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Last week was such a great week. I got to meet the infamous Papajam and his wife, Jaci. We worked our hinnies off the entire time they were here. Each night, we went to bed exhausted.
We started off the first day by looking things over and outlining the plan. Brakes were to be completed first because we didn’t want to have to deal with any issues with the brake lines once the engine was installed. Next, we would get the engine and transmission installed then deal with any wiring issues. I had replaced several wires on the harness and was concerned that I may have gotten a few of them out of place.
Jim checked the calipers and installed the brake pads while I ran back and forth to the basement to bring everything up we needed. I disassembled the hand brake mechanism, cleaned it, added fresh lithium grease and reassembled it. We used one of IAP’s pressure bleeders to bleed the brake system. It’s a great tool that should be used in conjunction with good old fashioned foot pumping. We left the pressure bleeder hooked up all night with the brake pedal depressed to allow any air bubbles to work their way up and out.
We started off the first day by looking things over and outlining the plan. Brakes were to be completed first because we didn’t want to have to deal with any issues with the brake lines once the engine was installed. Next, we would get the engine and transmission installed then deal with any wiring issues. I had replaced several wires on the harness and was concerned that I may have gotten a few of them out of place.
Jim checked the calipers and installed the brake pads while I ran back and forth to the basement to bring everything up we needed. I disassembled the hand brake mechanism, cleaned it, added fresh lithium grease and reassembled it. We used one of IAP’s pressure bleeders to bleed the brake system. It’s a great tool that should be used in conjunction with good old fashioned foot pumping. We left the pressure bleeder hooked up all night with the brake pedal depressed to allow any air bubbles to work their way up and out.
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