I found when bleeding the brakes if you jack the car to get the master cylinder as high as possible in relation to the bleed point it was helpful .I took my pipes to a small local garage and they flared them for me. I paid them of course .They used a hydrolic thing!!!! I also struggled trying to do it myself so kudos to you for your perseverance . The body work is looking great.
No I never had a servo. I no longer own a moggy though I had 3 over different times.The brakes were always fiddly. The placing of the master cylinder in the chassis leg was an issue!!!!!I used to get a mate to crow bar the torsion bar out of the way to get to the nuts to remove the cylinder .This saved dropping the torsion bar. Then replace the bolts in the opposite direction which made future removal easier.@@goingundersground
I use cunifer and the same die and anvil tool as the harbour freight version from Sealey. Inconsistent but doable. I reannealed the ends afterwards because I was worried about stress cracking but I’m not sure I had to. All fine 5 yrs later.
I found when bleeding the brakes if you jack the car to get the master cylinder as high as possible in relation to the bleed point it was helpful .I took my pipes to a small local garage and they flared them for me. I paid them of course .They used a hydrolic thing!!!!
I also struggled trying to do it myself so kudos to you for your perseverance .
The body work is looking great.
Thanks David, good to know; do you have a servo?
No I never had a servo. I no longer own a moggy though I had 3 over different times.The brakes were always fiddly.
The placing of the master cylinder in the chassis leg was an issue!!!!!I used to get a mate to crow bar the torsion bar out of the way to get to the nuts to remove the cylinder .This saved dropping the torsion bar.
Then replace the bolts in the opposite direction which made future removal easier.@@goingundersground
I use cunifer and the same die and anvil tool as the harbour freight version from Sealey. Inconsistent but doable. I reannealed the ends afterwards because I was worried about stress cracking but I’m not sure I had to. All fine 5 yrs later.
Yes we ended up getting even better flares with the Craftsman/HF tool by using a small steel collar to hold the die in place. Many thanks
There is also A Professional Hydraulic Brake Flaring kit. That's very nice to use, but is Expensive.
Agreed, very pricey!