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I have not bought into the running joke that many people have accepted.
Happy Wife, happy life.
No. I'll pass on that one.
I know guys with domineering Wives that are still miserable.
My personal belief is that mutual respect and understanding with your spouse gets you much further than doing it all her way or even my way.
Sometimes, I am right, sometimes she is.
One example....
While there are a number of methods to bleed brakes by yourself, I have had mixed results. It is quicker to call to the Wife to sit in the car while I am underneath. One time about a year ago, I had her helping me bleed the system on a '65 Dart. I swapped in a set of 11" disc brakes and a big bolt 7 1/4" axle from another car so the system was almost dry. I follow the advice of starting from the right rear, the furthest from the master cylinder. Many times, this seems to take awhile to get fluid back there. This time was just like that. 10-12 minutes of free swinging pedal with no pressure building up, cracking the bleeder to get barely even a drop of fluid. The Wife suggested that I try the front. Hey....what I was doing was not working so good so I tried it.
Boom, three cycles at each front caliper and BOOM, the rears were now getting fluid.
Why?
Maybe the huge volume in the calipers prevented any pressure buildup at all?
Who knows.
I always make a few trips around the car when I am bleeding brakes. I'd guess that is the same for other people.
Since that is the case, I've started to bleed from the right front for the last few cars that I worked on. It seems to work well.
One point I wanted to make is one that you probably already know.
Sometimes the person without the burden of "experience or training" will look at a situation with a simpler perspective. An easy solution is all that they know so that is what they suggest. There was an old story of a kid in a car that was stuck behind an 18 wheeler that got stuck in a tunnel. Rumor is, the kid himself suggested to let the air out of the tires to lower the truck enough to drive through. True or not, that illustrates how a simple idea often eludes people that overthink a situation.
Back to the original point.
I try to consider all points when I am frustrated or confused with a problem. I respect a person more that considers other opinions rather than thinking that everyone around them is beneath them.
My Wife is great with common sense so I often look to her when mine is lacking.
Happy Wife, happy life.
No. I'll pass on that one.
I know guys with domineering Wives that are still miserable.
My personal belief is that mutual respect and understanding with your spouse gets you much further than doing it all her way or even my way.
Sometimes, I am right, sometimes she is.
One example....
While there are a number of methods to bleed brakes by yourself, I have had mixed results. It is quicker to call to the Wife to sit in the car while I am underneath. One time about a year ago, I had her helping me bleed the system on a '65 Dart. I swapped in a set of 11" disc brakes and a big bolt 7 1/4" axle from another car so the system was almost dry. I follow the advice of starting from the right rear, the furthest from the master cylinder. Many times, this seems to take awhile to get fluid back there. This time was just like that. 10-12 minutes of free swinging pedal with no pressure building up, cracking the bleeder to get barely even a drop of fluid. The Wife suggested that I try the front. Hey....what I was doing was not working so good so I tried it.
Boom, three cycles at each front caliper and BOOM, the rears were now getting fluid.
Why?
Maybe the huge volume in the calipers prevented any pressure buildup at all?
Who knows.
I always make a few trips around the car when I am bleeding brakes. I'd guess that is the same for other people.
Since that is the case, I've started to bleed from the right front for the last few cars that I worked on. It seems to work well.
One point I wanted to make is one that you probably already know.
Sometimes the person without the burden of "experience or training" will look at a situation with a simpler perspective. An easy solution is all that they know so that is what they suggest. There was an old story of a kid in a car that was stuck behind an 18 wheeler that got stuck in a tunnel. Rumor is, the kid himself suggested to let the air out of the tires to lower the truck enough to drive through. True or not, that illustrates how a simple idea often eludes people that overthink a situation.
Back to the original point.
I try to consider all points when I am frustrated or confused with a problem. I respect a person more that considers other opinions rather than thinking that everyone around them is beneath them.
My Wife is great with common sense so I often look to her when mine is lacking.
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All day long!!
