RED X19

[Dr.Jeff]

Janis, the best I can offer is some links to old posts about rear brakes. See if any of these help:

Rear brake caliper rebuild question

Hi, So I had to do some brake work and found one front caliper needed a re-build and so did a rear so I decided to re-build all four. Fronts are done and started rears last night however I am running into an issue with the first one I started. I did the dissasembly and putting back...

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Brakes - X1/9 Wiki

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Rear Brake help...

OK, so I have multiple cars with failed rear brakes. Starting with what was supposed to be the simple thing. The Black '86 that I only drive occasionally started grinding at stops, so I parked it. Today I verified that indeed, the pads were shot, passenger side down to the steel, drivers not...

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Rear brakes

Hey guys. Got an 87 X19 that had no pads left on the rear. The caliper pistons are fully extended. How do you get them to retract? Are they like a 124 where you have to fit a big screwdriver in the slot and turn them? If so, does it go clockwise? They are not turning. If not, what other...

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brake help !!!

Listers, I'm in the final stages of reassembling my 74. The last thing was to put the rear calipers and brackets back on. The left one went on with no problem. The right one has me stymied. It's never a fun job putting the calipers with wedges back on but I can't get the caliper in far...

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The second one also has a link to a PDF file with a good instruction on rebuilding them.
There was also another good thread on Xweb that I have saved, but for some reason it won't come up. It was from the old "N54 Archives", which might have died? The title was "Brake Caliper 101". Maybe someone knows how to access that?

 

[Janis]

That PDF shows all in details

 

[Dr.Jeff]

I don't remember for sure, but the missing thread (from the old Xweb) might have been the same as that PDF? I vaguely recall the PDF was a updated version with photos and better formatting (the old Xweb was limited that way). But I may be wrong about it. I'm sure there is a way to still access the old files. "N54 Archives", "Brake Caliper 101", @JimD can you assist - you are great at these sorts of things.

 

[Janis]

Don’t know why I used fuel hose from clutch reservoir to master cylinder and EPDM for brakes.
BUT never ever try to do that.
Only EPDM for brake fluids.
Good that I checked level of fluids and started to look why fluid fir clutch is brown and smells like rubber.

 

[Dr.Jeff]

Don’t know why I used fuel hose from clutch reservoir to master cylinder and EPDM for brakes.
BUT never ever try to do that.
Only EPDM for brake fluids.
Good that I checked level of fluids and started to look why fluid fir clutch is brown and smells like rubber.

Unfortunately that can mess up the whole system. Hopefully it wasn't in there long enough to be too bad; I know the car hasn't been driven so the clutch probibly wasn't operated much. But still make sure to clean everything out extremely well because if there is any residue left it will continue to contaminate things later. I'd even replace the seals in the master and slave while cleaning them, just for insurance.

 

[Janis]

FYI Punto ( GT1 in this case) manifold hits strut brace as mentioned previously.
And it hits also mount for dogbone on strut brace. Small cuts are needed.

List till MOT, at least what I am known of
•rear brake caliper seals
•gearbox seal
•rear bonnet
•AKB holding plate
•Gap between driver’s door glass and weatherstrip
•epdm hose for clutch
•one wiper arm missing

Maybe next week

I like that small air filter. IIRC it is made of polyester.

Sprint Filter - Motorcyle Air Filter

Sprint Filter P08, P037, P08F1-85 performance of motorcycle air filter are available for all motorcycles for strictly road or racing use.

www.sprintfilter.net

 

[Janis]

bumpers arrived

 

[Janis]

Bumper fitted
some adjustments needed

 

[Dr.Jeff]

Bumper fitted
some adjustments needed
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Janis, it's hard to believe this is the same car that you started with - it looks completely better now.

 

[kmead]

Not so sure about those winter tires...

 

[Janis]

About winter tires or bwinter tires on x19?

Decided that in the begining will make simple bonnet and after that if would want then make a louver.

Work in progress
1mm aluminium

 

[Janis]

calculation says that it weighs ~4kg
feels like 1kg

Don’t think that in the end it will be more than 6kg

 

[Dr.Jeff]

calculation says that it weighs ~4kg
feels like 1kg

Don’t think that in the end it will be more than 6kg

I like it. Wonder how much it will cost to ship it to me?

I envy the workshop facility and equipment.

 

[Janis]

 

[Janis]

 

[Janis]

on the sides of bonnet wil make scoops to make it look also less trash

on the left side for intake and on the right sidw for ventilating engine bay

 

[Dr.Jeff]

Possibly cut the middle out of the engine cover and add a grill or screen?

 

[Janis]

Possibly cut the middle out of the engine cover and add a grill or screen?

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Will see when it will be driving on streets how much openings will be needed

 

[Janis]

Less cuts in the bonnet means more airflow throgh the intercooler

 

[Janis]

little update and old pictures that are found on facebook of x19 that have been in Latvia