Re: My mk1 track car blog
right, this weekend i have been mostly crawling around on my back under the clio in sub zero temperatures :nono:
first thing i sorted was the aux belt, picked it up from a mate who works at andrew page, then fitted it in about 5 mins
then i fit my replacement n/s driveshaft as the nut on the other one wouldnt start as the end thread was damaged
then i made a start on the brakes, i'm not going to go into massive detail, but basically the carbone lorraine pads i bought are wrong, only realised when i tried to fit them, then spent a good hour cross referencing them against the carbone lorraine website which confirmed what i had feared
i did however get the front discs, front pipes and braided flexi's fitted. as you will notice the front pipes i got made were slightly too long, so i put some loops in there to sort it.
and then started on the pipes to the rear which i didnt quite get finished as it got very dark and i smashed my lamp. i contemplated removing the rear bias valve and using some adjustable valves, but then looking at the price of them i decided to stick with the original setup. hopefully 2moro i can finish the rears and end my new found hatred of fitting brake pipes (i used to hate it when using a ramp, so doing it on my back in the freezing cold has just made it worse! :dead: )
bring on the better weather and lighter nights!