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Thats going to drive nice with new springs and re-bushed..be like being on rails
Well as good as a Vette can handle. Still more fun than a FWD car,
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Well as good as a Vette can handle. Still more fun than a FWD car,
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Some may of noticed a the flare, it was a Bubble flare, which is not used on American vehicles as they use Double flare. I am glad i put stuff up as on another place i was told its not good and will not work. Again told by an experienced car restorer i can use a Bubble flare as it will contact more to make a better seal.
So this morning i made a Double flare which i will do to the rest.
Good thing all i need to do is put the Bubble flared pipe back in the tool and Double flare it.
So this morning i made a Double flare which i will do to the rest.
Good thing all i need to do is put the Bubble flared pipe back in the tool and Double flare it.
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Not done a great deal as got stuff going on but this is keeping my sanity at the minute.
Just been faffing doing the gear selector and cross member.
It was a bloody fiddle to get it back together, so glad i took lots of pictures as my patience was running out.
If i can ill have the cross member refitted and get it back on its wheels this week. I am still waiting for a delivery. well its been delivered to work. I hasve got some of this for it. i was going to to DIY plate the linkages but dont want to take the expence and time.
Apparently good stuff. never seen it before but a few folk have suggested it for this job aswell.
Last week i got to finihsh of the brake lines, well just clamped them in place. And then fit the calipers. Which i forgot to paint the break pad pins. So a quick slap of paint and dry them fast. sove fired up and hair drier to set the paint
And were done
I just had to torq up the pivot arm and enjoy
so from this
To this
As you can see i have painted some parts with the POR15,. the rest i have left as they are a slide fit so paint will just ware and jam it a bit so the Fluid Film will work a treat for the rest.
And today i needed a destress and thoguht why not polisha wheek up fully. Came out good actually.
Near mirror finish
Could be better but its no show car and a daily as and when i can use it.
Just cant wait to get it back on the ground. Next is engine. having a nightmare sorting and finding all the bolts i need as it seems a lot are missing so i have ordered a full bolt set for the engine, all i need is the ancillary bolts.
Just been faffing doing the gear selector and cross member.
It was a bloody fiddle to get it back together, so glad i took lots of pictures as my patience was running out.
If i can ill have the cross member refitted and get it back on its wheels this week. I am still waiting for a delivery. well its been delivered to work. I hasve got some of this for it. i was going to to DIY plate the linkages but dont want to take the expence and time.
Apparently good stuff. never seen it before but a few folk have suggested it for this job aswell.
Last week i got to finihsh of the brake lines, well just clamped them in place. And then fit the calipers. Which i forgot to paint the break pad pins. So a quick slap of paint and dry them fast. sove fired up and hair drier to set the paint
And were done
I just had to torq up the pivot arm and enjoy
so from this
To this
As you can see i have painted some parts with the POR15,. the rest i have left as they are a slide fit so paint will just ware and jam it a bit so the Fluid Film will work a treat for the rest.
And today i needed a destress and thoguht why not polisha wheek up fully. Came out good actually.
Near mirror finish
Could be better but its no show car and a daily as and when i can use it.
Just cant wait to get it back on the ground. Next is engine. having a nightmare sorting and finding all the bolts i need as it seems a lot are missing so i have ordered a full bolt set for the engine, all i need is the ancillary bolts.
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Good job on the gear selectorNot done a great deal as got stuff going on but this is keeping my sanity at the minute.
Just been faffing doing the gear selector and cross member.
It was a bloody fiddle to get it back together, so glad i took lots of pictures as my patience was running out.
If i can ill have the cross member refitted and get it back on its wheels this week. I am still waiting for a delivery. well its been delivered to work. I hasve got some of this for it. i was going to to DIY plate the linkages but dont want to take the expence and time.
Apparently good stuff. never seen it before but a few folk have suggested it for this job aswell.
Last week i got to finihsh of the brake lines, well just clamped them in place. And then fit the calipers. Which i forgot to paint the break pad pins. So a quick slap of paint and dry them fast. sove fired up and hair drier to set the paint
And were done
I just had to torq up the pivot arm and enjoy
so from this
To this
As you can see i have painted some parts with the POR15,. the rest i have left as they are a slide fit so paint will just ware and jam it a bit so the Fluid Film will work a treat for the rest.
And today i needed a destress and thoguht why not polisha wheek up fully. Came out good actually.
Near mirror finish
Could be better but its no show car and a daily as and when i can use it.
Just cant wait to get it back on the ground. Next is engine. having a nightmare sorting and finding all the bolts i need as it seems a lot are missing so i have ordered a full bolt set for the engine, all i need is the ancillary bolts.
Can i also add you have just invited the devil home for tea polishing them wheels 
nuff said
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Good job on the gear selector
i was tempted to lacquer them but ill treat then to a bit of ACF-50. see how long they last. maybe lacquer in the future.
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Not a problem cruising the highways of the Mid Western states...different ball game on the M60 Ring anywhere south of September
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Yes I did.
But didn't post anything, figured the car was changed to Uk standards or sumthin'
Is that copper or the new copper nickle type stuff ?
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i can still see all the pics in the thread
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Oh great i cant see my own bloody pics now, see who needs tech. haha
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OMG this gets worse I ain't eaten no cookie for pictures.
Seriously I have no clue how to do that.
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Sorry. What is a browser.
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I'll look tomorrow as I think chrome. I just turn the laptop.on or phone and add stuff.
Sorry to be hard work. Reason my car is 43 years old...it's easy lol
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in that case
open chrome
press ctrl + H
delete browsing data
time range all time
untick browsing history
tick cookies and other site data
tick cached images and files
click delete data
it will log you out of everything but it should bring pictures back
open chrome
press ctrl + H
delete browsing data
time range all time
untick browsing history
tick cookies and other site data
tick cached images and files
click delete data
it will log you out of everything but it should bring pictures back
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I popped back in and most of the pictures have come back. You see why i have got an old car. Things are to tech for me. Sorted now though and thanks for the help.
Well its been a bad time in the family and this has been my needed break.
Not a great deal but feels like its getting there quick now. Still no rush but i think its going to get done before i need. well not need but expected so i mite slow it down a bit, as in do things that dont need doing now and was going to do over the summer.
As i have done the front end i wanted to get the rear brakes done, only the brakes as the rear suspension etc will be done next winter.
So sat the front end down on the stands and stood the rear end up on axle stands.
On removal the the discs i found a,,,,,,lets say modification. And with such bad taste. A section of a can of Carling. By eck the previous owner lives i Cider capital of the UK, down Cornwall Could of use a Scrumpy can lol.
I could not work out what the heck it was for or why it was fitted. Until researching to find out thats its a way to true up the discs. As these set ups are made with the discs rivetd to the hubs they are machined/trued up during manufacture. So on replacement of new ones they need the same doing.
For me though as the discs are in good order and its been like this for some years. i spoke to the previous owner and he did the fettle years ago.
The plan now is to just rebuild the calipers. fit the braided lines with new hard lines to the braded / hard lines.
The calipers now, i thought one side was seized as the pistons would not spring out. Then i stripped them down to find, one side had the modified O ring seals and one original lip seals.. And the lip sealed side had the springs fitted, where as the other side didnt. Although they dont need the springs fitting.
I have put in another order from Claremont Corvette for O ring seal kits.
This dam paint ont he calipers is darn good stuff as its being a reat sod to get off. Its taking a good amount of snad blasting, heat does not work much and i dont want to over heat the calipers either. Paint stripper it may be. I have run out of Nitromors so ill be getting more soon. .
Ill get to sorting them out later.
Bits of the engine next.
I popped back in and most of the pictures have come back. You see why i have got an old car. Things are to tech for me. Sorted now though and thanks for the help.
Well its been a bad time in the family and this has been my needed break.
Not a great deal but feels like its getting there quick now. Still no rush but i think its going to get done before i need. well not need but expected so i mite slow it down a bit, as in do things that dont need doing now and was going to do over the summer.
As i have done the front end i wanted to get the rear brakes done, only the brakes as the rear suspension etc will be done next winter.
So sat the front end down on the stands and stood the rear end up on axle stands.
On removal the the discs i found a,,,,,,lets say modification. And with such bad taste. A section of a can of Carling. By eck the previous owner lives i Cider capital of the UK, down Cornwall Could of use a Scrumpy can lol.
I could not work out what the heck it was for or why it was fitted. Until researching to find out thats its a way to true up the discs. As these set ups are made with the discs rivetd to the hubs they are machined/trued up during manufacture. So on replacement of new ones they need the same doing.
For me though as the discs are in good order and its been like this for some years. i spoke to the previous owner and he did the fettle years ago.
The plan now is to just rebuild the calipers. fit the braided lines with new hard lines to the braded / hard lines.
The calipers now, i thought one side was seized as the pistons would not spring out. Then i stripped them down to find, one side had the modified O ring seals and one original lip seals.. And the lip sealed side had the springs fitted, where as the other side didnt. Although they dont need the springs fitting.
I have put in another order from Claremont Corvette for O ring seal kits.
This dam paint ont he calipers is darn good stuff as its being a reat sod to get off. Its taking a good amount of snad blasting, heat does not work much and i dont want to over heat the calipers either. Paint stripper it may be. I have run out of Nitromors so ill be getting more soon. .
Ill get to sorting them out later.
Bits of the engine next.
