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July 25, 2004
Nige et al
I used the same method for removing the 'frozen' piston in the brake
calipers. Method clamp the the piston in the caliper half where the banjo
fits. Wrap the caliper in a rag with some plced where the disc would be. Cut
the rubber hose and apply airline. First mistake using workshop pressure at
6 bar (80psi) the resulting BANG brought all the technicians out of the test
cells to see what the h*ll was going on (or off as the case may be). Use
reducesd airline pressue for other calipers. The remaining piston can be
tapped out using an alum drift throught the banjo hole.
As to the front valence , the 72 midget I'm (still) restoring was fitted
with a valence with these depressions. They were factory replacement parts
fitted in the 80's following presumably a front end shunt on the car. I have
replaced it with the 'correct' plain early valence, although in all honesty
I don't why - it's probably when I started the restoration and was going for
originality but later after much welding the awful realisation dawned that
it would never be concourse, so I could have saved a few bob.
"alan.east-jones" < alan.east-jones@... > 33125
Posted on July 25, 2004 11:20 AM
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