What have you done to your other vehicles today.

[mestorod70]

Wow on the hydroboost eric.
Ive worked on quite a few over the years and never seen that happen.
Thats the accumulator cylinder that blew off correct?
Gota be a bad check valve that didnt bleed pressure down
But would love to know for sure.
Please let us know what you find out.
atb...mick.

[fleming23]

Originally Posted by carpoor

Holy crap Eric, I bet you about shat yourself. Any idea as to why that would have happened?

Honestly don't know what happened. Obviously the casting cracked and allowed the accumulator to rocket off, but as to why is a guess at this point.

I am now in the process of going back quite a few decades in technology and converting to manual brakes on that car. Don't want to run a booster and the manual pedal feel should be better at the track anyway.

Originally Posted by flash

Wow ,that is scary .

Definitely could have been bad if I had been working around the front of the car! The vette always draws a crowd at the track so also good no spectators were standing around when it went off. Also thankful all that power steering fluid did not catch fire on the headers!

Originally Posted by mestorod70

Wow on the hydroboost eric.
Ive worked on quite a few over the years and never seen that happen.
Thats the accumulator cylinder that blew off correct?
Gota be a bad check valve that didnt bleed pressure down
But would love to know for sure.
Please let us know what you find out.
atb...mick.

Yeah, this is a first for me as well... I found the blue internal valve laying behind the motor once I started cleaning up. Did not appear to be damaged so not really sure what happened.

[Hank70SS]

Sounds like it was just a bad casting. If it was a good casting how much pressure would it take to blow it apart? I'm thinking one hell of a lot.

[shadowgray396]

Wife hooked up the car trailer today, but forgot to lock it down. Might need a new tailgate now. Glad the car was not on it. Was unloading the utility trailer that was on it, when it came off in down sloped driveway.

[fleming23]

Originally Posted by shadowgray396

Wife hooked up the car trailer today, but forgot to lock it down. Might need a new tailgate now. Glad the car was not on it. Was unloading the utility trailer that was on it, when it came off in down sloped driveway.

Ouch! That's a mistake you, hopefully, only make once in life.

[shadowgray396]

Quote is for $1500 to fix

[RBeckman]

Originally Posted by shadowgray396

Wife hooked up the car trailer today, but forgot to lock it down. Might need a new tailgate now. Glad the car was not on it. Was unloading the utility trailer that was on it, when it came off in down sloped driveway.

Originally Posted by shadowgray396

Quote is for $1500 to fix

And the lesson you learned is priceless.

[shadowgray396]

Originally Posted by RBeckman

And the lesson you learned is priceless.

That's the truth, Finally gives me a good reason to go buy the new truck I've been trying to buy all year. Wife been saying no, but after the otherday maybe yes. Lol

[RBeckman]

Originally Posted by shadowgray396

That's the truth, Finally gives me a good reason to go buy the new truck I've been trying to buy all year. Wife been saying no, but after the otherday maybe yes. Lol

I love my new Colorado and I get a lot of thumbs up now with the bigger tires and getting 22 mpg with the V6.

[carpoor]

Day off, so I went and shuffled around a few vehicles at my folks. That allowed me to put the doors off of my old truck in the shop. I got both of them sanded down and some filler spread on two spots. I'll mask them both, finish the body work, and prime them over the weekend.