Awesome! Great work!Quote:
Originally Posted by m_w
Today I replaced my original relays and breakers.
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Awesome! Great work!Quote:
Originally Posted by m_w
Today I replaced my original relays and breakers.
http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?at...id=32314&stc=1
Installed a new radiator, bled the system multiple times and then took it out for a drive finally! My first 'big' repair project on the car that I did on my own.
It only took me about 20 hours total with an extra helper to finish. lol!
Forgot to take pictures, except for this one right after we got the assembly with the new rad up into the car again (kind of).
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Ah.... if the pic was rotated 180...it would be better... lol... 20 hours... been there, done that... a few times... Still do.... Good TimesQuote:
Originally Posted by berickson926
Craig
Here ya go! (My neck was starting to hurt! :) )Quote:
Originally Posted by berickson926
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Temperature is in the 50s but no drive because of the stupid road salt the county dumped last night :dead:
Damn cell phone pictures always end up flipped for whatever reason. Sorry!Quote:
Originally Posted by citizen
I took off my rear calipers today and broke them down for rebuilding. Of course, 2 of the 4 pistons were stuck, one on each caliper. I soaked the brake fluid cavity with WD-40 for an hour. No go with 120psi air. Then I compressed the pistons back, cleaned out and sprayed the area between the piston and the caliper again. Success!
The pistons are toast though.
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Took advantage of the unusually warm weather today (54F at noon) to finish removing my leaky radiator for replacement. Also cleaned up my horn wiring while I was in the neighborhood. Now it's 30F and falling with 30+ MPH wind.
Met up with our local chapter of PNDC (Dave and Dan) at my friends shop on Saturday, who provided hot coffee, a lift, all the tools you can think of and a hydraulic press.
First we got Dan's DeLorean on the lift and started to work on his break system. His break fluid looked like brown goo. Dave took the master cylinder off and noticed that it was the original one from installation in 81 and that it was leaky. He could not find the spare one he had last year and we sourced a cross referenced one from LORDCO during the day.
Dan and I completed an oil and oil filter change at his car while waiting for Dave to return to the shop.
We then rolled his car out of the shop and my DeLorean into it to replace the rear wheel bearings. We managed to get the passenger side done before the Dan's new master cylinder arrived. It took longer than expected but it was also the first time we did it. The wheel bearing that was in there was toast and I had a way smoother ride home later that day.
We put priority to installing the new master cylinder in Dan's car. He would have otherwise been stuck there. Pulled my DeLorean out of the garage and his back in to finish the MC installation and break flush. Some nasty gooey stuff came out of the front bleeding nipples (hence a ton of nipple jokes were cracked).
We also noticed during bleeding my rear passenger side caliper after installing the wheel bearing that my break fluid should get flushed as well and that my master cylinder was also the original one. We will therefore get a new one as well soon. Breaks are a bit spongy but the car stops. Will also order 4 caliper rebuild kits. It is time. New project on the horizon.
It still has been a lot of fun and work and this was the official first TechSession for us on the 3rd day of 2015. Awesome start into the New Year! :rock_on:
Fwiw: it's brakes & brake fluid.
I give you a break this time. 😜