Spent most of this Saturday’s afternoon on another check for the car of choice for next month’s 10 Countries Run. First area to get some attention were the rear brakes. Because the brake pedal’s travel is still to long for my liking. The drums where a nice tight fit over the brake shoes, with no ridge.
Of course hardly surprising as they were machined in 2019. And after that the car wasn’t used as much as I would have liked due to the Covid pandemic. But despite the lack of use the handbrake adjusters were still free and working properly. And no sign of leaks from the 5 year old rear brake cylinders.
With a clean bill of health for the rear brakes, it was time for a rather simple but also important job. Checking the valve clearances. And about time these were checked. The last time I checked and adjusted them was in 2007, when the engine was in the Bordeaux red DHC.
Rather pleased with the
condition under the cam cover. Especially considering this engine has been in
use since 1994. It is actually the first car engine I built myself!
And 15 years and 44.531 kilometres on I found the clearances weren’t too bad. One spot on, five less than 0,05mm to tight, one between 0,05 and 0,10mm to tight and one 0,05mm to wide. While typing these words I have still not decided whether to adjust them or not ... To be continued!
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