Rally preps...DONE!

[Capn Ron]

This one has got to be right up there with Skymaster's full-engine-diesel-dunk, rebuild from a bare frame a week before the WCR...I finally finished this rally prep today!!!  With just a few days remaining...I'm cutting it close!

[FJmonkey]

Look at that, a Throttle locker and a Brake locker...

All I did yesterday was install a Tourmaster wire harness. Just in case it gets too chilly. 

[movenon]

Look at that, a Throttle locker and a Brake locker...

All I did yesterday was install a Tourmaster wire harness. Just in case it gets too chilly.  

"Just in case"  ... Those vests look nice. Have a safe ride.
George

[moparman70]

clue me in --- what am I looking for --- your emergency brake mod or did you add Vibranators  ------ from Callie-fornia

[pdxfj]

clue me in --- what am I looking for --- your emergency brake mod or did you add Vibranators  ------ from Callie-fornia

Front brake bleeding and throttlemeister?

[FJmonkey]

clue me in --- what am I looking for --- your emergency brake mod or did you add Vibranators  ------ from Callie-fornia

Since Ron tends to stay up later than many of us he also sleeps in later, so I will take crack at it. He re-bled his brakes, the cable tie is a debated technique for getting the last of the air out. Compress the fluid overnight and the next day all is better.

[edit] The throttle lock is existing.

[Capn Ron]

Yep...just woke up!

I was up late last night putting that zip tie on the brake lever.   

Compared to Skymaster's Herculean effort, I thought I would contrast it with the least effort possible.  That's all I did to the hydraulic end of things.  Just attached the zip tie and went to bed.  This morning, I snipped it off and voila!  ...harder brake lever feel!  I think the debate is *why* it works not *if* it works.  It's magic I say!   

If I'm being honest, I also replaced the front brake pads with EBC HH pads.  I'll finally get to see what everyone is on about.

The ones I removed:



After 12,000 miles, those suckers didn't owe me a DIME!   

Oh, and that IS a glass of wine on the garage floor...

[FJmonkey]

Wine for breakfast... What wine goes with Cap'n Crunch? 

[Capn Ron]

Wine for breakfast... What wine goes with Cap'n Crunch? 

That was late last night.  No wine before 5!   

Well, unless I'm tasting at a winery, then it's no wine before 10:00am...'cuz that's when they open.