As many of you know from another post, I have managed to awaken my frumpy little four door lark from a 16 year sleep in the "Man Cave." Since I am so far behind on my wife's list of things for me to do first, I am having to sneak a bit to make any progress on the little forlorn lark.
Thanks to the kindness of Jamie McLeod (starliner62), I have a set of front brake shoes. I have not been able to get to the complete brake rebuild that will be required, but at least I now have the parts to do the job.
Today, I moved the brake-less lark out of the man cave and sprayed the emergency brake cable with enough penetrating oil to free the cable up. Now I can at least maneuver the car around in the yard using the hand brake. After sitting for 16 years, it took over 3 quarts of transmission fluid to bring it back to normal shifting response.
Now I have to decide what sequence to do the brake job. My thinking is to rebuild the master cylinder first, front wheels second, and back wheels last. That way, I can still move it using the emergency brake until I do the back wheels. My wife's sequence involves painting the exterior of the man cave before anything is done on the lark! Now that the county has completed their tax assessment, I suppose painting it would be OK for now. I try to keep it looking as worthless as possible.
One of the jobs I am having to do is replace the brakes on my wife's Maxima. It has taken 4 trips for my normally reliable "FLAPS" to get the proper rear brake pads for the Maxima! I joked with them that there was something strange about having in stock all the kits to rebuild the brake cylinders on a 1960 Studebaker, and could not quickly and properly fill an order for something as common as brake pads for a Maxima.
So far, I have managed to resist the urge to take the little V8 powered lark and do donuts around the walnut tree!
Thanks to the kindness of Jamie McLeod (starliner62), I have a set of front brake shoes. I have not been able to get to the complete brake rebuild that will be required, but at least I now have the parts to do the job.
Today, I moved the brake-less lark out of the man cave and sprayed the emergency brake cable with enough penetrating oil to free the cable up. Now I can at least maneuver the car around in the yard using the hand brake. After sitting for 16 years, it took over 3 quarts of transmission fluid to bring it back to normal shifting response.
Now I have to decide what sequence to do the brake job. My thinking is to rebuild the master cylinder first, front wheels second, and back wheels last. That way, I can still move it using the emergency brake until I do the back wheels. My wife's sequence involves painting the exterior of the man cave before anything is done on the lark! Now that the county has completed their tax assessment, I suppose painting it would be OK for now. I try to keep it looking as worthless as possible.
One of the jobs I am having to do is replace the brakes on my wife's Maxima. It has taken 4 trips for my normally reliable "FLAPS" to get the proper rear brake pads for the Maxima! I joked with them that there was something strange about having in stock all the kits to rebuild the brake cylinders on a 1960 Studebaker, and could not quickly and properly fill an order for something as common as brake pads for a Maxima.
So far, I have managed to resist the urge to take the little V8 powered lark and do donuts around the walnut tree!
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