Saturday, October 20, 2007

Brake rebuild update

I have installed new caliper pistons (stainless steel from The Roadster Factory) on the front brakes and replaced the flexible brake lines front and rear. I also replaced the two short metal lines on the front from the caliper to the flexible line. One appears to have a very small crimp in it. Not enough to close it off but that wheel/brake is not releasing as far as the other. So I'll get back out there tomorrow and go thru it again. I may try the old line just to see if the crimp is the culprit.

In the meantime, I started the car with the intention of test driving tonight. When I did, I found gas leaking out of the rear carburator. Could be that a gasket or seal dried out since I haven't run it in 3+ weeks. I'll look a little deeper tomorrow. Thanks again to Tom T. who came thru when it was time to bleed the system.

I still have the new (old) British Leyland radio to install and the new kidney pads.

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