Eagle_Adam Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 love the light output man!!!! great job Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted January 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Update without pictures! I know, not my style. Anyways. Made it over to Drivens place again today. Got the bearings changed out. I wish I had pics of the old bearings. One of them wouldnt even turn by hand. Got the car reassembled. And I dont have brakes. Well there is air in the lines or something, but after awhile trying to bleed them we kinda gave up and I drove it home. We are thinking the MC may have given up. But I am gonna try doing a fluid flush first. Quote Link to comment
converted_to_datsun Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Dang bad luck all around today Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Update without pictures! I know, not my style. Anyways. Made it over to Drivens place again today. Got the bearings changed out. I wish I had pics of the old bearings. One of them wouldnt even turn by hand. Got the car reassembled. And I dont have brakes. Well there is air in the lines or something, but after awhile trying to bleed them we kinda gave up and I drove it home. We are thinking the MC may have given up. But I am gonna try doing a fluid flush first. Good news about the bearings. Is it nice and quiet now? Sucky about the brakes. Hope it's something simple like air in the line. Quote Link to comment
DRIVEN Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 I'm just hoping you made that post from your house and not a ditch somewhere. BTW, nice lights. Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted January 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 So I just did a full flush on the brake fluid. And adjusted the rear brakes. There was definitely air in the system. But I got to a point where I was not getting anymore air out of any corner. But the pedal is only marginally better. The pedal is still going to the floor, but there is braking happening on the first pump now. Second guarantees a stop. Im thinking im gonna go and rebleed everthing. Its annoying me at this point. Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Maybe vacuum or pressure bleed them if you can. Pressure would be the best if you have access to something like that. Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted January 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Ok went out again. Bleed the master some more. And got a couple bubbles out... I think I need to do a proper bench bleed now. But pedal feels mucho better. Like now it doesnt want to go to the floor, but I can still make it. Normally I cant make it go to the floor. Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted January 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 ok, report after driving the car. I think it's back to normal... Pedal feels good. Front brakes lock up no sweat now. Quote Link to comment
converted_to_datsun Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Beaks are my least favorite thing to fix cause they're either working great or the pedal goes to the floor. Plus one for beating the problem Quote Link to comment
Kirden Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 So since you stole my name (Jacob) I can have your car right? Thanks bro :) Really love this, so hard to decide on a 510 or 1200. Been looking for both, first one I find in my price range I'll probably pick up, then I'll run across a better one of the other veriety shortly after and kick myself... Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 ok, report after driving the car. I think it's back to normal... Pedal feels good. Front brakes lock up no sweat now. Bleed them, drive a couple days, bleed them again, repeat, eventually that last bit of air will pop out and the pedal will be as hard as a rock again. Quote Link to comment
DRIVEN Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Glad it's getting better. I still think your master cylinder is sick though. A healthy system shouldn't be that hard to bleed. Hopefully your valiant lifesaving efforts can add some time. Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted January 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Im thinking we let air into the MC when we tried to bleed the rear. I mean, the cup did go empty... Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 sounds like the master in my 521......didnt bench bleed it now i have bled it every weekend for about 4 weeks..... its gotten better but i still get a different pedal from just applying them to pump pump apply...im thinking i need residuals for the rears Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Im thinking we let air into the MC when we tried to bleed the rear. I mean, the cup did go empty... If you let that rear circuit go dry while the front circuit has already been bled, then it is a lot slower getting the rear circuit to bleed, the fact is, I couldn't get shit out of the rear while trying to bleed them, so I finally gave up, I put a small piece of aquarium tubing over the front caliper bleeder, filled a cup half full of brake fluid and dropped the tube into the cup, then opened that front bleeder, I was then able to bleed the back brakes, as the pedal would go to the floor again, and after the rears were bled, I just closed the front bleeder, and all was good, but I kept my eyes on both them reservoirs. Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted February 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Still have air in the system somewhere. Pedal randomly goes to the floor. Other times its as stiff as a rock. It always stops though. Anyways. Been working on my spare wagon rear bumper. I came up with a cool plan, step 1 is cleaning and sanding. Step 2 in bondo (I havent started this step yet) Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted February 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Also got a new goodie. Wagon hatch airfoil/spoiler! Just a mockup. Got to do some work to it. Thinking of adding a few CF strips to strengthen it from raising in the center, there is just a little too much flex to me. And then, instead of paint matching, I think I might try my hand at doing a vinyl wrap on it... Yay it clears the rack! Quote Link to comment
Draynor Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 I like that...Whats the plan with the bumper? Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted February 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Step 4 of bumper plans are probably out a few weeks. Step 3 is to paint it... Step 4 is not mounting the bumper. Step 5 is mounting the bumper. Step 6 is asking Eric if I can use his spare front bumper that I have to do the same treatment. But trust me, its a great idea. And did I mention I have 2 wagon rear bumpers? :) Quote Link to comment
Draynor Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 You did mention that...Once or twice :lol: Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted February 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Well I just bought 2 5'x1' pieces of Vinyl. Im on the fence about what I picked for the spoiler. At least its easy to change. The spoiler is getting a nice piece of 3M 1080 vinyl. Quote Link to comment
DRIVEN Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 Every wagon should have a rear airfoil...and rear window defrost. I have some catching up to do. Quote Link to comment
Draynor Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 I just liked this one lol... Quote Link to comment
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