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#171
11-21-2020, 05:14 PM
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Medium heat no fires and the fitting let go with about half as much effort. SWEET!!  BEHOLD!!!!!! THIS IS WHAT VICTORY LOOKS LIKE!!!  Effduration, THIS is why something simple like undoing a fitting becomes a project.   About 3 or 4 of the threads on that fitting where in the crustacean zone fusing the two together pretty good. One thing that does make it much easier is the design of the brake hose has this star interlocking thing that prevents it from spinning as you apply force. There's been a couple times I've mangled a brake line trying to get it loose because the other side wasn't held down properly, spun around and caved in on itself. Unfortunately my picture taking was lacking some because of gloves/fire/brake fluid but I managed to get both brake lines back in. The fitment of these Raybestos hoses was pretty good. The one hose needed a slight bend to get it to sit in the plastic guide thing but overall I'm satisfied with the quality.     and juuuuuuuuuuuuuuust as I thought I was wrapping up on the passenger side I couldn't seem to get the fluid to stop dripping. New copper washer on both sides so what gives? I took off the hose and looking at one of the washers I noticed something that looked off. Hmmm One side of the washer  The other side  Grrrr....I guess you gotta double and triple check everything nowadays because made in China  The old copper washer didn't look too bad so I cleaned it up a bit and threw it back in there. Brakes weren't leaking with the old washer so it has to be better than the new extra leaky one right? Everything is back together and after bleeding the rear, the brakes should be a done deal. 
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#172
11-21-2020, 05:54 PM
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That is REAL pretty now
 Shit ton of work I can only imagine, but the result is totally worth it - and, well, you'll have brakes that you can count on now 
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#174
11-22-2020, 04:14 AM
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#175
11-23-2020, 04:14 AM
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hehehe, keep up the good work! and remember, it can't be tight if it's a liquid!
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#176
12-07-2020, 06:28 PM
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We'll start off this round of the shenanigans on a positive note
For the last couple months I've been cleaning the headliner a little here and there. Yes, the last couple months. I'm a little....particular let's call it, about the cleanliness of my vehicles and for anyone that's been following the progress here you might remember Swampy needed quite a bit of work. I managed to get everything to the point where if I dropped any food item on the bare carpet I wouldn't hesitate on picking it up and eating it but there was always a dark cloud hanging over my head.  Cleaning a carpet is easy. You get a bottle of some chemical with the skeleton hand on the label, pour it out on the carpet and go at it with a heavy duty brush attached to a drill or use a power washer. Headliner and particularly old headliner is a bastard to clean. There needs to be a fine balancing act of moisture, but not too much moisture and agitation...but not too much. Delicate, tedious and overhead. My favorite! I did some reading and found a number of people suggested a product called Folex for headliners in particular. I've never heard of before so I looked into it and it seems to be a general purpose fabric/carpet cleaner that was easily available to me, in a big bottle and cheap. And so I began the process of spraying some Folex on a microfiber towel, rub rub rub, wipe off with a clean microfiber and wait for it to dry. I would spend about 10-15 minutes at a time before things would be too saturated for me to continue and I would go at it every few days. A little bit too moist and the headliner would start to become detached from the foam and the same would happen if I rubbed too hard. At some point I realized that the back part that's sagging will definitely be more than enough reason for me to redo everything, but that's not going to happen until the weather gets better. Also I was curious how clean I would be able to get this thing so lets have a look. BEFORE     AFTER        It no longer looks like a pissed on mattress in an alleyway above my head
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12-07-2020, 08:03 PM
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#179
12-07-2020, 10:19 PM
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Usually I can get a headliner looking brand new with light duty cleaning but this was the first time I've had to deal with stains that were caused by soaking through the headliner. Overall I'd say I put about 4 hours into it and I wasn't able to put more than 10-15 minutes in at a time because of the saturation of the fabric. You can see there's still a few smaller bubbles here and there. I can "iron" those out with my hand for the most part with very light and even pressure. if I push even slightly too much it leaves tracks like you're driving through snow.
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#180
12-07-2020, 10:22 PM
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