After 25 years, whether it needed it or not, I decided it was time to overhaul the braking system, to prevent problems that may come up after a quarter of a century.
I didn't want to keep the car laid up on blocks (actually impossible at my home) so the first goal was seeing if I could borrow some ATE calipers for rebuilding. Sounds crazy but my friend and our member Eddie Black from Atlanta came through. I've borrowed a set of old calipers he had on the shelf, sent them out to Caliper HQ for rebuilding, and they just came back.
When mine come off the car, Eddie will have the choice of rebuilding them too, or just getting my old cores returned to him.
I've accumulated, over time, the following parts, all new, in addition to the rebuilt calipers:
*ATE Master Cylinder
*All flexible lines
*new fluid reservoir (one that sits straight, not cockeyed.
*ATE rotors
*ATE pads
*ATE Hardware
*3L of ATE fluid
Waiting for a mutually agreed upon time to attack the project.
More to come when the labor starts. It's easy to spend money and accumulate parts over time, but getting it all in is the goal of course.
