Greetings and salutations,
Started the morning with evaluation of the removed master cylinders. The servo master cylinder had over a quart of brake fluid in both sides-this tells one that the servo's seals were shot allowing fluid into the vacuum reservoir and that the diaphragm has failed allowing the fluid into the other side of the diaphragm. Reminds me of my 'first' restoration many years ago when my wife to be bought a 1971 BMW 2002, the seller assured us that the car would be great to drive up to Bogus Basin (local ski resort). Well, driving it home it would put out a truly massive cloud of white smoke every time I tried to stop and the only way I could stop the car was to put my foot out the door, even the parking brake was shot! Needless to say it had the same problem with the vacuum booster and would suck brake fluid into the engine when I tried to use the brakes-it was pretty funny to see folks back off from us at stop lights.
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| Nasty fluid from vacuum booster |
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| Vacant area where the heater box sat, also removed the pedal box in anticipation of replacing the springs |
Having had so much fun with DIRTY stuff I decided to do a little bit of interior stuff, I'll try to be keeping as much stuff original by shifting the vinyl around to hide tears and wear spots.
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| Odd oval speaker in radio speaker housing, it kept the radio console from fitting correctly by interfering with the surrounding console and radio. |
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| The radio, most radios were installed by the dealer at the time of purchase and this appears to be period correct. |
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| Cleaned up console front, needed to glue it down but really looks pretty nice. |
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| This is the rest of the console and as shown below it needed to have the vinyl glued back down to the metal frame. |
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| The aperture seal for the hand brake needs replacing |
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| Gouge in the side of the console, will glue it down and it should be hard to see. Undoubtably damaged by the seat rubbing against it. |
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| This is the center cubby, the top was loose because the screws were stripped out so will fix that, the vinyl has been removed so that I can reposition it to hide the tears. |
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| Just another shot of the pristine rust free floors! |
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The cleaned up radio console with vintage radio.
Well that's it for today, sent in an order to SNG Barrett for some parts, I think they should put you on their Christmas Card list Jennifer :-)
Cheers,
Lynn
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So I spent the afternoon hanging out at my favorite local brewery and you did more work again. I feel guilty every time I stop by to see your progress. Wow, those floors are pristine and original -- that's rare. Very jealous of the original radio and beautiful surround. Nice! The smoke from your brakes reminds me of the time my brother and I got out in his MGC after some brake work. He said it might smoke for a while and indeed we put out a huge cloud of white smoke as we drove around the hills of West Austin. People were honking at us thinking he was burning up his car, but it eventually subsided and we returned to the house with the newly bled brakes working just fine.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment Drew. Did I mention that I help my friend with his MGC, I think they are a very cool car too.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Lynn