What's in the workshop? Gareth's Tree-find

[tintin]

Originally Posted by David's8

Looking spick and span

Surely you don't mean this David?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SPICK-AND...8AAOSwVyhfNUyr

PS: The ad does say “Good condition, tidy and clean. A trace of rust.”

[paulrstaylor]

Originally Posted by tintin

Surely you don't mean this David?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SPICK-AND...8AAOSwVyhfNUyr

PS: The ad does say “Good condition, tidy and clean. A trace of rust.”

Looks to be an appreciating asset - 25p in 1974 would be equivalent to £2.63 factoring inflation, so for being stored under a bed for 46 years has shown a three fold increase in real value

[David's8]

Well Steve, how would you know that such a magazine existed

[homer simpson]

Originally Posted by David's8

Well Steve, how would you know that such a magazine existed

Makes you wonder what was being searched for on eBay

[MikkiJayne]

Erm, back to our regularly scheduled programme...

Brakes this week - cleaned up the discs as although they were very rusty from sitting for three years, they're actually barely worn. Forgot to get any pics.

These are the rebuilt calipers ready to go back on with TRW pads. Interesting note - these are £45 a set and drop straight in to the calipers with no filing the edges down.



I evaporusted the rear brackets and hardlines and repainted both with rustoleum





Back on the car with one of the cleaned discs



Still missing one critical part due to a slight disagreement with the supplier



Hopefully the hoses will be here tomorrow so I can get the system bled.

[tintin]

Originally Posted by David's8

Well Steve, how would you know that such a magazine existed

Google is your friend

[The_Laird]

Regarding the TRW pads - did you fit these because they go in nicely or they’re particularly good pads? I’d love to find a make of pads with a bit more bite if anyone has any recommendations.

[MikkiJayne]

I've used TRW on other cars and found them to be satisfactory - not particularly special, just good quality pads from an OE manufacturer at sensible prices. In this case, its because I have been very disappointed with Pagid and Brembo in this fitment (both from ECP so who knows what chinesium crap they actually were) and so I figured TRW were worth a try in a D2 (and because I can buy them from somewhere that isn't ECP). The fact that they actually fit the calipers is a pleasant surprise because they're the first pads I found to do so straight out of the box. Since these are rebuilt calipers and we'll have fresh fluid, pads, hoses, relatively fresh discs, and a brake block, this one is probably going to be as good as S8 Brembos get so I am interested to see how it behaves.

[spannerrash]

Is the whole "filing down the pad" issue not just down to the corrosion build up behind the stainless steel slide plates?

A couple of years ago I removed the plates on mine (no easy), cleaned off the corrosion and now the pads fit nicely. I've tried Pagid, Brembo and original OEM to see if there was any improvement in the braking but there didn't seem to be. All slid in easily enough though.