Cavcraft Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 Incredibly easy job, no engine hoist required! KruJoe and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sporty-shite Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Hold your breath as I fear the Almera is going to PHAIL miserably on Friday - if so then I'll be seeing what Cavcraft Kwolity Motors has to offer.I refer the Hon. Womble to my F*ceb**k post of the other day. Freshly tested Clio is available. UltraWomble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Billy, splicing in a new bit of brake pipe should be a pretty straightforward job for a garage if access is OK. Otherwise, you need something like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRAKE-PIPE-FLARING-TOOL-4-75mm-DIN-BUBBLE-ON-CAR-FLARE-BY-POWERHAND-PH-BFT-475-/182680168196?hash=item2a88962704:g:gbAAAOSw~gRV3Cdn And a few unions which are <£1 each from a motor factors. Cut the pipe flush with a little pipe cutter like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rolson-Mini-Brake-Pipe-Cutter-3-16-Copper-Plastic-Tubes-3mm-22mm-Cutting-Tool-/122339125906?epid=538576762&hash=item1c7bfaea92:g:ikQAAOSw-0xYk0iM Clean up the end with a small file, slip the union over the end then put a flare on the end of the pipe using the flaring tool. It's slightly harder work to flare the steel lines on the car than it is on copper but it's doable. Use the same technique to make up a new section. Brake pipe is something like a tenner for a reel from a motor factors. It's probably £50 to tool yourself up but then you will have enough pipe etc for the rest of your life. DSdriver, KruJoe, chaseracer and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 I refer the Hon. Womble to my F*ceb**k post of the other day. Freshly tested Clio is available.Ah, so thats you is it? I'll bear that in mind if the Almera fails dismally then as it will be cheaper than a weldathon. sporty-shite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sporty-shite Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Ah, so thats you is it? I'll bear that in mind if the Almera fails dismally then as it will be cheaper than a weldathon.Aye, that's me. UltraWomble 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 NOT MY FOTO M8 Taxed this sexy little MUTHA today and finally got it off my lad's drive.Fuck the 3 door that’s what an Astra should look like. Dave_Q, mk2_craig, chodweaver and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_Rocket Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Joining a brake pipe in situ is ok, but it's not easy to flare an original (steel) pipe while you're messing around underneath, they take a lot more effort than a new copper nickel one.Also, when joining two pipes, never just use a male and female end screwed together, you need a joining piece in the middle for both pipe ends to seat properly against.And by the time you've faffed about doing all that, you'll wish you'd just replaced the whole thing in the first place! alf892, Jazoli and tooSavvy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Cavcraft Vauxhall Repairs, sponsored by Suttons City Living. purplebargeken, Supernaut and oldcars 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Are they all yours? How do you get away with filling what looks like a communal parking area with quality* stock?I get glared at if I park three foot across the front of the neighbours house.... billyboy406v6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 I only keep three or four there tbh, another (not in picture) is going to the PoP this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Is the red Corsa undergoing some warranty* work? Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffgeezer Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 when joining two pipes, never just use a male and female end screwed together, you need a joining piece in the middle for both pipe ends to seat properly against. Erm, wot? You get 2 dies in the kit, op1 which gives a convex pipe end, and op2 which makes one end concave. You fit the unions, give both ends an op1 end and then on the female union end, give it an op2 too. I have no idea what you mean by putting an extra bit of pipe in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Correct . In fact manufacturers join male / female brake unions all the time . Peugeot have done for years . I do prefer to use a proper joiner where possible though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Red Corsa is my lad's: new springs, strut tops and drop links. Astra coupe: new ABS hub/wheel sensor/bearing/pads.Now need a FCR which covers ABS to knock the light out. Vectra: new bush housing 'thing' on the back. More to do on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 On the Astra the abs light will go out itself above about 20mph if all is well in the system . If the light is still on after a couple of miles then there is still a fault present Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 Ah, FFS. We took it for a drive and it didn't go out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 Finally switched the gopping alloys off the Focus 'Collection' for the ones I took off a Mondeo Mk2 I bridged It's now in the Pasture of Profit (as if) next to the 170 and just yards away from the Pissat fiatdaft, oldcars, Supernaut and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_Rocket Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Erm, wot? You get 2 dies in the kit, op1 which gives a convex pipe end, and op2 which makes one end concave. You fit the unions, give both ends an op1 end and then on the female union end, give it an op2 too. I have no idea what you mean by putting an extra bit of pipe in. I stand by my comment, it's bad practice to join a brake pipe by using male and female ends screwed together. You should use a proper joiner in between two flares. I don't know where you got your 'extra bit of pipe' from.A joiner is steel. The brake pipes you're making are invariably copper/ nickel. You get a much safer joint butting copper/ nickel to steel (as per the joiner) than butting copper up against copper.Manufacturers do it because their pipes are steel, not as soft as copper and there is no problem. Soft copper/ nickel pipes are not good screwed together because they deform easily. When you use a joiner, they deform as they should, into the correct shape. Mally and tooSavvy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 ^^^^^ .... oof! Photties required of my Carina II brake pipe 'shunt' then? TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 17, 2017 Author Share Posted October 17, 2017 I actually forgot about this. Bought/sold immediately last week, it was (obvs) a weigh in job. I think the turbo had gone, CBA trying to start it. Also currently working on something truly and utterly dreadful. Kiltox, Rusty_Rocket, Supernaut and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Also currently working on something truly and utterly dreadful. I don't know whether to make some popcorn, or fetch a bucket. Mr Laurence and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 What worse than a renault? I can't wait. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Also currently working on something truly and utterly dreadful.TWO Raleigh small wheel bikes with chainsaw engines? DeeJay, andy18s, Cavcraft and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 28, 2017 Author Share Posted October 28, 2017 It's taken a couple of months to get round to, but today I moved this 20 yards (on my own) for the scrap man to cometh. Obvs. like it's fifty times worse than it looks in the pictures, and I had to try and start it in gear to free the brakes. Managed to push it about ten foot, then got some blue 'rope', tied it round the slam panel and the other end to my Transit to get it nearer the road for the scrap fella. Why? Why not, that's why. Still better than the other thing I've yet to collect. Sigmund Fraud, LabRat, Mr Laurence and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Sorry, can't believe there's anything worse. Lies. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Surprised there was anything to attach a rope to. Cavcraft and mercrocker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sporty-shite Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Sorry, can't believe there's anything worse. Lies.You realise this is Billy we're talking about? Remember the Midget? Or the chainsaw bike? The Moog and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 That and the Megane were depriving a foundry of a good lunch. The more of this sort of junk that gets cubed, the better. mercrocker and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 Another quality* Golf due to meet it's maker. 2.0GTi petrol, 'was misfiring and does run' but now doesn't start. What is the yard going to offer me for it? Let's find out. strangeangel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 I want to say these should break for good money, but I reckon they sold more half-arsed GTIs than any other Mk4 variant. They've fallen out of the bottom of wannabe rudeboy territory too, they're all in 330is having run their GTIs into the ground on cheap tyres and no servicing. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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