k9sar

I can see it in your dogs eyes.... Can I get up now? This thing keeps grabbing my nose.

clarification... real commercial, computer generated cat.

I love the other sportka commercial with the pigeon but that wouldn't follow in this thread now, would it?

I had a Honda that I had modified to deal with tailgaters. I bought some poly tubing (like you run to the ice maker on your fridge). It's fairly rigid so I didn't have to worry about it crushing. I ran it from my parking brake area, under the carpet and came up in the body panel near the rear left tail light. I modified the seal to permit a 1/4 inch tube end flush with the lense so it wouldn't be noticed and aimed it directly at the drivers windshield if he were about 10 feet or so away. I then took some very flexible tubing (so I could stow it away) and attached it to the rigid tube at the parking brake. Normal driving, the tube was tucked between the hump and the seat. It was the perfect size to fit a BB. I kept a small tin of them in my ashtray and if some a-hole was on my a$$, I'd pop a BB into the tube and give a good blow. *ping*. They'd back off quickly. A soft blow would just make noise but a good blast would make a star-crack in the windshield. In PA, that would fail inspection so there's a couple hundred dollars for them to replace the glass. The other thing I like to do is drain about 1/4 of my washer fluid spraying while a meathead in an open ragtop is on my tail. They get a tad wet.

I paid 16k for mine... new.

it's a toothed blet

what's the code on the ECU? That'd give you a real good idea what the problem is.

I think 88's brain is in the USA and not considering the international aspect of the question.

lay under the truck and have someone exercise the parking brake and see if you can tell where there is and is not movement, and how much. It's certainly possible that the cable has stretched and can not be adjusted. If that is the case, you will need to replace the cable or shorten it (at the appropriate place) and loosen the adjustment. That will give you flexibility for future tightening. but... I agree with 88... have a brake place check it out (usually free) and find the problem... then fix it yourself

Dang Aaron... all that in one post. I'd have thought a "post whore" (not my words) like you would have used at least a dozen posts for all that information

well... I've heard of "flying down the road" but to need an altimeter?!?

as long as the cable isn't so slack that you are getting absolutely no pull on the mechanism when pulling your e-brake lever. Also, if you pull the wheel and drum, you'd be able to see if the brake were working at all (having someone GENTLY pull the e-brake handle). My first approach would be to tighten the cable.

If the battery is good but your connections are bad, you could experience this type of problem. Enough voltage getting through to power your internals (low amp) but not enough ooomf to start her (high amp).

oops.... brain-cramp

bad CV joints? Something loose rolling around in the back of your pathy?

I ran mine for nearly a year before fixing it. I doubt it'll hurt anything as long as you aren't sucking fumes into your cab (which is the main reason the inspection stations will fail you if it exists. essentially a leaking exhaust)

Batterrrr up!

I'm trying to find a good link to the Umbro dog-kick commercial. 88 would love it!

interesting thought. I had previously had my good'ol check engine light come on a couple times during long runs from PA to IN. The code was that of an injector leak. I added some cleaner and ran some high quality gas for a couple tanks and it solved it. Perhaps it's acting up again and just not doing it in a way that the ECU recognizes (I get no code). The forecast is for thunderstorms for the next 5 days so I have little ambition to do any work on the truck until the weather is nicer. Today, it worked fine. I'll cross my fingers and drive for a sunny day.

sure... but don't you need to drive a hundred miles just to get anywhere?

Starting in '93 when I moved to New Mexico, I got involved in Search and Rescue, specifically the training and use of dogs for both air-scent and tracking. There was an interesting fine line between training the dogs to be obedient and letting them think for themselves. An example is that the dog must come to the handler when it's called.... unless it's on scent. In that case, it should ignore (but alert) the handler and continue on it's path. I also did some training with the Border Patrol and their K9 units and the state police and learned how to handle a dog attack (from a different dog) while on a mission. It only happened once while I was out there and I had to intervene when a Great Dane/St Bernard mix attacked my Golden while we were training in the desert near a not-so-nice neighborhood. I only got bit once in the scuffle but I ended up with the dog in a body and headlock such that it couldn't do anything but struggle and whimper until the owner showed up. I had no intention of hurting the dog but mine took the opportunity to get in a couple last minute chomps at it's underbelly while I held it.

here's a link to it.... Video NOTE: I had a cat for 18 years and still love them. The fact that I posted the link to these was due to the funny nature of the video. (and to take a poke at 88 )

here it is.... video

sorry cat-lovers... I had to post this. Cat_Video

nah.. did the hose a couple weeks ago. There was no event between Friday pm (leaving work) and Saturday morning (when she started acting up) that could have knocked anything loose etc. Sun and Mon were problematic when I started her up after sitting for several hours but today.... no problem. sheesh!!!! It's so much easier to track down things that are consistent.