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Basil

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Ok, I did the rear shocks last night and the fronts tonight. A little bit closer!
(the pink line you see just to the right of the left shock is caused by a flaw in my camera (due to my falling down with it at a baseball game trying to avoid a pop fly to the parking lot
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[ 08-09-2003: Message edited by: Basil ]</p>
 
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Steve:
It's really coming along nicely. Any estimates of when you will be finished?<hr></blockquote>


I am hoping sometime in my lifetime
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Now that isn't much of a challenging deadline....a literal "deadline" maybe, but still not challenging. I know that making time in a busy schedule can be a difficult task, so I won't be too hard on you. Is it just a matter of bolting things together now, or do you have more restoration and refurbishing to do? The tub looks finished.
 
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Steve:
Now that isn't much of a challenging deadline....a literal "deadline" maybe, but still not challenging. I know that making time in a busy schedule can be a difficult task, so I won't be too hard on you. Is it just a matter of bolting things together now, or do you have more restoration and refurbishing to do? The tub looks finished.<hr></blockquote>

A little of both really. The suspension is just waiting on the brake calipers to be rebuilt. I have cleaned them up but the calipers are pitted, so I am trying to decide whether to have them resleeved in stainless of just by the hydracyl stainless cyls (They are solid stainless, but they cost over $200 each and I'd need 8 of them for the car - do the math
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The major stuff that still needs doing includes tearing the motor apart again and just installing new seals, etc (its been rebuilt, but its been sitting for too long so I want to check it out internally), then I will need new wire wheels and tires and the final major expense is a new interior kit.

Basil
 
How long has it been sitting being rebuilt? The brake calipers seem to be the biggest hurdle right now, and I can understand your reluctance to drop that much money. How much are new regular calipers? At those prices for a re-sleeve wouldn't you be almost better off buying new? The stainless ones are big bucks!!!

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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Steve:
How long has it been sitting being rebuilt? The brake calipers seem to be the biggest hurdle right now, and I can understand your reluctance to drop that much money. How much are new regular calipers? At those prices for a re-sleeve wouldn't you be almost better off buying new? The stainless ones are big bucks!!!

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I can get them resleved for about $60 per cylinder. There are 8 cyls all together (2 on each caliper), so that would be $480 (plus shipping, figure $500). Now, if I bought new, it would be about $160 per, or $1280! The stainless cyls made by Hydracyl are over $220 per! Yikes!
 
Well, I can appreciate the compulsion to get the top-of-the-shop fix. Maybe just order the cheapest option for $500 just to get monemtum going, and then buy the really fancy upgrades in a year or two? Just a thought.
 
Go with the brass lined and put the savings into the interior etc. I had the master and servo on our 69 relined in brass over 20 years ago. I had the occasion to rebuild the servo,seals, a year ago and the bore looks just like new.
Bob
 
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Bob Stevenson:
Go with the brass lined and put the savings into the interior etc. I had the master and servo on our 69 relined in brass over 20 years ago. I had the occasion to rebuild the servo,seals, a year ago and the bore looks just like new.
Bob<hr></blockquote>

Thanks Bob, sounds like good advice. I kind of had it in the back of my head that solid stainless was a bit of overkill. Guess I'll go with brass. I recently heard of another place, Sierra Specialties, as a reasonable alternative so I plan to check them out as well.
 
Basil,

How bad were your disc brake cylinders? I'm in the midst of the same process of rebuilding the calipers on the front. The cylinders are smooth to the touch but are discolored. I need an indication of how bad is so bad that I need to spend lots of money to have sleeves.

Also, what is your source of brass sleeves for the cylinders?

When I get around to the rear, I am looking for advice on what other parts should be routinely replaced, and ordered now, while I have the thing apart.

The E-Type brakes are my current project now that our '73 +8 Morgan is driveable.

Bill C.
'67 E-Type
 
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