Small pits, eh? I don't think so! They may not be deep, but they make up
for it in width. :)
The "brake bore 'valve'" that came out is supposedly not a part for my car.
Who knows where it is supposed to go!!! ( That's not a question. )
Thanks!
Robert D.
-----Original Message-----
From Glen Byrns <grbyrns at ucdavis.edu>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: March 16, 2000 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: Dems da ...
>Please be sure to very carefully examine the bottom of each MC bore. The
>water in the fluid settles to the bottom and will corrode small pits in the
>bottom of the bores that will prevent ever getting a leak free MC. The
>fella at Sierra Speciality(check archives) bores them out and sleeves them
>with brass. He did a great job on mine and not a drop of leakage since.
>
> Regards, Glen Byrns
>
>>I got the courage up to pull the MC out. The first thing that I learned
was
>>don't push in on the pushrods when the brake lines are off. :)
>>
>>The piece coming out, that is identified in Hayne's manual as a brake bore
>>'valve', looks different from the Lockheed supplied part. The piece that
>>came out is a rubber over plastic assembly while the supplied part is
>>plastic with a tiny little metal strip in it. The new part doesn't look
>>like it is the same depth. Anyone have any info for me?
>>
>>For a system that has been bled so many times, it was scary to see the
crap
>>coming out of there. What I'm seeing on the metal doesn't make me feel
all
>>that good either. I'm struggling with myself over whether to try to hone
it
>>myself or bring it in and let someone who knows what they are doing,
advise
>>me on its condition. My opinion is that it can probably be cleaned up.
>>There are no obvious 'pits' that I can see, but there is something that
>>looks like corrosion.
>>
>>While I'm there, I figure that I may as well change the lines and hoses.
>>And while they're out, I may as well clean up a bit more of the engine
>>compartment. And while I'm doing that, if I could fix at least one front
>>fender ... shouldn't I do the inner kick panel at the same time?
Wouldn't
>>it then make more sense to also do the floors and rocker panels? If I'm
>>going to do the engine compartment, maybe I should pull the engine to make
>>it easier? This time, I would want to paint the engine while it's out.
You
>>see what's happening to me? Negotiations are in process to buy another
>>Sprite so that I can restore one 'and' drive one. They would have to take
>>turns. The one that I am considering, is rustier than mine. ( no
floors )
>>
>>But back to the brakes ... do I have the wrong part? Does anyone know
from
>>my description?
>>
>>Robert Duquette
>>Ottawa ON Canada
>>http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette
>>RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca
>>'65 RHD BRG Sprite
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