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Mihai's Progress Thread!, One more. |
mihai914 |
May 17 2005, 07:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 800 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Montreal, QC Member No.: 3,697 Region Association: None |
OK, here goes.
I bought this car last year in Connecticut, it was non running, original somewhat documented with 63K miles. Last time the car was registered was in 1990. The reason it stopped running was because of a fuel leak at a shop and the car got evicted from the premises right away and that was it. Attached image(s) |
mihai914 |
May 17 2005, 07:51 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 800 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Montreal, QC Member No.: 3,697 Region Association: None |
Next step, stopping the car. It had absolutely NO brakes. No fluid in the reservoir, I filled it up pressed the pedal and it stayed down, crap pedal cluster rebuild, I had purchased the bronze bushing kit years ago and never got to use it before now. Took me two three days just to get the clutch pedal off the shaft, I had to bring it to a shop and they applied the torch to it. A big thumbs up to Eric Shea who has to put up with this on a regular basis!
I clean, repaint and reassemble the cluster and put it back in the car. I then find out there is a big leak at the front left wheel. The car had been sitting so long that the front brakes froze to the point that the PO split the calipers on the car to probably push it around. Since I had four rebuilt calipers sitting on a shelf, I just swapped them with new rotors up front and some used ones in the back. Buttoned everything up and bled the system with a Mityvac. I was really afraid that the master or proportioning valve would also be shot; they seem to be holding until now. |
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