Reassembly #6 - Clutch & Brake Hydraulics | Roundtail Restoration

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It's time to get real with making sure the car can stop (and shift gears). Still some testing to do here, but I rebuild the master cylinders, check the clutch slave cylinder, and bleed everything using gravity. Oh, and I learn the lesson (again, for the 1000th time) to re-check what I think I tightened!
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@stevewalker9888 4 года назад

Thank you sir. I’m having trouble with my herald. However there does not seem to be so many herald videos. Thank you. For sharing.

@roundtailrestoration 4 года назад

Thanks, Steve. No, not many Herald videos out there. Much of the same mechanics, though, so hopefully something will help.

@Zincaloom 5 лет назад

Nice bending work on the hydraulic lines. Looks professional.

@roundtailrestoration 5 лет назад

Thank you. Not my favorite thing to do.

@billybob1151 4 года назад

Owned a Spitfire about 30 years ago. Test drove a beautiful 76 today. Few things left to fix, tach, parking brake and trunk look. The deal breaker for me now is it has almost no breaks unless using full break pressure. The mechanic replaced the master cyl. and checked out all the brakes and said it would just take getting used to. I know the vintage of the car, but never drove a British sports car that braked this bad. Joined some facebook spitfire groups looking for help. Nice video.

@roundtailrestoration 4 года назад

Yeah, I'm still not crazy about where my brake pedal feel is, but it does stop. I've got such little experience with non-assisted brakes (last drove my 76 MG Midget around 1987) that I don't remember what they feel like. Good luck and thank for watching!

@DoubleRRestorations 5 лет назад

Nice work Chris. I like the way the lines turned out.

@roundtailrestoration 5 лет назад

Thank you. I really don't like doing them. You've only got a limited amount of chances and then the start to get ugly and, worse, kinked. I got lucky many times!

@michaelstoliker971 5 лет назад

Looks like you're making good progress.

@roundtailrestoration 5 лет назад

Getting there. Thanks, Michael.

@henkberends2187 5 лет назад

good progress chris! and as allways good explanation of the things you do!! thanks,keep up the good work!!

@roundtailrestoration 5 лет назад

Thanks, Henk!

@ericpfiffner5615 5 лет назад

"Snowman lookin' hole", made me laugh. Definitely an accurate description! I always gravity bleed as well. People act like bleeding hydraulics is hard, I've never had a problem w/gravity, even in ABS cars.

@roundtailrestoration 5 лет назад

lol, ya like that one? First thing that popped into my head. I'm here all week... I need to bleed more and I've still got leaks on the brakes...too much to feel confident even for a parking lot jaunt. My next visit will be taking care of all of that (hopefully), getting the gas lines tightened and other odds and ends. Would like to make my maiden parking lot trip this weekend!

@ericpfiffner5615 5 лет назад

That's great you have all week! The weather is great this time of year. I've gotta be honest, I don't like the way your lines have a double flare and the master cylinder is designed for a bubble flare, but I hope you can get them to seal.

@roundtailrestoration 5 лет назад

@@ericpfiffner5615 yeah, it's not great. Crossing my fingers.

@tomgentz7550 5 лет назад

Hi Chris, I have not heard about gravity bleeding. When I bleed the brakes, I have someone sit in the driver's seat, pump up the pedal three times, they say "holding", I open the bleeder and air and fluid comes out in the clear plastic tubing, they hold the pedal down saying "down", and I close the bleeder, then they pump up the pedal again. Tom

@roundtailrestoration 5 лет назад

Hi, Tom. Yes, that's how I usually do it. However, since I didn't want to bug my family, I did a gravity bleed. Since the MC is higher, height wise, than any of the four wheels, you can just essentially drain it, starting with the further wheel from the MC (like normal). I find it's not quite as good of a bleed, but it works good enough to be safe. It's slower, but it works.

@djwallington2497 3 года назад

Your rear brake pipe set up from the wheel cylinders is very interesting. I’ve just changed all my brake pipes and I have copper pipes coming from the wheel cylinder that feeds around the hub up into a bracket. The hose then fits into that pipe that’s fed through the brake. Maybe it’s different in the uk. Where did you learn your skills from by the way.

@roundtailrestoration 3 года назад

Hey DJ. Yes, that confused me at first. They changed the design at some point to go from just hoses, like mine, to those hard brake pipes. Not sure when that happened...Mk3 maybe? I took auto mechanics classes in high school and also my Grandpop was a master mechanic back in the40-70s. I was a submarine nuclear power operator for about 20 years in the Navy, so that helped with a lot of it as well, though I specialized in electronics.

@DavidPlass 5 лет назад

I got the AutoMec kit too but it didn't include a clutch pipe. And, the universal flare was not well documented - I thought I got the wrong kit and contacted them.

@roundtailrestoration 5 лет назад

Clutch pipe is separate from the kit. All of the usual suspects have them. I've got to come through my leaks and then I think I'll be ready for a road test!

@DavidPlass 5 лет назад

@@roundtailrestoration Weird! I could have sworn that I looked for a clutch pipe and couldn't find it anywhere. I'll have to take another look (though I bought some pipe and a flare tool, I don't trust my own flares.)

@roundtailrestoration 5 лет назад

Here's a link to the clutch pipe from SpitBits: www.spitbits.com/store/47-CLUTCH-LINE-copper-nickel-GT6-P6119.aspx

@rmail0 5 лет назад

I'm curious why you didn't paint the floors. Not necessary? Ran out of paint? Just so I would ask?

@roundtailrestoration 5 лет назад

It will all be covered in carpet for one. And, though I didn't run out of paint, I didn't want to waste it on places that would not be seen just in case. It is all painted in epoxy.