Thursday 14th March 2019

Today’s saw a continuation of the brake system installation which has turned out to be quite a complicated, fiddly and time consuming task.

I wasn’t 100% happy with the installation yesterday as one pedal was tight on its shaft and there was slack in the top mount to the master cylinder. I decided to use a different set of washers which removed the slack and made a much better installation.

Now for the piping. The brake reservoir to master cylinder hose was installed.

A stand off is used to prevent it moving when the brakes are operated.

The brake reservoir bottle is connected.

The support bracket has a lining of rubber applied to make sure that the bracket doesn’t damage the bottle itself.

The bottle is clamped to the firewall and the pipe clamp is tightened.

The installation so far. Doesn’t seem much for a one and half days of work but the installation needs a lot of thought to make sure that the pipework and pedals aren’t fatiqued when operated in service.

Tomorrow’s task will be to install the park brake and the remaining brake pipes.