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Model specific boards => Golf mk1 => Topic started by: kraM on 19 April 2010, 21:02
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Good evening
For the last couple of months, I have waited for a mate to send me some rear hoses for my rear disc conversion. :smiley:
During that time, I have managed to gather all the parts I need, calipers, handbrake cables, discs, pads, stub axels, bearings etc. :nerd:
I couldn't afford new/re-built calipers :cry:, so brought a kit from flea-bay and rebuilt them, only one seal missing in the kit, but apart from that, OK. Stripped, de-rusted and cleaned all the second hand stuff, it looked all good to go, even greesed the bearings, and wrapped them up, so it would be a case of just popping everything on. :nerd:
I spent all my time doing stuff for other people, over the bank holiday weekends etc.
To day I was preparing a mates race car, trying to loose 50kg!!! from it. (I think fatty will have to go on a diet, there is only so much you can strip from a MX5...) :smug:
The sun was shining and I thought, WTF am I doing here, I'll go home with my new hoses and get my Golf all sorted for the summer. :laugh:
Battery flat as a witches t*t. Alarm went off, wouldn't turn off. :sad:
Got her running, spent the afternoon doing a disc conversion, made the new rear copper brake pipes (three times on the O/S as I kept measuring it wrongly, but only discovering after fitting the most difficult end...) :angry:
Eventually got it all together, after requesting the assistance of God (I'm not religious...) :evil: :angry:
Jo (my wife) came home and helped me bleed the brakes, after it had started to rain... And a puddle appeared under the bleed bottle. This was a puddle of brake fluid. After much tracing, it was coming (in a jet) from the little hole in the top of the piston, which is behind the only seal the brake caliper seal kit did not come with. :evil: :evil: :angry: :angry: :evil: :evil:
FOR F**K SAKE, HOW FU*KING HARD CAN IT BE, I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO PUT MY POSH SUSPENSION ON!!! :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:
Rant over, for the moment... :cool:
kraM
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Shut up. :grin:
I know how you feel mate, ive been fitting an alarm for my mate today, ive got so much to do on my car tho. I don't know why I bother!
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The joys of old cars :wink:
You going to coming to Dubs at the Park?
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Good rant! :grin:
Sods law that mate
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Gonna get some calipers from a shop, as I obviously can't be trusted.
The joys of old cars :wink:
You going to coming to Dubs at the Park?
Yep, when she's up and running will be there, when is it by the way?
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Gonna get some calipers from a shop, as I obviously can't be trusted.
The joys of old cars :wink:
You going to coming to Dubs at the Park?
Yep, when she's up and running will be there, when is it by the way?
It's on Sunday 16th May