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01/02/2004 |
I spent a couple of hours with John Hopkins, while he made me a new clutch fork pivot. Later I painted the upper steering column bracket, the clutch forks and the master cylinder.
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02/02/2004 Pedal box Brake Master Cylinder |
I decided that the bolts holding the clutch master
cylinder to the pedal box were not long enough. It's not possible to replace
the bolts with longer ones without removing the cylinder because the
reservoir gets in the way. I removed the clevis pin from the pedal and
removed the clutch master cylinder. Loosened the reservoir having marked its position
first fitted the longer bolts and tightened up the reservoir in its original
position . This time instead of making a gasket I used silicon based
(translucent) sealer. Fitted the clutch master cylinder to the pedal box and
tightened the bolts. Wiping away the surplus sealer with a damp cloth
left a much neater finish to the join than the gasket. Refitted the clevis
pin to the clutch pedal. Finished painting the brake master cylinder, upper steering column bracket and clutch forks. |
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04/02/2004 Brake Master Cylinder |
I assembled
the primary and secondary pistons of the master cylinder with new seals,
washers and seal retainers and lots of brake fluid as lubricant. The
instructions with the Lucas refurbishing kit are pretty good with lots
of diagrams and good instructions to follow. However it
did not take long from me to discover that the paint I had used on the
master cylinder barrel was not as brake fluid proof as I thought. Luckily, I
had not reassembled the cylinder so it was a simple matter to strip the
paint and repaint the cylinder with brake calliper paint ,which should be
brake fluid proof. |
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21/02/2004 5hts Brake Master Cylinder Brake Servo Fuel Pipes |
At last I was able to get back
to doing some work on the car during a break in fitting my daughters
kitchen. I returned to fitting the pistons to the master cylinder.
Using plenty of clean brake fluid they slid in with a gentle twisting /
rocking motion and were pushed to the end of he cylinder using a long bladed
screwdriver the secondary retaining pin was inserted and the whole thing
held in place with a nylon circlip I now discovered that dot 4
brake fluid attacks calliper paint as well. I fitted the reservoir
seals and the nylon elbows to connect to the remote cylinder but was unhappy
with the quality of fit. I left them for a while whilst I
started work cleaning up the on the brake servo. I degreased it with a
combination of white spirit and gunk and `rinsed it odd with water. I
rubbed the paint down with a rotary wire brush in the Dremel and then
applied paint stripper to remove the sound paint. Using the wire brush
again I stripped the servo can back to bare metal. Cleaned off an
loose rust with the wire brush and rinsed with water again. Painted
the can with Kurust to kill any remaining rust residue. I spent a few minutes at the end of the day looking at the fuel pipe runs and have almost decided the best positions and route. Placing masking tape along the inner edge of the chassis I have marked where the clips need to go. Finally I looked at he clutch components which arrived from Barrett's. It seems I have got the wrong clutch release bearing. I'll contact them on Monday. |
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29/02/2004 |
Repainted the master cylinder where the hydraulic fluid had damaged the paint work. Painted the brake servo vacuum reservoir in etching primer. Checked the replacement clutch bearing was correct and it is. Cleaned the brake discs because they were showing signs of rust, caused by the condensation in the garage |
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Total Hours this Month = 14.5 |
Total hours to date = 492.5 |
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