Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Brakes Finally Done

Finally, after all this time the brakes work! And most of the parts are new so I'm optimistic that they will stay in a good state of operation. Replaced the Master Cylinder, Front Pads, Rear Hoses, Cylinder, shoes and drums. Next up I'm finishing the firewall deck and wiring. The KB coating is giving me a problem bubbling up in places, not sure why. On the electrical I decided to bring a new power cord into to car connect it to a new fuse box and run the accessory lights, cigarette lighter and radio off it. The previous owner had the lighter directly wired to the battery without a fuse, that's a disaster waiting to happen. The wiring can get pretty confusing especially when someone has been adding and subtracting devices, meters, lights etc. Every circuit needs to be fuse protected as far as I'm concerned. Car electrical fires can be nasty and messy. I also  purchased an original wiring schematic for the Spitfre off ebay. I'm sure that will come in handy and I think that's a must have.

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