Recent content by beepbloopjoop

@TerryMason That's pretty handy, but unfortunately my calipers don't have such a bracket, spring, or anything like that. Just simple small calipers with a port for the hydro. Thanks for the picture, and I appreciate the time you put into helping me.

I looked at the calipers that I have on my Jeep, and they only have ports for the hydraulic fluid. They seem to lack the spring/corkscrew mechanism found on some disc brakes... That's a real bummer. Thanks for taking the time to find that info for me. May your bolts always break free and...

You know, I think I might be overcomplicating this... I think I'll try putting a footman loop on the floor beneath my brake pedal, and use a ratchet strap to lock the pedal down. Same concept, fewer parts. Before I try this, does anyone have any concerns over the brake system holding pressure...

My rear brakes are disc on a Ford axle, so I don't see any mechanical way other than hydraulic force to clamp them down. That's why I was thinking of a little assembly that I'd fold out of the way until I needed to park my Jeep, and then I could fold it toward the pedal, away from the firewall...

I have a 93 Sahara with a 8.8 swapped rear axle, and the conversion to the disc brakes cost the previous owner the parking brake system. I'm looking at off-the-shelf solutions, but I had an idea I wanted to vet with the custom welding get-stuff-done people around here. What if I welded a...

I figured out the issue and came back to share along with the advice to be careful what you "know" when you're diagnosing issues like this. I was getting a reading on the ignition fuses because I was trying to diagnose with the key/ignition on. I was getting 12v on the body because the...

Negative lead of the multimeter connected to the negative battery pole, and positive lead of the multimeter connected to the body/alternator/common yields around 12v on the readout. This is why it seems to be a short to the ground, because it seems like maybe a positive short is touching a...

It's a new battery, and I have an old Die Hard battery charger/tester that I use to recharge it if it's lost power to the short.

I killed it as I was pulling the incline into the garage, and it wouldn't restart. Nothing worked but the Parking lights which are factory in the front and LED in the back. If I switched on the headlights they all went off. No blown fuses under the hood, or in the passenger compartment...