Brake repairs for the DHC part 1

Those that have been following my blog might remember a problem with the brakes that first appeared during Club Triumph's 10 Countries Run in 2013. Applying the brakes with normal force would give no reaction from the brakes, as if the brake pedal was locked solid. Pushing harder on the pedal always solved the problem. As the problem disappeared after the event, I forgot all about it. That was till the 2014 edition of CT's' Taith o Amgylch Cymru when the problem reappeared. So on returning home I replaced the pads, which were rather glazed:

And that seemed to have solved the problem, as the problem didn't reappear. That is till last year, when during the various tours the problem randomly reappeared a few times. About time to get some advice from the experts. The general consensus was that the brake's servo might need replacing or reconditioning. Not very surprising as during the restoration of the car the servo that came of the car was labelled as "in good working order". But clearly the various long tours, combined with the servo's old age, had taken their toll.
As the brake master cylinder also was taken directly over from the same car, I decided that it would be a good idea to have that reconditioned too. The fact that I have entered this car in this year's edition of Club Triumph's 10 Countries Run certainly helped with the decision!

Time to visit the shed in search for some spares to recondition. And this set looks to be a pretty good starting point:

These parts were dropped off at my local brake specialist C&C Parts, with the request to refurbish them. Or replace them with new parts if that was more cost effective. Hopefully these will be ready to be picked up within the next 3 or 4 weeks. Which should be time enough to fit them to the car before the driving season starts again.