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thanks Irmscher, yes I may follow up on other connections using heat shrink later. In the meantime, it's another round of brake shoe adjustment and bleeding. The jack slipped out from under the chassis, lucky the exhaust bracket I've just re welded wasn't damaged, so I made this, a block of timber w...

heat shrink test on a spare connector on the kitchen cutting board after heat application by hairdryer, the tube has shrunk right down. http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/davidsidebottomsquarepantsdave/heat%20shrink%20tube%20test_zpssbdv0bvy.jpg but doing it on a board and doing it in the engine...

the heat shrink tubes and the spare hairdryer my wife has replaced due to it making a funny noise when you turn it off, but it's ok for workshop use and does have a high heat setting. http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/davidsidebottomsquarepantsdave/hairdryer_zpshbtsys8r.jpg the tube easily cuts...

speed bleeders, that sounds great, who makes them Fin?

of course it's leaking, I'm such a Numtey, using the wrong type of bleed nipple, they're BSF, thank goodness for that, thought I was going mad for a moment, re fitted the battered old unf nipple and there was not a drip coming out of the new banjo, onward and upward, smile you never know, you might ...

but I'm still getting this flood of brake fluid, I'm going wrong somewhere. new bleed nipples tightened up. Ive got the one man bleed kit attached to the offside, and both sides leak fluid out..

new banjo fitted, I heated the washers up with a gas burner and fitted them right away, all tightened, handbrake backed right off, cables slack, now ready to bleed.

cheers Panky. this is incredible service from ESM, I ordered these parts late yesterday afternoon at about 1640 hrs, John of ESM said they probably won't arrive till tuesday, and they arrived here before ten this morning, great I can get on with renewing the leaking banjo and connection pipe with th...

well the drivers side has gone well very quickly, but then I went to finish off by bleeding the brakes, the offside held up with no leaks and air coming down the clear bleed hose, but the nearside rear was leaking profusely. http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/davidsidebottomsquarepantsdave/nears...

Cheers Bob, you're right, never a dull moment.... ok back into action, and the half shaft is clear. http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/davidsidebottomsquarepantsdave/half%20shaft%20out_zpsfzxv4bfc.jpg the gloopy mess that is the inside of the hub, all sealant and badly placed rubber o ring, and ...

yes thanks J, the brake lever was fully down, the spring has stretched a bit and wasn't doing a great job of closing the piston. I need to eat and do something a little less strenuous for a bit, my wife Jane just got back from a shopping trip and got me some emery boards as per Bob's suggestion to c...

back down on four wheels, and just enough space to get the shaft out.

Cheers Bob, it's closed it up enough to get the drum on nice and easy. Finally getting somewhere, now I can lower the car back onto it's wheels, move it across so there's clearance on the offside to get the halfshaft out without fouling it against the garage wall, then I can move on and change the o...

out with the box of spare parts, springs and things, never judge a box contents by the cover.

thanks Les and Bob, the leak has stopped. now to replace the drums and they won't go on no matter how hard I try. I'm missing something, the snails are slackened right off, the shoes are the right way around, time to take a break and a cup of tea and a think. the cylinders are Borg and Beck, I wonde...

new rear wheel cylinder fitted.


but the banjo leaks, why I don't know, tried re-tightening, used brake pipe sealant, still leaks down from the banjo joint over the boot and drips down onto the newspaper below.

Cheers Bob and Fin, great advice there, Ive actually covered the connections with black electrical tape, not sure how I'd get the heat to the heat shrink without getting boiling water on the electric parts, I've used heat shrink tube for other non electrical areas where I wanted to protect from scra...

I think it's the switch, after Rob over on electricals pointed me in that direction, Ive re positioned the black wire at the power terminal next the the purple wire as it was located wrongly, got power at the black terminal on the switch when the ignition was on, but nothing at the red terminal. So ...

I think you might be right about the switch Rob, I re-positioned the back wire onto the purple side of the power source, then my multi meter shows power on the black wire at the switch, but nothing on the red wire at the switch when the ignition is on, so you hit the nail on the head with it being a...

thanks for you quick reply Rob, i'll try that.