Thought it was slide pins that had seized. It's Copaslip not Copraslip, a smear would do no harm under the piston boots. It's usually cracked boots allowing water in that rusts the pistons and stops them retracting.

No, calipers.

Rebuilt old ones with new seals today after the paint had dried. Fitted and bled brakes. All seems to be working.

Took one of the seized Britpart ones off. It seems sitting for a week fully retracted with no fluid inside was enough to start them corroding inside. That's with hot days and no rain. Guess that explains why they're so cheap.

Refurbing calipers isn't a job I am keen to repeat, especially Britpart ones so if anyone else wants a go, speak up fast!
 
No, calipers.

Rebuilt old ones with new seals today after the paint had dried. Fitted and bled brakes. All seems to be working.

Took one of the seized Britpart ones off. It seems sitting for a week fully retracted with no fluid inside was enough to start them corroding inside. That's with hot days and no rain. Guess that explains why they're so cheap.

Refurbing calipers isn't a job I am keen to repeat, especially Britpart ones so if anyone else wants a go, speak up fast!
The Brit part calipers I have are identical to OEM in every respect, every casting mark and every angle.
 
Well that's 10k since last service. Got everything ordered up
Air oil and fuel filter
Oils.
Think i still have 9l of gearbox oil may just drain the sump and refill.
Its already had 2 drain and refills and a filter..
 
Removed the roof, gave it a clean and polish (the kids helped!), put the old suspension back in. Put the roof back on, added some Sikaflex for good measure.

The kids had quite some fun with the convertible!
 
How much are the caliper rebuild kits?
Don’t say £26

Cannot remember now, bought it with the Britpart calipers. About a tenner from memory.

The Brit part calipers I have are identical to OEM in every respect, every casting mark and every angle.

Mine weren't. Squarer cut. Tge pistons inside are either polished stainless or a micron thick chrome coating. On the originals you can see the step for a substantial chrome layer and it allows for polishing out crap on the pistons. The bleed screw on the originals has a fine thread that undoes and allows fluis to flow with no leaks where the Britpart ones are much coarser. Different size too.
 
That's why files were invented
Had to do it with my old Escort when I fitted 300mm front discs. The calipers came from a Mondeo if my memory is firing on all cylinders, and unless you fit 17" wheels or up, you had to file the corners off. Super easy job and made the van look better in a "boyracer" kinda way.
 
Had to do it with my old Escort when I fitted 300mm front discs. The calipers came from a Mondeo if my memory is firing on all cylinders, and unless you fit 17" wheels or up, you had to file the corners off. Super easy job and made the van look better in a "boyracer" kinda way.
My old Montego, (yes you read it right) could fit Maestro wheels, in the days when we were buying second hand tyres from a scrappers. (Montegos had some sort of strange metric tyre sizes and were hideously expensive, nearly £30 a piece.!!).. But then had to fit 1/2 washers on the studs to keep the wheels off the calipers. Apart from that, they were the same size in every other way...(?!). Oh happy days..
 
My old Montego, (yes you read it right) could fit Maestro wheels, in the days when we were buying second hand tyres from a scrappers. (Montegos had some sort of strange metric tyre sizes and were hideously expensive, nearly £30 a piece.!!).. But then had to fit 1/2 washers on the studs to keep the wheels off the calipers. Apart from that, they were the same size in every other way...(?!). Oh happy days..
My dad had a montego mg, fast as and handled like a scateboard, shame it was made from corrugated metal sheets.. :p:)
 

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