Mike :
I'll second Andy's response : All of us have made 'stupid' mistakes at one
time or another, usually in public. All you have to do is learn from the
experience, and not make the same mistake next time, and you'll be WAY
ahead of most people <g>
On my second engine rebuild, I noticed the rod caps were distorted and
tried to fix them with a file. The engine ran for about 10 minutes, just
long enough to drive to the edge of town, then seized. I sure hated
explaining what happened to my Dad (who had paid for the parts to do the
rebuild <g>).
The phrase 'older but wiser' comes to mind ...
Besides which, it would NEVER have occurred to me that Bill might have
installed the slaves upside down. See ? You're becoming a 'wise old man'
in spite of yourself <vbg>
Randall
On Monday, March 29, 1999 6:38 AM, Michael L. Coop [SMTP:mcoop@amfam.com]
wrote:
>
> Bill -
>
> After my fiasco with the brake system rebuild on my Spitfire, I hesitate
to
> even show my name again on the list. However, I have to ask... is it
> possible you reinstalled the slave cylinder upside down? Is the bleed
> valve properly on the top?
>
> If not, you'll have the same troubles I had with my front brake calipers.
> If they are installed in the wrong position (anything other than what
would
> allow the bleed valve to be on top) then you'll have a bubble of air in
the
> cylinder that you'll never bleed out.
>
>
> Mike Coop
> Michael Coop Agency, Inc.
>
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