Brakes....

Maintenance advice to keep your Spider in shape.
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garion
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Joined: Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:20 pm
Your car is a: 1979 Fiat 124 Spider
Location: Phoenix, AZ

Brakes....

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No questions today, for once... After a long break from the Fiat during the summer, where I had several events that interrupted work... Getting married for one... Vegas wedding.. Luckily there's family in Vegas to help arrange it.. Figured what the hell after 15 years with her... But then we ended up having 3 receptions, one in Vegas (a bunch of family there), one here in Phoenix, and another in my home town of Syracuse... I'm reception-ed out...

Anyways... So this weekend I decided to get to the brakes.. I wanted to install the SS braided lines... I ended up stripping the hell out of the first line I tried to disconnect.. Yes, I was using flare wrenches, and soaked with PB blaster... The flare wrench was just too loose (Craftsman, maybe I need better? I swear I could turn the wrench 30 degrees before it would grip..).. So I search for something better... I came across this.. Its a pair of vice grips that uses flat sides instead of ridges.. This makes it so the wrench is less likely to slip! These things worked like a charm! I still replaced a couple lines though, just to be safe, since the nuts were rounded to start with.. So I have the SS lines on! Woot!

But now I move onto my master cylinder, which was bad... I also decided to replace the tubes from the reservoir to the MC.. Welll.. Looks like the PO decided to adjust the front/rear brake proportion in an unique way....

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So another order to AR, along with some other items I need.. Like the PO also left out the retaining clips on the front brake lines, and a few other items..

Hopefully soon I'll be able to drive this thing..
--John
1978 Fiat 124 Spider (for sale soon)
1979 Fiat 124 Spider
2007 Audi A4
Blog: http://www.technobabelfish.com
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