Cor, haven't updated this for a lil while!! Car's been running great, no drift days, just going to and from work every now and then and driving about. I then managed to get all the brake parts together to do a full brake overhaul:
Master cylinder
Braided lines
New RH caliper (old one had seized)
Copper pipe and fittings
Hydraulic handbrake
So at A52 at the weekend I cracked on with these, with help from my mates. So, we began by taking off the old hoses
Then whipped off the MC, which turned out to be the wrong one. . .
So no bother, popped the old one back on, and cracked on with the rest of the stuff. To fit the Hydro's mounting plate, we had to take the carpet up, so since we were doing that, we whipped the rest of the sound deadening out too.
Once that was done, I welded the plate I made (10mm thick steel, with holes drilled and tapped to bolt the hydro to) onto the trans tunnel. Once cool, sprayed it with zinc primer.
Popped the carpet back and mounted the hydro and fitted the new brake lines . . .
Once the seats and bits were back in . . .
We started bleeding the brakes,which was ok until we found various sizeable leaks in the lines (cheap pipe flaring tool, never again) and the master cylinder wasn't sealing any more.
A deadline (insurance up at midnight) meant I was getting pretty irate, and we ended up being up until 2 in the morning trying to get the brakes to bleed properly, with no hint of them doing so. Everybody helped, but the man power just wasn't enough!
My face says it all really . . .
couple that with robin's face . . .
well it sums up our feelings. I left the car at A52, where he still is, waiting for an MC (hopefully the right one!) to be delivered. It was supposed to be delivered today, but a delivery error at GSF means I won't get it until tomorrow, and it won't be done for a little while now due to work. I had a day off today and all!
An upside however is I had to find a newer insurance company, as FJ no longer insure under 25s on classic car insurance. I was panicking, as for a heavily modified car like mine I was getting quotes of 1000+, not what I was expecting when I was previously paying 400. Luckily found Graham Sykes and with everything delcared (engine swap, hydro, lowering etc) I'm paying a little over 450.
So I'm chuffed. Got RR gathering to look forward to as well, so should all be ok!
Not copying u honest, mine's grey 
