25-06-06 Fixing the MOT bugs

Did some work on the Quattro at the weekend.

Managed to get the seized piston out of the caliper on the drivers side by pumping the brakes and then many whacks with a soft mallet. The piston cleaned up ok with a good bit of wire brushing and buffing, but would not fit back in the caliper bore, so out with the drimmel and clean all the rust up from the caliper. In with new seals and all seems well. Also resealed the passager side caliper.

I found some speed bleeding nipples tucked away in a box in the garage, so decided to fit those to the rear and front calipers. Couldnt find the bleed nipple on the passenger front caliper because some arse had snapped it off! Off with the caliper and out with the drill and a tap. Managed to get the old nipple out very cleanly. All the calipers are now cleaned up and ready to go back on.

I have removed the hard brake pipes at the front, bit of a mess as the nuts were very corroded. Need to get a new set made up and refitted.

Other things to sort for the MOT, Rear brake pads, the windscreen and I think we should get a new cambelt fitted ASAP as there is no record of it being changed in the huge file of service history.

Other less urgent bits that the old beast could do with, front brakes disks and pads, air filter.