<VV> Under power. and Brakes too!
Ryan Verthein
daretocorvair at yahoo.com
Sat Apr 1 21:39:25 EST 2006
I finished up the brakes at about 3 o clock this
morning, and then today got a nice fre4sh start. I
put all of the drums on, and snugged the lug nuts on
to make sure everything was happy. Everything seemed
to be cool.
Last night I also installed the gas tank, and put gas
in it...and found that the sending unit leaked(even
with the new seal!) So I drained it, and this morning
went to toan and got some gasoline resistant permatex
and gobbed it on. put it back together and half
hour/45 minutes later, added gas. everything is still
dry as of tonight.
Bled the brakes. Did NOT bench bleed the master. I
figure, if some say do and some say don't, then I'm
not going to worry about what *I* personally think
would be a PITA. so I installed.
I opened up all of the bleeder screws and let them sit
and gravity feed for a while. after fluid was
dripping, I closed them, and began bleeding. after
some tightening of leaky connections, and some
redundant
"Up.........Down.........Up........Down......."
everything seemed to be going well.
I cleaned up a bit, put the wheels back on, and backed
the car out of the garage.
the next events can be seen here.
http://www.edselmotors.com/test1.mov
http://www.edselmotors.com/test2.mov
http://www.edselmotors.com/test3.mov
I especially liked the small children covering their
ears and looking scared as I drove by.
I also find it funny that even when I'm down the
alley, it sounds like the car is still right next to
the camera.
Other than that, I put on the new tabs, installed new
wipers, and put the passenger seat back in.
I'm tired. these past few days have really been hard
work. I really really dislike doing brake jobs.
Then tonight as I pulled into the garage a tire
puntured and went flat. guess I won't be driving on
even the 40 year old tires! It's cool I guess. Found
a really good deal on insurance, so I'm happy about
that. I'm gonna do that before tires.
I guess thats about it for now.
Thanks for all of the help, dudes! I'm saving any
excitment for the day I pull out of my parking spot
with brand new tires, the stabilizer bar re-installed,
and exhaust on the beast.
Enjoy!
Ryan
1965 Corsa/110/4
http://www.edselmotors.com/corsa.html
and http://free4allband.tripod.com/corsacorvair.html
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