Day 2, Clutch, brakes and some disturbing findings

Evening Folks,

Started today with plans to bleed the clutch, brakes and repair some of the damage done by careless attempts to raise the car.



I Bled the clutch and set the free-play without any issues but when I moved on to the brakes I immediately ran into issues when I couldn't get the drivers side front caliper to bleed, the passenger side bled just as I expected it too.  I checked the bleeder screw, the opening and made sure that the bleeder wasn't obstructed.  Then I checked to see if the brake line was damaged but no luck so I think it's most likely the flexible Brake hose feeding the caliper.









One of my pet peeves is when the front picture frame gets beat up from jacking the car up at the front.  This can be greatly reduced by installing a hardwood block in place to protect the frame.



At this point I decided to change tactics and straighten the bent and damaged panels including the floor pans, unfortunately this lead to another disconcerting finding-coolant in the passenger footwell.  The only place that could come from are the heater transfer tubes in the bulkhead.  This is a PITA to replace these pipes but to do it right that's what has to be done.
These aluminum panels were badly bent from jacking on them
Before

After,  looks better after straightening and hopefully won't rattle as much.
This photo is out of order but shows it before I straightened it.



This picture shows the damage to the floor pan


Working it down, on the plus side the floors are very stout.
Well, I'm having a time trying to get this to work tonight so will call it a day, needless to say the floors are much straighter now.

Cheers,
Lynn

5.5hrs


Comments

  1. Drew ScherzJuly 28, 2020 at 9:29 PM

    Sorry you are finding bad surprises, Lynn. I thought the floor pans in my 67 were in good shape, but the passenger side had a hole rusted through it and likely from one of the pipes in the bulkhead. Fortunately, the former owner, Dick, had replaced them with stainless and riveted them in place. I replaced them on my '69 and after being frustrated in my initial attempts to fit them got some instruction and managed to get them in place. The riveting job was only adequate as fitting the rivet gun properly is not easy.

    I need to check my clutch free play and you know how fun that is without a lift? Well, yes you do. :-)

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  2. LynnGJuly 29, 2020 at 5:45 AM

    Good morning Drew, thanks for your comments. I am not looking forward to replacing those pipes but as you know to do the job right one just has to bite the bullet so to speak.
    The lift really has been nice with doing some of these service chores, I think I might be able to bleed the rear brakes without taking the shock off but the access is pretty tight so we'll see.
    Cheers,
    Lynn

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