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> First of the Texas Twins, First Build
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post Jun 5 2022, 05:53 PM
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I used hi temp caliper paint and then baked them in three stages to cure the paint first at 200 deg. then 300 deg. and finally at 400 deg. glad the wife is understanding about the need to use her oven. Besides I had too cook my race day snacks at the same time....nothing like chicken and caliper pistons....lol

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post Jun 9 2022, 02:01 PM
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Today I am back to work on the car however the shoulder injury is making it rather difficult, so light work.

There was two items left on the white board so I decided to knock them out.

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post Jun 9 2022, 02:04 PM
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You can see in the pic how rough the weld seem was from the firewall repair. Also the red arrow shows where one of the two metal tabs that hold the wire harness in place have broken off

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post Jun 9 2022, 02:08 PM
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Started smothing off the weld line, however the only cutoff wheel that I had was a 3", and I needed something larger. You can also see where I ground off the broken tabs and drilled holes to weld in the new ones.

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post Jun 9 2022, 02:10 PM
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The grinder I had wont allow me into that tight corner either, so I went and bought a 4" Disk and that did the trick.

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post Jun 9 2022, 02:14 PM
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I then cut 2 metal tabs out of 22 Ga. metal and welded them in place.

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post Jun 9 2022, 02:25 PM
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Since the list was done and I have been working on the brakes I decided to go back to work on those. I have been trying to locate a piston alignment tool and the only one I could find was in England and it was $19.00 plus shipping. I contacted ATE and they said the tool does not exist.

So, I decided to make my own. I wanted to make it a rust free tool since it will be exposed to brake fluid repeatedly, So I got a piece of 3/16" aluminum bar stock.


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post Jun 9 2022, 02:27 PM
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The tool has to be cut for a 20 degree angle to get the proper caliper alignment in the front roters. So I used a scribe to make the appropriate angles (hard to see the lines, but they are there).

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post Jun 9 2022, 02:31 PM
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And after about an hour of cutting and final shaping I now have my own guage.
If anyone is interested I have plenty of bar stock left, so I could make more of these and I think I would sell them for about $10.00 plus shipping.

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post Jun 9 2022, 09:31 PM
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QUOTE(Puebloswatcop @ Jun 9 2022, 03:31 PM) *

.. so I could make more of these and I think I would sell them for about $10.00 plus shipping.



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post Jun 10 2022, 06:45 PM
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Didn't get much done today. Worked on cleaning up some parts such as the rear window sail trim. This set had plenty of overspray on them and a few dents that needed to be fixed. They have several scratches as well. Wont ever be show pieces, but might be good for a daily driver.

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post Jun 10 2022, 06:51 PM
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Was able to get the dents out (there are still marks where some used to be), and got all of the overspray off. Now I just need to see if I can buff the scratches out...

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post Jun 10 2022, 06:54 PM
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On a high note, all of the parts I needed for my e-brake handle rebuild came today....the low note....Have to wait for some of the other parts to come back from being plated before I can get it rebuilt...

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post Jun 11 2022, 03:43 PM
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Thanks to Doug (Literati914), I got another front caliper donated to replace the one with the broken bleeder in it, so now that can be addressed later.

After 3 days of soaking and trying to free the pistons in the caliper, I have success. The caliper was pretty rusty and dirty...I forgot to include the other half in the photo before blasting, but you get the idea....yuk


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All blasted clean, just need to clean and hone the piston cylinders

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post Jun 11 2022, 03:47 PM
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And of course nothing is done until the hardware is done. Its all cleaned and ready to go to the plater next time I have a bunch of stuff to go...

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post Jun 11 2022, 03:50 PM
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And of course the pistons soaked all day. But even after that they looked pretty bad. But a good cleaning and blasting of the faces and they are ready for VHT Paint.

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Great attention to detail, I can see your car will be top notch.
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You have all my respect. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/016.gif)
Your attention to details is outstanding. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tiphat2.gif)
All your photos are extremely valuable. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bravo.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap23.gif)
Thank you very much for your posts. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/14.gif)
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post Jun 12 2022, 10:04 AM
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Thanks for the encouraging words guys. Right now it probably looks like I suffer from A.D.D. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) the way I am bouncing from one thing to another. I assure you that isn't the case. I would love to be doing body work , but after falling off the ladder, my shoulder is just not up to it. So I am just doing little projects to keep things moving along till the shoulder heals.....

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