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03-07-2022, 12:52 PM
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OK - so some good things happening already this morning. On my way into the office I stopped by my buddies shop for some advice. He tapped the valve lightly with a dead blow hammer after shooting some compressed air into the port and the piston centered on its own. I installed the centering tool to hold it in position.
Now back to the drawing board to install the assembly for the 3rd time and bleed everything. Progress.........hopefully 
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03-07-2022, 08:46 PM
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03-17-2022, 02:10 AM
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I have brakes!
3rd times the charm I guess. Our first 70 degree day here today so worked with the garage open. The distribution valve fell into place this attempt in 15 minutes with every single line and bolt threading on the first try. Left the centering tool in place and had everything bled in 20 minutes with a good stream at all 4 corners (my wife is getting good at helping with this now). Swapped out the tool for the pressure switch with no issues. Roads are still too salty here for a test drive (plus it would take a while to get car out of its current spot in the garage) but started it up, no brake light, the brakes hold the car in gear, and feels like a decent pedal. Car is back on the ground and ready for a test drive now. Side note and a another plug for Eric at Vintage Musclecar again, the new carb is fabulous - the car starts right up and goes to high idle and then comes down and runs smooth as it is supposed to - so nice when things actually work as they are designed.
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03-17-2022, 10:34 AM
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Awesome!!!! Great to hear!! Now all that’s left to do is burnouts! LOL
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03-17-2022, 01:19 PM
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YAY Jake, so glad to read you made it past this hurdle...
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03-17-2022, 01:34 PM
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----Glad to hear that your car trials are over, Jake! Did you knock on wood???.....Bill S
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03-17-2022, 04:24 PM
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03-17-2022, 08:40 PM
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04-04-2022, 02:53 PM
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We've had 3 snowfalls in the last 2 weeks here so they salted up the roads again as recently as yesterday - which means I have not been able to test drive yet. Lots of rain forecast this week to hopefully clean things up and warmer temps next week - so it won't be long.
I am working on another minor issue in that the rear defogger blower has not been working. Yesterday I got out the old test light and verified I have power all the way through the switch and back to the blower plug in part of the harness at both high and low speeds. The motor gets warm when power is applied to it but does not spin. I took the motor (still the original 2/72 dated unit) out of the defogger housing and it will spin by hand but seems overly tight. I dropped it off at my local electric motor rebuilder and he will take a look at it. Hopefully an easy fix.
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