Good progress, smooth repairs, and thanks

Well, finished up the front brakes today, went for a drive and everything went well. They feel much better; the other ones were getting to the point where they were squealing and driving me nuts.

The flaring went good too. I went and bought a kit from Napa, pretty good kit, I think. Found this link for the tutorial

http://www.joesfalcon.com/gentip2/gentip2.html

I did a few practice runs on some spare stuff and then got to work on my car, done in an hour, then I fixed the rear(don’t tell anyone, but I had the calipers on wrong)

I still need to do the mastercylinder, bend new lines and figure out how I want to re-plumb the valve.

So now to knock out the rack and pinion, AOD and exhaust, it’ll hopefully go as smooth. I think I’ll ask for leave from work so I can concentrate on it.

Well, the progress continues……..

Thanks for the help guys…..

Route666 said:

Nice work! You have no fears about the x-drilling cracking? I'm pondering the differences between plain, slotted, and xed and slotted. I think as long as you drive calmly on the brakes for as long as possible and warm them up before severe use you won't have to worry about such things.

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i've had the rearson there for 3+ years, no probs, and i live in socal, stop and go traffic capitol of the universe.

dolfan87 said:

Eric,

I think you have one of the nicest grande's I have seen. You have done such a beautiful job, and it really looks like you have excellent taste.

What kind of rack are you putting on?

Gram

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Gram, thanks for the compliments, I got what I believe to be the last Tcp power rack made before hell broke out I ordered it in October is time frame and got it a few weeks later, I just considered myself lucky guess. I've still got a few small things to do, get a new power steering pump, kick-down cable and some other stuff, mostly small stuff.

My motor is really hurting though, my valve seals are probably in my oil pan, every time I start up after being warmed up, I get a small plume of smoke. Plus, I revved it pretty high a couple months ago; I think I did something, cus now it ticks in the morning when it’s cold, besides this, small thing but nothing mayor.

Route666, yes I did have the back on there, I did it on my last <a href="http://go-advertising.com?go=<a href="http://get-faster.com?go=loan" onmouseover="window.status = 'goto: loan';return 1" onmouseout="window.status=''">loan</a>" onmouseover="window.status = 'goto: <a href="http://get-certified.net?go=loan" onmouseover="window.status = 'goto: loan';return 1" onmouseout="window.status=''">loan</a>';return 1" onmouseout="window.status=''"><a href="http://get-certified.net?go=loan" onmouseover="window.status = 'goto: loan';return 1" onmouseout="window.status=''">loan</a></a>, I needed new drums, so instead, I went with discs. This <a href="http://0-2u.com?go=<a href="http://go-all.com?go=loan" onmouseover="window.status = 'goto: loan';return 1" onmouseout="window.status=''">loan</a>" onmouseover="window.status = 'goto: <a href="http://0-2u.com?go=loan" onmouseover="window.status = 'goto: loan';return 1" onmouseout="window.status=''">loan</a>';return 1" onmouseout="window.status=''"><a href="http://0-29.com?go=loan" onmouseover="window.status = 'goto: loan';return 1" onmouseout="window.status=''">loan</a></a>, I needed new rotors, and I was planning to up-grade any way, so I did. I’m not at all worried, plus the holes are cast, I believe, and actually engineered as to where they are for strength so cracking is reduced. When the time comes, like everything else on my car it cracks, then I’ll replace it.