Projects Building My First Roadster in San Francisco

It’s so cool that you’ve got these photos man. Often we remember to take the photo of progress and forget to have the people.

 

Being he's a journalist, historian and photographer, I think he understands that!

 

I hope he is better at hanging on to them than I am. I have lost so many photos over the years on my laptop Still have negatives from the '60s but this digital stuff goes away on me.

 

Instead of relying on a friend to help you bleed brakes (or your wife), you can buy speed bleeders. I use em all when I remember to order them, and they seem to strip less easy than the ones that come with the wheel cylinders. Theyre just bleeders with one way valves.

Or you can buy a thing from any auto parts store thats just a bottle with a magnet and hose that you have sitting above the wheel cylinder so teh air bubbles escape.

Or you can just spend the money on beer and have an excuse to drink beer with your friend while hes over. lol

 

So good! It's an exciting & frustrating part of a build, but methodically working through each system is the best way!

 

Hot dog! Big step!

Also if you need to re bleed them after driving it a bit after a bubble gets knocked loose it’s not a big deal. Fresh cars aren’t that far from a fresh bike.

get it warm a few times, take a few neighborhood drives, check it all and repeat

 

I just talked to a friend that had an elusive brake problem...turned out it was sucking in air but not losing fluid...it was a damaged piston or bore They were disc's but perhaps this could happen on drum brakes as well...I know you will figure it out but I'm sure the chase can be frustrating and lengthy. I think you may qualify for the highest overhead shot I've seen on the Hamb...There's a Thread on it...time to submit a pic and Bttt...
You're really getting things together Joey...a lotta hard work too!!

 

Your pedal means there’s an air bubble in the system. The weeping spot typically goes both ways. If fluids coming out air can come back in.

feels like something you would already know but on the off chance you don’t, when you tighten those flared fittings trying to get them to seal the “proper” way to do it is to loosen the fitting about a half turn and then re tighten it.

I think it’s a mix of re seating the flare while tightening it to nearly the original level of tightness, and helping you avoid over tightening it to the point of splitting the flare. Then it really won’t seal lol.

My buddy’s and I are pretty gorilla fisted so not over tightening things even with small hand tools is often a conversation topic.

looks good with the front wheels out on the curb! Been there recently and it got me going for sure

 

Also, you may already be using them, but I like to use flair nut wrenches on the brake fittings. It allows you to tighten the nuts with less fear of rounding them out when you are using a standard open end wrench....
just a thought...

 

Man you really nailed it man

 

You captured the look, Joey……

 

Looks so so good!