03-08-2024, 04:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-08-2024, 06:07 PM by Tony Griffiths.)
(26-07-2024, 09:54 AM)Chris KC Wrote: Reduce lining thickness to 1/16" and it will fail under the load needed to generate brake force; increase to 4" and it will never bed in - simples. For any width in between which is capable of sustaining the necessary load and which can make proper contact with the drum, the brake force is simply µ x R...
(01-08-2024, 05:08 PM)John Cornforth Wrote: Just fitted new plug leads. Nothing wrong with the old black ones, but these match the red and black colour of the car, so that's got to be an improvement !
John, what's the black box mounted on rubber buffers with a lead from the distributor?
To take up the spindle end play in the building of a spare DJ6 distributor, I parted off three very thin shims in bronze: 0.54 mm, 0.75 mm and 1.2 mm thick. The 0.54 needed just a little polish and was then spot on. Before this, I'd tried a new, spare electronic conversion top; it gave a good spark but, after one cough from the engine. it died.