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Randy Forbes

Randy Forbes

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I got the front suspension and brakes completed this past week and Sue helped with the first round of brake bleeding today. Is it just me, or does everybody notice the front calipers require more than one bleeding session to get all the air out?

My twenty year old "easy bleed" has bitten the dust (it was always a chore to get a leak free seal at the canister anyway).

With the Healey and gray car out of the garage I could finally sweep the floor of all the (bodyshop) grunge that has been falling off the Healey. Just your "everyday" grunge falling off the gray car...

About ten minutes after this photo was taken, it started sleeting (at least the major portion of the garage was swept)!

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Excellent Randy. I have been following your progress for some time now. Great feeling and
a milestone when you start putting the fluids in.
Seems like you will have it ready for some gatherings this summer. BTW that really is an interesting color, kinda grows on ya after awhile.
Cheers!!
 
nice collection !! congrats, feels pretty good i bet.


mark
 
Darn it! Now I'm REALLY disappointed that I didn't have time to swing by Saturday.
Outstanding, and I look forward to seeing it soon.
Jeff
 
Nice looking stable of cars Randy. I'm envious.
I also had trouble keeping the cannister, leak free. I finally replaced the washers and all is fine now. I don't recall having a lot of trouble bleeding the brakes. I remember what I was told a long time ago by my uncle who has built two race cars in the past; "When you have a new brake system, start by opening all the bleed valves all the way. Fill the cannister to the top and let the brake fluid continue to flow, keeping the cannister full until brake fluid is oozing from all bleed valves. Start at the rear and close off the furthest bleed valve from the cannister, then the next, and so on until they are all off." This takes awhile, but works. Makes bleeding the brakes much easier. Oh, I forgot to add it's important to bench bleed the master cylinder first. I let my car sit with all the bleed valves open overnight. It's messy, yes, but it works.
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<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Randy Forbes:
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My twenty year old "easy bleed" has bitten the dust (it was always a chore to get a leak free seal at the canister anyway).
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The design of the sealing cap on the EZ bleed is not very good. As I recall, one of the tubes is too close to the gasket and doesn't let it lay flat. I took a hole punch and clipped a "mouse hole" out of the gasket to let it clear the tube. Also, have found that overtightening will distort the gasket and you lose the seal so I just tighten enough to keep it from losing pressure and it works o.k. My next EZ bleed is going to be a converted garden sprayer.

Cheers,
John
 
I've used a vacuum pump the last few times I've done brake work and it works well. I picked it up at an autozone for like $25.
 
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