Back on track - Gearbox and Brakes

Back on track!

Now that the gearbox is back in with the new clutch plate and the prop shaft has been re-installed, its time to get the brakes back together.

We ordered replacement rubber cups for all the slave cylinders as well as the master cylinder. When we opened up the master cylinder originally, the rubber boot was perforated with brake fluid easily leaking out where the rod moves into the master cylinder from the pedal assembly.

We've cleaned up the slave cylinders with turps and dried them off. Joel now puts on a coat of brake fluid to the parts before we put in the replacement rubbers and reinstall them onto the car.




You can see the master cylinder here:

Joel had a little bit of a rough time getting it all to fit back together but it seems to have all worked perfectly now.

Here we're just bathing the new rubbers in brake fluid before their installation.



Now that the slave cylinders are all refurbished with their new rubber components, we decided to see if we could get the brake assemblies back together. And it worked! We used the new brake shoes and springs that we bought from the UK and cleaned up the adjustment pieces (that sit between the cylinder and the brake shoe to allow you to increase or decrease the distance to the drum).



So now that that's done - all that's left until we can for a drive is to to get the rear brakes done too, fit the drums, get the pedal assembly back together, fit the clutch linkage cable, repair the thermostat housing, fit the new exhaust, put the driver's side front suspension back together and we're good...

Might be a while, given the pace we work at...