I pulled an all nighter working on the brakes on my Jeep M715.
It was a fairly straightforward wheel cylinder replacement and the job went smoothly on the rear passenger side with no mechanical hang ups.
I shoulda known it was a bad omen, it just isn't natural for thing to go right when you're working on a 40+ year old truck.
On the rear drivers side I disconnected the brake line and pulled the backing plate to make it easier to do the modification I was working. To disconnect the brake line I pretty much was working by feel behind the backing plate.
One I pulled the plate I noticed this little darling.
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Of course the obvious course was to kill it with fire. I grabbed a long butane lighter and gave her and the egg sacs a dose of flame thrower action.
I should have payed more attention to the egg sacs.
Apparently the little vermin were ready to hatch, a minute or so after I went back to work there were thousands of tiny black widow spiders crawling on me, the truck and my tools.
Wasted used to good effect 1/2 a can of brake cleaner on the little vermin. Had the creepy crawlies ever since.