Ive been away from the garage for a while, Skiing in France and Christmas getting in the way (hard life eh!) but got back on it this weekend just gone.
Got the front brakes back together, struggling to find new front discs at the moment so put on a set of used I had on the shelf for now. Rebuilt calipers with new pistons and a new fitting kit, new pads and new braided lines.
The times ive run it up to temp I noticed a bit of steam coming out the heater inlet, when I turned the blower motor on it blew steam out the heater vents. I was hoping it was just some residual damp in the matrix but seeing as its been dry stored for almost 8 years, I knew deep down what was coming.
Heater box out, and yet another parts problem in that I can't get a new matrix for RHD any more! Supply seems to have dried up, so I had to improvise and bought a LHD one. The core is the same, so I set about swapping the top end tanks over. Might seem a faff but the new matrix was £30 and recoring the old one was >£100.
Yeah, definitely a leaky matrix. Yuk!
Got the front brakes back together, struggling to find new front discs at the moment so put on a set of used I had on the shelf for now. Rebuilt calipers with new pistons and a new fitting kit, new pads and new braided lines.
The times ive run it up to temp I noticed a bit of steam coming out the heater inlet, when I turned the blower motor on it blew steam out the heater vents. I was hoping it was just some residual damp in the matrix but seeing as its been dry stored for almost 8 years, I knew deep down what was coming.
Heater box out, and yet another parts problem in that I can't get a new matrix for RHD any more! Supply seems to have dried up, so I had to improvise and bought a LHD one. The core is the same, so I set about swapping the top end tanks over. Might seem a faff but the new matrix was £30 and recoring the old one was >£100.
Yeah, definitely a leaky matrix. Yuk!