoir totally dry. Master cylinder leaking into the booster (something I've heard about but never seen before). Told the kids someone was trying to off me like you see with brake tampering on the Rockford Files.
Anyway, got it repaired. My wife is still recovering from her surgery and worst case would have been her using the car on the first day she's cleared to return to work and having the kids in the car with her when the brakes failed. I'm sure she'd have done fine, but it would have been more iffy in morning oilfield traffic on the highway. Lots of people with perfectly serviceable vehicles killed out here regularly by dipshits in poorly maintained, over weight, over driven oil field semis.Be careful ya'll
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