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18-02-13, 12:49
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Cheers guys.
Tony, it's been terrific, there is a real excitment among us at the moment. We really want to sink our teeth into this new monster we've been given. Rob, no worries mate, we'll bump into each other one day!
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24-02-13, 08:30
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today
Was in the shed today in all the heat.
Working on the front brakes. Replaced a brake shoe with a NOS one I had. The pic of the three brakes shoes shows the one I replaced, a NOS canadian one and a NOS USA one of a slightly different pad length. I used the canuck one. The pic of the brake cylinder shows the shoe 'teeth', they spin, one is tighter than the other. I tried pumping air in to see them expand but to no avail, to much leakage. How do you get them out? There was a fair bit of crap in the drivers side brake drum but nothing too bad. All cleaned up well.
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24-02-13, 08:36
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Getting the pistons out
Usually I use a vise with a socket to fit and push them in first... once they're moving they usually come out fairly easily.
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24-02-13, 09:34
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What I did was...
Try pushing them in as far as you can Ryan, clean the crap out of the cylinder in front of the piston then they should come out easily. Soaking them in metho helps enormously..
Looks good mate, you're into it now 
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24-02-13, 22:41
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Cheers Tony, yep, a day of progress does feel good.
A quick question all, what brake fluid should I be buying for my Ford F15. I'm at work and away from my books. I've got a repco near me so I'll pop in afterwork. How much too?
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25-02-13, 12:02
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Brake fluid
I used a dot 5 fluid for mine Ryan.
Just simply what we used at work to put in everything...Pulsars, Patrols and any other car or truck on 4 wheels. I'd reckon anything from dot 3 would be fine.
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25-02-13, 12:03
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brake fluid
At home and my F15 handbook says use brake fluid no.3. Is that the same as a modern dot 3 brake fluid? Also, how much would be needed to effectively bleed the system and fill it?
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25-02-13, 12:22
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Two answers
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It is important to keep using the same Dot fluid you originally select. A litre should be plenty but Id get a second bottle just in case.
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