So I have been working on Rerun, man oh man the things you find when you buy someone elses project.
Front brake pad on passenger side was metal on metal, I could hear it when i drove it around the block. I was afraid to use
the brakes, made for a very short maiden voyage.
I had a set of almost new pads that I had removed from my Astre project so I was able to fix that quickly and go for another drive.
I failed to mention when I was unloading it off the trailer there were streams of brake fluid dripping down both rear tires.
When I was on the way back from showing the car to my friend that painted it, the alternator took a crap. It had a one wire alternator
so not much troubleshooting to do. I was concerned about getting home due to the really noisy electric fan and the fact the motor is
running an electric water pump, I had about 30 miles to go but it was day time and no rain so I made it home fine.
Spoke with the fella I purchased the car from and he stated the rear brakes were brand new and suspected the brake lines were the problem.
Sure enough the brake line flares were single rather than double, no way they were going to seal up. So I bought a cheap flare tool from
Autozone and some brake line to re do those.
With that done I went to bleed all the brakes but the front bleeders were frozen in the calipers. After removing the calipers and taking them
to a friends shop, using copious amount of heat and extraction tools we were able to get them removed. After purchasing new bleed screws I
was hopeful to get a decent brake pedal. Not a lot of fun bleeding brakes alone but I managed to get most of the air out of the system.
So for now I have brakes good enough to drive in traffic situations but they are lacking compared to the "go power" so they will need an upgrade or two.
I have the power brake system removed from the Astre so I will probably switch to power brakes and do the S10 Spindle swap and maybe some disc
brakes in the back we will see where this goes.
I got a new One wire alternator from Autozone and fried it quickly. When I returned it I found it was only rated for 45 amps, I am sure my fans and water pump
killed it. They took it back though and I found another non 1 wire alternator rated at 80 amps and have been using that for now. I will get the one wire rebuilt
and put it back on eventually.
I found the headliner used to be light blue,I suspect someone painted all the interior trim panels black.
Front brake pad
New exhaust tail pipes over the rear axle instead of under.