The big experiment - amateur 3B shenanigans

[Knight Rider S4]

Well today was the day then, felt like there should of been a bottle of champagne on hand



To prove we dd not push it out






Happy man

[Acidburn]

Looks a lovely shade of red, looking good mate glad your getting it sorted

[Nj]

cheers lads. and cheers for taking some pictures Steve. i've been a bit thick and not brought a camera for quite a while. hasn't been much to photograph in a while though.
after i last posted I went back down and got the aerial in (man that's awkward) and got the boot carpets etc in, then got the rubber tailgate seal on. and in front the stalks etc with the wheel properly on. amazing how long the little things take but each thing makes a difference. I even flicked the lights on, backed it out of the garage and took it a quick blast down past the row of lockups and back. Didn't get it out of 2nd but no matter. Still put a silly big smile on my face. brakes are kinda crap though. I'll need to pull them apart and see what's what.
i'm happy as a mother fungler right now. shame 5 days of work is in between me and more tinkering.
what I need now is the plastic bit that sits between the rear lights and the rubber seal. it's a long black strip of ridged plastic. my old one was well broken in half (along with most of the ar se end of course).
oooh yeah.. gots me a driving s2. get down...

[Nj]

that's not me by the way. i'm waaay camper than that

[Acidburn]

Check how you are bleeding the system iirc it was mentioned some where you might need to do the clutch pipes?

Also sal or audipartz on here should have one of them trim bits your after.

[4WheelDrifter]

Great work guys.

[Nj]

Check how you are bleeding the system iirc it was mentioned some where you might need to do the clutch pipes?

Also sal or audipartz on here should have one of them trim bits your after.

I did the clutch first, then the 4 corners. all seemed to go well enough. The brakes just don't feel great though. not spongy or anything. just a bit crap.

The shell came from sal originally. i'll need to see him for a couple of bits and bobs I think. the cunning plan of swapping my larger glovebox for terrybullwon's smaller glovebox didn't go according to plan. the bracketery seems to be different and he wasn't able to fit it. maybe the whole dash is slightly different? Hope I can get a small glovebox to fit in there cos I have the A/C blower (bulkier) behind and really don't fancy pulling the whole dash out again.

still... it doesn't scare me like moving an engine does

[Acidburn]

Standard brakes are rubbish at best, might just be stuff on the discs give it a while to clear.

They should swap over from what I know. I'll have to have a look at etka when i'm home next.

[Nj]

Looks a lovely shade of red, looking good mate glad your getting it sorted

just looking at the pictures again. that must be some camera steve cos you can't see the inch of crap across the whole thing. It actually looks pretty shiny. In actual fact there's a shed load of washing, clay barring, colour restoring, polishing and waxing to be done. although when I get to that bit i'll be chuffed to be doing it

[Nj]

Standard brakes are rubbish at best, might just be stuff on the discs give it a while to clear.

They should swap over from what I know. I'll have to have a look at etka when i'm home next.

that'd be great mate, cheers.
I'll get brakes apart and give the discs a bit of wire brushing. maybe there's a layer of rusty dust on 'em.

[S2central.net]

Well done lads... good result.

The brake problems will be something stupid like a siezed caliper... Oh you didn't bleed with the handbrake ON ?

Does the pedal feel squishy or hard... does it get harder as you pump it ? The brake pedal I mean....

The standard brakes in full health aren't *that* bad unless you are stressing them.

Paul

[Knight Rider S4]

just looking at the pictures again. that must be some camera steve cos you can't see the inch of crap across the whole thing. It actually looks pretty shiny. In actual fact there's a shed load of washing, clay barring, colour restoring, polishing and waxing to be done. although when I get to that bit i'll be chuffed to be doing it

Yeah pretty good photo shop .......lol Lucky i guess

Brakes will be crap as they have not been used in a long long long time ..discs all mucked up ..the pedal was ok ..think they just need cleaned up and they will be fine

[newsh]

Top work!

[Nuvo]

Another one brought back to life. Well worth the effort and well done too!
You must be Mr. Chuffed if I'm not mistaken.

[Nj]

cheers john
and paul. I didn't bleed the system with the handbrake on by the way. i might have done so if i hadn't done some sniffing about on my favourite forum first Pedal was soft after bleeding but with the engine running I pressed it a few times and it went hard (yes - the pedal). I hadn't pressed it at all since the bleeding so I assume that was just the bomb coming into play. i'll clean the lot up and see what stopping power i have then. I conducted a thoroughly scientific test by accelerating and braking in 1st and then reverse right outside my garage. It proved inconclusive with regards to the brakes but did make me giggle each time the engine revved.