What have I done! (R4 GTL)

[petak]

Today started with opening bleeding nipple on front calipers so that oil get down throught pipes.

Then sanded rear pads and washed rear brakes from dust












After that drums came in line. Sanding, cleaning from dust, removing old grease



Put them back on car, new grease on bearing.

Meanwhile brake oil started to drip from bleeding nipple. Closed nipple and pressed few times brake to adjust pads. Tightened hand brake.

Went for test ride. Handbrake is working fine, brake pedal is still soft and need to pump it up for perfect brake power, but not surprised as i did not bleed calipers as they should be bleed. Need one more pair of feet to do that. Hope to get them (one more pair of feet) tomorrow.
That is it for today.

 

[Cyprusnoddycar]

Today started with opening bleeding nipple on front calipers so that oil get down throught pipes.

Then sanded rear pads and washed rear brakes from dustView attachment 32765View attachment 32766
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After that drums came in line. Sanding, cleaning from dust, removing old grease
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Put them back on car, new grease on bearing.

Meanwhile brake oil started to drip from bleeding nipple. Closed nipple and pressed few times brake to adjust pads. Tightened hand brake.

Went for test ride. Handbrake is working fine, brake pedal is still soft and need to pump it up for perfect brake power, but not surprised as i did not bleed calipers as they should be bleed. Need one more pair of feet to do that. Hope to get them (one more pair of feet) tomorrow.
That is it for today.

Nice job, your R4 is coming on very well. I had to much 'free play' movement on my new rear wheel bearings, so I tightened them up just enough to remove the free play, and checked with the wheel on the car. Not too tight though !

 

[petak]

Brakes bleeded.

Two days of ride to settle brakes and then MOT.
Hope everything will be alright

It is ninth in row.

 

[Cyprusnoddycar]

Brakes bleeded.

Two days of ride to settle brakes and then MOT.
Hope everything will be alright

It is ninth in row.

Do you have an MOT every year in Croatia ? We only have an MOT every 2 years in Cyprus, and only €35.

 

[petak]

Yes! Every year. MOT is 122€ plus insurance
Only new cars are exempt for first year.

 

[petak]

Result of my brake game

Todays MOT test print out


Front brakes 4% difference L/R
Rear brakes 9% difference L/R
Hand brakes 4% difference L/R

I am very happy about result.
And examiner was quite pleased

Not so happy whit eco test.
Not so much with result, as it passed, but more because CO was oscillated a lot without noticable change in engine idle speed or rpm change or touching anything
CO went from 0.6 to 3.5 in very short time.
What could be cousing this oscilation?

 

[Cyprusnoddycar]

Result of my brake game

Todays MOT test print out
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Front brakes 4% difference L/R
Rear brakes 9% difference L/R
Hand brakes 4% difference L/R

I am very happy about result.
And examiner was quite pleased

Not so happy whit eco test.
Not so much with result, as it passed, but more because CO was oscillated a lot without noticable change in engine idle speed or rpm change or touching anything
CO went from 0.6 to 3.5 in very short time.
What could be cousing this oscilation?

Good to hear that your R4 passed the MOT test ! They don't check the CO2 exhaust on Classic cars over 30 years old here, unless smoking a lot. Maybe your carburettor needs adjusting ? Are your spark plugs the correct colour ? and not black with soot ?

 

[petak]

Engine is not in so good condition.
Coolant is getting into engine.
I have mayones on oil filler cap and white residue on sparks. So bad eco test isnot surprise.
I just was surpprised that CO oscilated a lot. I was thinking it will be heigh and stay somewhere close to that number.
Did not expected it will jump from 0.6 to 3.5 in mater of 10 seconds while engine was running idle.

Another carb is ready for opening and cleaning. Hope that will make some change.
But untill engine is opened and renewed it won't be much difference