Just leave the line(s) connected to the master cylinder. Disconnect them
further down and remove the master cylinder. You can bend the lines and
hold the master cylinder away if you wish also.
Any brake fluid you do spill prior to painting is easily cleaned up with
generic solvents.
Shrug, I can understand their shipping. Don't like it, but understand it.
I run into it myself, on both sides.
So I sell you a widget for $3. I paid $1. You pay by credit card (or
worse, paypal). There went $.70. right off the bat. Then there's the time
I spend printing your order,
The four bolt shanks are what locates the flange faces together, ensuring
they are centered to each other. Going with a non-spec bolt that has a
smaller shank will allow the flange faces to not be centered, increasing the
likelihood of vibrations. If the bolts your car currently has are
No one answer to your question. It's a personal judgment call. Just as
doing a full restoration is a personal judgment call.
I personally wouldn't bother without darn good reason. But that's just me.
It is a lot of work. But if you're already taking the car far apart for
restoration work,
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The four bolt shanks are what locates the flange faces together, ensuring
they are centered to each other. Going with a non-spec bolt that has a
smaller shank will allow the flange
Including water, fortunately :-)
BTW, Does anybody know why brake fluid is even
necessary in the first place? I mean, the brake
system
is just a hydraulic system. Why wouldn't regular
oil-based, non-paint-eating hydraulic fluid work in
a brake system?
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
Any brake fluid
I guess there are certain properties essential in brake fluid that other
oil-based fluids don't have. A brake fluid needs to be particularly
incompressible. It needs a very high boiling point. I suspect the fact
that it can absorb water is important, so any water that makes it to the
caliper
Oh, and on the subject of brake fluid, I remember seeing a program about
motoring in Cuba (Motorworld, with Jeremy Clarkson). Due to the
unavailability of brake fluid there they make their own - I seem to
remember shampoo, and possibly brown sugar and alcohol, being principle
ingredients! That's
Not all brake fluids are the common glycol ether. Citroen used an oil based
fluid, and I think Jaguar did as well.
Brake fluid has several requirements that negate the use of typical oils or
other fluids. It's got to stay thin and flow well, no matter how cold it
gets. It also can't freeze
Hi all, seeking some thoughts on evaluating an engine. The story to-date:
Got this engine from a reputable guy, who got it from someone else. It is
supposed to be a 1500 freshly rebuilt to 9.0:1 compression. Serial #
=FM5952UE.
My objective is to have a stock engine in good shape, that produces
Well, that depends on what they have to make the paint
from!
Doug
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I seem to
remember shampoo, and possibly brown sugar and
alcohol, being principle
ingredients! That's not going to do too much damage
to your
paintwork...
Your messages not
My bad, It was actually a $3.45 pilot bearing I was charged $7 for shipping,
not the trans clip and gasket. Still seems high, but when you need it...
Nigel is a great guy, I've ordered a ton of parts there. Fastest shipping
I
ever seen. Always two days or less. I never asked for an
Dave,
If you can take the body off, do it. You can find rust problems you
never expected.
http://www.ljvaughan.homestead.com/framerust.html
Larry
David Mayer wrote:
hello all,
I am making some big decisions about the Spit and wondering if it is
worth my time to pull the whole body off of
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