Pro Street Style MGB GT
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The panel face is just about finished.
Then I made up some brake pipes to the rear callipers.
and put in a little manual line-loc...... just in case!
As everything had gone quite well I then connected to the brake master cylinder and got that pumping brake fluid. Then I tried opening the bleed valves on the rear callipers ........and have broken both of them!
Then I made up some brake pipes to the rear callipers.
and put in a little manual line-loc...... just in case!
As everything had gone quite well I then connected to the brake master cylinder and got that pumping brake fluid. Then I tried opening the bleed valves on the rear callipers ........and have broken both of them!
For we 4 readers!
Well I have drilled out the broken bleed valve with progressively larger Left handed drills.....and it has not cleared out the old thread. So then I tried the other calliper...and broke the smallest drill. So then I decided to get both callipers out. Despite the Haynes book saying it just needed the hand brake section removing and calliper bolts undoing - it also needed the wheels removing, coil over removing, half shafts unbolting etc etc!!!
Then I looked up the price of replacement callipers....Plan B is to try and get mine repaired by recutting the bleed hole thread and getting an oversize bleed valve.
Well I have drilled out the broken bleed valve with progressively larger Left handed drills.....and it has not cleared out the old thread. So then I tried the other calliper...and broke the smallest drill. So then I decided to get both callipers out. Despite the Haynes book saying it just needed the hand brake section removing and calliper bolts undoing - it also needed the wheels removing, coil over removing, half shafts unbolting etc etc!!!
Then I looked up the price of replacement callipers....Plan B is to try and get mine repaired by recutting the bleed hole thread and getting an oversize bleed valve.
I had another go at sheared screw with the broken drill bit...it has now got Two broken drill bits stuck in! I spoke to a reconditioning Company and they can drill out and helicoil at quite a lot of money so I am spending a bit more and getting two new units.....Money spent on the BGT!!
Flying Phil said:
4Q said:
Is there any reason you cut a plastic tub up rather than buy a battery box?
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