I DROVE IT HOME.
Posted by DR1665
Brian Driggs Infallible Moderator Location: Glendale Join Date: 06/08/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 832 Rally Car: Keyboard. Deal with it. |
That's right, last night, my buddy Dan and I burned the midnight oil hacking the last of the brake system together (I am teh suck at double flaring and will need to redo them all, imo) and we drove the car 42 miles down to the new apartment complex with nary a problem. In fact, the check engine light came on, so I know everything is okay. Wo0t!
Wanted to share.  Brian Driggs | KG7KCA | PHX, AZ | 89 Pajero alterius non sit qui suus esse potest |
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sagsert Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Oleeeeeee Ole Ole Oleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!! > > It is ALIIIIIIIIIIIIVE !!! > > Now get your butt over here and get the > measurements for the roll cage. Brandon can bend > and weld it for a reasonable price. > > Tell me about the brake likes, are they leaking ? I couldn't get any of the lines to double flare. I'd crunch the insert down into the line until it felt like I was stripping the tool out, but there was nothing but a moderately rounded edge on the line. I just single flared them and used teflon tape on the connections. There's a couple spots where she seeps past the nut (due to the shoddy flare), but the brakes works just fine and, despite not bleeding the brakes at all (we were flat out of time at the house), she still stops straight and firm, although the tires won't lock up at all. Roll cage, schmoll cage!  I already know I'm gonna need new tires, brakes, and at least one CV axle. Add that insurance and registration, and it's going to be later in the year before I go for the cage, Moose. (Not that I don't really want to do that now.)
Thanks for the compliments, Kris. More than a pile of bolts, it's cool to start - and drive - a parts car. 
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I borrowed two different tools from Moose and sucked with both of them. For now, on a car with a three years expired New Mexico tag and no insurance which I've yet to get titled in my own name, the brakes work fine. Sometime next month, I plan on losing the check engine light, getting liability on the car, smogging it, and paying Moose a visit to show off.
I owe Moose some time helping to pull the engine out of his car. In fact, if Moose doesn't mind, I'll see if I can't get a couple volunteers to come over and promote him to team manager (read: heavy drinker who watches) while we pull his borked 4G63 out. Should it go fast enough, perhaps there will be time for Moose to show me how the brake lines are done. It's getting exciting, fellas. That car just up and moves. Even in stock form. Brian Driggs | KG7KCA | PHX, AZ | 89 Pajero alterius non sit qui suus esse potest |
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