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05-06-13, 23:48
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05-06-13, 23:55
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More brake lines. This is what I decided on the long line to the back.....armed with the MLU comments I decided to make a small detour in the line to reach an existing hole I could use for a clip. The Clips are also shown (3 planning in stead of 1 as on original)...all mocked up as I intend to spray the inside of the frame one more time before I fix the brake lines. The brake hoses also came in ;they are also loosely attached to mock everything up. Rear axle also received new lines.
I was planning on showing how I made the brake lines and which tools used, when my brand new tool broke! Or actually the threads stripped from the spindel so I had to use an old fashioned flaring tool to make the last two lines! I also took the master cylinder apart...what a "surprise".....pitting! I am looking at having it sleeved here in Holland, but might end up shipping it over the pond and back for rebuild! Alex
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29-07-13, 23:23
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It's about time for an update. I had the master cylinder sleeved in Stainless by the Fillins station in the US. Sleeving seems to be a lost art out here in Holland and even with import tax and postage it was cheaper to have it sleeved in the US. You can see the difference in the first two shots. Than it was a matter of assembling it again with some brake grease and a rebuild kit.
Finding the big copper washer for the plug at the rear was a challenge again, but in the end I found it at a tractor parts supplier here close at home. The last pics shows the master cylinder fitted on the truck and I was almost fully satisfied.....
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29-07-13, 23:28
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The thing that had been bugging me from the beginning was that one of the studs in the master cylinder casting was not really screwed in far enough.....So, took the master cylinder off again and with help of two nuts and a spanner I tried to screw it in further. I didn't even put the thing in a vice, but than it was "snap".....cracked the casting! I unscrewed the stud and found the lower half of the hole was filled with black crud....maybe even from the factory??
Not a happy ending this weekend, I'm afraid....and really don't know if this thing can be saved or not. Alex
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30-07-13, 01:12
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Bad luck.....
What a bit of bad luck Alex......
The casting maybe welded but how high is the risk of the brakes failing later.... Can you clean out the crude at the bottom and will that leave you enough thread to set a stud then have it welded to the casting.. At the barn we have been in the habit a running a tap in every bolt holes to clean the threads and a die over old bolts. Bob
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30-07-13, 02:49
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Bob is on the right track but braze don't weld. if the threads are shiny clean then you should be able to get the brass to run down at least half the thread, that will bind it all back together. You will need a heated tin of sand to bury most of the cylinder in to prevent distortion and cracking from cooling to quickly.
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30-07-13, 04:23
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Alex, in my opinion you have to scrap it. Just too risky. How do you explain after an accident, that you thought you had done a good job of welding it?
You only have a single circuit system. It has to be right. Sorry Alex. Just one blokes honest opinion.
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