<VV> 1967 Monza Park Brake web pages updated

[Charles Lee]

The job took about an hour total, but if I knew what I was doing, it could 
have been done in 1/2 hour.

Hardest part is the pulley behind the heat duct in the center, since the 
bolt is behind it, and also behind the brake line, so it was very hard to 
get an open end wrench in there!  A 6-point box would be better, but a 
socket, near impossible - there was just no no right angle to get to it.

I wouldn't it was "hard" but maybe tedious, a bit of fussing and finagling 
the parts around.

The brake line looks like it may have been installed badly ?  What are the 
odds of that happening ;>}) ?

And, yes, my feet were on the driver's seat back, looking up to get at these 
two pulleys.
I got over my claustrophobia, mostly because my hands did a lot of work that 
I could not see.

Digital cameras are great !  I'd stick the camera up inside, let it look 
around, and then analyze the pix on the computer to see where things are, 
and where they're supposed to go.

I'd like to find a remote camera that has a separate view finder, so I watch 
the screen which I poke around with the "lens" up inside things !

That could be a project to take the screen of the camera and put it on a 
cable like a video stethoscope ?

It was fun, and now it's done (and yes, now I can stop using wheel chocks, 
since all this has been done on an angled driveway "apron" !

I'll put some more up when I figure out how to make sense of the process.

Charlie
1967 Monza.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "shortle" <shortle556 at earthlink.net>
To: "Charles Lee" <Chaz at ProperProper.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> 1967 Monza Park Brake web pages updated


> I'm glad to see you replacing an obviously bad (and probably 
> unsafe-especially based on your transmission type) parking brake cable. 
> Finding misinformation in the factory manuals is something we have to deal 
> with in the automotive service industry
> (I guess every customer is inadvertantly asked to subsidize for that-right 
> or wrong but thats how it is). Out of curiousity how long did it take you? 
> I wonder what the flat rate manual says it should take. Was it easy work 
> or did you have to lay on your back under the dash and on your knees 
> looking up? Did you put in a new part or a part from another car? I am 
> curious. Nice pics though.I just sent my registration today for Palm 
> Springs . I hope to see you and your Corvair there next month.
> For me it's about a 675 mile trip 1 way- in a Corvair of course.
> Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado