Well, things have slowed down a bit now. Gavgav has been applying to do his MBA in Cambridge, England, and was accepted into the program. A few weeks ago he headed off on his adventures leaving poor Joel without his partner in crime, and once again outnumbered by the demanding women in his family. So for the time being Joel is on is own (and will henceforth stop blogging in the 3rd person!)
Before Gav left, we reinstalled the brakes and began connecting up the hoses when we noticed a fair amount of corrosion on the rigid hoses connecting the front slave cylinders together, as well as corroded bleed nipples and various other washers and nicknacks. Unfortunately the corrosion was not limited to the hoses and the threads on the slave cylinders themselves seem to be beyond repair, so I'll need to replace all 4 front cylinders too :(
Once again comparing purchase quotes from Australia and England, the Australian quote came out as around $400 whereas purchasing from England and having them shipped over all comes to a total of $285, so I have recently placed the order which will hopefully get me moving again.
Apart from that I still need to get the cylinder head machined, and then with any luck I'll be able to get this old fella on the road again!
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