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This is the leaky mess we had to strip and rebuild.
So after scratching our heads (me and my Little Brother) we came up with the following solution.
We wanted to pressurise the system using the eezibleed kit. It worked on the RD but I had a spare cap so it was easy done.
So after wishing we had primed the reservoir on the bench (and not wanting to strip out again), we tried disconnecting the feed pipe on each cylinder to make sure fluid actually getting to cylinder. We then tried to manually bleed. No joy so we thought over night stand might cure it. So having got over that disappointment we tried to vacuum bleed using a jam jar and vacuum cleaner, again with no joy.
Eventually we realised that the fitting in the bottom of the glass reservoir would fit nicely into another container which we could drill the lid on to fit the pressure pipe from the eezibleed into. A quick scout around the shelves found an almost empty bottle (happened to be brake fluid). Drilled the lid to fit the eezibleed pipe and the bottom of the bottle to accept the reservoir outlet fitting. We worked slowly up on the pressure and eventually settled at 15psi to 18psi and got the courage to fill the modified bottle with fluid.
The fitting from the reservoir on the car bolted into the bottom of the bottle:
And with it fitted to the car:
We did find 1 blocked bleed nipple, and some of the sealing bearings had rusted into their orifice, but we eventually got them all flowing. Not managed to test drive yet (the system is only connected via the servo which only works when the gearbox is in drive so you can’t get a feel for the peddle other than by pulling the balance bar under the car which feels firm).
Just need to sort the SU pump now. It’s a double ender and Simon converted it to contactless electronics but it is proving less than reliable. I managed to get both ends pumping on the bench but once full of fuel it stopped. I managed to get one end working but can’t get both together. We do have a Facet pump fitted to a Morris Minor pickup with a 1275 road/rally spec engine. Will connect that up in parallel to the SU pump so we have a reserve system (probably using the Facet with a pressure regulator).
Thanks to everyone for help and advice.
Rob
So after scratching our heads (me and my Little Brother) we came up with the following solution.
We wanted to pressurise the system using the eezibleed kit. It worked on the RD but I had a spare cap so it was easy done.
So after wishing we had primed the reservoir on the bench (and not wanting to strip out again), we tried disconnecting the feed pipe on each cylinder to make sure fluid actually getting to cylinder. We then tried to manually bleed. No joy so we thought over night stand might cure it. So having got over that disappointment we tried to vacuum bleed using a jam jar and vacuum cleaner, again with no joy.
Eventually we realised that the fitting in the bottom of the glass reservoir would fit nicely into another container which we could drill the lid on to fit the pressure pipe from the eezibleed into. A quick scout around the shelves found an almost empty bottle (happened to be brake fluid). Drilled the lid to fit the eezibleed pipe and the bottom of the bottle to accept the reservoir outlet fitting. We worked slowly up on the pressure and eventually settled at 15psi to 18psi and got the courage to fill the modified bottle with fluid.
The fitting from the reservoir on the car bolted into the bottom of the bottle:
And with it fitted to the car:
We did find 1 blocked bleed nipple, and some of the sealing bearings had rusted into their orifice, but we eventually got them all flowing. Not managed to test drive yet (the system is only connected via the servo which only works when the gearbox is in drive so you can’t get a feel for the peddle other than by pulling the balance bar under the car which feels firm).
Just need to sort the SU pump now. It’s a double ender and Simon converted it to contactless electronics but it is proving less than reliable. I managed to get both ends pumping on the bench but once full of fuel it stopped. I managed to get one end working but can’t get both together. We do have a Facet pump fitted to a Morris Minor pickup with a 1275 road/rally spec engine. Will connect that up in parallel to the SU pump so we have a reserve system (probably using the Facet with a pressure regulator).
Thanks to everyone for help and advice.
Rob
