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To:lucid, Mac_Muz, Aye Roll, Jessie & all the other blessed souls that left their spirit of contribution in the archives:
I give you all thanks. The brake job went well enough. The wrenches fit, the line didn't drip when disconnected thanks to the pedal blocking and the parts all went back together. I did find it easier to remove the caliper and the line up to the hose as one and then remove the line from the caliper. To my surprise the fitting was BRASS and it had been visited before. With the caliper in a vice squarely before you it is much easier to avoid destroying the fitting. Aye Roll was right in advising to do these jobs only as a last resort. When bleeding the brakes,(a pain even with a power bleeder, three of the bleeders on the front calipers broke off. I was able to find replacement valves at www.fcpgroton.com and am awaiting their arrival. This web site also has new loaded (Comes with pads,pins,rattle spring)replacement calipers in the $65 dollar range. This makes it much easier and cheaper than returning a core that eats up half of the deposit in shipping charges.
Even before the valves broke off the front calipers I became a little suspicious when I saw the condition of the fluid. It looked like mud. It was not that long ago that I had paid for a fluid change at a garage I (had) regularly patronized for maintenance. I temporarily forgot the reason I took the trouble to learn how to fix cars in the first place.
Len K
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