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[jpod999]

Brake update!!

I was able to get my brakes installed and fully bled. It only took three installs and removal of the pedals before I was able to get it done haha. Now I need to get the remote adjuster cable installed and get the dash back in.

[dasmanschaft012]

only 3 installs??? im over that number and i haven't even finished plumbing...

[wspellmann]

only 3 installs??? im over that number and i haven't even finished plumbing...

I had to have done it at least 5 times and I need to take them out again for bench bleeding and balance adjuster install.

Lol, this is not something you get right on the first try, for sure.

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[dasmanschaft012]

bench bleeding and balance adjuster install

am i being too optimistic thinking I can bleed everything without bench bleeding? I have an idea about bench bleeding keeping it installed. I set my balance bar to about half, and I've installed the remote adjuster already. The knob will be mounted where the OBC was.

[jpod999]

The last time I pulled the pedals out was to adjust the stroke of the pedals. Basically, I adjusted them as far up as they can go. I probably could have gone in a little bit, but I wanted to make sure I could fully depress master while bleeding.

I bench bled in the car, super easy if you don't have ABS. Bolt in your pedals, connect up your lines that go into the engine bay and your reservoirs. 1. With a helper, slowly depress your brake pedal, 2. plug the engine bay side of the lines with your finger as the pedal moves back up to neutral, 3. remove finger from engine bay side of line and slowly depress pedal- do all this until you have clear fluid coming from the lines in the engine bay. Connect up your braking system to the rest of the system and bleed your brakes. Bleed both passenger side corners at the same time- if you have speed bleeders it's quite easy to do both at once and even by yourself. If you don't have speed bleeders, you will need two helpers to accomplish this part.

dasmanschaft01- do you have a prop valve plumbed into the rear?

I just worked on the remote adjuster this morning, I'm going to run it next to the ebrake handle.

[dasmanschaft012]

do you have a prop valve plumbed into the rear?.

I assume thats proportioning valve.
Unless theres an OE one somewhere, no. Just using the remote cable adjuster.

Thats basically how I was gonna do bench bleeding, except rather than a finger, put a hose from the output into some clean fluid.

[jpod999]

I assume thats proportioning valve.
Unless theres an OE one somewhere, no. Just using the remote cable adjuster.

Thats basically how I was gonna do bench bleeding, except rather than a finger, put a hose from the output into some clean fluid.

that's the stock one- it is in the drivers side of the engine bay bolted into the rear line.

That method of bench bleeding should work.

[dasmanschaft012]

Ah that's what that is. Just when you think you know where everything is on these cars, you learn something new. Ill leave the stock one in, unless it causes an issue the balance bar can't fix.

[jpod999]

My dash is most of the way back in- I got the dash itself bolted in last night with the help of my friend Kevin, then spent time today getting the glovebox back in place as well as the M42 DME mount and HVAC panel. It was somewhat of a puzzle putting it all back together since I had taken it out back in October and had forgotten everything. Luckily I tagged and bagged much of it.

[36brua]

My dash is most of the way back in- I got the dash itself bolted in last night with the help of my friend Kevin, then spent time today getting the glovebox back in place as well as the M42 DME mount and HVAC panel. It was somewhat of a puzzle putting it all back together since I had taken it out back in October and had forgotten everything. Luckily I tagged and bagged much of it.

The m42 mount ecu mount didn't work for us the harness was not long enough. You may have better luck

[jpod999]

The m42 mount ecu mount didn't work for us the harness was not long enough. You may have better luck

I was wondering about that. Which way did you have the ECU facing, with the connector socket facing towards the front or rear of the car?

[36brua]

I was wondering about that. Which way did you have the ECU facing, with the connector socket facing towards the front or rear of the car?

I think we tried both.

[jpod999]

Does anyone have any insight into wiring up the old style Garagistic RPM module? Now that they have the plug and play one they don't have the instructions for the old style. I emailed them and never received a response- that legendary Garagistic customer service again...

[dasmanschaft012]

Does anyone have any insight into wiring up the old style Garagistic RPM module? Now that they have the plug and play one they don't have the instructions for the old style. I emailed them and never received a response- that legendary Garagistic customer service again...

Give them a call. More responsive over phone.

[wspellmann]

Give them a call. More responsive over phone.

Yeah, I'm usually able to get answers over the phone too

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